Got metrics to back it up? On Friday, 3 June 2016, dave aitel <[email protected]> wrote:
> From Spender's recent Keynote <https://grsecurity.net/SSTIC2016.pdf>: > """ > Conferences poor method of knowledge transfer > > Good method of making audience feel “knowledge” transfer > > Accept that it’s basically show-and-tell, that understanding of a > topic requires more than an hour, sometimes with weeks/months/years of > background knowledge > > """ > > > As someone who helps run INFILTRATE <http://infiltratecon.com/> I want to > point out that while I totally agree that conferences can be hard to use as > knowledge transfer mechanisms, that they are getting better. In particular > I want to point people towards this very long piece on how everything > connects together, especially those of you who attended INFILTRATE: > <http://cybersecpolitics.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-common-thread-fuzzing-bug-triage.html> > http://cybersecpolitics.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-common-thread-fuzzing-bug-triage.html > > This is also true of training: I'd love to find a way to offer a continued > education series based on the INFILTRATE classes. And I have another post > coming out to connect more dots from INFILTRATE 2016 shortly. But Spender > is right: Conferences, a mainstay of our community, can be too much about > show and tell, and not enough about scientific progress. (That said, I > think INFILTRATE is the best among them in that regards, of course. :)) > > And we ARE offering the INFILTRATE training again both in NYC and > (strangely enough!) Columbia MD > <https://twitter.com/Immunityinc/status/738404651712798721>. > > -dave > > > > > > -- -- Konrads Smelkovs Applied IT sorcery.
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