SAINTCON 2018 - Call for Papers

INTRODUCTION
SAINTCON is Utah's best annual Security Conference and Training Event.  The 
Conference spans 4 days and includes a large variety of content and events 
making it very diverse and covers a large variety of security related areas of 
interest.  SAINTCON is a community conference administered by the Utah Chapter 
of the Security Advisory and Incident Network Team (UtahSAINT).

Site: https://www.saintcon.org
CFP Registration: https://cfp.saintcon.org

This is a Call for Papers, Talks, Presentations, Trainings, and Workshops for 
SAINTCON 2018.

SAINTCON consists of three (3) dedicated speaking tracks and two (2) dedicated 
workshop and training tracks covering up to four (4) days during the 
conference.  Talks at SAINTCON cover a variety of topics including light-weight 
discussions on governance, law, and policy through reverse engineering, 
exploitation, tooling, and security skills.

DATE AND LOCATION
SAINTCON 2018 will be held at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah
September 25-28, 2018

CONTENT TYPES
We are looking for qualified participants to present within one of the 
following formats:

Open Presentation (25 Minutes) - Topic Briefing
Open Presentation (50 Minutes) - Topic Presentation or Discussion

Workshop (3.5 Hours) - Skills Development Presentation with practical 
involvement.

Training (3.5 Hours) - Specific training opportunity on a particular skillset, 
tool, or hardware.
Training (7 Hours) - Deep Dive Security based trainings on multiple topics.

Keynotes (50 Minutes) - Conference Opener or Closer.  Generally these are 
recruited and arranged prior to the conference, but if you have a topic you 
wish for us to consider for a Keynote slot, please submit it, we'll be happy to 
consider it.

In particular, we are looking for original talks of the highest quality in the 
following areas:
- Tools, Tools, Tools.  Network Security Tools.
- Offensive and Defensive Technologies and Techniques
- Bugs and Reverse Engineering
- Patching and Enterprise Security techniques and skills
- Incident Handling, Forensics, and related topics
- Mobile Device Security
- Virtualization, Container, and Cloud Computing Security and Privacy
- Security Fundamental Topics
- Critical Infrastructure Security
- Cryptography use and abuse
- Malware, Spyware, Command and Control, etc.
- Web Application Security
- Community Talks

Note: This is not a comprehensive list, If you have a great topic not listed 
above, please submit it through the CFP system.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
In order to ensure we have the highest quality talks possible, and provide the 
attendees with great content, the following guidelines will be considered as we 
go through the selection process:
- Priority will be given to NEW content not previously presented at other 
conferences.
- We will reserve a certain number of slots for local/UtahSAINT speakers each 
year
- The more detail put into your submission the higher it will be weighted in 
the selection process.
- If you have presented at SAINTCON previously, you will be given a more 
favorable opportunity.
- If you have presented at other conferences, please link videos if available
- If you intend to discuss a topic that can have any legal or controversial 
ramifications, please let us know.  This does not disqualify, but helps us 
prepare appropriately.
- Marketing, Product pitches, Sales talks are OK for you to submit for 
consideration, you MUST however note such intent in the CFP.

SPEAKER PRIVILEGES
Speakers, and Trainers at SAINTCON 2018 are entitled to the following:
- Paid Travel (for speakers outside the greater Wasatch Front area)
- Exclusive SAINTCON wearables
- Exclusive SPEAKER MiniBadge
- Invite to the Staff Party (RSVP required)
- Full Conference Pass
- Workshops and Trainers are eligible for compensation (see below)

COMPENSATION
Compensation is available for individuals teaching workshops or trainings.  
Compensation is negotiated during the acceptance process and is not necessarily 
determined based on a specific model. This is our way to ensure that we 
incentivize great content.

INELIGIBILITY
SAINTCON is currently unable to sponsor entry to the United States for any 
International submissions.   International candidates must have, or be able to 
obtain proper entry visas without SAINTCON involvement to be eligible to 
present.

CONTACT US
If you need to get in touch with us about the CFP process, please use the 
official email:  cfp at saintcon dot org

IMPORTANT DATES
CFP Opens Tuesday May 22, 2018
Final CFP Deadline July 30, 2018 23:59 MDT
First Accept Notifications July 2, 2018
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