Why Attend

Get the expert insights and real-world lessons you need to become a Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) hero.

September 8-10, 2026
Nashville, TN
HIP Conference 2024
The Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference

The HIP Community
Is About You

Whether you’re a CIO, CISO, architect, engineer, IT or InfoSec executive, or technical practitioner, HIP Conf 26 will empower you to protect your hybrid, multi-cloud environment against current and emerging threats.

Powered by the Active Directory and ITDR experts at Semperis, Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) is a global community focused on helping organizations meet the challenges of protecting hybrid Active Directory identity environments. Our mission is to make the world a safer place by combatting identity security threats through intelligent collaboration and mutual support.

HIP Conference 2024

Join forces with global identity security experts

We’re stronger together.

With the departure of original Active Directory experts and the rise of identity as the primary attack surface, the need for identity threat detection and response (ITDR) talent has never been greater.

HIP Conf—the premier hybrid identity protection conference—is the perfect place to level up your identity security skill set and build connections that last throughout the year.

What to expect at HIP Conf

Are you called to defend your organization against identity system threats? HIP Conf is the perfect opportunity to enhance your skills and value, elevate your team’s ITDR strategy, and strengthen your organization’s operational resilience.

     ○ Learn from the world’s foremost hybrid identity experts.


     ○ Gain key insights into today’s evolving threat landscape.


     ○ Propel your ITDR strategy and advance your         organization’s operational resilience.


     ○ Learn how to defend your hybrid, multi-cloud
        environment against current and emerging threats.


     ○ Get advance access to on-demand programming, HIP
        news, and community events.


     ○ Forge lasting relationships to strengthen our collective
        defenses against ongoing threats.

HIP is the only place you can find this many people who can dive this deep into identity management and identity protection.

David Rowe | Active Directory Security Engineer, Harvard University

This is my second year attending the HIP conference. It’s been one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to because of the highly technical, like-minded individuals.

Calien Fales-Jusel | Solutions Architect, Apollo Global Management

It’s really interesting to have conversations with experts that I otherwise would never get a chance to interact with.

Miles Gratz | Security Implementations Services Senior Analyst, Accenture

At HIP there are a lot of engineers who are able to provide different points of views, share problems they’ve incurred, and offer solutions to those problems.

Grant Meyer | Principal Engineer, Arrow Electronics
Thought Leaders

The HIP community includes identity security experts with 200+ years of Microsoft MVP awards.

Alex Weinert

Chief Product Officer
Semperis

Sean Deuby

Principal Technologist, Americas
Semperis

Pam Dingle - Director of Identity Standards, Microsoft

Director of Identity Standards
Microsoft

Gil Kirkpatrick - Chief Scientist, Semperis

Chief Architect
Semperis

Henrique Teixeira

SVP of Strategy
Saviynt

Guido Grillenmeier

Principal Technologist EMEA
Semperis

Brian Desmond

Principal
Ravenswood Technology Group

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Check out past sessions

As part of our mission to be a force for good, we post many session recordings publicly. In our case, sharing knowledge is caring for the cybercommunity and beyond.

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