Another year a second interation of the BruCon event. A call for papers has been issued as can be read below. Check out the slides and video for the 2009 event here for inspiration 
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Brussels, Belgium — This is a call for papers and participation for the second BruCON edition, a 2-day Security and Hacking Conference, full of interesting presentations, workshops and security challenges.
BruCON is an open-minded gathering of people discussing computer security, privacy, and information technology. The conference tries to create 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,…..
The conference will be held in Brussels (24 & 25 September 2010) at The Surfhouse(www.surfhouse.be).
Scope
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
- Legal and Social Aspect of Information Security
- Software Engineering and Security
- Security in Information Retrieval
- Security aspects in SCADA, industrial environments and “obscure” networks
- Forensics and Anti-Forensics
- Mobile communications security and vulnerabilities
- Information warfare and industrial espionage
- Social Engineering
- Virtualisation Security
- …
Deadlines
The following dates are important if you want to participate in the CfP
Abstract submission: no later than 30th of April 2010
Notification date: around mid May 2010
Full paper/presentation submission: no later than 31th of July 2010
Submissions can be entered at https://cfp.BruCON.org/submission
For further information and questions, please feel free to contact cfp at_sign BruCON.org
Submission Guideline (for standard paper track)
Authors are encouraged to submit a paper in English or presentation slides, using a non-proprietary and open electronic format.
Abstract is up to 500 words. Submissions must be sent via https://cfp.BruCON.org/submission.
You can contact us if any errors or issues occur.
The program committee will review all papers and the author of each paper will be notified of the result, by electronic means.
The more details you provide, the more chance you have to get your talk approved!
Submissions should also include the following:
- Presenter, and geographical location (country of origin/passport) and contact info.
- Brief biography, list of publications or papers.
- Any significant presentation and/or educational experience/background.
- Reason why this material is innovative or significant to the BruCON audience
- Optionally, any samples of prepared material or outlines ready.
- 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.
We do not accept product or vendor related pitches. If your presentation involves an advertisement for a new product or service your company is offering, please do not submit. BruCON presentations should be focused on topics that are of interest to security and technology professionals who are paying attention to current trends and issues.
We want BruCON to be educational and entertaining to the attendees and the community.
Additional Speakers Info
BruCON is a non-profit oriented event by and for the security and hacking community and speakers are not paid. But you will get free access to the conference and afterparty. Additionally, speakers get a bottle of “Westvleteren” beer 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 10 minutes for questions and answers. The spoken language of a lecture will be English.
Publication and Rights
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.
Sponsoring and Donations
If you want to support the initiative, please contact us by writing an e-mail to sponsors at_sign BruCON.org
Lightning Sessions and Workshops
During the conference, several spaces will be made available for lightning talks and workshops.
A lightning talk is a very short presentation of about 4 minutes to present an idea, a concept, a program or a cool website. About 12 persons can present during one hour.
Every BruCON attendee is very welcome to participate to submit small ideas, presentations or workshops. The acceptance process is on a first come basis and open to anyone willing to take an active role during the conference.
The following resources are available to stay up to speed with the event:
• BruCON website : http://2010.brucon.org/
• BruCON on Twitter : http://twitter.com/brucon
• BruCON on LinkedIN : http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1777141
• BruCON Blog : http://blog.brucon.org/
• BruCON Mailinglist : http://mailman.brucon.org/mailman/listinfo/brucon-announce
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