Crisis Comms Speaker Radar: 10 verified routes from 11 November 2026 onward

Main shortlist

1. Tier 2 — Future of Communications Conference, part of Ragan Communications Week

• Dates: 11–13 November 2026
  • Location: Hyatt Regency Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Organizer: Ragan Communications
  • Event language: English, as used on the official event pages
  • Relevant theme: The workshop Crisis 3.0 for Comms: Preparing for Deepfakes, Cyber Attacks and Synthetic Media covers deepfakes, impersonation scams, synthetic media, data breaches, reputational attacks, escalation protocols, and crisis-response coordination. 1
  • Status and route: Confirmed event; no public CFP is shown. Speaker inquiry: Alyssa Smith, Sr. Director of Event Programming, alyssas@ragan.com. The event page's speaking route is the Ragan conference page. 2
  • Fit: A strong Tier 2 pitch for practitioners who can connect synthetic media, cyber incidents, and reputation protection to a practical crisis-comms playbook.

2. Tier 2 — AI Horizons Conference

• Dates: 1–3 February 2027
  • Location: Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Carlsbad, California, USA
  • Organizer: Ragan Communications
  • Event language: English, as used on the official conference page
  • Relevant theme: The programme includes using AI to detect and respond to a crisis before escalation, monitoring, statement drafting, and coordinating responses across internal and external audiences. 3
  • Status and route: Confirmed event; the full agenda and speaker lineup are not yet published. Speaker inquiry: Alyssa Smith, Director/Senior Director of Event Programming; AI Horizons conference page is the organizer route. 4
  • Fit: One of the clearest current Tier 2 openings for an AI-in-crisis-comms proposal, especially detection, response coordination, and human review of generated statements.

3. Tier 1 — IWCE 2027

• Dates: 8–11 March 2027; exhibits run 10–11 March
  • Location: North Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Organizer: Informa
  • Event language: English, as used on the official CFP and conference pages
  • Relevant theme: The CFP lists Emergency Management and Network Resilience & Cybersecurity among its themes, alongside AI, 911/NG911, interoperability, and strategic planning. 56
  • Status and route: CFP open. Deadline: 11 September 2026. Apply to speak via the official call for submissions.
  • Fit: Best suited to a proposal on how public-safety and emergency-management communicators maintain trust when networks, channels, or information integrity are under stress.

4. Tier 1 — DRJ Spring 2027

• Dates: 21–24 March 2027
  • Location: Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Organizer: Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ)
  • Event language: English, as used on the official submission platform
  • Relevant theme: The call explicitly asks for content on crisis management, cyber resilience, AI, supply-chain resilience, risk metrics, and related continuity topics. Session formats include workshops, plenaries, breakouts, masterclasses, and idea labs. 7
  • Status and route: CFP open. Deadline: 9 October 2026, 5:00 p.m. CT (the local deadline shown by the organizer). Submit through the DRJ/Cvent abstract portal.
  • Fit: A high-fit route for a substantive session linking crisis communications to continuity decisions, cyber incidents, AI-enabled response, or resilience metrics.

5. Tier 1 — 5th Annual Lehigh Valley Emergency Services Conference

• Dates: 5–6 April 2027
  • Location: DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Organizer: Lehigh County Emergency Management Agency and the Lehigh Valley Emergency Services Conference planning committee
  • Event language: English, as used on the official speaker call; the source does not separately state an official event-language policy
  • Relevant theme: The speaker call names emergency managers, disaster planners, AI, social media, cybersecurity, emerging technology, and volunteer engagement among its audience and topics. Sessions are non-commercial and pro bono, with 50 minutes maximum including Q&A. 8
  • Status and route: Call for speakers open through 16 February 2027. Speaker call and submission page; the source also lists josephlight@lehighcounty.org.
  • Fit: A practical regional route for a non-commercial session on social media, AI, or public information during emergency operations.

6. Tier 1 — WADEM 24th Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine

• Dates: 26–30 April 2027
  • Location: Centre des Congrès de la Villette, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, France
  • Organizer: World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
  • Event language: Abstract submissions are in English; the congress's overall language policy is not separately stated
  • Relevant theme: The congress theme is Research, Relevance, Resilience, and the abstract categories include Public Advocacy and Crisis Communication under Capacity Building. 910
  • Status and route: Call for abstracts open. Deadline: 1 November 2026, 11:59 p.m. CST (the local deadline shown by the organizer; it falls close to the hard event-date cutoff). Submit an abstract through WADEM's official call page.
  • Fit: Strong for evidence-led crisis communication in disaster medicine, public advocacy, responder coordination, and community resilience.

