Welcome to BSides Vilnius 2025!

The theme is Cyber Madness - it can be purely technical or it can have a human side. What would you describe as madness in security?

Call for Papers is now open, you can submit and manage your Talk proposals until the 21st of March.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by April 4th.
Final slides to be provided by May 4th.
The event will take place on May 21-22th.

How to improve your submission?

Abstract

Your abstract will be used for the website. Summarize what your presentation will cover. Attendees will read this to get an idea of what they should know before your presentation, and what they will learn after.

Speaker Bio

This text will be used for the website and should be written in the third person. Cover any professional or hacker history that is relevant to you and the presentation, you may include past jobs, tools that you have written, etc. Let people know who you are and why you are qualified to speak on your topic. If you prefer, you may write your bio under a pseudonym. If there is a co-speaker, please include their information.

Presentation description

Besides the general description, the detailed presentation outline greatly improves your chances to be admitted.

Good Outlines are discussed here:

https://writingprocess.mit.edu/process/step-2-plan-and-organize/creating-detailed-outline
https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-speakerscorner.html#nikita-cfp
https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-speakerscorner.html#leah-cfp-process

BAD outlines look like these:

i. intro
ii. something
iii. something else
iv. conclusion
v. q&a

Notes

Please list any other requirements to have a smooth presentation. The internet connection and sound are not guaranteed if not requested.

Presentation length

We strongly suggest that the presentation would be of standard length – 30 minutes. That shows that you know the topic and can articulate the important parts of it.