[ISN] TOORCON 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS

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TOORCON 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers and presentations are being accepted for ToorCon 2005 to be
held at the Convention Center in San Diego, CA on September 24th-26th.  
Please email your submissions to cfp at toorcon.org, submissions will be
accepted until August 15th 2005.

ABOUT TOORCON
ToorCon is just around the corner again this year. In its 7th running
year, it is still San Diego's exclusive hacker convention, bringing
together Southern California's hacker community year after year to
attend the high quality presentations and participate in the annual
festivities. This year we are still aiming to provide the same highly
technical lectures you've come to know and love, but also set the
theme as "Smoke & Mirrors" which will highlight the voodoo magic
behind computer security and have a focus on Anonymity, Spoofing
Techniques, Phishing, and other kung foo exploitation methods. We will
also be offering an intensive full-day Deep Knowledge Seminars on
Friday the 16th that we are accepting submissions for.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
ToorCon only accepts talks on new technologies and methodologies that 
have been recently developed. We will not accept papers that have 
already been presented prior to 2005, unless they present fundamental 
concepts or conform to any of the outlined topics below.

Special consideration will be given to papers addressing the following 
topics:

* Cryptography & Privacy
* Anonymity Concepts
* Forensics, Tracking & Phishing
* Advanced Attack Methods (Exploits, Reverse Engineering, etc)
* Hardware & Protocol Attacks

All talks should be 60 minutes in length including time for delegate
participation and questions at the end of the presentation. Inclusion
of any talk related tools, white papers or source code will help
during the selection process. While we try to facilitate speakers'
requests for equipment, we may not be able to accommodate all
requests. In cases where we cannot guarantee special equipment the
speaker is expected to supply hardware and/or software. Each speaker
is also expected to bring their own laptop to display their
presentation.

All talks must be vendor neutral, while speakers are welcome to
present on behalf of a company - sales pitches will be thrown out.

REMUNERATION
For each chosen presentation ToorCon will give the speaker and 1 guest 
free admission to the conference.

SPEAKER REQUIREMENTS
Please include the following information with your submission:

1. What title you are submitting your paper under.

2. A valid e-mail address AND telephone number where you can be reached.

3. Number of people that will be presenting.

4. A brief biography on why you are qualified to speak on your topic. 
This will be used on www.toorcon.org as well as in any press material 
for the conference.

5. If you are speaking under a company name, please specify for which 
   company you work.

6. Would you like to be considered for speaking at the Deep Knoweldge 
   Seminars?

Note that by presenting at ToorCon 2005 you grant ToorCon permission
to reproduce, distribute and/or advertise your talk as seen fit.

FURTHER INFORMATION
Please visit http://www.toorcon.org for further conference 
information.

LOCATION INFORMATION
This year's event will be held at the San Diego Convention Center. The 
reception and conference will take place on September 16th-18th in 
meeting rooms 30A-E and the East Terrace at the San Diego Convention 
Center's upper level.

September 16th-18th, 2005
San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
http://www.sdccc.org

IMPORTANT DATES
July 7th, 2005: Official Call For Papers issued.
August 15th, 2005: Call for Papers closes.
August 29th, 2005: Final submission of complete material for CDs and printing
September 16-18th, 2005: ToorCon 2005