BSidesSF CFP is Closed! Thanks to all who submitted.
We received a total of 334 reviewable submissions (up 59.8% from 209 in 2023), but could only accept 60. This means we had an unusually low acceptance rate of 17.9% (compared to 28.7% in 2023), despite 45% of the submissions receiving favorable reviews.
We will be reviewing ways to improve the CFP process and acceptance rate for 2025+. Stay tuned!
When/Where
BSidesSF will take place on May 4-5, 2024. The conference will be located at City View at the Metreon in downtown San Francisco.
Note: We DO NOT provide speaker or travel stipends at this time (except on a case-by-case basis with villages). We also DO NOT accept vendor pitches of any sort in our conference program. Thank you for your understanding.
Important Dates
October 20, 2023 – CFP (Presentations / Panels / Workshops) opensDecember 7, 2023 – CFP (Villages / BoF) opensJanuary 8, 2024 (Monday) – Deadline: Presentations / Panels (Informational Track)February 5, 2024 (Monday) – Deadline: Workshops / Villages / BoF (Collaborative Track)February 24, 2024 – All Presentation/Panel/Workshop notifications, including waitlist, sent- February 27, 2024 – Village and BoF notifications sent
- March 4, 2024 – Deadline: Participation confirmation & Presenter Agreement signed
- March 11, 2024 – Conference schedule goes live; Registrations open
- March 18, 2024 - Deadline: AV information due in Pretalx
- March 25, 2024 - Deadline: Bio/Abstract information due in Pretalx
- March 29, 2024 - Deadline: First Slides Draft
- April 5, 2024 - Deadline: Second Slides Draft (Optional)
- April 11, 2024 - Email with Run of Show Instructions sent
- April 26, 2024 - Deadline: Final/Backup Slides
- May 4-5, 2024 – BSidesSF 2024
Topics & Theme
The following topics are of interest and in scope for BSidesSF 2024 submissions:
- Protective and Corrective Security Controls
- Security Leadership and Culture
- Security at Scale
- Usable Privacy and Security
- Privacy and Governance
- Detection and Response
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Questions?
E-mail program [at] bsidessf.org
You can also ping @program-ops in #2024-cfp-helpdesk on the BSidesSF Slack (use the Slack logo at top right of page for an invite to the Slack).