Who should apply?

BSidesTLV is a hands-on, community-organized hacking and security research event. This is the chance for you to share knowledge, ideas and failures and demonstrate what you've been up to! We encourage talk submissions by both newbies and veterans, from people passionate about security in all walks of life. If we don't know who you are, or if you've never spoken on stage before - we want you, so go ahead and submit a talk!

Available speaking slots:

• 45min - Deep-dive, technical talk
• 25min - Regular talks
• 10min - Lightning talks
• Village Talk

The 45min and 25min slots include 5min for Q&A so please take that under consideration when creating your talk.

Topics we would like to hear about:

The theme for our 10th security research community conference will focus on alternate realities and multiple possibilities, imagining a better future while living in a chaotic present! In the age of disinformation, GenAI and quantum computers - we believe everything is possible (at least in the realm of security research🤓 ).

Other than that, the usual subjects apply:

• Network Security & Wireless Networks
  
• Hardware Hacking & Embedded Systems
• Generative AI, Agentic AI, and other LLM topics
• Mobile and Portable Devices
  
• Radio Hacking: SDR and RF, GSM, NFC, etc.
  
• [Web] Application Security
  
• Low-Code/No-Code Security
  
• Containers and Virtualization
  
• Cryptography
  
• Biohacking
  
• Forensics
  
• Vulnerability Research & Disclosure
  
• Hack the Human & Social Engineering
  
• Live DEMO of something awesome
  
• Anything else Hacking related - try us!

Important BSidesTLV 2025 dates:

• February 16 2025 - CFP open
• April 15th 2025 23:59:59 - CFP close
  
• May 5th 2025 - Accepted talks notified 
  
• May 19th 2025 - Agenda announced to the public with final talk title & abstract
  
• June 15th 2025 - Presentation/slides due for review
  
• June 25th 2025 - Speakers' dinner (if world affairs permit)
  
• June 26th 2025 - BSidesTLV and after party!
  

Why you should speak at BSidesTLV 2025

You’ll win the audience’s admiration and a chance to (hopefully) visit Tel Aviv and be a part of Cyber Week, an annual event that brings over 8000 international guests from 60 countries to Tel Aviv.

Speaker benefits:

• A stage to present your topic, in English, to an audience of nearly a thousand passionate individuals.
  
• Special, limited edition speaker T-shirt and speaker gifts. In the event of a virtual conference, they will be mailed to you.
  
• Speakers dinner on the night before the event.
  
• Guaranteed entry to the after party. 
  

As a community-focused, free and non-profit event, we currently do not cover flights or offer honorariums to our speakers, but in special cases we might be able to provide some assistance for overseas speakers (lightning talks excluded). Please contact us.

If you are traveling from abroad, we hope you’ll enjoy the chance to visit sunny Tel Aviv and connect with our amazing local security community. We promise to make it fun, safe, educational , and worth your while!