44CON 2018 - 12th-14th September, London (UK)

44CON 2018 is the UK's best annual Security Conference and Training =
event. The conference spans 2.5 days with training on the 10th and 11th =
of September, a free evening event on the 12th of September, and a full =
two-day conference on the 13th and 14th of September. The event takes =
place at the ILEC Conference Centre near Earls Court, London. 44CON 2018 =
includes catering, private bus bar and Gin O'Clock breaks. Early Bird =
discounted tickets are available now with and without included =
accommodation.

]-- 44CON 2018 Call For Papers

Site: https://44con.com/
CFP Registration: https://cfp.44con.com/
Early Bird Tickets (capped at 50): https://shop.44con.com/

44CON consists of 2 dedicated speaking tracks, a dedicated workshop =
track and combined speaking/workshop track over the two days. Talks =
range from softer subjects in areas such as governance, law and policy =
through to reverse engineering, exploitation, tooling and abuse of weird =
machines.

This is the Call for Papers, Talks and Workshops for 44CON 2018. Talks =
are 45 minutes long. Workshops are either 60 or 120 minutes in length.

]-- Submissions

Submissions should be sent via the CFP website (https://cfp.44con.com/). =
Submissions are reviewed by a panel consisting of over-hyped slackers =
rapidly approaching middle age, with thinning hair, widening paunches =
and debatable liver function.

In particular, we are looking for original talks of the highest quality =
in the following areas:

 - Offensive and Defensive Technologies and Techniques
 - Bugs and Reverse Engineering (finding, fixing and tooling)
 - Malware campaigns, takedowns and tales of other fiendishness and =
villainy
 - The computing equivalent of =E2=80=9CHold my beer=E2=80=9D
 - Incident Handling, Forensics and Anti-Forensics
 - Virtualisation, Container, and Cloud Computing Security
 - Owning the Enterprise, Infrastructure, Security Products, SAP, =
Oracle, Databases, and Client-side security and internals
 - Cryptography use and abuse
 - Black Hat Cryptocurrency foo, double spending, smart contract =
exploitation and scam hunts
 - Embedded/Hardware Hacking attack and defence tools, techniques and =
practices
 - Application and Mobile Security
 - Networking, Comms, Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
 - Information Assurance, Cyberspace, Policing, Cybercrime
 - Privacy, Decentralised communications, Opening walled gardens
 - Relevant technical and legal aspects of GDPR, Brexit or please god no =
whatever Maybot's come up with next, just make it stop.

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

]-- Submission Guidance

 - Priority is generally given to new presentations over those presented =
elsewhere.
 - We have a certain volume of slots reserved for UK speakers each year
 - Put as much detail in your submission as possible. The more you =
provide, the better the panel can make a decision in your favour
 - If you have a presentation that you have given or will give elsewhere =
prior to 44CON 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.
 - If you have spoken before at 44CON, say so! Not everyone on the panel =
this year has been on previous panels.
 - If you have spoken at other conferences, please link to a video of a =
talk you've given, so the panel can see how you present.
 - If your talk is predominantly political, legal or regulatory, please =
make sure it=E2=80=99s relevant to the UK.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask through the CFP =
system and we'll get back to you. A post will be published soon on the =
44CON blog highlighting how you can game the 44CON CFP system to =
increase your chances of talk selection.

A useful guide to exploiting the 44CON CFP process can be found here: =
https://44con.com/2017/02/07/how-to-game-the-44con-cfp/

Note: this is not an exhaustive list. If you have a good talk proposal =
covering something not mentioned above, please let us know.

]-- Speaker Privileges

Speakers at 44CON will be entitled to the following:

- Paid travel (for speakers outside of Fulham or Kensington, London)
- 2 nights accommodation (see below)
- Breakfast & Lunch during conference
- Pre & Post Conference Party Invite
- Exclusive 44CON speaker T Shirt
- Love and TLC from our awesome speaker ops team
- Press Access (for those that want it)
- Fun and Frolics (and Alcohol if you want it)

We welcome speakers of all genders, origins, attributes and physical =
abilities and don't tolerate harassment or bullying. If you have any =
particular disabilities or requirements please let us know so we can =
accommodate. Talks are to be delivered in English only. Partners are =
welcome to come along, we=E2=80=99re 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.

For accepted talks we cover your travel costs from wherever in the world =
you are at the time (if more than an hour from London), provide access =
to the event for both days and 2 nights of accommodation.

Speakers based in or under one hour from London have a different =
reimbursement policy, but our goal is to make your experience as cost =
neutral as possible.

Should you have an accepted talk and workshop we will grant you an =
additional night of accommodation (up to 3 nights).

For accepted workshops with no accompanying talk we will provide two =
night's accommodation and access to the event for both days, but no =
travel reimbursement.

]-- Submissions process

Submit your CFP response at the CFP Site (https://cfp.44con.com/). =
Submissions must be in English only. Exceptions will be made on a case =
by case basis for people who submit talks in "American", subject to the =
whims and belly rubs of the 44Corgi, Lady Gwendoline.

]-- Important dates

- CFP Opens Monday 26th February
- Final CFP Deadline: Monday 30th April, 23:59pm UTC
- First accept notifications:=20
	- Speaker notifications start: 4th June
	- Speaker announcements start: 6th June at BSides London
- Speaker flight details to be submitted by 30th June
- Papers/Tools/Presentation Submission Deadline: Friday 7th September
- 44CON Training: 10th-12th September
- 44CON Conference: 12th-14th September

]-- Other Information

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

Videos from previous 44CON events can be watched at =
https://vimeo.com/44con/videos

By agreeing to speak at 44CON you are granting Sense/Net Ltd (owners of =
44CON) 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.

We aim to provide professionally produced recordings of 44CON =
presentations for attendees to view via Vimeo's on-demand platform. =
Please advise us in advance if your presentation cannot be recorded for =
any reason.=

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