Dates, Deadlines and Venue

• BOOTSTRAP25 Conference: 22 March 2025
• BOOTLOADER Mixer Evening: 21 March 2025
• CFP Closes 31 December 2025
• Final Selection by 15 Jan 2025

About Ringzer0 BOOTSTRAP25 Austin

• BOOTSTRAP Returns heavy on hands-on participation!
• A single day event that features hands-on workshops, talks and cyber challenges.
• The BOOTLOADER Mixer Evening is a unique evening of education, engagement and entertainment featuring great food, great talks and interaction with instructors, speakers and more!

Topics of focus

• Reverse Engineering / Debugging
• Vulnerability Discovery
• Exploit Development
• AI / LLMs in the offensive/defensive context
• Fuzzing
• Hardware and IoT
• Telecom / Baseband / Cellular
• Wireless / Bluetooth / RF
• Automotive / Drone
• Application Security / Mobile apps
• OS Internals
• or define your own unique category!

Submission options

We are accepting proposals for hands-on workshops of 90 minutes duration.

Benefits for Speakers and Workshop Instructors

• Interact with some of the best instructors and speakers in the cybersecurity industry
• Present your research or tools to an active cybersecurity community
• Up to USD 1000 for travel and hotel reimbursement

Notes for participants

• Talks will be recorded on camera and shared on the Internet. Workshops won't be fully recorded, but photos and video clips may be recorded for promotional purposes. By accepting a speaking slot you are committing to your talk being recorded and shared on video sites. If this is a problem for you, please say so in your submission.
• Please inform us of any disability, allergy or other needs you may have with your submission so we can accommodate them.

You can enter proposals until 2025-02-02 23:55 (US/Pacific), 2 weeks, 2 days from now.