No cON Name 2019 Congress

Call For Papers https://www.noconname.org/call-for-papers/

    • INTRODUCTION
The organization has  opened CFP proposals. Our goal is to get highly  qualified
requests  for both, speaker opportunities, as well as workshops, to show in  one
of  the most  respected hacker conferences in  Barcelona and Spain, NcN (No cON
Name).
We will be accepting exclusively technical  presentations, proof of concept for,
private  investigations  and  solutions  for  professionals  related  to the  IT
security scene. Under no circumstance we will be selecting any proposal which is
commercially targeted, our main goal is to share knowledge in a well-established
community.

    • FORMAT & REQUIREMENTS
  • Language: English ( We will choose almost 75% ) or Spanish
  • Proposal file type: PDF. It must follow  documentation’s requirements, shown
    in next paragraph, and filled in through the web site
  • Please use the template provided for the presentations during the conference
  • It ’s necessary to  deeply explain contents, as this document  will allow the
    organization to evaluate the proposal.
  • CFP’s attachment  requested is mandatory. One page  summary of the contents,
    or the investigations that you want to show will help to demonstrate techni-
    cally the findings/result of investigations (additional texts,  screenshots,
    evidences, code, etc)
    
    WE DON'T ACCEPT PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN SPAIN BEFORE THE NOCONNAME'S CONGRESS DATE. 

In the event  that the  proposal  is accepted, it must be  submitted  before the
deadline (September 15, detailed in the important dates section below):
  • An  article (a  template  in doc, odt  format  is  attached.) that  will  be
    delivered in the conference’s notebook. MANDATORY
  • Presentation and exhibition  material: september the 15th.  All the material 
    that will be  presented to the organization  must be delivered, otherwise it 
    will be possible to  grant other applicants your place. You have to plan the 
    day of the event nimbly. MANDATORY 

    • CONTENTS
We will require the following info to review your CFP:

DATA                         DESCRIPTION
Preferred contact method     Alias, email, twitter account, Facebook,etc.
 Name & Surname*
 Alias *
 Email *
 Phone nº *                  To manage the travel and unforeseen things
 Twitter id
 City/Country of residence *
Proposal
 Proposal type *             Speaking presentation or Workshop presentation
 Representing *              Individual or company name
 Category *                  See: “RELEVANT TOPICS “
 Length (minutes) *          Speaker (presentation): Between  20 or 45 minutes.
                             Workshop (presentation + demo):  45 minutes
                             or 1,5 hours.
 Title of the paper *:       Presentation's / Workshop’s Title
 Goal *                      State  your objectives  during your  investigation,
                             issues encountered, impact on the society including
                             risks.
 Benefits *                  List  the   benefits  your   presentation  will  be 
                             providing to the security community, social impact,
                             and perhaps solutions to the current issue.
 Description *               Presentation's / Workshop’s description
 Speaker’s Biography *       Brief bio of latest published papers, previous talk
                             experience, your current interests.
      
    • RELEVANT TOPICS 
The areas of interest that have been proposed, not restricted to, are:

  • Offensive security.
  • Evading / In-depth research of Phishing / Malware.
  • Security & exploiting SCADA / ICS.
  • Internet privacy and net neutrality (EPIC).
  • Honeypots / Honeynets.
  • Web explorers’ security.
  • Hardware hacking.
  • New vulnerabilities and 0-day exploits.
  • Healthcare sucurity / risks
  • (in)Security in the automotive industry
  • Software Testing/Fuzzing.
  • Advanced Penetration testing techniques.
  • Mobile Application Security-Threats and Exploits.
  • Network and Router Hacking
  • Mobile, Satellite, IP networks’ security
  • SDR (Software defined radio)
  • Hacking virtualized envirorments
  • Computer/electronic forensics

    • DEADLINES
  • CFP Requests closing: August 25th 2019.
  • CFP Approval: September 1st 2019.
  • Materials presentation due: September 15th 2019
  • Conference’s date: November, 14th and 15th 2019

    • SPEAKER’S PRIVILEGES
Speakers can count on the following if selected:
  • Individual airfare ticket to Barcelona (roundtrip).
  • Individual Hotel room.
  • Two free tickets for the conference.
  • Discover Barcelona´s night clubbing, expect Booze and fun  :-)

    • SENDING YOUR CFP
All requests must be submitted through our site at: 
  https://www.noconname.org/call-for-papers/ 
Fill in the form  and upload necessary files and you are  all set (some parts of website are in sspanish)

    • EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PROPOSALS
We will be evaluating speaking  conference and workshop requests with the follo-
wing score:

  • Level  of  innovation  in  your  investigation / Sophistication  of the  40%
    presentation
  • Stating your key-points of your proposal without going deep into detail  20%
  • Briefing quality of your draft (proof of concept in  briefing is highly  15%
    appreciated)
  • State  field where your investigation  was made, ie:hardware, software,  10%
    industry…
  • Your speaking reputation                                                 10%
  • Relevant topic proposed by the No cON Name staff                     5%