The third annual Security B-Sides Vancouver is an information security conference that will be held March 16th and 17th in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We love to see brand new speakers, seasoned speakers, and everyone in between! Topics of interest include (but are in no way limited to) the following, preference given to talks that actually provide solutions as as well as insight to problems: - Information technology - Network security - Web Application security - Mobile security - Virtualization and cloud computing - Innovative attack / defense strategies - Forensics / Malware - Embedded device security / Internet of things - Biometrics - Hardware hacking - Phone phreaking - Biohacking - Open source software - Evolutionary computing - Robotics (bonus points for bringing an actual robot) - Massive abuse of technology (If it is not on the list but want to submit anyway, please do so and we'll be glad to consider it!) Please submit entries via our website: http://bsidesvancouver.com/forms/bsides-2014-cfp/ We can't wait to see your ideas! 2014 December 2nd: CFP Open 2015 February 13th: CFP Deadline 2015 February 16th: Acceptance Notification Are you interested in sponsoring us? BSides Vancouver is a non-profit community driven event, and relies on the kind sponsorship of people and companies like you to succeed. If you want to support the initiative and gain visibility by sponsoring, please contact us by writing an e-mail to BSides Vancouver is organized by the Mainland Advanced Research Society (MARS) If you have any questions, please certainly feel free to contact me (Colin) directly. Thanks! Colin Keigher Vice President Mainland Advanced Research Society (MARS) fourthplanet.ca