Vegas AI Security Forum '26

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LAS VEGAS · AUG 2026

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AI SECURITY FORUM · LAS VEGAS · 2026

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A ~200-person event bringing together researchers, engineers, and policymakers
working to secure powerful AI systems.

./apply --now ! Spaces are limited — apply early to avoid disappointment.

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location=Las Vegas, NV

date =August 6, 2026

capacity=~200 (application-based)

format =8 AM – 10 PM · talks, workshops

meals =light breakfast, lunch, dinner (and snacks) provided

venue =The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa · map ↗

# what attendees say

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ATTENDEES ~200

ORGS 50+

model-weight-security cyber-evals adversarial-ml supply-chain hardware-verification ai-insider-risk threat-models policy

"The rare event where security engineers, policy people, and AI researchers are actually in the same room talking to each other."

— Security Researcher, AI Lab

"I left with a clearer sense of the threat landscape and a network of people I can actually call when things go sideways."

— Policy Advisor, National Security Community

"The forum helped us shape our work and product in some really meaningful ways that helped answer some really hard technical questions about what the future of Security was going to look like."

— Will Pearce, CEO @ Dreadnode

"The Forum is where I've been able to connect to the beating heart of the AI Security community."

— Jason Clinton, Deputy CISO @ Anthropic

"Some of the most useful conversations I've had about AI — with both technical and policy people — started at AISF. It's one of the few venues that consistently brings that range of people into the same room."

— Kristian Ronn, CEO @ Lucid Computing

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# About the Forum

We believe there is a significant chance transformative AI will be developed in the next few years. Securing those systems is on the critical path to preventing global catastrophe — and to ensuring the benefits of powerful AI are broadly realized.

Vegas AI Security Forum '26 brings together security engineers and researchers, policymakers, and members of the national security community to drive thought partnership and advance the field of AI security.

# Format

→ Application-based attendance, ~200 attendees
→ Keynote talks, workshops, and fireside chats
→ Panels, tabletop exercises, and meals
→ Runs alongside DEF CON week

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Sessions to be announced

Session details will be published closer to the event. Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when the program is released.

# Confirmed Speakers

Yogev Bar-OnAttestable

Camille Stewart GlosterCAS Strategies

Dan LahavIrregular

Nora AmmannARIA

Joshua SaxeStealth

Jason ClintonAnthropic

Alex ObadiaARIA

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# Past Attendees Include People From

Anthropic OpenAI Google DeepMind CISA DARPA NSA/CSS MIT CSAIL CMU CyLab Stanford HAI RAND Corp Palo Alto Networks CrowdStrike NIST Mandiant Georgetown CSET Redwood Research

# Attendee Breakdown (Prior Event)

25–30%government / national security / think tanks

25–30%AI companies and research institutions

15–20%other tech companies

10–15%academic institutions

15–20%independent researchers, consultants, nonprofits

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# Call for Papers

deadline=passed

status =● CLOSED

We were looking for talks at the intersection of AI and security — offense and defense, technical and policy, research and practitioner. Submissions are now closed.

# Topics of interest (non-exhaustive)