Call for Speakers

Authenticate is the industry’s only conference dedicated to user authentication – with a focus on phishing-resistant authentication with passkeys. Authenticate brings together CISOs, business leaders, product managers, security strategists and identity architects to share insights and get the education, tools and best practices to roll out passkeys, while gaining a deeper understanding of the broader identity and access management landscape.

Now in its 6th year, the FIDO Alliance-hosted Authenticate conference has become renowned for its high-quality content and vibrant community of professionals committed to advancing passkeys and related technologies to create a more secure web. This is your opportunity to be part of it!

The focus of the program for the Authenticate 2025 conference is “achieving usable security across the account lifecycle,” with a focus on deeper dives on how to achieve phishing-resistant authentication with passkeys and the adjacent areas necessary to achieve end-to-end account security with usability in mind.

1. Choose what you want to share with the Authenticate community.

The committee seeks vendor-neutral, educational presentations on these topics:  

• Passkey tales from the trenches: share learnings from your deployment that can help others learn, take action and be inspired by your story
• Passkey implementation how-tos and best practices: teach attendees how to implement for different tech stacks, within a specific vertical, for an edge case or to achieve a specific outcome
• Securing the account lifecycle: talk to attendees about the topics and technologies critical or adjacent to achieving usable security throughout the identity and access management lifecycle. These can include but aren’t limited to:
  • Account onboarding
  • Remote identity verification and proofing
  • Authorization
  • Biometrics
  • Face Verification
  • Session security
  • Device authentication
  • Cybersecurity/fraud threats and detection
  • Digital identity/digital wallets
  • Emerging and/or complementary technologies and standards
• The future of identity and authentication: leave our attendees with a vision and understanding of what’s coming next for the identity and authentication space, and what actions they can take today to enable a better tomorrow 

2. Choose your session type

Authenticate 2025 will provide a variety of session types, with more opportunities in 2025 for in-depth, detailed sessions with actionable takeaways and time for Q&A with speakers. Potential speakers will be asked to select a session type that best fits their content and presentation style, from these*:

• Track presentation – track sessions with visionary and/or actionable content; ~30 minutes (typically one speaker with a max of two speakers)
• Masterclass – interactive education sessions that gives attendees the opportunity to build and improve their skills and/or knowledge on a particular topic; ~60-90 minutes (up to three instructors)
• Panel – lively discussions on pertinent and/or controversial authentication, IAM and/or identity topics; ~45 minutes (1 moderator and up to three panelists)

* Proposals on identity and authentication topics are welcome. Submissions that showcase innovation, are rooted in expertise, and incorporate diverse perspectives in speakers and content will be prioritized. Submissions with promotional or sales-driven content will not be considered.

3. Submit your presentation abstract by March 10, 2025.

Please note that you’ll be required to create an account to submit an abstract. 

**Accounts must be created with the actual speaker's details to avoid confusion in the review process.