Call for Papers
Recon Village @ DEFCON 2025
8 Aug 2025
10 Aug 2025
Las Vegas Convention Center, Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
reconvillage.org
Recon Village is back to the In-Person event and we can't wait to see you all in Vegas.
If you are passionate about OSINT and Reconnaissance and want to talk about something you did / or you know, in front of a more targeted audience, Submit your proposals to Recon Village CFP.
CFP Opens: 15th April 2025
CFP Close: 15th June 2025
Venue: DEF CON, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
So what do you get as a speaker?
- Lots of love and respect from the team.
- Exclusive Recon Village Speaker Badge (This doesn't get you any access, but it's cool enough to show off ;)
- Coin of Honor
- Recon Village Speaker T-shirt
- Some fancy Indian delicacies.
- Free drinks at a relaxed networking party.
As you will submit the CFP form, you should get a confirmation email confirming your submission. If you do not receive this email, it simply means there is something wrong and we have not received your submission. In that case, we suggest you submit it again.
In case you have any doubts, feel free to reach us at info@reconvillage.org. Please do not send any CFP submissions to this email. The only way to submit the CFP is via this form.
Call for Papers
15 Apr 2025
15 Jun 2025
We are seeking three kinds of submissions:
- Comprehensive Talk (40 minutes - Detailed research talks)
- Short/Lightening Talk (25 minutes - Live Demo of a Tool/Technique/Methodology)
- Deep Hands-On Workshops (To be submitted separately using the Call for Workshops Form)
We welcome submissions related to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Information Gathering, and Reconnaissance. Suggested (but not limited to) areas include:
- Open Source Intelligence
- Internet-Wide Reconnaissance Techniques
- Cloud Infrastructure Footprint Discovery
- Tracking Exposed APIs & Misconfigured SaaS Apps
- Subdomain Enumeration Beyond the Basics
- GitHub & Code OSINT for Secret/Leak Discovery
- People OSINT: Identity Tracing & Social Graphing
- Image, Video & Geolocation-Based Recon
- Passive DNS, TLS, and Network Artifact Analysis
- Threat Actor & Malicious Infrastructure Hunting
- Recon Automation Using Scripts, Bots, or No-Code Tools
- OSINT in Red Teaming & Bug Bounty Campaigns
- Recon for Supply Chain & Vendor Risk Mapping
- Building Custom Recon Toolkits & Data Pipelines
- Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Considerations in OSINT
- Real-World OSINT Investigations: Case Studies & Lessons Learned
Submit to Recon Village CFP if you are already planning to attend DEF CON 31 as we are unable to provide any speaker assistance in terms of DEF CON Badges/travel/accommodation expenses.
If you want to receive a DEF CON Badge specifically, please drop us an email explicitly. We will try to get you one (no commitments) and first come first serve basis.
CFP closes on 15th April 2025 at 00:00 GMT. Once the CFP is closed, this form will no longer accept CFP submissions or modifications.
What kind of content do we want?
Note: We only accept submissions strictly focused on the above-mentioned topics. If you have talks outside the mentioned topics, please refer to other DEF CON Village CFPs.
The talks have to be vendor-neutral and the submissions should not be a sales pitch of products/services, or marketing campaigns.
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