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) opens
  • December 7, 2023 – CFP (Villages / BoF) opens
  • January 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).