PWN OR DIE is a hacking event that brings together the top cybersecurity experts in Ecuador and regions/country around. Over two consecutive days, professionals share their technical research on topics such as offensive security (red team), defensive security (blue team), privacy, anonymity, reverse engineering, malware, IoT hacking and more.
The 2026 edition of PWN OR DIE will take place on November 20 and 21 in Quito, Ecuador - CEC Escuela Politécnica Nacional. This event is 100% free and created by the community for the community. As such, sponsor talks or promotional content are not allowed.
Day 1 (Friday, 20 November): Villages/Workshops
Day 2 (Saturday, 21 November): Talks
🎤💻 Benefits for selected speakers🎤:
✅ Speaker certificate
✅ Exclusive t-shirt for speakers
✅ Personalized poster for the speaker
✅ Official event badge
✅ Recorded talk
✅ Free VIP after party
The event is 100% FREE, the event don't cover travel expenses for speakers.
Call for Papers – Conditions
We are inviting submissions for talks at Pwn Or Die, a deeply technical cybersecurity conference focused on original research and practical insights. This is not a commercial or marketing oriented event.
🎯 Focus of the Conference:
Our event emphasizes research-driven, technical content in the field of cybersecurity. We are particularly interested in presentations that include:
- Newly developed tools or methodologies
- Original vulnerability discoveries
- Innovative techniques or attack/defense strategies
- Live technical demonstrations or proof-of-concepts
- Original Workshop
- Deep dives into exploit development, reverse engineering, malware analysis, etc.
- Talks must not be duplicated or previously presented at other events. If the proposed talk has been submitted to or presented at multiple events, it may be rejected!!
🎯 Topics:
- Red Team tools/researchs
- Blue Team tools/researchs
- Anonymity & Privacy
- IoT/Embedded Hacking
- Bug Bounty experiences
- Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineering
- Own development of Open Source hacking tools
- AI hacking
- Ongoing researchs/thesis, etc
❌ What This Conference Is Not:
This is not a platform for:
- Product pitches or promotional content
- Company showcases or sales talks
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