Recon 2016 Call For Papers - June 17 - 19, 2016 - Montreal, Canada

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                                                       CREDIT 1010
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         .            June  17 to 19, 2016       .            .   
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REcon is a computer security conference with a focus on reverse engineering and advanced exploitation techniques. It is held annually in Montreal, Canada.

The conference offers a single track of presentations over the span of three days along with technical training sessions held before the presentation dates. Technical training varies in length between two and four days.

REcon 2016 is almost upon us. This year is actually the 10th Recon. It will offer great lineup of trainings, talks from some of the top reversers in the world, and a lot of fun (I mean it’s going to be our 0xA anniversary!). Come and join us for the celebration and help make this year an unforgettable experience!

Attendees help define the event. They have always been–and always will be–those looking to learn something new, share ideas, and unwind in a welcoming environment. With the release of this CFP, we are happy to announce registration is now open.

We are now inviting speakers to submit proposals for this year’s talks. Some guidelines for talks are:

30 or 60 minute presentations
We are open to proposals for workshops that would occur alongside talks
There will be time for five to ten minute informal lightning talks during the REcon party

Registration for training is also now open. This year we have another great set of trainings available:

Mobile and Telecom Applied Hacking and Reverse Engineering by Philippe Langlois (2 days: 15-16 June)
Hands-on Hardware Hacking and Reverse Engineering by Joe Grand (2 days: 15-16 June)
Reverse Engineering Malware by Nicolas Brulez (4 days: 13-16 June)
Windows Internals for Reverse Engineers by Alex Ionescu (4 days: 13-16 June)
Hardware Hacking (Advanced) by Dmitry Nedospasov (4 days: 13-16 June)
The ARM Exploit Laboratory by Saumil Shah (4 days: 13-16 June)
Windows Kernel Rootkits Techniques and Analysis by Bruce Dang (4 days: 13-16 June)
iOS and OS X Kernel Internals for Security Researchers by Stefan Esser (4 days: 13-16 June)
Botnet Takeover Attacks for Reverse Engineers by Brett Stone-Gross and Tillmann Werner (4 days: 13-16 June)
Security of System Firmware from Attacker and Defender Perspectives by Yuriy Bulygin, Oleksandr Bazhaniuk, Andrew Furtak and John Loucaides (4 days: 13-16 June)

Conference talks in the following fields are encouraged (but not limited to):

Hardware reverse engineering
Software reverse engineering
Protocol reverse engineering
Finding vulnerabilities and writing exploits
Novel data visualization for hackers and reverse engineers
Bypassing security and software protections
Attacks on cryptography in hardware and software
Techniques for any of the above on new or interesting architectures
Wireless hacking (We aren’t talking about wifi here)
Anything else elite

How to submit:

Please send your submission to cfp2016 at recon.cx in plain text format. You may send additional supporting parser exploits in other formats.

Please include:

Speaker name(s) and/or handle
Contact information, e-mail, and cell phone (optional)
Presentation title
Presentation subtitle
Length of presentation (30 or 60 minutes)
Description of the presentation
Brief biography
If available, presentation supporting materials (website, code, paper, slides, outline, …)
Why it is cool / why you want to present it
If you have any objections to recording the presentation
Country of origin (Passport origin, current geographical location)
Let us know if you need help with a Canadian visa (So we can start the procedure early)
Whether your employer will pay for your travel or if you need assistance from us.

Get back to us soon! The first round of the CFP will end on March 15, and the CFP closes on April 15. The first round of talks will be announced during the first week of April and the final selection will be announced during the first week of May.

You can optionally email your response using the following PGP key:

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