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PAKCON IV / call for papers
Papers and presentations are now being accepted for PAKCON IV, Pakistan's Underground Hacking Convention.
WHAT: PAKCON IV Call for Papers.
WHEN: Starting Monday, 26 October, 2009, and closing Thursday, 26 November, 2009.
WHO: If you want to speak at PAKCON, you know who you are.
HOW: If you think you have the galls to speak at PAKCON and have an interesting paper or a short, lightening talk to go along with, piece together the following instructions to express your desire to speak:
E-mail: PAKCON CfP <cfp_at_pakcon.org>
Submission ends: Thursday, 26 November, 2009. Write an abstract, minimum 1-page long, of your paper and send it in. Also mention which type of talk are you going to present: Normal, or Lightening.
File-formats accepted: plain-text, pdf, .lyx, .dvi, doc, abw, html, rtf, sxw, sdw.
Yes! PAKCON is back with a bang. PAKCON is Pakistan's Underground Hacking Convention, happening annually for the past two years in a row. And this year, PAKCON will take place sometime in December, somewhere in Karachi.
Call for papers to be presented at PAKCON IV is now officially open.
Requests to present papers at PAKCON have always been accepted liberally. However, certain topics have always been and will still be given preference over certain other topics. By being liberal, we plan to increase the number of speakers who will speak at PAKCON, all the while striving to maintain the quality of papers and talks presented.
[ -L I G H T E N I N G T A L K S- ]
This year, at PAKCON IV, we are introducing "Lightening" talks in addition to normal 45-minute presentations. These are brief talks, ranging anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minutes, that talk about anything from tips, tricks, to glimpses into technologies, etc. As long as the topics for these talks are interesting, they will be entertained.
[ -T O P I C S- ]
Topics for papers can be any of these or possibly anything else not way too off-topic: -
Information Security -
Network and Vulnerability Analysis -
Penetration Testing -
Firewall Technologies -
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Technologies -
Denial-Of-Service Attacks and Countermeasures -
Encryption Technologies -
Honeypots/Honeynets -
(0) Zero-day Attacks -
Incident Response and Disaster Recovery -
Forensics Analysis -
Electronic Crimes Law -
GPRS and CDMA Security -
Phreaking -
Wireless Hacking -
Access Control and Authentication -
Viruses, Worms, and Trojans -
Wireless Networks and Bluetooth Security -
Malicious Code Analysis -
Analysis of Attacks against Networks and Machines -
OS Hardening -
File System Security -
Security in Heterogeneous and large-scale Environments -
Techniques for Developing Secure Systems -
Writing Secure Code -
Secure Application Development -
Virtualization -
Secure Systems Programming
[ -T I M I N G- ]
For "Normal Talks", each speaker will be allotted:
* 45 minutes to present the talk, and
* 5 minutes for Question and Answer session.
Speakers appearing for "Lightening Talks" will be given:
* 5-to-15 minutes, and
* Additional 5 minutes for Question and Answer session.
If a presentation requires more time, the speaker should inform the organizers beforehand.
[ -S P E A K E R S- ]
Speakers should indicate at the time of abstract submission which talk they are going to present: "Normal", or "Lightening".
[ -R E S O U R C E S- ]
Any additional presentational requirements should be communicated well in advance to the organizers. Speakers will be provided a microphone, a laptop on which their presentations will have been saved and loaded, a multi-media projector and a reasonably large projector screen.
[ -S P E A K E R S F R O M O U T S I D E- ]
We will not pay speakers anything for their talks at PAKCON. However, if you are flying in to Karachi from somewhere to present your paper, we will gladly provide accommodation. We might be able to to cover your traveling expenses as well, but only if you let us know in advance. If you are visiting Karachi to speak at PAKCON, immediately write to us at:
PAKCON Outside-Speakers <out-speakers_at_pakcon.org>
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