uCon security conference 2008

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who submitted. The final speaking line-up and schedule will be announced soon.

Introduction

uCon will be a totally informal and non-profit conference (actually a small gathering of friends, hackers, computer security enthusiasts and idiots alike) taking place in Recife, Pernambuco, some saturday in February 2008.

PS: uCon stands for "micro con", not "UFPE con"!
PS2: NO LOGS = NO CRIME!
PS3: Old warez is no warez!

The venue

The conference will be held in a quite small auditorium in Informatics Center of Federal University of Pernambuco (CIn/UFPE).

Who?

The usual gang of cretins, the usual suspects.

Topics

uCon committee gives preference to lectures with practical demonstration.
The conference staff will try to provide every equipment needed for the presentation in the case the author cannot provide them.

The following topics include, but are not limited to:

General system exploitation techniques, vuln-dev and shellcoding
Web application hacking
Phone phreaking
Fuzzing and application security test
Hardware hacking, embedded systems and other electronic devices
Mobile devices exploitation, Symbian, P2K and bluetooth technologies
Analysis of virus, worms and all sorts of malware
Reverse engineering
Rootkits
Security in Wi-Fi and VoIP environments
Information about smartcard and RFID security and similars
Technical approach to alternative operating systems
Denial of service attacks and/or counter-measures
Techniques for development of secure software and systems
Security in SCADA and lesser-known environments
Cryptography
Information about satellites, GPS and stuff alike
Lockpicking, trashing and urban exploration
Internet, privacy and Big Brother
Information warfare and industrial espionage

Costs

$0. Yes, it's true! Attendance to uCon is free of charge. Bring good ideas and a few 'coxinhas' for coffee break, if possible.

Deadline and submissions

Deadline for proposal submission: 23th of January 2008
Deadline for acceptation: 25th of January 2008

Make sure to provide along with your submission the following details:

Speaker name or handle
A short biography of the presenter
A brief description about your talk
Estimated time-length of presentation
Any technical requirements for your lecture

Speakers will choose how many minutes of presentation time they need, meaning we will not have pre-determined time slots. However, please do not act insanely and pick a 1 hour time slot when in fact you could have picked up 15 minutes.

Preferrable file format for papers and slides are PDF. If you feel old school enough you can submit them in TXT as well.

Speakers are asked to, but not obligated, hand in slides used in their lectures.

PLEASE NOTE: Bear in mind if your presentation involves advertisement of products or services, please do not waste your time submitting to us.

Information for speakers

Speakers' privileges are:

Free pass to the conference (isn't it free already, damn it?)
15 minutes of fame and glory
A 600ml bottle of Skol beer
For each speaker non-resident in Recife, acommodation will be provided in our place. We can get you a bed for sure