ACM SIGCITE 2025: Call for Submissions

The 26th ACM Annual Conference on Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education (ACM SICGITE 2025) will be hosted at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California, USA on November 6th-8th, 2025.

Conference Theme

Embracing Our exCITing Identity

Submission Deadline

Sunday, August 03rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM (anywhere in the world)

Submission Categories

• Papers
  • Topics related to research and innovations in Cybersecurity and Information Technology education.
  • All paper submissions will undergo a blind peer review process.
  • Length must not exceed six double-column pages.
  • Authors will have 25 minutes to present their work.
• Student Papers
  • The first author must be a registered student at the time of submission, OR must have been a registered student when the work was performed.
  • Topics related to research and innovations in Cybersecurity and Information Technology education.
  • All student paper submissions will undergo a blind peer review process.
  • Length must not exceed six double-column pages.
  • Authors of accepted student papers will have a total of 25 minutes to present their work.
• Lightning Talks (also known as Big Ideas in Cybersecurity/IT Education)
  • Intended to explore preliminary work, tentative projects, or conceptual ideas for potential future work.
  • All lightning talk submissions will undergo a blind peer review process.
  • Length must not exceed two double-column pages.
  • Authors of accepted lightning talks will have a total of 15 minutes to present their work.
• Panels
  • Panel sessions offer a platform for expert panelists to share their perspectives on a particular topic.
  • Length must not exceed two double-column pages.
  • Accepted panels will be scheduled for 60 minutes, with an interactive question-and-answer (Q&A) period of approximately 20 minutes.
  • Note: Panel submissions should include author information (i.e., not anonymized).
• Tutorials (formerly known as Workshops)
  • Offer a comprehensive review or introduction to a topic of interest.
  • All tutorial submissions will undergo a blind peer review process.
  • Length must not exceed two double-column pages.
  • Accepted tutorials will be scheduled for 75 minutes.
• Posters (formerly known as Extended Abstracts)
  • Offer an opportunity for informal presentations that facilitate direct interaction and exchange with conference attendees.
  • All poster submissions will undergo a blind peer review process.
  • Length must not exceed two double-column pages.

Submission Formatting

You must use one of the options below to format your submissions:

• ACM’s Interim DOCX template
• LaTeX template
• Overleaf template (After opening the template, choose sample-sigconf.tex.)

Visit the TAPS Workflow section on the ACM website for additional information.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: August 03, 2025
• Notification of Acceptance: September 05, 2025
• Camera-ready Deadline: September 19, 2025
• Conference Dates: November 06-08, 2025

Submission Link

Submit your proposals via EasyChair.

Conference Website

Visit the ACM SIGCITE 2025 conference website for updated information.

You may also access the conference website via the ACM SIGCITE website at sigcite.org.