January 14-15, 2026
The Elephant In AppSec Conference
Where strong opinions are encouraged 
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Register now for the 2026 edition
What is TEIAS Conference?
Welcome to our virtual conference, inspired by the values of our podcast, The Elephant in AppSec!
Get ready for an event where bold opinions and top Application Security experts come together like toast and butter.
Our mission is to explore a wide range of AppSec topics, delivering an engaging and educational experience for all attendees.
In the 2026 edition, expect talks to be spread over a couple of days, allowing for quality discussions without taking a day off ;)

Expert Speaker Lineup

We'll have some incredibly exciting speakers lined up who are not afraid to challenge the current state of AppSec.

Completely Virtual and Free

No matter where you are, you can join us. Come prepared to challenge our speakers!
It’s time to address AppSec issues no one wants to talk about. But we do. Join us for this spicy journey!
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Speakers

2026 SPEAKER LINEUP

Izar Tarandach

Sr. Principal Security Architect,
Co-author of the book Threat Modeling: A Practical Guide for Development Teams

Marisa Fagan

Head of Product, Katilyst,
OWASP 2026 Global Board Member

Tanya Janca

Author Alice & Bob Learn Secure Coding & Application Security,
Secure Coding Trainer @ She Hacks Purple

Dustin Lehr

Application Security Advocate @ Security Journey,
Co-founder @ Katilyst Security

Mohamed AboElKheir

Sr. Staff Application Security Engineer, Ironclad

Jackie Mak

Director, Cyber Threat Management, KPMG US

Ariel Shin

Senior Security Engineer, Stripe

Kennedy Toomey

Application Security Researcher & Advocate @ Datadog

Sana Talwar

Product Security Engineer @ ServiceNow

Alina Yakubenko

Staff Product Security Engineer, Tech Lead Manager at Toast, Inc.

Antoine Carossio

CTO @ Escape

Alekh Gadekar

Senior Application Security Manager, Backbase

Enrique Larios Vargas

Security and Learning Specialist, Adyen

Jyoti Raval

Director, Cyber Security Engineering,
Baker Hughes

Nohé Hinniger-Foray

Full-Stack R&D Engineer @ Escape

Maxwell Zhou

Founding partner at
PolarStar Cybersecurity Group,
Former Sr Staff Security Engineer at Greenlight
Speakers

2024 SPEAKER LINEUP

James Berthoty

Founder @ Latio Tech, and Ex-Security Engineer @ Pager Duty

Jeevan Singh

Director of Security Engineering @ Rippling

Tanya Janca

Founder @ WeHackPurple, and Head of Education and Community @ Semgrep

Dustin Lehr

Co-founder @ Katilyst Security, and former Senior Dir of Platform Security and Deputy CISO @ Fivetran

Akira Brand

AppSec Engineer, Podcaster, AppSec program architect, and DevRel consultant

Kyle Kelly

Security Researcher @ Semgrep, and Author @ CramHacks

Swan Beaujard

Security Software Engineer @ Escape

Mel Reyes

Global CIO & CISO turned Executive Coach, ex-Global CIO & CISO @ Getaround, Creator @ The Fellowship of Digital Guardians

Kim Wuyts

Manager Cyber & Privacy @ PWC

Chris Romeo

CEO and Co-Founder @ Devici

Sandesh Mysore Anand

Co-founder @ Seezo.io
Former Head of Security @Razorpay

Ariel Shin

Security Engineering
Manager @ Datadog

Cassie Crossley

VP Supply Chain Security @ Schneider Electric

Alina Yakubenko

Senior Application Security
Engineer at Toast, Inc.

Jacob Salassi

Co-Founder @ Stealth-mode Startup
Former Director of Product Security at Snowflake

Aravind Sreenivasa

Manager, Application Security @ SeatGeek

Tristan Kalos

CEO @ Escape

Anmol Agarwal

Senior Security Researcher @ Nokia

Munawar Hafiz

CEO @ OpenRefactory

Ran Ne'man

VP Product Management @ BeyondTrust (Entitle)

Amit Bismut

Head of Product @ Backslash Security

Antoine Carossio

CTO @ Escape
Call for Proposals

Share your expertise at the Elephant in AppSec Conference

Do you have any strong opinions to share? We invite you to submit your proposals and join us as a speaker.
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Call for Proposals

About The Elephant in AppSec

Originally a podcast from the Escape team, it was created to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec elephants in the room. With weekly episodes, we aim to challenge our guests with tough security questions, with Alexandra leading the discussions.
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About The Elephant in AppSec

Originally a podcast from the Escape team - Alexandra and Tristan - it was created to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec elephants in the room. With bi-weekly episodes, we aim to challenge our guests with tough security questions.
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