Call For Papers

We want this conference to be different, in the sense that we more highly value having attendees interacting and exchanging ideas, both between themselves and the speakers, than having talks with meticulous details. In order to achieve this, we chose a particular, different format.

If you plan to submit a talk, please read this section carefully because you, the speaker, will play a very important role.

This is the format (timeslots may slightly change), with one morning and one afternoon session:

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome and Event presentation
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Morning session
11:00 – 12:00 3x20m presentations
12:00 – 13:00 discussion groups hop on hop off + coffee break
13:00 – 14:00 lunch
Afternoon session
14:30 – 15:30 3x20m presentations
15:30 – 16:30 discussion groups hop on hop off + coffee break
16:30 – 17:00 closing remarks

You have one slot of 20 minutes to give your presentation. After the talks of your session are done, the speakers move to three separate rooms where attendees can join and engage in active discussions with you and the other participants.

The presentations do not have necessarily to be about new attack/defense techniques or the latest and greatest innovative research, but they can also be about problems that affect most of us in this industry in our daily work.

The topics of interest are (but not limited to):

  • Innovative attack / defense strategies
  • Software/Hardware exploitation
  • Network security
  • Network monitoring
  • Web App Security
  • Mobile Security
  • Digital Forensics
  • Incident Response
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Malware Analysis
  • … you name it

If everything is clear and you are still convinced you can rock the stage then you are what we are looking for. Follow the CfP application form link and apply to our CfP. The Call for Paper is currently open and will close on Friday 22nd Saturday 30th June at 23:59, Zurich time.

A sample submission can be found online here. We provide this as a general example. Your detailed outline need not look like ours, but it should be more than enough information to convince us of the merit of your talk.

If you have any doubt or question about the CfP, please reach out to us via email (bsideszh [at] gmail [dot] com) or Twitter twitterlogo @BSidesZurich

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