Call for participation

At PlumberCon 10, we are planning to have a selection of three trainings on Friday afternoon, a variety of 50-minute talks and hands-on workshops (of unlimited length) on Saturday and Sunday, as well as 10-minute lightning talks (Sunday only).

This year's tagline: Make A Good Hack

Topics of interest include (but are in no way limited to) the following:

Information technology
Wireless network security
Web application security assessment
Virtualization and cloud computing
Innovative attack strategies
Honeypots
Forensics
Embedded devices
Physical security and lockpicking
Biometrics
Hardware hacking
Working with microcontrollers
Phone phreaking
Food- and Biohacking
Open source software
Evolutionary computing
Robotics

To apply, please shoot us an e-mail to talk@plumbercon.org with your complete talk proposal and contact info!

Please include the following information in your submission:

contact details (name & e-mail address)
a brief bio (including qualifications, speaking experience, and affiliations)
the title of your talk
short intro & abstract (& any supporting materials, if available)
the talk format you are submitting for (talk/panel/lightning talk/demo/training/workshop)

Important dates

If you are thinking of participating and sending in a submission, please let us know until NO LATER than April 25th.
Absolute deadline for submission of abstracts is the 16th of May, 2010 - all proposals submitted before this date will be considered.
Final notification of acceptence: May 24th;
final material submission (including slides and whitepapers) for accepted presentations: June 27th, 2010.

Sponsoring

PlumberCon is a non-profit event and thankful for every helping hand it's given.
If you want to support the initiative and gain visibility by sponsoring, please contact us by writing an e-mail to sponsor@plumbercon.org

Disclaimer

PlumberCon has full permission to record and republish any material that is presented at the conference.
Unfortunately, PlumberCon will not be able to cover travel expenses. However, if you're coming in from out of state, and are still looking for a place to stay at during the conference weekend, feel free to let us know.