CFP

Status: CFP Closed

The Call For Papers (CFP) for AthCon 2010 will only be open for a 45-day window. The important dates are as follows:

15/01/2010: CFP Opens
01/03/2010: CFP Closes
05/04/2010: Acceptance Notification
05/04/2010: Conference Schedule Publication
01/05/2010: Camera Ready Material

As AthCon is a single track conference this year, we are expecting fierce competition. Thus, please plan early and follow the guidelines in this section for your work to be considered for 2010.

Topics

All paper submissions are expected to be written in and will be reviewed in English.

You are welcome to submit material, regardless of your organisation. AthCon welcomes cutting edge information security research from industry, researchers, professionals, academics, government and the underground security community.

As a guideline, the following topics are rendered relevant for 2010:

AJAX/Web2.0/JavaScript Security
Biometrics
Digital Forensics
Exploitation Tactics
Java & .NET Security
Malware Analysis
Mobile Device Security
Operating System Security (7, XP, Vista, GNU/Linux, OS X, Plan 9, *BSD, …)
Personal Area Network hacking
Rootkit Detection, Techniques, and Defenses
Source Code Auditing & Review
Steganography & Cryptography in Information Security
Web Framework Security

Please note we are non-product, non-vendor biased security conference, and do not accept vendor pitches.

CFP Program Committee

The CFP program committee is comprised of the following OWASP Greek Chapter members:

Athanasios Kostopoulos, [Senior Penetration Tester]
Costas Vassilakis, [Professor, University of Peloponnese]
Dimitris Mitropoulos, [Researcher, Athens University of Economics and Business]
George Argyros, [Researcher, University of Athens]
Konstantinos Papapanagiotou, [OWASP Greek Chapter Leader/Information Security Services Manager, Syntax IT Inc]
Emmanouel Kellinis, [Senior IT Security Consultant KPMG]
Stelios Tigkas, [Senior Security Consultant, FortConsult]
Vassileios Vlachos, [Professor, TEI of Larissa]
Yiorgos Adamopoulos, [Postmaster, Technical Chamber of Greece]

OWASP Greece

Submission

Papers and presentations are now being accepted. All proposals should be
submitted via email to cfp@athcon.org; due to the love of spam. The
subject must begin with: “[AthCon 2010 CFP]“.

Furthermore, your email must include the following information in the body:

Date of Submission: dd/mm/yyyy

Primary Speaker Name: Name Surname (optional: Alias)

Employer/Organisation: Company or Organisation (please choose one, not both)

Primary Phone Number:

Primary Email Address:

Additional Speakers’ name(s)*:

Submission Type: Presentation/Training

Country:

Short Biography: (max 100 words)

* AthCon will only be able to cover the expenses of a single speaker
attending the conference. Any additional speakers for an individual
talk, hold the sole responsibility of covering their expenses in
attending the conference.

Presentation Details & Equipment

Your mail must have as an attachment a flat txt file with the following
information regarding your presentation:

Name of the Presentation (max 10 words)

Synopsis of Talk (max 250 words)

Describe, in no more than 250 words, how your talk will contribute to
the knowledge of information security and what new areas and needs it
addresses. Remember, it is not enough to state that it works; the CFP
Committee needs to understand your work correctly. Assist them in doing
just that.

Describe, in no more than 250 words which areas from the AthCon CFP for
2010 your talk is relevant to and why.

In no more than 1000 words present an outline of your talk: We are
interested in you being able to keep the interest of a highly technical
and skilled audience for the duration of the presentation:

Introduction will involve…
Motivation behind this work is…
Overall, the audience should benefit by…
The conclusions drawn from your topic are…

Finally, the following general information should be included:

My talk is innovative and should be accepted because…

You can find information about my talk (or at least my topic area) in
the following URLs:

All submissions entered in the correct format above will be considered
for review. The review will take place by the AthCon CFP Committee.

If you are excepted to present at AthCon, we will require a final
version of the above descriptions, plus the slides by the camera-ready
date. This is for your talk to be included in the proceedings of AthCon
2010.

Remember, we are looking for cutting edge and beyond! Good luck…

Speakers/Trainers

As a speaker for AthCon, you are entitled to the following:

One economy class return-ticket to Athens, Greece
2 nights of accommodation in the conference hotel (Semiramis Hotel, Athens)
Free transport between the conference hotel and the venue
Breakfast, lunch, daily coffee breaks
Speaker activities before during and after the conference
Speaker closing party ticket and relevant access

As a trainer for AthCon, you are entitled to the following:

50% of the net profit of the class
2 nights of accommodation in the conference hotel (Semiramis Hotel, Athens)
Free transport between the conference hotel and the venue
Breakfast, lunch, daily coffee breaks
Free Speaker Badge for the conference
Speaker activities before during and after the conference
Speaker closing party ticket and relevant access

If you are selected for the “Turbo Talks” track you will only receive entrance to the conference. As a “Turbo Talks” presenter, you WILL NOT receive compensation for lodging or travel.
AthCon sponsors or their respective employees are ineligible for compensation for lodging or travel.