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Proposal Development Workshop
Held Bi-Weekly (select your preferred dates)
2025 Proposal Submissions accepted until 11:59 pm on September 30, 2025
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Cybersecurity Capabilities and Careers Symposia (3CS) sessions explore or document innovative ideas, evidence-based practices, and demonstration of techniques and technologies for raising the capability maturity of the cybersecurity workforce. For more information about proposal requirements and submit a session or manuscript idea, please access the
2025 Call for Proposals: Cybersecurity Capabilities and Careers Summit (3CS). Submit your session idea as soon as possible to ensure funds are available to support your attendance. Please view our current open Cybersecurity Skills Journal
Calls for Proposals for more information on individual Special Issue topics and timelines.
Proposers of sessions for 3CS or manuscripts for CSJ only need to submit a topic title and a brief description of their idea to get started. Student proposals are warmly welcomed!
WORKSHOP MENTORS:
All workshop mentors are recognized as a Fellow of the Cyber Ready G-Force -- the generating force raising cybersecurity capabilities and career readiness. Please register here if you are willing to volunteer as a mentor to proposers of session and manuscript proposals.
OBSERVERS WELCOME: Want to learn how to develop a successful conference, grant, or publication proposal? Please select the "Observer" registration type to indicate that you wish to observe the workshop process to get a better idea of what is required to submit a proposal for a 3CS session or a CSJ manuscript.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
1. Introductions and Workshop Program Review
2. Breakouts by symposium based on the proposal type. Depending on the number of proposals submitted to the workshop, the breakouts may be held simultaneously or in a sequence. Breakouts are led by a 3CS program chair or CSJ section editor with assigned mentors. Each proposal discussion is planned for 10 to 20 minutes to allow ample time for presentation of the session idea and discussion on how to develop the proposal to meet 3CS or CSJ requirements.
Guided development of a session proposal pitch.
Dialogue sessions: A dialogue session is an exchange of ideas between experts and stakeholders, facilitated by the session moderator, highlighting different points of view, experiences, and expertise on a problem or area related to cybersecurity practices, including designing, developing, evaluating, learning, teaching, or performing cybersecurity roles and functions. Dialogue proposals should specify a problem limiting the development of cybersecurity capability maturity that is not well understood or addressed. The proposal should also include 3-5 thought-provoking, open-ended questions that will gather insights and experiences from session attendees about the factors that are the likely and substantive causes of this problem as well as potential inverventions that can impact the influence of causal factors to bring about a desired change in the problem. The goal of a Dialogue is to discover common themes and ideas for a future systematic study.
Evidence-Based Practice Sessions: Methods or interventions that data shows to be effective or ineffective in achieving a specific outcome. Proposals should specify how the method or intervention has impacted individual competence development or organizational effectiveness, preferably referencing the population studied and the correlation or effect size of the intervention factors on the level or degree of a desirable outcome or outcomes. Methods or interventions can be protocols or procedures for professional practice or curriculum or instructional designs for use by educators or trainers.
Demonstrations: Technical demonstrations that showcase the capabilities and features of the technology or technique for raising cybersecurity capability maturity, preferably including a hands-on experience for the audience. Breakouts based on the proposed session type
Prospective authors of CSJ articles are asked to review the CSJ Overview Presentation before attending the Proposal Development Workshop. This presentation will help you to understand the Journal's mission, types of manuscripts, initial submission requirements, and timeline.
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