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Troopers 08 Security Conference, Call for Papers



"Troopers 08 - get skilled or get owned" is a new two-day conference that 
brings together some of the brightest minds of the international infosec 
community. The event will be held on 23rd and 24th april 2008 in 
Munich/Germany. Keynotes will be given by Dan Bernstein and Christofer Hoff.
There will be two tracks, a kind-of-classical one that we call the "Attack 
Track" (covering cutting-edge hacktechniques and security discussions) and 
another one we call the "Defend Track" which mainly addresses ISOs from large 
organizations and their specific needs and concerns. Additionally a series of 
(20-30 minute) "Late Night" talks will be held in the evening of april 22nd for 
those who arrive early and can't wait to get technical input.

This call for papers addresses security researchers interested in sharing their 
knowledge with other researchers and a high level audience. We would like to 
invite everyone with special knowledge in breaking security in whatever area or 
practical experience in securing complex information systems to present their 
skills.


Speaker Privileges
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We will cover the flight costs (limited to EUR 500 for speakers from Europe and 
US$ 1500 for speakers from other continents) and two nights of accomodation. 
For sole "late night speakers" no expenses will be covered (but speaker 
experience will be gained ;-).


"Fresh Headz"
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Given an appropriate subject and technical level we're happy to welcome "fresh 
speakers" (not seen in various places before) and we're happy to help you with 
setting up your talk (or getting over your pre-talk excitement).



Submissions
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We are mainly interested in talks on

Virtualization Stuff
Modern physical attacks (Eavesdropping/tapping, bugging devices, attacks on 
mobile devices)
Embedded Devices
Industrial Networking
Security in Carrier Environments
Secure Coding

If you think your talk could be appropriate for the "Defend Track" feel free to 
apply for that one. Be aware the audience will be different from the one you 
have at - say - CCC (and we've very few speaker slots left there, too). Of 
course you can apply for a sole late-night talk as well. Note that - given the 
attractiveness of Munich's night life - you might have a very small audience 
there.
Obviously heavy vendor-pitching will not be welcomed warmly and we reserve the 
right to ask for modifications of confirmed talks if we have the impression 
there's too much of that in a talk. If you have to offer another "Web 2.0 cross 
browser unicode overflow" talk you may submit it. However chances will be 
bigger if you have some more innovative stuff to talk about...



CFP submissions must include the following information: 

1) Track (Attack, Defend, Late Night)

2) Brief biography including list of publications and papers published 
previously. 

3) Proposed presentation title & synopsis/description.

4) Contact Information (full name, alias, handler, e-mail, postal address, 
phone, country of origin, special meal requirement, smoking habits ;-).

5) Employment and/or affiliations information. 
 
6) Why is your material different or innovative or significant?

Please note that all speakers will be allocated 50 minutes of presentation time 
+ 10 minutes Q+A. Any speakers that require more time must inform the CFP 
committee in the course of the submission.

By agreeing to speak at Troopers 08 you are granting ERNW GmbH the rights to 
reproduce, distribute, advertise and show your presentation including but not 
limited to http://www.troopers08.org, printed and/or electronic advertisements, 
and all other mediums.

 

Important Dates
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Deadline for Submission: 15 Feb 2008,
Final Notification: 1 Mar 2008,
Presentation slides due: 1 Apr 2008
The conference: 23-24 April 2008


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