10 days to go until BSidesPR! We welcome you at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan on the 12th and 13th of April. If you haven't yet secured your spot, there's still a window of opportunity. Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsidespr-tickets-778014290687?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Don't miss out on a distinct conference experience encompassing Cybersecurity, Healthcare, and Biotechnology. See you there!
Edit: Thank you all for boosting and answering.
I would love to make the Open Space format better known in the cybersecurity context. I think it is a valuable addition to existing formats such as traditional conferences or #BSides
If you would like to learn more about Open Space see my follow up posts
If you participated in Open Space events (in any domain) please share your experience.
#BSides Liverpool is BACK and the CFP is open!! Please spread the word, especially to first time speakers as this is a great event for people new to sharing their research/public speaking. https://www.bsidesliverpool.co.uk/speaking/
Our BSides Ume project has its own account now, @BSidesUme where we advertise CFPs etc and will give updates and other stuff. I'll try to boost some of them, but follow it directly if you are at all interested in infosec or #BSides events in Umeå.
My first #BSides is in the books, and #BSidesMunich23 was a fantastic start! 😃 Learned a lot, connected with the community, and just enjoyed my time there. Many thanks to @BSidesMunich for creating this space, volunteers for helping that things run smoothly, speakers for sharing their experience, participants for welcoming me in. It's been awesome. As promised, here are the #sketchnotes I took during the conference day. Thread.
"Secure containers - Do component reduction strategies fix your container security nightmares?" by Michael Wager and Michael Helwig #BSidesMunich23#BSides#sketchnote
"What We’ve Learned from Exposing Atlassian on the Internet: In-Depth Analysis from an Offensive Perspective" by Oleksandr Kazymyrov #BSidesMunich23#BSides#sketchnote
I went to my first #cybersecurity conference this weekend and despite having mild #agoraphobia,
I actually felt super comfortable. What an amazing industry community that I'm looking forward to engaging with more.
I needed to allow myself to go without the pressure of networking or talking to people in order to take that first step. And I see now that without talking to people, you're only getting 1/10 of what makes a conference interesting.
But that's OK! I needed to just be in the room with people and recognize that I can do that without panicking. And my communication skills are real and don't disappear just because it's new people.
I only made it through half the conference, but I'm way more open to networking and going to other conferences now. Next time being open to talking to people and getting the full experience.