Call for Proposals - TrustCon 2026. Online registration by Cvent

Interested and willing to contribute your expertise as a panelist? Share your expertise here.

This form is for anyone who would like to be considered as a panelist for the 2026 TrustCon Program. By submitting your interest, you may be contacted either by organizers who are preparing a CFP submission or by organizers of already accepted panels who are seeking additional panelists.

If a panel organizer is looking for panelists, we will share the list of individual submissions so they can identify a potential match. If you do not hear from an organizer by the notification date you indicate in the form, it means that no panels are currently seeking a panelist with your particular expertise.

TrustCon is the only global conference dedicated to trust and safety professionals who are responsible for the challenging work of keeping our platforms and communities safe. It is the culmination of TSPA’s vision to create and foster a global community of practice among trust and safety professionals. TrustCon 2026 will continue to create an enduring and supportive community, offer workshops and presentations focused on the practice of trust and safety, and explore successes, lessons learned, and the future of the field. Attendees will also have the opportunity to collaborate, hear from trust and safety thought leaders, and connect with peers from all over the world. Join us July 20- 22, 2026 in San Francisco for the 5th Annual TrustCon!

We’re accepting submissions for the following tracks:

Child Safety
Engineering (Priority Themes: Detection, Infrastructure, Monitoring & Metrics)
Extremism
Fraud
Investigations & Intelligence
Model Safety
Offline Harm
Operations
Partnerships
Policy
Product
Professional Development
Regulation
Research
Wellness
Community Activities (Networking)

This year, we have received an increased number of questions regarding travel to TrustCon. We encourage you to submit a proposal even if you are uncertain about visa approvals or potential travel disruptions. Should you be accepted to TrustCon and later encounter prohibitive travel challenges, TSPA will offer an alternative opportunity for you to present virtually following the conference. This accommodation does not apply to sessions that are able to substitute presenters or panelists.

Please note: We also welcome submissions from cross-functional collaborators (for example, Design), and encourage contributors to choose the track that best represents the most applicable audience.

A presentation is a 20-minute talk that may or may not be accompanied by slides. Presentations are great opportunities to share current work, lessons learned, or how you and your team have built a product, service, policy, or organization. You may also want to present research you and your team have recently completed and/or published. Each presentation will be followed by time for Q&A.

Successful presentations are well-organized and rehearsed with explicit key points and take-aways.

Important notes on presentations:

Only one speaker will be accepted per presentation; we will not accept presentations with co-presenters.
If your presentation is accepted and includes slides, we recommend sharing a backup copy with TSPA prior to the conference.

A panel is a 50-minute thematic session consisting of 3-4 panelists and facilitated by a moderator.

Panels are great opportunities to investigate a topic from different points of view. Successful panels require a strong moderator who can facilitate conversation and ask succinct questions. Successful panels also require panelists who are willing to engage openly, honestly, and respectfully with one another—especially when they disagree.

When submitting a full panel, you must provide the following information:

A draft list of possible questions to be asked and discussed.
The name of the moderator. If you are are the moderator, be sure to note that in your submission.
The names of your confirmed panelists.

Panels submitted without these specifics will not be considered for acceptance into the program.

Important notes on panels:

If your proposed panel is accepted, you (the person who submits the proposal) are considered the panel organizer and will be responsible for communicating important information (i.e., registration requirements, deadlines) to and scheduling all meetings with your panelists. We strongly recommend that you confirm your panelists are available and have organizational permission to participate before you submit your proposal.
We will prioritize panel submissions that are intentionally inclusive of different lived and professional experiences, races, ethnicities, ages, genders, disabilities, economic statuses, and other diverse backgrounds. We reserve the right to add panelists to a session to ensure inclusivity and representation.

A workshop is a 90 or 120-minute hands-on session focused on a specific audience and with specific goals in mind. For example, you may want to plan and facilitate a workshop for trust and safety managers about how to provide online and offline security for their frontline employees.

Successful workshops engage participants in collaborative work, meet predetermined goals, and generally result in an artifact of some kind (i.e., shared notes, a template, a set of preliminary evaluation metrics).

With this submission type, you will be asked to describe the goals and outcomes of the proposed workshop, the proposed format and/or schedule of activities, the ideal number of participants for your workshop, and how the workshop will contribute to the trust and safety community. Please be sure you indicate whether your workshop is intended to run for 90 or 120 minutes.

