Call for Speakers
2026 Peak Incident Response Technical Colloquium
We invite you to share your knowledge, practical experience and research at the Peak Incident Response 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference will be held by FIRST during the Geneva Cyber Week 2026.
What We Are Looking For
DNS serves as critical infrastructure for defenders and adversaries alike. Peak Incident Response convenes security professionals to explore DNS's role in detection, incident response, and resilience, along with its policy dimensions. This 1.5-day single-track event examines all facets of DNS in operational security, concluding with a half-day session on policy measures to strengthen DNS resilience and support defenders.
We welcome practitioners, researchers, and policy makers working at the intersection of DNS and cybersecurity, incident response, or digital forensics. Share your real-world experiences, practical techniques, and innovative approaches that peers can adopt in their own environments.
We especially welcome submissions on topics such as:
- The use and misuse of DNS in malicious activities
- Using DNS as a tool for threat detection, incident response, digital forensics or threat/malware research
- New or changing challenges to DNS due to malicious activity
- Tools and techniques that leverage DNS in cybersecurity
- Case studies of real DNS-related security incidents and misuse
- Relevant geopolitical cybersecurity research
- Community-driven norms, standards, and best-practices to improve security activities in the context of incident response and DNS
- Topics related to the governance of large scale infrastructures
Presentations must not have the purpose of promoting vendor products or services, i.e. no marketing presentations.
The deadline for submissions is March 13, 2026.
The conference is single-track and each talk is 25 minutes in duration, including time for questions and answers from the audience. All presentations must be delivered in English.
Submission Guidelines
Keep the following guidelines in mind before submitting:
- Sessions are limited to 25 minute durations, inclusive of audience questions and answers.
- This is an in-person event, so speakers must be able to attend in Geneva.
For your submission to be reviewed, you must provide the following information:
- Session title
- Session abstract
- Speaker name, company, job title, short bio and headshot
- TLP level
- Has this been presented before and if so, where?
Important Dates
| Event |
Date |
| Submission opens |
Immediately |
| Submission closes |
March 13, 2026 |
| Acceptance notification |
March 20, 2026 |
| Conference |
May 5-6, 2026 |
Speaker Benefits
Accepted speakers will receive complimentary registration to the conference. However, travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.
After the conference, presentation material will be made available to the community. Speakers may choose to mark their session as TLP:GREEN or more restrictive if the content is sensitive.
