Rooted CON: Security Congress

A new security congress is born: Rooted CON


Rooted CON Security Congress will take place in Madrid, March 2010. The call for papers is ongoing! Do you want to join? Send you paper now





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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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INTRO

Rooted CON is a new Security Congress. Where? Madrid (Spain) on March 2010. The goal is to promote security by offering highly technical talks with a practical approach (theory & demo mix) and neutrality. Although companies are very welcome to participate in the congress the technical and objective approach should be prioritized.

We also want people to participate and enjoy... and even go back home with a prize! Therefore, we will hold various events beyond the talks. One of the most important will be "Capture the Flag" (substantial cash prizes!) which has been by "Sexy Pandas" (infamous finalist team in the traditional "Defcon" CTF).

And of course if you are brave enough you will also have fun by living the beautiful nights of Madrid... partners, family and pets are welcome :-O

FORMAT

Two types of proposals will be considered
- Fast talks: 20min duration
- Normal talks: 50min duration

If you have a crazy/interesting and fresh idea that could be summarized in short time, please don't hesitate and submit a fast talk. If your idea is even crazier and need more time to be explained in depth, go for a normal talk.

We are only accepting submissions in Spanish and English language. We will do our best to have simultaneous translation in the conference room (but we cannot promise at this point: it will depend on budget and sponsors).

TOPICS

All hot topics in the security world are welcome:
- Hacking tools: custom developments
- Defensive and offensive techniques
- Fraud, phishing, trojans, ATMs p0wn, crime...
- RevEngineering, low-level techniques, kernel, vulnerabilities, fuzzing...
- Virtual contexts, clusters, cloud computing...
- Crypto and stego, forennsics
- Mobile (in)security, 3G, wireless, bluetooth, VoIP, phreaking...
- Web applications security
- (please write here your favourite topic)

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Would you like to speak at Rooted CON? Please send us your paper and don't forget to make talks illustrative and include demos! :) Applicationd via e-mail to cfp@rootedcon.es
For the talk to be accepted in the initial selection process it should fulfill the described format and *must* include *all* this info:
- Title and topic
- Abstract (should be sufficiently extensive for being correctly evaluated)
- Duration (normal or fast talk?)
- Author (full name and optionally nick/handle)
- Location/nationality
- Bio (some lines defining who you are)
- Facilities needed
- Do you plan t present same or similar talk in another conference? Which one?

SCHEDULE

October 1, 2009 - CFP starts
December 20, 2009 - CFP deadline
December 31, 2009 - Speakers selected
January 10, 2010 - Final paper and presentation material submitted


SPEAKER ALLOWANCES

Speakers will be given the following benefits:
- Free accommodation
- Free access to the conference
- Travel expenses (if possible)
- Free party tickets/drinks
- Groupies and fan club

More info? http://www.rootedcon.es/