7. Tier 1 — Continuity Insights Management Conference 2027 (CIMC)

• Dates: 3–5 May 2027
  • Location: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Organizer: Continuity Insights, part of Group C Media
  • Event language: English, as used on the official conference and CFP pages
  • Relevant theme: Crisis Communication is an explicit CFP topic category, alongside operational resilience, business continuity/disaster recovery, and cyber resilience. 11
  • Status and route: Call for presentations open. Deadline: 14 August 2026. Apply through the official call for presentations. The CFP says sessions must be educational and that vendor pitches or product demos will not be accepted. 12
  • Fit: The most urgent specialist opening in this issue for a practitioner case study or educational session on crisis communication within continuity and resilience programmes.

8. Tier 1 — Understanding Risk Global Forum Abu Dhabi 2027

• Dates: 10–14 May 2027
  • Location: ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Organizer: GFDRR/World Bank and the Abu Dhabi Emergencies, Crises and Disasters Management Centre
  • Event language: English, as used on the official forum page; the page does not separately state a language policy
  • Relevant theme: The forum theme is Resilient Futures: Leveraging Advanced Technology and AI for Next-Generation Disaster Risk Management. Its pillars include Human-Centered Resilience & Risk Communication, AI and technology for resilience, and business continuity. The one-day Risk Resonance symposium is dedicated to innovation in risk communication. 13
  • Status and route: Call for session proposals open through 13 November 2026. The official page does not expose a separate direct submission form in the retrieved content: direct application URL not found. Use the official forum page and CFP notice rather than a guessed form URL.
  • Fit: Exceptional fit for a session on AI, risk resonance, public trust, or human-centred communication in disaster-risk management.

9. Tier 1 — 41st Annual Governor's Hurricane Conference

• Dates: 16–21 May 2027
  • Location: Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Organizer: Governor's Hurricane Conference
  • Event language: English, as used on the official CFP and conference pages
  • Relevant theme: The CFP asks applicants to choose a programming interest area including communications & public information, emergency management, emergency services, and recovery/mitigation. The conference covers hurricane planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and all-hazards readiness. 1415
  • Status and route: Call for presentations open. Deadline: 30 September 2026. Submit through the official Microsoft Forms proposal form. The official page also lists lisa@flghc.org.
  • Fit: A direct route for emergency-public-information training, hurricane communications, or all-hazards crisis-response lessons that can travel beyond Florida.

10. Tier 1 — AFPS'27, 12e Colloque National de l'Association Française du Génie Parasismique

• Dates: 18–20 May 2027
  • Location: Centre des Congrès du Palais des Papes, Avignon, France
  • Organizer: Association Française du Génie Parasismique (AFPS)
  • Event language: French in the official event and submission pages; the source does not state a separate language policy
  • Relevant theme: The colloquium covers seismic risk, earthquake engineering, and gestion de crise, including seismic crisis management in a multi-hazard context. 16
  • Status and route: Abstract submission open. Deadline: 21 September 2026. The official calendar confirms the submission window, but a separate direct submission form is not found on that page: AFPS submission calendar.
  • Fit: A specialist French-language option for speakers who can connect seismic risk, public preparedness, and crisis-management communication; it is less suitable for a general PR pitch.

Flagged review — do not silently treat as open

• Tier 1 — IAEM 74th Annual Conference & EMEX, 6–12 November 2026, Long Beach, California: The event is confirmed, but the speaker proposal deadline was reported as 8 July 2026 and therefore appears closed. The deadline evidence is on IAEM's official Instagram, which is login-limited in retrieval. Manual check: confirm whether a late speaker, EMvision Talks, or moderator route has reopened. 1718
• Tier 1 — BCI World Hybrid 2026, 10–11 November 2026, London plus virtual: The Business Continuity Institute event is confirmed, but no public CFP was found on the official event pages. Speaker inquiry: not found as a conference-specific route; the BCI events team is the organizer path to verify manually. 1920
• Tier 2 — PRSA Corporate Communications Section: Trust and Influence, 18–19 November 2026, Atlanta: The official PRSA listing confirms the event and dates, but the retrieved primary listing does not verify the reported Crisis Communications Workshop, event language, or a speaker route. Manual check: confirm the workshop and whether the section accepts outside speakers before pitching. 21
• Tier 2 — Cap'Com 38e Forum de la communication publique et territoriale, 1–3 December 2026, Biarritz: The French-language programme includes “Tirer les enseignements de crises cyber en communication publique” on 3 December. No public CFP or direct speaker-inquiry route is shown; the available link is for registration or a quote request. Manual check: ask Cap'Com whether late programme suggestions are still accepted. 22
• Tier 2 — Journée d'actualité Relations presse du secteur public 2027, 22 January 2027, Paris: The French programme includes “IA et relations presse : opportunités, risques et garde-fous” and “Anticiper et gérer ses relations presse de crise.” No separate speaker-inquiry route is disclosed. Manual check: contact Cap'Com before treating this as pitchable. 23
• Tier 2 — PRWeek Crisis Comms Conference UK 2027, London, February 2027: The crisis-specific event is listed for February, but exact dates and a current 2027 CFP are not found. Speaker inquiry: conferences@haymarket.com is the general organizer route reported for the event; verify the edition dates and whether submissions are open. 2425