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Security, hacking conferences (list)

Security conferences

In 2018

Conferences are ordered by submission date (as much as possible).

Name Location CfP ends Conference dates
SteelCon @steel_con Sheffield, UK 6th April 2018 July 2nd to 8th 2018
Hack It N @hack_it_n Pessac, France ? January 25
BSidesLeeds Leeds, UK January 26
DFRWS EU Florence, Italy October 9 2017 March 21-23 2018
OverDrive Girona, Spain December ? April 18-20
RECon Brussels Brussels, Belgium ? January 29 - February 4 2018
CoRIIN Lille, France November 12 Jan 22
RootedCon Madrid, Spain ? March 1-3
Hack in Paris Paris, France Nov 29 (training), Feb 13 (talk) June 25-29 2018
BSides Budapest @BSidesBud Budapest, Hungary Dec 15 March 1 2018
Troopers @WEareTROOPERS Heidelberg, Germany Dec 20 March 12-16 2018
Hack in the box Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dec 31 2017 Apr 9-13
CHES Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dec 31 2017 9-12 Sept 2018
JSSI Paris, France January 7 2018 March 13
Insomni'hack Geneva, Switzerland Jan 15 March 20-23 2018
Securi-Tay Dundee, UK Jan 15 March 2-3
THCon - Toulouse Hacking Convention Toulouse, France January 17 March 9-10
SSTIC Rennes, France Jan 28 2018 June 13-15 2018
BsidesMunich Munich, Germany February 1 April 8-9
BSidesLjubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia February 10 March 10 2018
Confidence Krakow, Poland February 28 June 4-5
BsidesCopenhagen @bsidescph Copenhagen, Denmark ? May 2018
PhDays Moscow, Russia March 10 May 15-16 2018
RuhrSec @ruhrsec Essen, Germany ? May 15-18 2018
WarCon @WarConPL Warsaw, Poland ? June 1-2, 2018
AREA41 Zurich, Switzerland March 11 June 15-16, 2018
Bsides London London, UK March 15 June 6 2018
Paranoia Oslo, Norway May 29-30
Pass the SALT Lille, France March 31 July 2-4, 2018
BsidesAthens @BSidesAth Athens, Greece April 2 June 23
SteelCon @Steel_Con Sheffield, UK April 24 July 7-9
SEC-T Stockholm, Sweden June 1 September 13-14
R2con Barcelona, Spain End of June September 5-8
BruCon Belgium ? October 3-5
Hack.lu @hack_lu Luxembourg ? October 16-18
GreHack Grenoble, France November 16
BlackHat Europe London, UK ? December 3-6
BotConf Toulouse, France ? December 4-7
eSAME Sophia Antipolis, France December 13
ph0wn CTF Sophia Antipolis, France N/A December 14

Outside Europe:

Name Location CfP ends Conference dates
BlueHat IL @BlueHatIL Tel Aviv, Dec 4 January 23-24 2018
CrikeyCon Brisbane, Australia - 24 February
Nullcon Goa, India Nov 15, 2017 2-3 March 2018
Zer0con Seoul, South Korea February 25 29-30 March 2018
Virus Bulletin Montreal, Canada March 18 October 3-5
BlackHat US Las Vegas, USA April 9
DEFCON 26 Las Vegas, USA May 1st August 9-12 2018
WOOT Baltimore, MD, USA May 30 August 13-14

In 2017

Conferences are ordered by submission date (as much as possible).

