Dear Dave, not every conference does that.
We choose our keynotes carefully and make sure that they don't have a vendor or product pitch. And we pay for travel and accommodation for all speakers, including key note... regards, DeepSec On 21 March 2012 14:26, Dave Aitel <[email protected]> wrote: > Why is it that every conference has gone the full hog and decided that you > must sell keynotes? When I tried to watch the Whitman Diffie keynote at BH > EU, it was proceeded by a 30 minute Fortigate infomercial. RSA had like 5 > paid-for keynotes for every one real keynote. Everyone who hasn't should > watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7iM5CbBLBY to see why this is a > terrible idea. Even if the paid-for talks (and they're not just keynotes!) > were good, it should still be considered an unacceptable way to run a > technical conference. > > Here's my promise about INFILTRATE 2013 - there will be no paid talks. None. > We choose talks solely based on technical content, speaking skill, and > amount of Buffy quotes. > > Example (assuming you are speaking about some part of the industry > perhaps?): > Xander: Well, how about this: we whip out the Ouija board, light a few > candles, summon some ancient unstoppable evil? Mayhem, mayhem, mayhem; we > show up and and kick its ass. Giles [pauses to contemplate]: A wee bit > unethical. > > -dave > > > -- > INFILTRATE 2013 January 10th-11th in Miami - the world's best offensive > information security conference. > www.infiltratecon.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Dailydave mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave > _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list [email protected] http://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
