RECON BRUSSELS 2017 - Call For Papers

January 27, 28, 29 2017 - Brussels, Belgium

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REcon is a computer security conference with a focus on reverse engineering and advanced exploitation techniques. It has been held annually in Montreal, Canada, for 10 years.

We are pleased to announce that after 10 great years of hosting the conference in Montreal, we are expanding to share the REcon experience with Europe as well. This January we will host our first European annual edition of the conference in Brussels, Belgium!

To get a feel for what the conference is all about, you can see videos of presentations from REcon Montreal 2016 on our website at https://recon.cx/

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.

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. The registration for the conference will open soon.

We are now inviting speakers to submit proposals for Recon Brussels 2017 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 training’s available:

  • Mobile and Telecom Applied Hacking and Reverse Engineering by Philippe Langlois (2 days: 25-26 January)
  • Reverse Engineering Malware by Nicolas Brulez (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • Windows Internals for Reverse Engineers by Alex Ionescu (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • Hardware Hacking (Advanced) by Dmitry Nedospasov (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • The ARM Exploit Laboratory by Saumil Shah (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • Windows Kernel Rootkits Techniques and Analysis by Bruce Dang (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • MacOS Sierra and iOS 10 Kernel Internals for Security Researchers (4 days: 23-26 January)
  • Botnet Takeover Attacks for Reverse Engineers by Brett Stone-Gross and Tillmann Werner (4 days: 23-26 January)

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 cfpbrussels2017@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 Schengen 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 October 30, and the CFP closes on November 27. The first round of talks will be announced during the second week of November and the final selection will be announced during the second week of December.

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


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