Forwarded from: cfp [at] toorcon.org ToorCon 2006 Call for Papers - Issued June 6th 2006 Papers and presentations are being accepted for ToorCon 2006 to be held at the Convention Center in San Diego, CA on September 29th-October 1st. Please email your submissions to cfp [at] toorcon.org; submissions will be accepted until August 18th, 2006. About ToorCon ToorCon is just around the corner again this year. In its 8th running year, it is still San Diego's exclusive hacker convention, bringing together Southern California's hacker community year after year to attend the high quality presentations and participate in the annual festivities. This year we are still aiming to provide the same highly technical lectures you've come to know and love, but also set the theme as "Bits & Bites" which will highlight the low level skills of the trade and focus on Reverse Engineering, Protocol Analysis, Cryptography, Hardware Hacks, and other nifty bit-twiddling and byte munging techniques. Once again, we will be offering an intensive full-day Deep Knowledge Seminar on Friday the 29th that we are also accepting submissions for. Submission of Papers ToorCon only accepts talks on new technologies and methodologies that have been recently developed. We will not accept papers that have already been presented prior to 2006, unless they present fundamental concepts or conform to any of the outlined topics below. Special consideration will be given to papers addressing the following topics: * Reverse Engineering * Protocol Analysis * Cryptography * Hardware Hacks * Anything related to Bits & Bites, the number 8, and/or includes a sweet ascii/ansi art demo :-) All conference talks should be 50 minutes in length including time for delegate participation and questions at the end of the presentation. Deep Knowledge Seminar talks should be 90 minutes in length and should include hands-on participation for an audience of 25-35 people. Inclusion of any talk related tools, white papers or source code will help during the selection process. While we try to facilitate speakers' requests for equipment, we may not be able to accommodate all requests. In cases where we cannot guarantee special equipment the speaker is expected to supply hardware and/or software. Each speaker is also expected to bring their own laptop to display their presentation. All talks must be vendor neutral, while speakers are welcome to present on behalf of a company - sales pitches will be thrown out. Remuneration For each chosen presentation ToorCon will give the speaker and 1 guest free admission to the conference, admission to the Deep Knowledge Seminars (limited to the first 10 speakers to request admission), and lots of free drinks :-). Speaker Requirements Please include the following information with your submission: 1. What title you are submitting your paper under. 2. A valid e-mail address AND telephone number where you can be reached. 3. Number of people that will be presenting. 4. A brief description of your talk and what will be presented 5. A brief biography on why you are qualified to speak on your topic. This and your description will be used on toorcon.org as well as in any press material for the conference. 6. If you are speaking under a company name, please specify for which company you work. 7. Will your talk include a sweet ascii/ansi art demo? 8. Would you like to be considered for speaking at the Deep Knoweldge Seminars? For an example of a good submissions, see: * Chris Abad - http://toorcon.org/2006/cfp/aempirei.html * Tom St Denis - http://toorcon.org/2006/cfp/tomstdenis.html Note that by presenting at ToorCon 2006 you grant ToorCon permission to reproduce, distribute and/or advertise your talk as seen fit. If your talk is accepted and because of some emergency you are unable to speak, you must notify ToorCon within 24 hours of your talk, otherwise ToorCon reserves the right to tell all the other fellow hacker cons how you ditched out at the last minute and take it into consideration the next time you submit a talk :). Location Information This year's event will be held at the San Diego Convention Center. The reception and conference will take place on September 29th-October 1st in meeting rooms 24-26 at the San Diego Convention Center's (front) upper level. September 29th-October 1st, 2006 San Diego Convention Center 111 W. Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 http://sdccc.org Important Dates June 6th, 2006: Official Call For Papers issued July 28th, 2006: First round of selection announced August 18th, 2006: Call for Papers closes September 8th, 2006: Final material submission for collateral September 29th, 2006: ToorCon 2006 _________________________________ Attend the Black Hat Briefings and Training, Las Vegas July 29 - August 3 2,500+ international security experts from 40 nations, 10 tracks, no vendor pitches. www.blackhat.com
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