IT'S OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY!! COME HELP US CELEBRATE!

 

 

August 5th & 6th, 2014 at Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

It's that time again...

 

We're buckling down and getting to the nitty-gritty of throwing yet another fantastic event. If you're interested in helping with the planning, please join our BSidesLV Google Group. Also, make sure to follow us on twitter @bsideslv, #BSidesLV, to keep abreast of updates as they're announced.

 

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Want to volunteer during the event? Check this out.

 

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OUR INDIE-GO-GO DONOR CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED:

 

Thank you to all who helped us reach 158% of our goal. We'll be updating the donor page shortly. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN VEGAS!!

 

 

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Want to stay at the heart of the BSidesLV action? We've expanded our room block to 350 rooms, which is just under half of the hotel. For the low, low price of just $50/night Sunday-Thursday and $95/night Friday & Saturday, you can stay at the beautiful and relaxing Tuscany Suites & Casino - just 1 mile off the strip, at 255 E. Flamingo Rd.

 

Call 1.877.TUSCAN1 and use Group Code 13C06Q. Online reg is open, however, our official block is 02Aug-08Aug. If you want to register outside of that range, you will need to call the hotel, so the reservation agent can override the automated system.

 

As always, all rooms on the BSidesLV block come with 2 badges and this year, Tuscany has upgraded to free WiFi in their suites.

 

NOTE: If you are checking in to the hotel before Sunday, August 3, your badges will not be issued to you at check-in. They will be available on the evening of 8/3 - check back in with the registration desk to obtain them.

 

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BSidesLV 2014 Logo and Slogan Contest is HAPPENING!

 

VOTING IS CLOSED!!!

 

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

 

 

SLOGAN: Welcome to SYN city

 

Submitted by: @Nheafer

 

 

LOGO: 

 

Submitted by @SciaticNerd (FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW!!)

 

 

Submissions being accepted now through June 4th.

Submission details are found HERE: BSidesLV 2014 Logo and Slogan Contest!!

 

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BSidesLV #Puzzle Challenge #1

bsidesLV-2014-puzzle-001.pdf

BSIDESLVpuzzle2.pdf

 

Answers are posted at http://www.bsideslv.org/events/puzzle-challenges/

 

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We are proud to announce that we've teamed-up with Passwordscon.org!! Per Thorsheim and team will be utilizing the Siena room to host two tracks over two days. The conferences are both compatible and complimentary and your BSidesLV badge will allow you access to their talks and vice-versa. Two conferences for the one low, low price of - FREE as in beer AND free as in speech!!

 

 

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Proving Ground Speaker Development Program "Call for Presenters" has closed.

 

Thanks to everyone that applied. We have over 20 qualified Mentors to assist our 20 Proving Ground applicants develop their presentations. What a great match-up madness this is going to be! Good Luck to all of you.

 

 

If you or your company would like to Sponsor a Proving Ground Candidate and help us get them to Vegas for their first national presentation, please contact [email protected] or see our IndieGoGo Campaign, above.

 

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Round Two Call For Presenters for all tracks is OPEN until 15Jun now CLOSED.

 

This year will see the return of Common Ground, as well as our usual suspects:

 

Breaking Ground - Ground Breaking Information Security research and conversations on the “Next Big Thing”. Interactively discussing your research with our participants and getting feedback, input and opinion. No preaching from the podium at a passive audience.

 

Common Ground - Other topics of interest to the security community. e.g., Lock-picking, hardware hacking, mental health, burnout, Law, Privacy, Regulations, Risk, Crypto, Activism, etc.

 

Proving Ground - Speaker Development Program. 30-minute presentations from up-and-coming first-time national speakers, teamed with one of our experienced volunteer mentors. This CFP is OPEN!

 

Underground - OTR talks on subjects best discussed AFK. No press, no recording, no streaming, no names. Just you and your peers, behind closed doors. Think about it.

 

Training Ground - This track consists of workshops and classes to give your students hands-on experience learning the latest and greatest. We accept proposals for 1/2 day, full-day and 2-day workshops.

 

BSidesLV is committed to selecting our speakers based on merit of current research and the abstract submitted. To ensure this, we have instituted a double-blind CFP vetting process. Names and Bios will be stripped from the abstract before it is submitted to our 7 member CFP team and no member of the team (with the exception of the Chair) will see another member's vote or comments. This should assist in maintaining a fair and equal vetting process for all that submit.

 

For clarification purposes, please understand that BSides' events, including Las Vegas, are free labors of love and education, for the community, by the community, and all events - including workshops - are free to attend for all participants. No remuneration of any kind is offered to presenters*. We do provide breakfast and lunch both days of the conference, a t-shirt, a badge for you and a +1 for a friend, and a Speaker Thank You reception. If you are looking for a conference that can reimburse or off-set your travel and lodging, and offer you a stipend, please consider one of the bigger, paid admission conferences.

*We are offering a travel & lodging scholarship pilot program for accepted Proving Ground speakers that qualify.

 

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Partner Conferences

 

 

 

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Thanks to the following for sponsoring BSidesLV!

 

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Thanks to the following for sponsoring BSidesLV!

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EXCLUSIVE TUESDAY NIGHT PARTY SPONSOR!

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EXCLUSIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY SPONSOR!

 

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 STELLAR

 

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BADGE SPONSOR

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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ABOVE & BEYOND

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CORE

 

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NETWORK

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In-Kind Sponsors, providing providing us with contest prizes, silent auction and raffle give-away’s, logistical assistance and substantial discounts:

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Community Partners and Supported Charities:

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Silent Auction/Raffle sponsors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Want to see your company name and logo above? Check out our Sponsor Kit or email our Sponsor Coordinator at [email protected] to discuss your ideas!

 

We look forward to hearing from you and we'll see you in Vegas!

 

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And as always, you can find all of this info and more, including our blog posts and archives at http://bsideslv.org

 

 

 

**CODE OF CONDUCT**

We have NO TOLERANCE for physical/verbal/sexual Harassment! Our “Code of Conduct” is “Be Excellent to each other” AKA the Golden Rule. In case that’s failing, it’s “Don’t be an Ass,** or we’ll kick your ass out!” Asking questions of a speaker during their talk, to get clarity or debate a point is NOT being an ass – heckling or haranguing the speaker IS. If you’re not sure, ask, or err on the side of basic decency and common courtesy. If what they’re doing wouldn’t be acceptable to have done to you, your sister, niece, daughter, brother, nephew, son, mother, father, or any human being, don’t let them treat anyone else that way – whether you know them or not.

**Staff reserves the right to determine what constitutes “Being an Ass”.

 

 

 

 

Security BSides Las Vegas, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Educational and Charitable corporation. Some donations and sponsorships may be tax deductible.