Hybrid Identity Protection Conference 26 | HIP Conf | Agenda

Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Arrivals and Registration Open	1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Breakfast	7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Keynote + Sessions	9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Lunch	1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evening Event	6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Breakfast	7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Keynote + Sessions	9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Lunch	1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada) []

CISO Panel		Roger Brotz \| Acadia Health, CISO Barbee Mooneyhan \| Uplight, CISO Elliot Franklin \| Fortitude Re, CISO
Fear of Lockout: Confronting the Risk of Losing Tenant Access		Tim Springston \| Semperis, Principal Product Manager
How Organizations Recover from Hybrid Systemic Identity Compromise		Rich Peckham \| Semperis, Principal Security Consultant
Identity in the Uncertain World of AI		Melissa Cronquist \| Walmart, Principal Engineer
Inside the Digital Mind: Translating Cyber Psychology into Actionable Identity Security Strategy		Krista Arndt \| St. Luke’s University Health Network, CISO
Recover Responsibly: Closing the IAM Gap You Don’t Talk About		Lance Peterman \| Dick's Sporting Goods, Lead Engineer - IAM

A Hybrid Identity Maturity Model That Actually Drives Security Outcomes		Michael Soule \| Sentinel Technolgies, Director
Attackers Aren’t Wizards: How to Turn Red Team Lore into Real Controls		Jake Hildreth \| Semperis, Principal Security Consultant Nicholas Valiensi \| Semperis, Senior Incident Response Consultant
Beyond Baselines: Building Custom Identity Security Tests with Maester and PowerShell		Merill Fernando \| Microsoft, Principal Product Manager Sam Erde \| Patriot Consulting, SecureShield Architect
Building a shared Entra ID tenant for critical infrastructure: Architecture and security cecisions from the field		Samantha Kloos-Kilkens \| Argus IT, Owner/IAM Security Consultant
Cryptography, Trust Chains, and Wallets: Deep Diving Microsoft Verified ID and real-world applications thereof		Michael Van Horenbeeck \| The Collective, CEO \| Sr. Architect
Let’s KILL NTLM (Vol 2): Kerberos Evolved, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished		Mariam Gewida \| Microsoft, Product Manager
License to Assist - Bringing AI Agents to Entra ID		Jan Vidar Elven \| Evidi AS, Senior Architect
Mission Critical Conditional Access at Scale		Joe Kaplan \| Accenture, Identity Portfolio Lead for Global IT
One year of Agent Identities - Practical experiences and war stories		Robbe Van den Daele \| The Collective Consulting, Security Consultant & SOC Engineer
Taming Permissions Gone Wild -- Building an Entra ID Application Governance Framework		David Lundell \| Identity Managed, Principal Identity Architect
The Security Upgrade You Can Deploy Today		Nishant Kaushik \| FIDO Alliance, CTO

Abusing Holes in Conditional Access: Modern Attack Paths and How to Close Them		Brandon Colley \| TrustedSec, Senior Security Consultant
AD Experts Panel		Cliff Fisher \| Semperis, Senior Solutions Architect Derek Melber \| GuidePoint Security, Practice Lead, Microsoft Identity Rich Peckham \| Semperis, Principal Security Consultant Brandon Colley \| TrustedSec, Senior Security Consultant Michael Van Horenbeeck \| The Collective, CEO \| Sr. Architect
Age of Entitlement: Breaking and Securing Entra's Access Packages		Katie Knowles \| Datadog, Senior Security Researcher
From Inbox to SharePoint: Catching Attackers Mid-Collection in M365		Ryan O'Donnell \| Microsoft, Senior Security Engineer
KDS Root Keys: All Secrets Finally Revealed		Michael Grafnetter \| SpecterOps, Principal Security Research
Vibe coding my way to Global Admin: Weaponizing a new HR-driven privilege elevation in Entra ID with the help of AI		Eric Woodruff \| Semperis, Chief Identity Architect
Your Agents Don’t Have Passwords: Governing Non-Human and Agentic AI Identities in the Era of Resilience		David Lee \| Saviynt

About the Hybrid Identity Protection Conference
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‍Mobile workforces, cloud applications, and digitalization are changing every aspect of the modern enterprise. With radical transformation comes new business risks.

Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conf is the premier educational forum for identity-centric practitioners. Whatever the industry sector or job function, HIP strives to provide its community with the insights and relationships needed to enable and protect today’s digitally driven organizations.