Throughout the years, the International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) has established itself as a prominent multidisciplinary conference, with keynotes and panels focusing on the technical, legal, policy, strategy and military perspectives of cyber defence and security. This is undoubtedly thanks to the amount of high-quality original academic research presented at the conference.

The theme of Cycon 2026 is "Securing Tomorrow".

The pace of technological development shows no sign of slowing. Each breakthrough in connectivity, computing, and automation shapes a world that is more dependent on digital systems and evermore vulnerable to their disruption. As we innovate, we must also anticipate. Securing tomorrow begins now, with the decisions we make and the strategies we set in motion today.

How do governments, industry leaders, legal experts, and technologists work together to adapt to new threats and secure tomorrow?

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 

List of Topics

• Cyber security and cyber defence strategy and doctrine.
• Legal and ethical dimensions of cyber operations.
• Technological advancements (e.g. artificial intelligence, autonomous systems).
• Military applications of cyber capabilities.
• Cyber resilience at national and international levels.
• Cyber operations in hybrid and information/psychological warfare contexts, multi domain operations, and joint operations.
• Collaboration between private - public sector, civilian and military in the cyber domain.

Publication

CyCon 2026 proceedings will be published on our website in the end of May 2026.

Venue

The conference will be held in Tallinn, Estonia.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to cycon2026@ccdcoe.org