Share your knowledge and experience in the field of cybersecurity with thousands of participants at The Hack Summit

online Thursday, 05.11.2026 Online onsites Friday, 06.11.2026 PGE Narodowy, Warszawa

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The Hack Summit

150+

speeches

15+

tracks

2000+

participants

What is The Hack Summit?

The Hack Summit is a conference for everyone involved in cybersecurity - from technical issues to strategy to risk and compliance. It's also the largest gathering of the Polish CyberSec community in the country at PGE Narodowy, with more than 2,000 people from the industry attending every year.

Organizers:

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editions
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formats
150+
speeches
15+
tracks
2000+
participants
4,73
avg. speech rate

What are the main elements of the event?

Who is the event aimed at?

Red Team, Blue Team, Pentesting specialists and related security experts spec SOC (Security Operations Center) specialists spec Officers of services, military and police spec
Management staff (C-level, directors, IT managers) spec Compliance, IT risk and IT audit specialists spec Lawyers dealing with IT topics spec Representatives of legislative bodies spec
Programmers and software architects spec Operations and network engineers: SysOps / DevOps / DevSecOps / NetOps spec Cloud consultants and solution architects spec Testers (QA) spec

What thematic tracks are planned?

What tracks can you expect? *

* The final division into individual tracks will be determined after the Call for Papers, but it will be analogous to the division in previous editions of the event:

What speeches and in what form can you expect?

Why is it worth becoming a speaker at our conference?

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If you have an idea for an interesting topic and would like to be a speaker at our event, please complete the form below.


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Who is organizing the event?

For nearly 10 years Academic Partner Foundation not only organizes but also initiates many significant events (conferences, fairs, meetings) addressed to IT / data science professionals and students. Each of them currently gathers thousands of participants every year. We are responsible for such events as: Warsaw IT Days, The Hack Summit, Data Science Summit, The Hack Summit, IT Job Fairs and many IT meetups. We also help organize IT / data science conferences for large organizations. In case of any questions, please contact us.

The Cyberspace Defense Forces Component Command was established on the basis of the NCBC and directly subordinate units. The main tasks of the unit are to ensure the ICT security of the entire ministry, conduct research design, build, implementation, use and protection of national cryptologic technologies or the production of new products for the state by uniting the scientific and industrial potential in the area of advanced information and cryptographic technologies.

FAQ

1. What determines the form of my speech - stationary, online live or VoD?

The selection of the format is ultimately decided by the Program Board when setting the Agenda, respecting, of course, the speaker's preferences indicated in the Call for Papers form. However, we cannot guarantee the possibility of appearing in the format indicated in the form, because we are forced to take into account other factors influencing this decision, such as, for example, assigning the presentation to the path, time constraints and others.

2. What is the preferred speech format?

The speeches are held in 3 formats - stationary, online live and VoD. Stationary and online are conducted live. VoD are pre-prepared recordings made available on the official platform of the event for its participants.

This hybrid event format was developed by us based on numerous conferences we organized. Our experience shows that all 3 formats are very popular, and participants particularly appreciate VoD presentations, which they can watch at any time convenient for them.

3. Are there preferred paths?

There is no such thing as a "preferred path". We are looking for speakers and interesting topics for each track :)

4. Will my topic fit into the theme of the conference?

The thematic range of our conferences is always very wide. The speeches are divided into individual thematic paths and we are looking for appropriate topics for them. If the presentation fits into the theme of the path, it fits into the theme of the entire conference.

For a full list of suggested paths, please visit: https://thehacksummit.com/cfp/

5. Is there a chance to fill out the Call for Papers form after the deadline?
    If you have problems completing the form on time, please contact us. We will try to find a way out of the situation :)
6. I would like to change the topic of my speech after completing the application, is it possible?

Please complete the Call for Papers form again, adding in the comments that the old request is no longer valid. For minor changes, please contact us by email.

7. What are the conditions of sponsored talks?

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8. What character and level of advancement should the presentation have?

The most requested presentations are: case studies, presentations at intermediate or advanced level, presentations on trends or the future shape of data science, presentations of research results.

9. What is your preferred language?

The preferred language of the conference is English.

10. I have several topic suggestions, which should I submit?

We invite you to submit a few topic suggestions. This will give the Programme Committee the opportunity to review all the proposals and select those that best fit the context of the tracks and other submissions.

11. May I suggest a topic I presented at another conference?

We are most interested in new topics that have not been published before. If there is no such possibility and only a topic that has already been presented is available, then if this event was addressed to a different target group than ours, it is possible.

12. What is the speaking time?
In-person and live online presentations last 35 minutes.
13. The presentation lasts 35 minutes; can we move on to taking questions from the audience after that?
The presentation lasts 35 minutes, during which time the speaker should cover the presentation and answer participants’ questions. We try to ensure that presentations do not run over time. If there are more questions, we encourage further discussion after the presentation has finished, but outside the presentation room.
14. Do we provide a ticket for the person accompanying the speaker?
We approach each case individually.
15. Are live performances recorded?
All live online and in-person presentations are recorded. When submitting your registration, you may choose not to consent to the publication of the recording.
16. Will it be possible to interact with participants during the live online session?

Absolutely! Participants can ask questions via the chat, and the session host will read them out at the end of the talk. Please bear in mind that we are bound by a strict time limit and cannot exceed the 35 minutes allocated for the talk.

17. Can participants ask questions to the VoD lecture?

Yes, attendees can ask questions in the comments section under the recording of each talk.

18. I need help preparing a recording of a VoD lecture, do you provide such support?

We arrange an online meeting with speakers who need support in preparing a recording of their lecture (usually using the Zoom platform). During the meeting, the speaker shares the screen and presents the topic, and we record the presented screen and the image from the camera. Then the recording is edited by our team and made available to the participants.

19. What will the online live presentation look like from the speaker's perspective?

From the speaker's perspective, an online live presentation is just an ordinary online meeting, which we usually conduct using the Microsoft Teams platform. The image from the meeting is then transferred to the official live stream made available to participants on the event platform.

20. Can I be reimbursed for travel and accommodation?

If you are interested, we will arrange accommodation in a hotel booked by us, as well as travel within Poland by TLK or IC class train in second class. If you choose a different form of transport (e.g. a higher class or category of train, travel by car, etc.), the maximum possible reimbursement will be calculated based on the standard fare for the selected route, travelling by IC train in second class. We will send details of this process by email once the Call for Papers has closed.

21. Can I get a refund for my flight from abroad?

In this edition we are unable to finance flights abroad.

22. For how many nights do we provide accommodation?

Accommodation is provided for one night, before or after the conference, according to the speaker's preferences.