Europe only

Name Location CfP ends Conference dates
EuroS&P @IEEEEUROSP Paris, France Aug 4 2016 April 26-28
Eurocrypt Paris, France Oct 1 2016 April 30-May 4
Recon BRX @ReconBrx Brussels, Belgium November 27 January 23-27
THCon Toulouse, France March 3
RootedCon Madrid, Spain December 19 March 2-4
Hack in the box Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dec 31 2016 Apr 10-14
SecuriTay Dundee, Scotland January 8 February 24
RuhrSec Bochum, Germany January 15 May 2-5
SSTIC Rennes, France Jan 27 June 7-9
SHA2017 Scoutinglandgoed in Zeewolde Netherlands February 1 August 4-8
CARO Krakow, Poland February 14 May 11-12
BSidesMunich @BSidesMunich Munich, Germany February 15 April 3
BSidesLjubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia February 14 March 10
DIMVA Bonn, Germany February 22 July 6-7
BSidesEdinburgh @BSidesEdinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland End of February April 7
Android Security Symposium Vienna, Austria ? March 8-10
Sthack @sth4ck Bordeaux, France ? April 7
Insomni'hack Geneva, Switzerland March 23-24
Paranoia Oslo, Norway March 1 May 10-11
PhDays Moscow, Russia March 15 May 23-24
Virus Bulletin Madrid, Spain March 19 October 4-6
SecITC Bucharest, Romania March 17 June 8-9
ARES Italy March 31 August 30-Sept 1
WarCon Warsaw, Poland ? June 2-3
Confidence Krakow, Poland ? May 18-19
DotSecurity @DotSecurityIo Paris, France ? April 21
Security of Things World Berlin, Germany ? June 12-13
La nuit du hack Paris, France April 5 June 24-25
SecurityFest @securityfest Gothenburg, Sweden April 15 June 1
ESORICS Oslo, Norway April 19 September 11-15
BruCon Bruxelles, Belgium April 30 October 5-6
RMLL Security track Saint Etienne, France July 1-7
SteelCon Sheffield, UK ? July 15-17
Bornhack Bornholm, Denmark July 1st ~ August 22-27
AlligatorCon @AlligatorCon Krakow, Poland June 25 August 25-26
r2con Barcelona, Spain ? September 7-9
Hardwear.io The Hague, Netherlands May 20 September 21-22
44Con London, UK May 31 September 13-15
BSidesZurich @BSidesZurich Zurich, Switzerland June 20 September 23
MALWARE Puerto Rico, USA June 25 October 24-26
Hacktivity Budapest, Hungary June 30 October 20-21
BlackAlps @BlackAlpsConf Yverdon les Bains, Switzerland June 30 November 15-16
Sec-T Stockholm, Sweden July 1 September 12-15
SaSeIoT Valencia, Spain July 15 November 6-7
BotConf Montpellier, France July 15 December 5-8
Hack.lu Luxemburg July 21 October 16-19
Cardis Lugano, Switzerland July 21 November 13-15
GreHack Grenoble, France July 23 November 17
DeepSec Vienna, Austria July 31 November 14-17
EICAR ? October ?
T2.fi Helsinki, Finland August 9 October 26-27
BSidesLuxembourg @BSidesLux Luxemburg, Luxemburg September 15 October 20
e-SAME - CTF on Nov 30 Sophia Antipolis, France Invited talks Nov 30-Dec 1
BlackHat EU London, UK August 14 December 4-7
ROOTS Vienna, Austria August 25 November 16-17
DefCamp Bucharest, Romania October 25 November 9-10
NetSecure Day Rouen, France October 31 December 14
ZeroNights Moscow, Russia October 1st November 16-17
BSidesVienna @BSidesVienna Vienna, Austria October 12 November 18-19
BlackHoodie Luxemburg - November 24-26
Ph0wn CTF Sophia Antipolis, France - Nov 29 2017
34C3 Germany ? December 29-30

Further away

Not exhaustive! I won't really be maintaining this list

Name Location CfP ends Conference dates
BlackHat Asia Singapore October 31 March 28-31
IEEE S&P San Jose, CA, USA Nov 11 2016 May 22-24
Infiltrate @InfiltrateCon Miami, USA Dec 14 April 6 -7
RealWorldCrypto @RealWorldCrypto New York City, USA ? January 4-6
ShmooCon Washington DC, USA ? January 13-15
ENIGMA Oakland, CA, USA ? Jan 30 - Feb 1
CrikeyCon Brisbane, Australia ? Feb 25
ThotCon Chicago, USA Jan 1 May 4-5
eCrime Scottdale, AZ, USA January 13 April 25-27
DockerCon Austin, TX, USA - April 17-20
RSA conference San Francisco, USA ? February 13-17
NullCon Goa, India ? February 28 - March 4
BSides Canberra Canberra, Australia ? Mar 17-18
USENIX Security Vancouver, BC, Canada February 16 August 16-18
WAHCKon Perth, Australia ? May 6-7
You Shot The Sheriff Sao Paulo, Brasil Feb 28 May 22
AtlSecCon Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada February 29 April 27-28
CanSecWest Vancouver, Canada March 15-17
NOPCon Istanbul, Turkey ? May ?
CircleCityCon Indianapolis, IN, USA March 3 June 9-11
Recon Montreal, Canada ? June 16-18
AfricaHackon Nairobi, Kenya ? June 24-24
NorthSec @NorthSec_io Montreal, Canada March 15 May 16-21
CHES Taipei, Taiwan March 17 September 25-28
WiSec Boston, USA March 20 July 18-20
SAS St Maarten ? April 2-6
ICMC @CryptoModConf Washington DC, USA ? May 16-19
BSidesKC @_BSidesKC Kansas City, MO, USA May 20
Recon Montreal, Canada ? June 16-18
BlackHat US Las Vegas, USA July 22-27
DEFCON 25 Las Vegas, USA May 1 July 27-30
ACM CCS Dallas, USA May 19 October 30-Nov 1
USENIX WOOT Vancouver, BC, Canada May 31 August 14-15
HITCON Taipei, Taiwan ? August 25-26
Ekoparty @ekoparty and CFP Buenos Aires, Argentina ? September 27-29
MRMCD Darmstadt, Germany July 23 September 1-3
MALWARE Puerto Rico, USA June 25 October 24-26
Ruxcon Melbourne, Australia June 30 October 21-22
DerbyCon @DerbyCon Louisville, KY, USA July 1 September 20-24
SyScan Beijing, China July 31 September 12-13
NDSS San Diego, USA Aug 21 2016 Feb 18-21 2018
IoT Security Summit Washington DC, USA ? October 23-24
GrrCON Grand Rapids, MI, USA ? October 26-27
SecTor Toronto, Canada August 27 November 13-15
Hackfest Quebec, Canada September 30 November 3-4
AVAR Beijing, China September 30 December 6-8
Kiwicon Wellington, New Zealand October 14 November 17-18

Hey, that awesome conference is missing :)

  • It's not an exhaustive list :)
  • If it's awesome + not too far away + you'd like me to submit, be sure to tweet (@cryptax) me as perhaps I don't know about it :)

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