# The Hacktivity Crew
The Hacktivity hacking conference brings together the official and alternative representatives of information security profession with all those interested in the area, in an informal, yet educational, and most of the times highly technical.

# Call For Contributions/Speakers
This year we are offering two alternatives: you can either give a presentation as usual or you can give a hello workshop.

# Presentations
This is the business as usual. We require similar thing as in any other IT security conference CFP. We are accepting presentations from a wide spectrum of IT security topics. It is up to you to apply for a presentation which is in line with the spirit of Hacktivity. We favor presentations with demo.

Please write your slide deck in English. Your speech can be in English (favored) or Hungarian.
As a speaker, you can have either a 20­ minutes or a 40 ­minutes slot to present your topic.

# Comprehensive workshop
We all know there is a huge difference between seeing and doing. Real knowledge grows from issuing your first command. Therefore, to help visitors start off learning we organize hello workshops. Comprehensive workshops are 2 hours long courses introducing basic/intermediate IT security skills. Previous years included topics like:

- Burp Extensions
- Malicious PDF analysis
- Basic rootkit techniques
- SQL injections

A comprehensive workshop should meet the following requirements:

- participants should acquire a definite and useful piece of knowledge;
- participants bring their own equipment you should calculate with the diversity;
- a workshop will not have more than 20 attendees;
- it should fit into 60 plus 60 minutes (seeing plus doing) from preparation to take­aways.
- one workshop will be held max. 2 times during the two days

Topics
- Here are some topics that we are especially interested in:
- Vulnerabilities at unexpected territories
- Exploit mitigations and their mitigations
- Malware analysis inside or outside the sandbox
- Blue Team techniques / operation
- Big Data / Cloud / APT / any_fancy_buzzword ­ What’s the big deal? Are there any / What are the new threats?
- Extraordinary stories of #FAIL
- Any research which brings something brand new to the security world

These are just examples though, please feel free to submit your talk as long as it fits to the spirit of Hacktivity.

# How to apply as a speaker
Please fill out our CFP application form: http://bit.ly/2pqGiy5

# Speaker benefits
Speaker benefits are applicable to every person presenting at least one 40 minute or two 20 minute presentations. If you would like to hold a comprehensive workshop and need coverage for travel or accommodation please contact us!

Hacktivity offers speakers accommodation for 2 nights + 1 bonus night next to the venue of the conference and cover travel expenses up to 350 EUR, plus a Budapest sightseeing tour the day after the conference ends.

Please note that we have flexibility regarding the travel expenses. The travel contribution is agreed individually with every speaker . Please contact us at cfp _!{at}!_ hacktivity.com for more details.

# Great travel option
If you have ever considered to visit Hungary, this might be a good opportunity for you for seeing Budapest, meeting the Hungarian IT security community and experience Hungarian hospitality and cuisine as well.

The capital of Hungary is situated along the Danube, in the heart of the Carpathian basin. Hilly Buda, which comprises one-third of the city’s area is located along the right bank of the Danube surrounded by low mountains. Across the river sprawls flat Pest. The geology of Budapest has played a determining role in the city’s life over the course of history. Hot springs breaking through limestone mountains supplying water of 35-76 degrees centigrade gave rise to a flourishing culture of spas in the Roman Age and made Budapest one of the most popular spa cities of Europe.

# Copyright
As a speaker or workshop presenter you should accept the following use of your intellectual properties:
Presentations will be recorded and made available on our website.
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To the event a conference paper will be published with presentation/workshop titles and abstracts, the presenters’ bio and their photos. The brochures will be distributed at the registration for all participants of the conference.
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# Someone you would like to see present? Let us know!
If you are not decided yet on the subject you’d like to present, but know someone who is likely to accept speaking at the event, write to us at
cfp _!{at}!_ hacktivity.com including that person’s contact info, and we’ll do our best to reach out for him/her!