Important notes on workshops:

If you want to provide pre-work for your workshop, you will need to include a description in your proposal. You’ll also need to make all pre-work (for example, readings) available to potential participants during workshop registration.
We will accept up to two speakers per proposed workshop. You can enlist up to 4 other TrustCon attendees to give light assistance (e.g. leading a table through an exercise); these assistants do not get a speaker ticket and will not be listed in the TrustCon program.
TSPA will provide workshop supplies such as pens, sticky notes, whiteboards, and whiteboard markers. If your proposal is accepted and you need additional supplies, you will need to provide those yourself.

Roundtables are 90-minute sessions designed to foster meaningful discussion among participants. These sessions are limited to 20 participants per facilitator and emphasize open dialogue and collaborative problem-solving. For example, you may design a roundtable to discuss cross-industry collaboration or the evolution of trust and safety policies within a specific topic. Strong roundtables include a skilled facilitator able to guide the conversation, encourage respectful disagreement, and keep the group on-track.

Important notes on roundtables:

Roundtable submitters may indicate target audiences for roundtable participants. You can choose criteria such as roles focused on Child Safety, role types like managers, or describe a group of roles you hope to see represented. However, all roundtables are first-come-first-serve and cannot be limited to specific companies, organizations, or individuals.
If your roundtable is selected, you will be responsible for communication and organization with a facilitator or co-facilitator.
You may run two parallel roundtables (totaling 40 attendees) on the same topic during the session, which will require a co-facilitator.
We will accept up to two speakers per proposed roundtable. You can enlist up to 4 other TrustCon attendees to give light assistance (e.g. leading a table through an exercise); these assistants do not get a speaker ticket and will not be listed in the TrustCon program.

Community activities are organized and led by members of the TSPA community. Their purpose is networking, gathering, or engaging in an individual activity. For example, you may want to lead a lunchtime walk, lead a lunch table for those interested in a specific topic, or set up a crafting corner attendees can engage in throughout the conference. We encourage submitters to get creative!

Important notes:

Community activities are informal in nature and intended to connect attendees through networking. These activities do not include presentations, demos, panels, or similar programming.
Community activities typically take place during down times, such as during breakfast, lunch, or extended breaks. Additionally, if you are hosting something with the intention of it being available throughout the conference, we may plan for a kickoff on the first day.
If your community activity is approved, TSPA will provide hosting space and basic necessities such as tables, tablecloths, food (if taking place at lunch), and signage. A full list of resources will be listed in acceptance emails. Hosts may bring additional materials if desired.
Though not required, we recommend at least one co-organizer.
Community activities are TrustCon events and do not include distributing branded handouts or merchandise from other organizations. Donations of unbranded materials are welcome and will be acknowledged in the description.

Is the proposal complete?

Successful proposals give a clear overview of what a session will be about, with specifics about the questions it will address and the intended takeaways for the audience. Be sure that you have answered all the required questions. The Program Committee will reject any proposals found to be incomplete.

Does the submission reify existing biases and/or prejudices?

When you submit your proposal, be sure you’ve considered how your submission challenges rather than perpetuates existing systemic biases. The Program Committee will reject any proposals that reinforce harmful stereotypes or prejudices.

Is the submission a sales, services, or product pitch?

TrustCon sessions must focus on sharing knowledge rather than promoting products or services. Your submission should focus on specific, practical insights, frameworks, or methodologies independent of any commercial offerings. The Program Committee will reject sales pitches and product demonstrations.

Does the submission explicitly benefit trust and safety as a field and/or practice?

Proposals should contribute meaningfully to the trust and safety field. The Program Committee will consider whether your submission strengthens the collective knowledge and capabilities of practitioners. TrustCon sessions should offer practical, actionable, and relevant information that can be directly applied to an attendee’s professional practice.

Does the submission introduce new voices, perspectives, and/or conversations?

We seek submissions that expand the conversation and bring fresh viewpoints. The Program Committee prioritizes sessions that help to bridge gaps between different areas of trust and safety practice, introduce underrepresented voices and viewpoints, and challenge conventional wisdom or present alternative approaches to our work.

Is the submission applicable for the TrustCon audience? Will the intended audience learn something new?

TrustCon submissions should be relevant and valuable to the conference’s core audience: trust & safety professionals. The Program Committee will assess whether a proposed session’s content is appropriately scoped for our audience’s expertise level. Your submission should present clear learning objectives and should include as much detail as possible.

Please note: If you typically present this material to different audiences (e.g., non-profits, academics, or non-T&S tech professionals), consider any adjustments needed to tailor it appropriately for an audience of trust & safety professionals.

TrustCon 2026 Call for Proposals

Does the submission explicitly benefit trust and safety as a field and/or practice?

Does the submission introduce new voices, perspectives, and/or conversations?

Is the submission applicable for the TrustCon audience? Will the intended audience learn something new?

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