Call for Papers

Round 2 
CFP is now CLOSED
Notifications sent beginning of December 2018
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If you are a student or a first time speaker and you don't feel you are 100% ready for a full talk? Consider submitting to our lightning talk session. See below for details.

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IMPORTANT - FINANCIAL AID

The BSides Melbourne organisers care about making a diverse and inclusive security conference. This means extending a helping hand to those who need it, whether due to financial need or as members of traditionally underrepresented groups. Regretfully, we cannot extend this to everyone, so please consider your expenses before applying to BSides Mebourne. We thankyou for your consideration.

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Talks and Tracks

Talk times include:

• 30 min
• 45 min
• 10-15 min lightning talk

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Lightning Talk Track
This is a dedicated track for students and newbies to InfoSec who would like to share something they are working on, or an area of interest with the community. At just 10-15 mins, lightning talks are shorter than regular talks in order to help build confidence and presentation skills.

Important:

• Talks will not include vendor related pitches or products, or PR marketing compaigns
• Employer logo only on two slides: Introduction and Biography

Suggested Topic Ideas

• Network Defense tackling issues related to network, cloud, endpoint defense.
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Security Operations
• Application Security
• Data Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR)
• Malware and exploitation techniques 
• ​Policy, Risk and Compliance
• ​DevSecOps
• Hardware and Embedded
• Human Factors and Social Engineering
• Mobile
• SCADA and Industrial Automation
• Other InfoSec community topics

Mentoring Program

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​BSides Melbourne will be offering a mentoring program for students, first time speakers or anyone who would like that little bit of extra help. Our goal is to remove all barriers that would prevent someone from submitting their work and to equip those individuals with the skills they need to be successful.

Please express your interest for a mentor when you submit your CFP.

Resources for Writing CFP Submissions​

• Blog post by Kat Sweet on the building blocks of an InfoSec conference CFP.
• The CFPs 101 Panel from BSidesLV 2016
• The DEFCON Speaker’s Corner post by Nikita titled How do I Make my CFP Stand Out?
• Blog post by Cheryl Biswas about giving a talk in Infosec
• Blog post by Hexagon Security Create Good Security CFP Submissions