BruCON call for papers (by FOSDEM people)
This is a call for papers and participation for BruCon, an International Security Conference, organized in Brussels! Brucon aims to become the best and most fun hacking (*) and security event in Belgium and W. Europe offering a high quality line up of speakers, opportunities of networking with peers, hacking challenges and workshops. Brucon is an open-minded gathering of people discussing computer security, privacy, information technology and it’s cultural/technical implications on society. The conference creates bridges between the various actors active in computer security world, included but not limited to hackers(*), security professionals, security communities, non-profit organizations, CERTs, students, law enforcement agencies, etc….. The conference will be held in Brussels in September 2009 (18 & 19.09.2009) at The Surfhouse (www.surfhouse.be).
The following dates are important if you want to participate in the CfP
Abstract submission: no later than 15 March 2009
Notification date: around end of March 2009
Full paper submission: no later than 1st July 2009
Submissions can be entered at http://cfp.brucon.org/
Submission Guideline (for standard paper track)
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Authors should submit a paper in English with up to 5.000 words and/or presentation slides, using a non-proprietary and open electronic format.
The program committee will review all papers and the author of each
paper will be notified of the result, by electronic means.
Abstract is up to 400 words. Submissions must be sent via http://cfp.brucon.org/.
You can contact us if any errors or issues occur.
Submissions should also include the following:
1. Presenter, and geographical location (country of origin/passport) and
contact info.
2. Employer and/or affiliations.
3. Brief biography, list of publications or papers.
4. Any significant presentation and/or educational experience/background.
5. Reason why this material is innovative or significant or an important
tutorial.
6. Optionally, any samples of prepared material or outlines ready.
7. Information about if yes or no the submission has already been
presented and where.
The information will be used only for the sole purpose of the BruCon
conference including the information on the public website.
If you want to remain anonymous, you have the right to use a nickname.
Possible Topics:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to :
* Electronic/Digital Privacy
* Wireless Network and Security
* Attacks on Information Systems and/or Digital Information Storage
* Web Application and Web Services Security
* Lockpicking & physical security
* Honeypots/Honeynets
* Spyware, Phishing and Botnets (Distributed attacks)
* Hardware hacking, embedded systems and other electronic devices
* Mobile devices exploitation, Symbian, P2K and bluetooth technologies
* Electronic Voting
* Free Software and Security
* Standards for Information Security
* Legal and Social Aspect of Information Security
* Software Engineering and Security
* Security in Information Retrieval
* Network security
* Security aspects in SCADA, industrial environments and “obscure” networks
* Forensics and Anti-Forensics
* Mobile communications security and vulnerabilities
* Information warfare and industrial espionage.
Additional Speakers Info
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Brucon is a non-profit oriented event by and for the security and hacking community
and speakers are not paid. But speakers get a bottle of “Real Beer (TM)” for giving a talk.
However, financial help on travel expenses and accommodation is possible. It needs
to be agreed upon after acceptance of the submission, though. Feel free to state
your requirements in the application when submitting your lecture with a cost estimate
and we’ll work something out!
Lectures should not exceed 45 minutes plus up to 5-10 minutes for questions and answers.
The spoken language of a lecture will be English.
Publication and Rights
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Authors keep the full rights on their publication/papers but give an
right to redistribute their papers for the Brucon conference
and its related electronic/paper publication under a CC-BY-NC-be license.
Authors accept that the presentation and/or papers will be published on the
conference website after the event.
For further information and questions please feel free to contact cfp at_sign brucon.org
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