Southwest Regional CMMC Conference — SMU Dallas — March 18–19, 2026
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You saw this on the highway. Here's the full picture.

CMMC

Not certified? No DoW contracts.

Phase 1 enforcement is live. October 2026, CMMC becomes mandatory for every new DoW contract. The Southwest Regional CMMC Implementation Conference at SMU Dallas is the fastest path from confused to compliant — two days, the people who built the program, and you leave with real work product.

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📍 SMU Campus · Dallas, TX
🗓 March 18–19, 2026
🎓 Pre-Conference Training: March 16–17
🚗 Parking Included
150 seats — filling now
The Stakes

Why Right Now Matters

0.5%
of defense contractors
are CMMC certified
431 out of 80,000+ entities. The clock is ticking for everyone else.
Oct '26
CMMC mandatory
for ALL new DoW contracts
No certification = no contract = no revenue. That's the rule.
6–12
months minimum
to achieve certification
C3PAO schedules are filling up. Every week you wait narrows the window.
Now
Phase 1 enforcement
is active
DFARS clause is in solicitations today. "Working on it" is not an answer.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman have all issued directives to their supply chains. The DOJ's Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative is actively prosecuting false compliance claims. The question isn't whether you need to act. It's whether you'll be ready in time.
What Makes This Different

Stop Talking.
Start Doing.

Most conferences give you slides. This one gives you a running start. Two days, two completely different experiences.

Day One · March 18
Learn

Expert sessions on every major compliance challenge — scoping, cloud, supply chain, documentation, legal exposure. The people who built CMMC tell you exactly what the path looks like.

Keynote: Katie Arrington Expert panels Happy hour
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Day Two · March 19
Do

Pick two expert-led roundtables for facilitated deep dives on your hardest problems. Then open your laptop and actually start your compliance work — live, guided, with experts in the room.

8 roundtable topics Live mock audit You leave with work product
The Speakers

The People Who Built This Program

Assessors, architects, lawyers, and implementers who work in the trenches every day. Not vendors. Not theory.

Katie Arrington
★ Keynote

CIO at IonQ. First CISO for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment. Led the team that created the CMMC program. The architect of CMMC.

Regan Edens
Cyber-AB Master Instructor · DTC Global

Founding Director, CMMC-AB. One of four Cyber-AB Master Instructors. Led $4.5B+ integrated platform implementations. Led a team that was awarded 14 bronze metals.

Eric Crusius
Partner · Hunton Andrews Kurth

False Claims Act, DFARS, and CMMC litigation. The DOJ is prosecuting. He'll tell you exactly what that means for you.

Mike Snyder
CyberAB

Leads strategic initiatives at the CyberAB. Former Lead Assessor at DIBCAC. 25+ years in information security. The state of CMMC, straight from the source.

Nancy Laney
RPO · PEAK Complyance

30+ years in compliance design. GCC High deep dive — alternatives debunked, what actually works, and what costs you more than it saves.

Stuart Itkin
CRO · FutureFeed

Former VP at Coalfire Federal, one of the first authorized C3PAOs. Supply chain flowdown — the Achilles heel that catches contractors off guard.

Get Certified.
Keep the Contracts.

150 seats. March 18–19, 2026. SMU Campus, Dallas.
Two days that move you from exposed to on-track.

Register Now — $495 →

Questions? Call SMU CAPE at 214-768-2273 or email [email protected]