The goal of the conference is to discuss the issue of Privacy, Cybersecurity & E-Commerce through an interdisciplinary prism of law, policy changes, compliance standards and changes in technology.

The conference will be focused on contemporary and future challenges in the most dynamically developing sectors such as social media, digital privacy or cloud security.

Proposed (sample) thematic areas of your conference presentation:

• Phishing attacks
• Social media
• Cybersecurity: more than passwords and authentications
• Asset security and cold custody
• Mobile device security
• Remote work
• Wi-fi and digital networks
• Cloud security
• Cyberlaw
• Digital privacy and privacy legislation
• Unfair and deceptive e-trade practices

Please feel free to choose the topic of your presentation in line with your passion and expertise. Topics may be of both contemporary and historical relevance, and touch upon all problems regardless of their geographical boundaries. Panels of the conference will be arranged accordingly.

The thematic areas indicated above are to be treated only as examples. We strongly encourage you to go beyond them. In addition, the speeches may be interdisciplinary in nature, combining a variety of research fields.

We believe in freedom of academic discussion and do not censor speeches for worldview or political reasons. Original and unconventional speeches will always find recognition from the Conference Committee.

• Ambitious students, PhD students, experienced researchers, and all other professionals (lawyers, compliance experts, managers) interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

Presentations may be delivered in the following languages:

- English

- Polish

Panels (sessions) during the conference will be arranged accordingly.

• Prof. Christopher Kelley, LL.M. (University of Arkansas School of Law) – Chairman of the Committee.
• Prof. Mimi Afshar (North Carolina Central University) – Member of the Committee.
• Prof. Nina Stępnicka (Faculty of Law & Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce) – Member of the Committee.
• Dr. Julia Szwiec (Cracow University of Economics; Mediator at the Arbitration Court at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and the District Court in Warsaw) – Member of the Committee.
• Attorney Valery Loumber, J.D. (Gavrilov & Brooks Law Firm, Sacramento/Los Angeles) – Member of the Committee.
• Dr. Lilya Kurii (Center for American Studies Ukraine, previously: Khmelnytskyi National University) – Member of the Committee.
• Luke Darby Bartosik, LL.M. (President of the Center For American Studies) – Secretary of the Committee.

➤ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the conference as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣ Submit an abstract (up to 300 words) and fill in the Speaker Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/qvCZvXkgaeu2PitR7

2️⃣ Register through the above-mentioned Speaker Registration Form by 23.59 on May 4, 2026 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔒We reserve the right to select abstracts.

🎉The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by May 5, 2026.

3️⃣ Pay the conference fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers in an e-mail – the fee must be paid by May 6, 2026 at the latest.

➤PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference by a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣ Fill out the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/NY5Z2ciAFqRPsKjZ8

2️⃣ Submit the Audience Registration Form by 23.59 on May 7, 2026.

Failure to fill in the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the conference (and thus the inability to receive a passive conference participant certificate).

3️⃣ Pay of the fee to the bank account number that will be provided to passive participants via e-mail. The fee must be paid by May 12, 2026, at the latest

(Don’t worry! You will have a chance to see the conference schedule with a full list of speakers and names of their presentations before submitting a conference fee).

➤ SPEAKERS – 2 options:

• 229 PLN / 60 EUR – participation as a speaker + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 259 PLN / 70 EUR – participation as a speaker + digital certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

➤ AUDIENCE – 2 options:

• 129 PLN / 40 EUR – audience participation + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 159 PLN / 45 EUR – audience participation + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

Important! Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*:

"first name and last name – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) – <3rd Conference on Privacy, Cybersecurity, E-commerce>"

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.

• It is possible to receive a VAT invoice (please request it in the registration form – requests made later may not be satisifed).
• If your participation in the conference is to be financed by the university (institution/company), we suggest that you pay for your participation from your personal funds and then obtain reimbursement from the university (institution/company) on the basis of an invoice issued by the Center to your university (institution/company).
• The fee is non-refundable (since it grants you the right of entry to the conference).
• The link to the online conference room will be made available to registered participants within 24 hours before the start of the conference.
• It is possible to deliver a conference presentation by two or more speakers (the fee should be multiplied by the number of speakers).
• The presentation time is 15-25 minutes (depending on the fact of giving a solo or duet presentation and the total number of presentations during the conference).
• Traditional paper certificates are usually sent via traditional post within 2 months after the conference.
• Digital certificates are sent to *all* participants within one week from the conference.
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the composition of the Academic Conference Committee.
• All Participants will receive a certificate of the status of the Center for American Studies scientific society as an entity conducting primarily scientific activities in an independent and continuous manner, along with a full list of members of the Scientific Council.
• The Center For American Studies arranges the order of presentations. The exact time of speaking at the conference is pre-determined by CFAS (it will be not possible to change the time of your conference presentation set in the conference schedule).
• Terms of Service (Conference Rules and Regulations): https://www.cfasofficial.com/en/terms-of-use