InfoSec professionals, h4x0rs, international spies, script kidz, and posers, CarolinaCon is now accepting speaker/paper/demo submissions for its 7th annual hacking/InfoSec conference. This year's event will be held on the final weekend of April 2011. The venue is Holiday Inn (Crabtree) in Raleigh, NC. Raleigh is about 30 minutes from Durham, Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Park. Who develops and delivers CarolinaCon? CarolinaCon is proudly brought to you by "The CarolinaCon Group". The CarolinaCon Group is a non-profit organization registered in the state of NC, dedicated to educating the local and global communities about technology, information/network/computer security, and information rights. The CarolinaCon Group is also closely associated with various "2600" chapters across NC, SC, TN, VA, LA, DC, and NY. Many of the volunteers who help develop and deliver CarolinaCon come from those chapters. What events will be at CarolinaCon? CarolinaCon is mainly about the educational talks, presentations, and demos. Alongside those we will have several other technology-related contests and challenges. Details on other events will be announced on our website as they are planned out. Who will be presenting which topics this year? That's where YOU possibly come in. If you are somewhat knowledgeable in some interesting field of technology, hacking, science, etc., and are interested in speaking/presenting at CarolinaCon, we invite you to submit your proposal (in brief) for our review. If you're interested in presenting please send; - your name or handle - presentation name/title - brief topic abstract - estimated time-length of presentation ....via e-mail to: speakers carolinacon.org *NOTE: All submissions are due BY March 1st, 2011. We may be making some early selections this year from amongst the submissions, so please be timely in submission if you're committed to being part of the elite cadre of chosen presenters. We value diversity, so please don't hesitate to propose your ideas no matter how outlandish. If you speak at the Con, you will receive; - free Con admission for you and one guest - one free CarolinaCon-7 t-shirt - minimal fame, glory, and possibly even notoriety - mad props and much love from our staff and attendees SPONSORS: We don't accept any, so don't bother asking. Capitalism and hilanthropic knowledge-sharing don't mix in our opinion. We keep our admission price to the bare minimum to cover our venue and equipment expenses. All of our staff are volunteers who generously donate their time and energy. All of our presenters likewise generously donate their time and talent. The only items sold at CarolinaCon are a limited quantity of single-design CarolinaCon t-shirts....and we only make and sell those because attendees and staff want them. ATTENDEES: If you are interested in attending, watch this space for more details: www.carolinacon.org ...and don't forget to mark the dates on your calendar. We look forward to seeing you at our 2011 chill event. Peace, Vic _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/