Call for Paper/Event

Prototype

The event provides opportunities to innovative companies to showcase their latest and new technology/products to the nullcon audience. The main aim behind Prototype is to enable and boost companies driving innovation in security domain and provide them a perfect platform to boast about their new technology and at the same time grab the attention of potential investors and business partners at minimal cost. For more details about the event, its costing and how your organization can participate kindly contact: info@nullcon.net

Categories

The talk time duration includes time for questions and answers (5-10 minutes).

1. Research Category (40 mins - 1 hr) - is a deep knowledge technical track that includes new research, tools, vulnerabilities, zero days or exploits.
   
   
2. Technical Category (30 mins - 1 hr) - comprises of known security issues, case studies, twist to an existing research, tool, vulnerability, exploit or research-in-progress. Although this track is fairly technical, it covers known techniques and analysis and is specially created for security professionals who are not too much into new research, are auditors, management professionals and newbies.
   
   
3. Desi Jugaad (1 hr) - is our signature research category talk and includes any local Indian/Asian hacks.

Submission Topics

1. One of the topics of interest to us is Desi Jugaad(Local Indian/Asian Hack) and has a separate track of its own. Submissions can be any kind of local hacks that you have worked on (hints: electronic/mechanical meters, automobile hacking, Hardware, mobile phones, lock-picking, bypassing procedures and processes, etc. Be creative!)
   
   
2. The topics pertaining to security and hacking in the following domains(but not limited to):
• Hardware Hacking(ex: RFID, Magnetic Strips, Card Readers, Mobile Devices, Electronic Devices)
• Tools/exploits/Zero-days (non-commercial)
• Programming/Software Development security and weaknesses
• Network vulnerabilities.
• Information Warfare, cyber espionage, cyber crime, cyber laws
• Malware, Botnets
• Web attacks and application hacking
• New attack vectors
• Mobile malware, vulnerabilities, exploits, VOIP and Telecom
• Virtualization security, hacking VMs, breaking out of VMS etc
• Cloud security, threats and exploitation
• Critical Infrastructure
• Satellite hacking
• Wireless hacking
• Forensics

Submission Format

Email the paper to : cfp@nullcon.net
The subject should be : CFP Goa 2013 <Paper Title>
Email Body :

1. Name
2. Handle
3. Talk Category (Mentioned above i.e. research technical etc)
4. Time required (including 5-10 mins of QA)
5. Paper Title
6. Country (and City) of residence
7. Organization and Designation
8. Contact Number
9. Have you presented or submitted this paper at any other conference(s) or magazine(s)?
   Yes, No. If yes, where? and how this submission is different from the previous ones. Note that new research talks already given elsewhere or are due to be given elsewhere prior to nullcon will be considered as Technical category talks unless they consist of cutting edge and ground breaking technology, which is at the judgment of the review committee.
10. Are you releasing an open source tool?
    Yes/No. (If yes, please include the source code for review)
11. Are you releasing an exploit?
    Yes/No. (If yes, please include the source and vulnerability details for review)
12. Are you releasing a new vulnerability/Zero-day?
    Yes/No. (If yes, please send us the details, including reproduction procedure, for review)
13. Why do you think your paper is different/innovative (for all tracks) and how does it qualify as new work/research(for Research track only)?
14. Are there any live demonstrations (These earn you good points during review)?
    Yes/No. (If Yes, how many? Also please explain each demo)
15. Brief Profile ( less than or equal to 500 Words)
16. Paper Abstract - Please provide detailed working or your research/work. The more details you provide the better it is for the reviewers. Please keep the abstract to the point. Please do not try to hide the technical details or say “I can't disclose it till bla bla” as it does not help the reviewers in any way and may give your paper a low score because of insufficient information available in the abstract.
17. Your high resolution photo (attached)

Note

Only the original authors should submit their research and any submission from a third party will be rejected. The Abstract should clearly mention the techniques and hacks in detail and merely mentioning that it works will not help in understanding the research to its full extent. nullcon is an open knowledge/research sharing platform and hence product/company marketing and pitches will be rejected. We request you not to submit any product specific talk. For product specific talks kindly look at the Prototype sub-event.

Important Dates

CFP Opens: 01^st August 2012
1^st round of Speaker list Online: 20^th October 2012
CFP Closing Date: 30^th November 2012
Final speakers List online: 10^th December 2012
Training Dates: 27^th-28^th February 2013
Conference Dates: 1^st-2^nd March 2013

Speaker Benefits

For the Research (and Desi Jugaad) Category

1. Complimentary Accommodation for 3 nights.
2. Travel Reimbursement (Either actuals or the below mentioned amounts, whichever is less)
   
   
• North/South America to Goa (USD $800)
• Africa/Europe/Australia to Goa (USD $600)
• Asia to Goa (USD $500)
• Anywhere in India to Goa (INR Rs.6000)
3. Complimentary VIP conference pass.
4. Invitation to Mehfil-E-Mausiqi (null networking party).

For the Technical Category

1. Complimentary VIP conference pass.
2. Invitation to Mehfil-E-Mausiqi (null networking party)

* Only one speaker will be eligible for the benefits in case there are two or more speakers for a talk.
** By submitting a paper and agreeing to talk at nullcon the speaker gives null the right to post, publish, re-distribute online and offline, soft and/or hard copies of his/her presentation material including slides, source code, detailed paper and the recorded video of the speaker and presentation.

nullcon - Call for Events (CFE)

Want to conduct a sub-event at nullcon? Want to show off your special skills? Be creative.
Anything innovative is welcome.

If your Event gets selected, a maximum of 2 complimentary VIP passes will be provided to you depending on your event.

Submit your proposal to : cfp@nullcon.net
Email Subject: nullcon Goa 2013 Event <Your_event_name>
Email Body:

1. Team members names, emails, phone
2. Organization
3. City, Country
4. Event Name
5. Time duration (1 hr, 3 hrs, whole day?)
6. Event details (including step by step information on how will you conduct the event)
7. Why do you think the event is innovative and should be organized at nullcon?
8. Have you ever conducted a similar event before this? If yes, please provide all the details including the response.

Hints

• Want to teach us how to assemble/disassemble a biometric device using home made stuff or how to make an autobot out of a radio/microwave/car etc , submit a proposal
• Have a rock band? want to play at nullcon? submit your proposal.
• A CTF or a game
• A corporate sub-event
• Anything that is interesting.