Join us at the 5th Annual Advances in Cyber Security Education | 2025 Conference! 

📅 Date: 22nd of July 2025 🕒 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 📍 Location: University of Warwick

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY

The Advances in Cyber Security Education Conference is a collaborative event bringing together stakeholders from schools, colleges, universities, government agencies and industry to explore the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in cyber security education. This conference serves as a platform for networking, learning, and showcasing the work of cyber security professionals, students and educators.

EVENT SCHEDULE

The conference begins at 09:00 with a keynote and Cyber Security Education sector announcements.

Four Concurrent Streams

Between 10:20-15:10, sessions will be delivered via four concurrent streams.

Stream 01 and Stream 02: Cyber security education research presentations that will feature in the Springer Conference Proceedings. Stream One focuses on gamified and interactive learning approaches including escape rooms, games, card-based interfaces, and AI-enabled adaptive platforms, while Stream Two examines interdisciplinary curriculum development, skills gap analysis, accessibility improvements, and cloud-based teaching methodologies.

Note: Presentations during these sessions will be recorded subject to approval from the presenters.

Stream 03:  Morning session Hacking Competency: Rewiring how we learn, prove, and recruit emerging cyber professionals.

Hackers do not wait to be taught, they learn by doing, breaking, building, and thinking sideways. Our future cyber defenders emerge from the current digital generation. Therefore, why are we assessing them with checklists and exams? This workshop flips the model. We will map what really matters (e.g., behavioural competencies) and explore the unconventional ways to surface, score, and stimulate them. If we want defenders who can think like attackers, we need to stop assessing them like accountants.

Note: Participants of this session should bring a laptop.

Afternoon session

International workshop on authentic cyber security education.

Largely driven by today’s employability agenda in Higher Education, authenticity in learning and assessment is usually framed in terms of activities and assessment that reflect ‘real-world situations’.  The workshop presents an opportunity for you to engage with peers on this issue, and to generate and share ideas.

Note: Participants of this session should bring a laptop.

Stream 04: The 100 minute Threat Hunting Challenge hosted by Exabeam. AI assisted threat hunting training and competition session.

Participants will include university students and members of the UK Cyber Team.

Threat hunting participants can register here

Note: Participants of these sessions should bring a laptop

Access the Event Schedule

• You can access a visualisation of the schedule here

• You can access a personalised schedule builder here

Note: This schedule may be subject to change.

ACCOMMODATION

The accommodation links listed below have been listed for convenience and are not endorsed by, or affiliated with the conference.

Warwick Conferences - Radcliffe

University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Lakeside Village, Coventry, CV4 7SH, United Kingdom

Warwick Conferences - Radcliffe, Coventry, UK

Warwick Conferences - Scarman

University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Lakeside Village, Coventry, CV4 7SH, United Kingdom

Warwick Conferences - Scarman, Coventry, UK

Telegraph Hotel - Coventry

157 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1GU, United Kingdom Link

Hotel Indigo Coventry by IHG

Friargate, Coventry, CV1 2GN, United Kingdom Link

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS EVENT?

• Educators and administrators from schools, colleges, and universities.

• Government officials and policymakers involved in cybersecurity education initiatives.

• Industry professionals in cyber security, and related fields.

• Students, graduates and career changers interested in pursuing careers in cyber security

The Advances in Cyber Security Education | 2025 is a FREE event, that is designed to accommodate a diverse range of attendees, catering to broad interests and backgrounds.

Please note that places for this event are limited and one the allocated attendance limit has been reached, the registration link will be closed.