CyAD 2026: Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Summit
Date: June 23-25, 2026
Location: Moraine Valley Community College
The Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit is a unique event designed to serve educators in various fields to explore the intersection of cybersecurity within their specific educational program areas and the industries they serve.
This event brings together educators from diverse disciplines to address cybersecurity concerns in all business and all critical infrastructure sectors including but not limited to manufacturing, healthcare, retail, engineering, and banking and finance. Industry operational technology owners and operators from all critical infrastructure sectors are encouraged to attend and leverage this opportunity to engage with academia about their unique sector disciplines and cybersecurity needs.This year will also focus on content for addressing America’s AI Action Plan including, securing emerging technologies, such as AI and quantum.
“CyAD…where academia and industry meet for advancing cybersecurity curriculum development."

The Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit was conceptualized and established by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education (NCyTE) Center located at Whatcom Community College (WCC) in partnership with Moraine Valley Community College. The National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center is an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) National Center, grant-funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant #2054724.
Reach out to our event planning team at [email protected] for info and more.