How to not suck at CFPs: Real-World Feedback from the CC10 Review Board

Track 1
5 Feb 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Panel talk with real-world examples from this year's CFP (sanitized, of course, and presented without making anyone feel bad about their submission.)

Topics include:

- Making sure the talk is applicable to the conference you're submitting to
- Selling yourself and your talk
- How to NOT sound like a vendor pitch
- WRITE. AN. OUTLINE.
- Submit one or two REALLY GOOD talks - don't "spray and pray" your entire back pocket of topics into a single CFP

Alex Hoffman
I have to have tagline?
@redwedgex

Alex is a pentester/red teamer, 15 year Army vet, ham radio enthusiast, geek, and an all-around great guy. Additionally, he is one of the organizers of CactusCon, Arizona's premier information security conference. He lives in the Phoenix, AZ area with his wife, three kids, two dogs, one cat, and virtually zero free time.

Jamie Winterton
Director of Strategy, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
@j_winterton

Jamie Winterton is the Director of Strategy for ASU’s Global Security Initiative, where she designs interdisciplinary research in defense and security. Her current areas of emphasis are cybersecurity, human/machine teaming, and disinformation. Jamie was the academic co-chair of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education in 2018 and currently organizes the CactusCon CFP.