Call for Papers

If you never think about cyber security before, 2022 definitely has changed your mind. That’s why we decided to make the 12th Positive Hack Days Forum more open and widespread: it will be taking place from 19th till 20th of May 2023 in Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure.

We are starting to prepare for the event and have already opened the acceptance for presentation applications. We are happy to welcome all researchers: program committee consider the applications both from the well-known speakers and newcomers. What is really important for us – your bold and creatives ideas about hot topics in data protection.

We will accept applications till the 25th of March.

Come aboard and make a difference to cyber security development!

We will discuss the direction cybersecurity should develop in a digital world and how to safeguard IT infrastructures from unauthorized interference.

Topics this year:

• Vulnerability detection and exploitation
• Attack prevention and resilience
• Architectural issues with state-of-the-art computing systems
• Incident detection and investigation
• Threat intelligence and threat hunting
• OSINT
• Cybercriminal investigations
• Real-world experience with building out IT security processes
• Secure development: serverless and cloud apps, microservice architectures, AI
• Formal application security models
• Security risk management for software developers
• Security of BIOS/UEFI and other firmware
• Evaluation of information risks for business
• Identification of weak points in business processes
• Security strategy development methods
• Offensive and defensive security
• Cyber Slam — the battle of cybersecurity experts*
• Blockchain
• AI

In a special section for software developers, we will collect materials of varying degrees of complexity—of interest both to beginners and experienced information security specialists.

*Specialists explain key tasks and ideas in their professional field. Each speciallist has 10 minutes to make their point interesting, accessible and fun. The audience chooses the best with deafening applause.

Select your desired format:

• Talk (50 minutes)
• Fast track (15 minutes)
• Hands-on lab (up to 4 hours)

We’ve all missed face-to-face contact and we hope to see you at the forum. That said, you can also send a video recording of your talk to be broadcast at the forum or you can submit an online presentation from anywhere in the world (once the connection quality has been tested).

Fill out your application with the following:

• Your name and country of residence
• Contact information (email address)
• Brief biography
• Talk title and summary

Include any abstracts, presentations, additional materials, illustrations, or utilities that may help us better understand and assess your work.

Please note, if your research has already been published, specify the relevant conference, journal, or website.

If you know about similar works by other researchers, please list them and detail how your approach is different.

Please let us know if you are not prepared to present the full text of your talk at the forum.

Applications are submitted in person.

You may submit as many proposals as you want.

Applications from speakers will be accepted till March 25. The Program Committee will respond to all applications by April 1.

Talk:

• Economy-class return flight
• Entrance tickets for the speaker and two others
• Three nights’ hotel accommodation for one speaker

Hands-on lab:

• Economy class return flight
• Entrance tickets for the speaker and two others
• Three nights’ hotel accommodation for one speaker
• Expenses for software and presentation materials

Fast track:

• Entrance ticket for the speaker

Giving a talk at Positive Hack Days is the chance to present your research to a like-minded audience, gain the recognition of colleagues and generate useful contacts in an informal setting.

For all questions, drop us a line at info@phdays.com