SIA announces program for Securing New Ground Conference 2025

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the schedule, speaker lineup and program for the 2025 Securing New Ground (SNG) conference, taking place 14-15 October in New York City.

According to the organization, this year’s Securing New Ground conference will shape industry trends and offer opportunities to engage with the leaders who are driving the future of security.

The 2025 program will explore the most current and cutting-edge issues, like how top security leaders are navigating a new era, the state of the security integrator and how tomorrow’s tech advancements will change your business; share investment insights for the security industry; showcase in-depth one-to-one interviews with top executives in the industry; and foster new connections through interactive sessions and dynamic roundtable discussions.

“SIA is proud to present the lineup for Securing New Ground 2025 – a can’t-miss array of compelling discussions, insights from visionary leaders and exploration of pivotal trends that will drive the next wave of innovation and transformation across our industry,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson.

“We encourage all executive security leaders to join us in New York for this highly anticipated program, which will examine how our industry is navigating the current landscape and changes and offer ample opportunities to connect, share information and network with other security luminaries.” 

Securing New Ground 2025

Highlights of the 2025 Securing New Ground program include:

• A special dinner keynote event featuring a conversation with the Honorable Mark Esper, PhD, former US Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army, former senior corporate executive at Raytheon Technologies, former commissioner of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission and New York Times bestselling author
• A dynamic keynote presentation on economic conditions with Nasdaq economist Michael Normyle
• Compelling executive conversations with Ann Fandozzi, CEO of Convergint; Thomas Jensen, CEO of Milestone Systems; Shikhar Shrestha, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambient.ai; and Brian Sloan, CEO of Wachter
• The return of key popular sessions, including The View From the Top, exploring major trends and challenges in global security and featuring top executives from integration, product manufacturers and the practitioner voice; the Security Megatrends session that forecasts leading trends expected to change the industry over the next one to five years; the Investment Insights panel that breaks down the numbers behind industry investments, mergers and acquisitions activity, lending and private equity; and two sessions with top-level corporate security leaders, including one hosted by SIA’s SPARC community of practitioners

The conference will also see the presentation of the winners of this year’s 25 on the RISE Awards, a recognition program for young leaders in the security industry, nominated by their peers as rising stars in security.

Register for the Securing New Ground conference now – save 10% on registration using code 2025SJASNG.