Following the continued success of the SJA Leaders in Security Conference in Chicago, we are delighted to announce the launch of a second conference within our growing Americas portfolio: SJA Leaders in Security Dallas-Fort Worth.
On 8 September 2027, SJA Leaders in Security Dallas–Fort Worth will bring together senior security leaders from across the Americas for a new invitation-only leadership forum at The Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, Irving, Texas.
The event will be dedicated to the most important and rapidly evolving areas of the profession: protecting critical infrastructure, driving innovation and strengthening operational resilience.
“The launch reflects not only the remarkable growth of our Chicago conference, but also our belief that the professional security community across the Americas is simply too diverse, too geographically dispersed and too strategically important to be served by a single annual event,” said Ian Stokes, CEO of Centurian Media.
“Rather than replicate what we have already created in Chicago, Dallas–Fort Worth has been designed with its own distinct identity, audience and purpose.
“At Centurian Media, we have never measured success solely by delegate numbers.
“Our objective has always been to build trusted professional communities where meaningful conversations take place, lasting relationships are formed and ideas are exchanged between those shaping the future of our industry.
“The launch of Dallas–Fort Worth represents the next chapter in that journey.
“It reflects our confidence in the continued growth of the security profession across the Americas and our commitment to creating destination leadership events that become recognized annual fixtures within the industry calendar.”
Texas is now the No. 1 state in the US for Fortune 500 company headquarters, underlining its position as one of the country’s most important centers of corporate activity and economic growth.
Few metropolitan regions are better positioned to host a conference focused on the future of security than Dallas–Fort Worth.
Sitting at the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic business economies, the metroplex brings together global leaders across energy, aviation, logistics, manufacturing, defense, technology, telecommunications, data centers and critical infrastructure.
These industries are confronting some of the most complex security challenges of our generation – from protecting national infrastructure and global supply chains to harnessing artificial intelligence, securing smart facilities and building organizational resilience in an increasingly uncertain world.
This powerful combination of major corporations, strategically important industries and rapidly developing infrastructure provides the ideal environment in which to create a genuinely distinctive security leadership event.
It also provides an exceptional community of senior security professionals dealing every day with many of the challenges the conference has been created to explore.
For us, Dallas–Fort Worth provides the ideal environment in which to explore these challenges through practical discussion, peer learning and collaboration.
Our ambition is not to create multiple versions of the same conference.
Instead, we are developing a portfolio of destination leadership events, each built around the industries, challenges and strategic priorities that define its host region.
Each conference will have its own character while remaining united by the values that have become synonymous with the SJA Leaders in Security brand: carefully curated audiences, high-quality content, meaningful networking and genuine thought leadership.
Together, they will form the SJA Leaders in Security Americas Series – a program of invitation-only executive forums serving different sectors of the security profession whilst creating greater value for delegates, sponsors and industry partners.
While both conferences sit under the SJA Leaders in Security brand, each has a distinct role within our annual program:
Held each July, our Chicago conference brings together Chief Security Officers, Global Security Directors and senior corporate security executives to examine the strategic issues shaping the future of the profession.
The agenda focuses on executive leadership, corporate governance, enterprise resilience, geopolitical risk, business continuity, board engagement, leadership development and the evolving role of the modern CSO.
Chicago is where senior leaders come together to discuss strategy, influence and the future direction of corporate security.
Dallas–Fort Worth will focus on the operational and technological challenges of protecting the organizations and infrastructure that underpin modern society.
The conference will explore topics including critical infrastructure protection, energy security, data center resilience, aviation and transportation security, artificial intelligence, physical security technologies, operational resilience, industrial security, drones and counter-UAS, supply chain security, manufacturing, emergency preparedness and the future of integrated security operations.
Where Chicago asks, “Where is the profession going?”
Dallas–Fort Worth asks, “How do we protect the world that’s being built?”
Together, these conferences provide complementary perspectives on the future of professional security.
SJA Leaders in Security Dallas–Fort Worth will combine the trusted leadership community that sits at the heart of the SJA Leaders brand with something new.
Strategy with implementation. Leadership with operations. Ideas with practical experience. Innovation with real-world application.
We believe the conference has all the ingredients to become one of the defining annual gatherings for the professional security community.
We invite you to join us at the very beginning of that journey. Register your interest here.