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BSides312 2026

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Sides312 is Chicago's biggest little non-profit cybersecurity conference, bringing together security professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts for a day of learning and networking. The 2026 event will feature a keynote, two talk tracks with 15 diverse presenters, hands-on activities like a CTF hacking challenge and lockpicking, game shows, and more. The c…

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17Voices
18Underwriters
0Exhibitors
19On the bill · sessions
19Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at BSides312, in alphabetical order.
Admford
Amanda Kollmorgan
Catherine Ullman
Heidi Potter
COO · Turngate
HelpMeRob
John Mathot
Kyprianos Vasilopoulos
Larry Trowell
Martin Voelk
Matt Scheurer
mcdwayne
Mr. Sprawl
Nikos Vourdas
PANTH13R
Paul Petefish
rand0h
ギンジ🐾ターラノー
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CardinalOpsGold
Material SecurityGold
Picus SecurityGold
Push SecurityGold
ScannerGold
SpecterOpsGold
Stellar CyberGold
VorlonGold
BinalyzeFounding
BSides MKECommunity
BurbSecCommunity
CobaltFounding
Evolve Security
Hak4KidzCommunity
Modest MerchCommunity
OzConCommunity
WiCySCommunity
Zafran
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The Programme

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM

    KEYNOTE: Community Doesn’t Start With a Conference

    Go see the keynote!!

  • 1:00 PM

    So, You Want to be a Forensicator...

    Green Line
  • 1:00 PM

    We Need to Talk About Signal: Security Assumptions, Threat Models, and Activist Community Risk

    Orange Line
  • 11:00 AM

    From Pets To Cattle To Agents: Evolving Identity And Security For Workloads

    Green Line
  • 11:00 AM

    Laser Beams & Light Streams: Letting Hackers Go Pew Pew, Building Affordable Light-Based Hardware

    Orange Line
  • 12:00 PM

    Lunch - (12-1:30) - Talks restart at 1 but lunch service continues!

  • 2:00 PM

    Countdown To ZeroPay- When the fall is all that’s left, it matters a great deal.

    Green Line
  • 2:00 PM

    Ctrl + Alt + Lead: Rebooting Cyber Culture with Human Skills

    Orange Line
  • 3:00 PM

    Definitely Not Secure (DNS)

    Green Line
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 19 companies, parsed from the program.

Nineteen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
1Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

6% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite16%
  • Other roles1694%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01BinalyzeSp·F
  2. 02BSides MKESp·C
  3. 03BurbSecSp·C
  4. 04CardinalOpsSp·G
  5. 05CobaltSp·F
  6. 06Evolve SecuritySp
  7. 07Hak4KidzSp·C
  8. 08Material SecuritySp·G
  9. 09Modest MerchSp·C
  10. 10OzConSp·C
  11. 11Picus SecuritySp·G
  12. 12Push SecuritySp·G
  13. 13ScannerSp·G
  14. 14SpecterOpsSp·G
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
gold8
44% of 18
community6
33% of 18
founding2
11% of 18
unspecified2
11% of 18
06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters