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NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
RESCHEDULING NOTICE
We have an important update regarding the 2026 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference. Due to an unexpected and unavoidable delay in funding for this year’s conference the event host iKeepSafe has, in coordination with NICE, decided to reschedule the conference from its original December 2026 date to March 7-9, 2027, at the Royal Sonesta New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Visit the Rescheduling FAQ for more information.
The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is happening! The NICE K12 Planning Committee is excited to welcome you to join us in New Orleans this coming March.
The Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, supported by the NICE, and hosted by iKeepSafe, brings together K12 educators and those interested in cybersecurity education for today’s K12 youth in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce of the future.
This annual two-day event helps attendees learn about increasing cybersecurity career awareness, infusing cybersecurity across the education portfolio, integrating innovative cybersecurity educational approaches, designing cybersecurity academic and career pathways, and promoting cyber awareness.
This event is supported by the NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce, under financial assistance award #70NANB26H056. Learn more here.
Past NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conferences
2025 - Nashville, Tennessee
2024 - San Antonio, Texas
2023 - Phoenix, Arizona
2022 - St. Louis, Missouri
2021 - Virtual
2020 - Virtual
2019 - Garden Grove, California
2018 - San Antonio, Texas
2017 - Nashville, Tennessee
2016 - Arlington, Virginia
2015 - Linthicum, Maryland
Contacts
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION
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NICE Program Office(301) 975-4470100 Bureau Dr.
Gaithersburg, MD 20899