The BSides Atlanta 2026 Call for Content opens on Monday, July 6th

BSides is built by the community, for the community. Whether you are a seasoned industry veteran or looking to give your very first presentation, we want to hear your unique perspectives, research, and ideas.

This year, we are looking for submissions across four distinct formats:

• Presentations: Traditional tracks covering everything from technical deep-dives to career progression. Speaking sessions can be 20 or 50 minutes.
• Villages: Interactive, themed spaces for hands-on exploration. Want to demonstrate deepfakes or how to hack an LLM? Teach packet analysis, hardware hacking, or soldering skills? Share career advancement advice? This is the place!
• Workshops: Deep-dive, multi-hour instructional sessions.
• Contests: CTFs, hardware challenges, or any competitive events you want to run.

What kind of topics fit BSides Atlanta?

We accept a wide spectrum of cybersecurity and hacker culture topics. If you are passionate about it, chances are our community is too! Here are a few examples of what we love to see:

• Offensive Security & Research: Vulnerability discovery, red teaming, web app hacking, exploits, and tool development.
• Defensive Strategies & Operations: Detection engineering, blue teaming, incident response, DevSecOps, and threat hunting.
• Emerging Tech & Infrastructure: Cloud security, hardware/IoT hacking, AI/ML implementations in security, and identity management.
• Governance, Risk, & Compliance: Practical threat modeling, security architecture, privacy, and risk management frameworks.
• Community, Career, & Soft Skills: Mental health in Infosec, breaking into the industry, building teams, and career growth.

Every Skill Level is Welcome

Don’t let impostor syndrome hold you back! BSides is famously the best place to share your knowledge.
First-time speakers: Sharing a lesson you learned while building a home lab or giving an introduction to a new technology is just as valuable as a zero-day exploit.
Intermediate to Advanced: Bring us your research, war stories, career wins, and tool releases.

Start brainstorming your abstracts now so you are ready when the link opens on July 6th!