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DEF CON 2026

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EF CON 2026 activation in Las Vegas for AI security researchers and dev-tools founders. Pre-event narrative + on-site cadence + post-event compounding. Lite tier $5,000-$10,000, Standard + Full by application, audit-ledger receipts, by application.

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52Voices
0Underwriters
0Exhibitors
25On the bill · sessions
2Companies · in total
§I

The Voices

Programmed at DEF, in alphabetical order.
Aditya K Sood, PhD
Adrian Spânu
Alon Leviev
Ambrose John Gbormie
Ariel Herbert-Voss
Caleb Sargent
Chan Tsan
Chris Sumner
Christian Dameff, MD
Christian G. Papathanasiou
Craig Heffner
Daniele Antonioli
David Leadbeater
Dennis Goh Yong Sen
Dries Depoorter
Emil Tan
Guang Gong
Hao Wang
HE LI
Idan Dardikman
Jack Daniel
Jason Reverri

— and 30 more, by name unsung —

§III

The Programme

Selected from 25 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday 10:30

    Breaking the Backbone of Global ISP Networks

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 11:30

    Beyond Prompt Injection: Agentic AI Attacks in the Real World

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 12:30

    Beep Boop Beep – Auralizing your Network with Python and Synthesizers

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 13:00

    It's *still* DNS

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 14:00

    Copirate 365: Persistent Plundering in the Depths of Microsoft Copilot

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 15:00

    Smuggling Identities: Abusing MIME Header Parsing Across Major Email Providers

    Speaking Track 1
  • Thursday 16:00

    Closing Ceremonies

    Speaking Track 1
  • Tuesday 10:00

    Welcome to DEF CON Singapore

    Speaking Track 1
  • Tuesday 10:30

    Welcome to DEF CON Singapore

    Speaking Track 1
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 2 companies, parsed from the program.

Two 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
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
2Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

4% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite12%
  • Director / Head of12%
  • Manager / Lead12%
  • Other roles4994%

Of 52 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01ARIN2V
  2. 02DEF CON1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.