2026 is shaping up to be a significant year for conversations that influence how organisations think about risk, resilience, and cyber security leadership.
Chaleit will join leaders across several major industry events to share insights, compare experiences, and contribute to the wider community.
Below is our conference calendar, along with updates, recordings, and key lessons as the year unfolds.
Chaleit's Conference Presence: Insights, Leadership & Community
FEBRUARY CISO EVENTS
CISO Sydney — Corinium
When: 10–11 February 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit — Conference Chair, Moderator, and Track Chair
CISO Sydney brings together senior security decision-makers in New South Wales, the people responsible for making security work inside complex organisations. The conference focuses on the fundamentals: risk, resilience, leadership, and how security and the business can pull in the same direction. The event creates a valuable opportunity to compare approaches, challenge assumptions, and learn directly from peers.
This year’s top themes focused on embedding security into leadership and decision-making, examining AI’s impact on both threats and response, moving toward shared responsibility across the supply chain, and reinforcing mindset over tools by making cyber-conscious behaviour part of daily work.
Prof. Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit and Honorary Professor of Practice at Murdoch University, took on multiple roles throughout the event.
Day 1:
Track chair: Partnerships & Ecosystem Security
- Fireside chat: Embedding Security Obligations into Partner Agreements – Contract Clauses That Matter
- On-stage interviewer: One-to-one leadership discussion with Arun Singh, CISO Tyro Payments, exploring defining decisions in a CISO’s journey
Day 2:
- Conference chair: Opening and guiding the day’s program
- Track chair: Security Transformation & Operations
- Panel moderator: CISOs in an Identity-Driven, As-a-Service World – What Really Matters Now?
Across both days, Dan’s contribution centred on execution, leadership judgement, and how organisations move beyond compliance to build security that holds under real operational pressure.
CISOs Connect — Sydney
When: 22-25 February 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit
CISOs Connect is a membership-only community built by and for security leaders. It's a place where CISOs share insights, challenge assumptions, and compare real-world experiences with peers they trust.
MARCH CISO EVENTS
Cyber Risk Series | Exploit, Don't Trust — Live Virtual Event
When: 18 March 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit
The "Exploit, Don’t Trust" Cyber Risk Series, presented by Qualys, features curated sessions from industry voices and experienced security leaders. The series examines why theoretical risk alone is no longer sufficient and how an exploit-aware, evidence-driven mindset can improve prioritization, accountability, and outcomes.
Chaitet's CEO, Dan Haagman, joined the President and CEO of Qualys, Sumedh Thakar, for a session focused on "Rethinking Cyber Risk in the Age of AI". They discussed how organisations can move beyond vulnerability counts and operationalise cyber risk in true business terms.
CISOs Connect — RSAC San Francisco
When: 23-26 March 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit
RSAC is where the global security community comes together for the conversations that influence how organisations think about risk. The event creates a curated, trusted environment where leaders exchange information and solutions.
The theme for 2026, Power of Community, aligns with Prof. Dan Haagman’s work across the CISO Global Study and with Chaleit’s partnerships: real progress happens when CISOs share what’s worked, what hasn’t, and why.
Dan Haagman will contribute to those practical conversations with insights on leadership, prioritisation, and reducing cyber noise in favour of outcomes.
JUNE CISO EVENTS
CISO Brisbane — Corinium
When: 23 June 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit — Track Chair & Session Facilitator
CISO Brisbane brings together Queensland's most senior security leaders to focus on resilience, strategic decision-making, and how organisations keep pace with changing threats. The 2026 agenda centres on adversary-informed defence, AI-enabled governance, and modern approaches to technology risk, offering practical insight for teams operating in complex, high-stakes environments.
Dan Haagman’s contribution:
- Track Chair: Scaling Strategic Innovation (Track B)
- Session Facilitator: The CISO Action Lens: What are your bold predictions for 2026?
JULY CISO EVENTS
CISO UK — Corinium
When: 1 July 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit — Conference Chair
CISO UK marks the launch of Corinium's flagship event in the UK, bringing together senior security leaders to shape the direction of cyber security at both organisational and industry level. The conference focuses on how security supports business outcomes, covering mitigation, response and recovery, governance, cross-functional collaboration, and the practical impact of AI.
As a new addition to the global CISO series, the event aims to create a strong platform for leadership discussion, peer exchange, and shared approaches to building resilient organisations.
Dan Haagman will chair the inaugural conference, helping guide the conversation from strategy through to practical application.
CISO Melbourne — Corinium
When: 14–15 July 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit — Conference Chair
CISO Melbourne gathers Victoria’s senior security leaders to examine the practical side of resilience: governance, threat operations, leadership, and how to create security programs that enable growth.
Chaleit’s presence at Melbourne aligns with the same principle as all our Corinium engagements: show up where leaders talk openly, share what’s working, and push for simpler, stronger approaches to risk.
AUGUST CISO EVENTS
CISO Singapore — Corinium
When: 19–20 August 2026
Participation: Dan Haagman, CEO of Chaleit — Conference Chair
CISO Singapore focuses on putting security at the centre of business strategy in a region that’s moving fast and attracting increasingly sophisticated threats. Previous editions have prioritised actionable guidance over abstract debate, from ransomware defence and AI-driven cyber crime to practical threat intelligence and data privacy.
As Chair, Dan will guide the conversations toward what delivers measurable uplift: better decision-making, prioritisation, and alignment between cyber teams and the wider organisation.
CISOs Connect — Other Regional Events Across 2026
When: Singapore (30 July 2026) • Melbourne (1–2 September 2026) • Miami (8-9 December 2026)
CISOs Connect is a membership-only community built by and for security leaders. It's a place where CISOs share insights, challenge assumptions, and compare real-world experiences with peers they trust.
Our participation across several CISOs Connect events in 2026 reflects Chaleit's goal to contribute to conversations that improve leadership and raise the standard of security practice globally.
These events keep the focus on informed decision-making and practical uplift.
More details to follow.
