PAKCON III: Call for Papers (CfP 2006)

[Ayaz Ahmed Khan <ayaz () pakcon org>]

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                        ``P A K C O N   I I I   C f P''


[ -C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S- ]

Papers and presentations are now being accepted for PAKCON III,
Pakistan's Underground Hacking Convention.

WHAT:  PAKCON III Call for Papers.

WHEN:  Starting Thursday, 13 September, 2006, and closing Saturday, 15
October, 2006.

WHO:  If you want to speak at PAKCON, you know who you are.

HOW:  If you think you have the galls to speak at PAKCON and have an
interesting paper or a short, lightening talk to go along with, piece
together the following instructions to express your desire to speak:

    e-mail:  PAKCON CfP <cfp () pakcon org>

    Submission ends:  Saturday, 13 October, 2005.

    Write an abstract, minimum 1-page long, of your paper and send it
    in. Also mention which type of talk are you going to present: Normal,
    or Lightening.

    File-formats accepted:  plain-text, pdf, .lyx, .dvi, doc, abw,
    html, rtf, sxw, sdw.

Yes!  PAKCON is back with a bang.  PAKCON is Pakistan's Underground
Hacking Convention, happening annually for the past two years in a
row.  And this year, PAKCON will take place sometime in December,
somewhere in Karachi.

Call for papers to be presented at PAKCON III is now officially open.

Requests to present papers at PAKCON have always been accepted
liberally.  However, certain topics have always been and will still be
given preference over certain other topics.  By being liberal, we plan
to increase the number of speakers who will speak at PAKCON, all the
while striving to maintain the quality of papers and talks presented.

[ -L I G H T E N I N G   T A L K S- ]

This year, at PAKCON III, we are introducing "Lightening" talks
in addition to normal 45-minute presentations. These are brief talks,
ranging anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minutes, that talk about
anything from tips, tricks, to glimpses into technologies, etc. As long
as the topics for these talks are interesting, they will be
entertained.


[ -T O P I C S- ]

Topics for papers can be any of these or possibly anything else not
way too off-topic:

    Information Security
    Network and Vulnerability Analysis
    Penetration Testing
    Firewall Technologies
    Intrusion Detection and Prevention Technologies
    Denial-Of-Service Attacks and Countermeasures
    Encryption Technologies
    Honeypots/Honeynets
    (0) Zero-day Attacks
    Incident Response and Disaster Recovery
    Forensics Analysis
    Electronic Crimes Law
    GPRS and CDMA Security
    Phreaking
    Wireless Hacking
    Access Control and Authentication
    Viruses, Worms, and Trojans
    Wireless Networks and Bluetooth Security
    Malicious Code Analysis
    Analysis of Attacks against Networks and Machines
    OS Hardening
    File System Security
    Security in Heterogeneous and large-scale Environments
    Techniques for Developing Secure Systems
    Writing Secure Code
    Secure Application Development
    Virtualisation
    Secure Systems Programming


[ -T I M I N G- ]

For "Normal Talks", each speaker will be alloted:

        * 45 minutes to present the talk, and
        * 5 minutes for Question and Answer session

Speakers appearing for "Lightening Talks" will be given:

        * 5-to-15 minutes, and
        * Additional 5 minutes for Question and Answer session.

If a presentation requires more time, the speaker should inform the
organizers beforehand.


[ -S P E A K E R S- ]

Speakers should indicate at the time of abstract submission which talk
they are going to present:  "Normal", or "Lightening".


[ -R E S O U R C E S- ]

Any additional presentational requirements should be communicated well
in advance to the organizers.  Speakers will be provided a microphone,
a laptop on which their presentations will have been saved and loaded,
a multi-media projector and a reasonably large projector screen.


[ -S P E A K E R S   F R O M   O U T S I D E- ]

We will not pay speakers anything for their talks at PAKCON.  However,
if you are flying in to Karachi from somewhere to present your paper,
we will gladly provide accommodation.  We might be able to to cover
your traveling expenses as well, but only if you let us know in
advance.  If you are visiting Karachi to speak at PAKCON, immediately
write to us at:

    PAKCON Outside-Speakers <out-speakers () pakcon org>


[ -SO?- ]

What are you waiting for?  Finish that cup of whatisit you're drinking
and prepare a paper and submit it to PAKCON.  ;^)


[ -I N F O- ]

For detailed information regarding speakers and accepted papers, point
your browsers to PAKCON's official website <http://www.pakcon.org/>.
Updated announcements will be posted to newsgroups, security mailing
lists and the web site.

- -- 
Ayaz Ahmed Khan

Then, gently touching my face, she hesitated for a moment as her
incredible eyes poured forth into mine love, joy, pain, tragedy,
acceptance, and peace.  "'Bye for now," she said warmly.
                -- Thea Alexander, "2150 A.D."

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