[Dailydave] 44CON CFP Open, Earlybird tickets on sale

[Steve]

44CON is the UK's premier annual technical security conference and training event. From the evening of the 14th of September till the 16th of September 2016, expect a top-tier international technical conference with fast wifi, loose 0day, catering, a bar and of course, Gin O'Clock.

_____ ______ _____________________   __ |
__  // /_  // /_  ____/_  __ \__  | / / | "London calling to the
_  // /_  // /_  /    _  / / /_   |/ /  | faraway towns, Now war is
/__  __/__  __/ /___  / /_/ /_  /|  /   | declared, and battle come down"
  /_/    /_/  \____/  \____/ /_/ |_/    |     - The Clash, London Calling
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   -o- Six years later and still -o-    | 14th - 16th September 2016
 -o- Putting the punk in cyberpunk -o-  | ILEC, 47 Lillie Rd, London SW6

]-- 44CON 2016 Call For Papers

 Site: https://44con.com/
 CFP: https://cfp.44con.com/
 Tickets *available now*: https://shop.44con.com/

44CON will consist of two main presentation tracks and one workshop track. The Hidden track is run under the Chatham House Rule, we’re not going to tell you any more but you can submit suitable talks for it.

Technical and Infosec Professional presentations & workshops will be accepted. Presentations are 45 minutes long with 5 
minutes for Q&A. Workshops are of flexible length with a minimum of 60 minutes including setup/breakdown time.

* A presentation on the main tracks is in front of a seated audience.
* A presentation on the Mixed/Workshop track can be more interactive/informal and is with a smaller audience.
* A Workshop is like a mini training course - e.g. take a single executable and show a walkthrough on IDA Pro. Follow 
through a scenario based workshop e.g an incident response from a management and technical view with the audience etc.

This is NOT a call for training. Training takes place separately, with details to follow on our website https://44con.com/.

]-- Submissions

Submissions should be sent via the CFP website https://cfp.44con.com/. Submissions sent via email will not be accepted.

In particular, we are looking for original talks of the highest quality in the following (but not exclusive) areas:

* Offensive and Defensive Technologies and Techniques
* Bugs and Reverse Engineering (finding and fixing)
* Incident Handling, Forensics and Anti-Forensics
* Virtualisation, Container and Cloud Computing Security
* Owning the Enterprise, Infrastructure, Applications, Databases and Client side security
* Cryptography, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptozoology and other Crypto-fu
* Embedded/Hardware Hacking and the Internet of Shit(tm)
* Application and Mobile Security
* Networking, Comms, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
* Cyberspace, Policing, Law, Interception and Human Rights

Note: this is not an exhaustive list. If you have a good talk proposal, please get in touch through the CFP system.

Priority is generally given to new presentations over those presented elsewhere. If you have a presentation that you have given or will give elsewhere prior to 44CON London in September and wish to submit, please let us know in your submission, and inform us of any changes you intend to make for 44CON London.

If your talk or workshop is new, please let us know the details of other conference(s) to which you have or intend to submit through the CFP system.

]-- Steve's guide to shamelessly gaming the CFP system

Our selection committee tend to favour talks that have:

* A clearly documented abstract
* Details of where the talk has been (or will be) given
* Not been delivered before or;
* Have significant changes to a previously given talk
* Have an associated workshop (they love this)
* Links to videos of previously given talks

Obviously the selection committee vote based on what they see, and the above isn't a guarantee of selection. Your submission will be better received for having the above.

]-- That selection committee tho'

There are 10 reviewers this year, those that wish to make themselves public will do so in due course.

]-- Speaker McPrivilegesFace

Speakers at 44CON London will be entitled to the following:

* Paid travel (for first presenter in any talk, where the presenter lives more than 1hr's rail commute from central London)
* 2-3 nights accommodation (see below)
* Breakfast & Lunch during conference
* Party Invites
* Exclusive 44CON London schwag
* Love and TLC from our awesome™ speaker ops team
* Press Access (for those that want it)
* Fun and Frolics (and good coffee and alcohol for those that need it)

Accepted primary presentation speakers get the following:

* Event access for both days and the pre/post event parties.
* 2 nights of accommodation for the main presenter (normally the Wednesday and Thursday nights).
* We will pay for your flight / train if you live more than 1hr's rail commute from London.

Accepted primary presentation speakers with a workshop get the following:

* Event access for both days and the pre/post event parties.
* 3 nights of accommodation for the main presenter (Wednesday/Thursday/Friday).
* We will pay for your flight / train if you live more than 1hr's rail commute from London.

Accepted workshop facilitators without an accompanying presentation get the following:

* Event access for both days and the pre/post event parties.
* No accommodation nor travel is covered.

We welcome speakers of all genders, origins and physical abilities. If you have any particular requirements please tell us so we can accommodate them. Talks are to be delivered in English, only. Partners are welcome to come along and we’re happy to help arrange for tourist things for you and your partners to do while in London - Please let us know should you want to do this.

In 2015 we had speakers from the UK, Australia, China, the USA, South Africa, Europe and many more.

]-- Submissions process

Submit your CFP response at the CFP Site https://cfp.44con.com/. Submissions must be in English only.

Please ensure that your home country is specified in your submission, so we know where to fly you in from.

Please do not email submissions - they will not be accepted.

If you are submitting a workshop proposal, please provide details of attendee requirements such as minimum technical knowledge, hardware/software required etc.

]-- Important dates

* CFP Opens Thursday 12th May
* CFP Closes 23:59:59 BST 10th June
* First round speaker announcements start Monday 13th June
* Final Speaker announcements: Tuesday 12th July
* Speaker flight details to be submitted by 22nd July
* Papers/Tools/Presentation Submission Deadline: Friday 2nd September
* 44CON London Training: 12th/13th/14th September
* 44CON London Conference: 14th, 15th and 16th September

]-- Other Information

To find out more about 44CON London visit http://44con.com/, follow us on twitter @44CON, or use the #44CON hashtag and take part in the discussion on Twitter.

Tickets are available now from the main web site at https://shop.44con.com/. For an idea of what to expect, watch some 
videos from previous 44CON Events at https://vimeo.com/44con.

By agreeing to speak at 44CON London you are granting Sense/Net Ltd (owners of 44CON London) the rights to reproduce and distribute your presentation and recording (unless otherwise agreed in writing in advance of the event) including but not limited to http://44con.com/, advertisements in various mediums and through partner sites and mediums. If you are not comfortable with this arrangement then this must be agreed with us in writing prior to the event.

It is imperative that, once you have agreed to speak at 44CON London, you regularly monitor your nominated e-mail account, so that we can complete the necessary supporting activities such as booking flights, accommodation etc. 
Failure to to take reasonable steps to support us in minimising costs in these areas may result in your talk being 
withdrawn.

We provide professionally produced videos of 44CON London presentations for attendees to purchase on our streaming site at https://vimeo.com/44con/vod_pages. Please advise us as early as possible in advance of the conference if your presentation cannot be recorded for any reason.

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