iCSS organises internal and external facing events on campus from time to time. An regular event we run is our public engagement event series Kent Cyber Security Forum or Festival (KCSF). The institute also routinely (co-)organises and hosts scientific conferences, workshops, summer schools and other events. Prior to the establishment of iCSS in 2021, our events were organised by Kent Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS).
iCSS (co-)organised/hosted events
- 27-31 July 2026: QinetiQ-led NCSC CyberFirst Advanced Course for 16-17-year-olds
- 21 July 2026: 2026 Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Trust (SME-CPT) Workshop, to be held at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus (Dr Jason Nurse as Workshop Co-Chair)
- 3 June 2026: CyberHack 2026: National-Level Cyber Security Hackathon, co-organised with UWS (University of West Scotland) London Campus and CSE Connect
- 7-10 April 2026: EDCC 2026 (21st European Dependable Computing Conference), to be held at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus (Dr Rogério de Lemos as the General Chair and iCSS as a technical sponsor)
- 7 April 2026: AI-SS 2026 (1st International Workshop on AI Safety and Security), to be held at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus, co-located with EDCC 2026 (Professor Shujun Li as Workshop Co-Chair; iCSS as a technical sponsor and the financial sponsor of the Best Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award) (a news article)
- 14 February – 31 March 2026: 21 “Train the Trainers” (TTT) workshops attended by over 600 teachers working at 93 schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, part of the ODA project TTT-CyberEthiopia, funded by Research England’s allocation to the University of Kent in the 2025-26 year (a news article)
- 26 March 2026: A masterclass on biometrics for 25 Year 8 students at The Folkestone School for Girls, to be delivered by iCSS Associate Member Matthew Boakes (a news article)
- 26 February 2026: Final event of ACE Cyber Security Competition for 14-18-year-olds, University of Kent’s Canterbury campus (a news article)
- 3 February 2026: A deepfake education game co-design day with 36 Year 9 girls at The Folkestone School for Girls, delivered by iCSS PhD student Temesgen Kitaw Damenu
Events (co-)chaired by iCSS members
- 24-27 August 2026: WSDF 2026 (19th International Workshop on Digital Forensics) and AI&CCPS 2026 (2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Cyber and Cyber-Physical Security) at ARES 2026 (21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security), to be held at Linköping University, Sweden (Dr Virginia Franqueira as Workshop Co-Chair)