TOORCON 19 CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSING THIS WEEK! It's that time of year again! ToorCon 19 is coming so get your code finished and submit a talk this time around. This year's event has been pushed earlier in the year to the end of August, so make sure to save the new dates on your calendar. We're letting you decide if you want to be a part of our 50-minute talks on Saturday, 20-minute talks on Sunday, and 75-minute talks for our Deep Knowledge Seminars on Friday depending on how much time you need to present your new ideas and techniques. We evaluate our submissions in the order that they're received so submit your talk before time runs out! CFP SUBMISSION INFORMATION Please submit your CFP info at http://sandiego.toorcon.net/cfp DISCLAIMERS Please no vendor pitches or talks on old subjects. We try to keep ToorCon highly technical so please only submit talks on original research that isn't more than 12 months old. Talks that are submitted for a 50 minute or 75-minute slot may be asked to be reduced to 20-minutes if space on the lineup is limited. Compensation and travel expenses are not provided for presenters. You must notify ToorCon if you are in any way unable to make it to your talk after being accepted. REASONS TO SUBMIT - The honor and prestige of knowing you've made your contribution to hacker society - A free ticket for yourself and a friend - Invitations to all of the parties and special events - Free admission to the Friday seminars (as space is available) WORKSHOPS We have pre-selected a great track of workshops that still have some seats left. If you're interested in booking training for this year's event, make sure to check https://sandiego.toorcon.net/workshops/. Advanced Malware Training ? 2Day Jared DeMott, VDA Labs Deeper Investigations for the SOC ? 2Day Jared DeMott, VDA Labs The Hak5 Toolkit Workshop ? 2Day Darren Kitchen, Hak5 Hardware Hacking Workshop ? 4Day Dmitry Nedospasov, toothless.co Software Defined Radio Workshop ? 2Day Michael Ossmann, Great Scott Gadgets SPONSORSHIP ToorCon offers many sponsorship opportunities and provides exposure to many of the top minds and decision makers in the information security industry. Sponsorship ranges from a banner and/or booth to sponsoring lunches, receptions, and parties. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact geo (at) toorcon (dot) org. LOCATION INFO ToorCon 19 San Diego (Seminars & Conference) September 1st-3rd, 2017 San Diego Westin, Emerald Plaza Second Floor 400 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 http://westinsandiego.com ToorCon 19 San Diego (Training) August 28th-31st, 2017 San Diego Westin, Emerald Plaza Second Floor 400 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 http://westinsandiego.com SPECIAL DATES May 19th, 2017 ? Call for papers released June 16th, 2017 ? First round of selection announced July 14th, 2017 ? Call for papers closes August 4th, 2017 ? Speaker & sponsor selection finalized August 28th, 2017 ? ToorCon training workshops start September 1st, 2017 ? ToorCon seminars & conference reception September 2nd, 2017 ? ToorCon conference 50-minute talks September 3rd, 2017 ? ToorCon conference 20-minute talks
