CALL FOR PAPERS

Tips for submitting

• Submit early - Submitting early increases the chance of acceptance in the first round of review itself. The more you delay the more competition you have with other papers that are submitted later.
• Technical description - The more concrete technical details you provide the better chance you have of getting accepted. Reviewers usually give low score to submissions that have very small or vague abstract and may not request for more details. The best way is to provide a supporting full technical paper that explains all the vulnerabilities, exploits etc. in detail.
• Declining a paper - Please take rejection as a suggestion for improvement somewhere in the paper and not as an offense. Declining a paper does not mean your submission is not good. There are many parameters we look at when reviewing a paper, technical in-depth is only one of them. Many times, we have to let go of really good talks because there is already an accepted paper on similar subject or too many good submissions or your submission is already presented/published elsewhere. We want you to succeed and are only trying to help you in preparing you for future submissions. So, cheer up and get ready for the next submission.
• Review comments - We do not ask our review board for comments.
• Category - If the submission is (being) presented prior nullcon or if it is an enhancement of an already presented research, please DO NOT mark it as new research as it falls under current research.
• New research - At nullcon we focus on new research which has not been published / presented prior to nullcon conference dates. New research submissions get priority over current research. If your submission is a rework / enhancement or your existing research or similar presentation to what is already delivered / published elsewhere, it will get less scoring when compared to new research.

Contact

If you have any queries, feel free to get in touch with us at [email protected]
For sponsorship/registration queries, please get in touch with us at [email protected]

Submission Topics

We are interested in new and cutting edge security work that has previously not been published. Anything that aligns with our motto "The next security thing!" is welcome. Some security topics for your reference including (but not limited to)

• IoT
• Web
• SDN
• Radio
• Cloud
• Mobile
• Telecom
• Satellites
• Networks
• Forensics
• Hardware
• Embedded
• ICS / SCADA
• Smart Cities

Review

We have an external review panel that scores the papers and based on the scoring and our internal decision, we take a call on acceptance of papers.

Important Dates

• CFP Opens: 1^st September 2019
• CFP Closing Date: 15^th November 2019
• Training Dates: 3^rd - 5^th March 2020
• Conference Dates: 6^th - 7^th March 2020

Speaker Benefits

For the New Research and Desi Jugaad Category

• Travel reimbursement (Either actuals or the below mentioned amounts, whichever is less)
  • International Speaker (USD 1000)
  • National Speaker (INR 6000)
• Complimentary accommodation for 3 nights
• Complimentary Corporate conference pass
• One extra complementary Student pass to be given to any student who cannot afford to register. The student needs to show a valid and original College / University ID at the registration desk. Only university and colleges are applicable i.e. short term courses / certifications are not valid.
• Invitation to speaker party
• Invitation to nullcon networking cocktail

For other categories (Current Research, Workshop, open source tool, Sub-event)

• Complimentary shared accommodation near the venue for 2 nights
• Complimentary Corporate conference pass.
• One extra complementary Student pass to be given to any student who cannot afford to register. The student needs to show a valid and original College / University ID at the registration desk. Only university and colleges are applicable i.e. short term courses / certifications are not valid.
• Invitation to speaker party.
• Invitation to nullcon networking cocktail