CFP Committee
The Call for Paper committee for SyScan’08 comprises of the following personnel:

  1. Thomas Lim – Organiser of SyScan and CEO of COSEINC
  2. Dave Aitel –Founder and CTO of Immunitysec
  3. Marc Maiffret – Founder and Chief Hacking Officer of eEye
  4. Matthew “Shok” Conover – Symantec

The CFP committee will review all submissions and determine the final list of speakers for SyScan’08.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The focus for SyScan'08 will include the following:

Operating Systems
  • Vista
  • Linux
Mobile Devices/Embedded systems
  • SmartPhones
  • PDAs
  • Game Consoles
Web 2.0
  • Web services
  • PHP
  • .Net
  • Web applications
Networking/Telecommunication
  • VoIP
  • 3G/3.5G network
  • IPv6
  • WLAN/WiFi
  • GPRS
Malware
BotNets
Virtualization  
Security Policy/Best Practices  
Legislation  
Industry Specifics
  • Finance
  • Hotels

Any topics that will catch the attention of the CFP committee and/or the world.

TRAINING TOPICS

SyScan'08 training topics will focus on the following areas:

Web Applications
  • .Net applications
  • Java applications
Networks
  • VoIP
  • 3G/3.5G network
  • IPv6
  • WLAN/WiFi
  • GPRS
Securing Windows/Linux Systems  
Databases
Storage

PRIVILEGES

Speakers' Privileges:

  • Return economy class air-ticket for one person.
  • 3 nights of accommodation.
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner during conference.
  • After-conference party.
  • A very healthy dose of alcohol and fun.
  • S$500 cash for speakers with brand new presentations.

Trainers' Privileges:

  • 50% of net profit of class.
  • 2 nights of accommodation (conference) (applicable for Singapore only).
  • After-conference party.
  • A very healthy dose of alcohol and fun.

Please note that the net profit for each class is determined by the difference between the total fee collected for each class and the total expenses incurred for each class. The expenses of each class would include the return economy air-ticket of the trainer, 3 nights of accommodation (training) and the rental of the training venue.

CPF SUBMISSION

CFP submission must include the following information:

1) Brief biography including list of publications and papers published previously or training classes conducted previously.

2) Proposed presentation/training title, category, synopsis and description.

3) Contact Information (full name, alias, handler, e-mail, postal address, phone, fax, photo, country of origin, special dietary requirement).

4) Employment and/or affiliations information.
 
5) Any significant presentation and educational/training experience/background.

6) Why is your material different or innovative or significant or an important tutorial?

Please note that all speakers will be allocated 50 minutes of presentation time. Any speakers that require more time must inform the CFP committee during the CFP submission.

Training classes will be 2 full days. Please inform the CFP committee if your class is shorter or longer than 2 days during your CFP submission.

All submission must be in English in either MS Office or PDF format. The more information you provide, the better the chance for selection. Please send submission to cfp@syscan.org.

IMPORTANT DATES

Hong Kong
Final CFP Submission – 29th February 2008
Notification of Acceptance – 30th March 2008.
Final Submission for Accepted Presentation Material (Speakers) – 15th April 2008

OTHER INFORMATION
Please feel free to visit SyScan website to get a feel what this conference is all about – SHARE AND HAVE FUN!

By agreeing to speak at the SyScan'08 you are granting SyScan Pte. Ltd. the rights to reproduce, distribute, advertise and show your presentation including but not limited to http://www.syscan.org, printed and/or electronic advertisements, and all other mediums.