Speak at the Ninth annual Security BSides Knoxville!

BSides Knoxville CFP

We offer complimentary speaker training, slide reviews, and practice sessions to those that need or want it.

The CFP will end on March 15, 2023. Notifications will be sent out no later than April 1, 2023. Some *may* be sent out sooner, so submit as early as possible.

We are looking for YOUR submission about any infosec or cyber-related topic. Here is a non-exhaustive list of possible topics:

• Offensive Security (Penetration Testing & Red Team)
• Defensive Security/Blue Team (DFIR, SOC)
• Security Management (CISO, Compliance, & Governance)
• Human Factors (Social Engineering, Security UI/UX, Human-Computer Interaction)
• Intelligence (OSINT, Threat Intelligence, etc.)
• Application Security
• “Breaking into Industry”/Lessons Learned
• Malware and Exploit Development

About BSides Knoxville

For the local neighborly Scruffians, you know what you’re getting into. It’s a one-day conference that runs from 9 AM to 6 PM EDT. Normally, we host a speaker dinner at 6:30 PM, immediately following the conference.

For those of you that “ain’t from ‘round here”, don’t worry. Knoxville is a friendly, if scruffy, city and BSides Knoxville has a relaxed, come-as-you-are atmosphere. Here are a few quick facts about BSides Knoxville that set us apart from other security conferences:

• We feed all attendees “breakfast” (usually donuts) and lunch.
• Water, soda, and coffee are available for free all day.
• Each attendee gets two tickets for alcoholic drinks. You’re on your own after that. Roughly half of the attendees don’t drink, so we’re working on a system where they can get some cool swag instead. We usually do nice coffee mugs and cool handmade posters.
• Each speaker gets a personalized walkout song! We feel this is a great way to get the presenter and crowd pumped up.
• Quiet, private speaker rooms are provided with extra snacks, drinks, and caffeine.

Tickets sell out every year (except for that one year we scheduled on the same day as CodeStock … oops).

The event will be held at Relix Knoxville , 1208 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN, 37917

If you’re still not convinced or have additional questions, hit us up on Twitter or via email.