We Persevere – 3/21/2021
Thank you to our organizers, volunteers, village coordinators, and speakers.
Thank you to the 500+ people who watched our live streams and the 1800+ people who participated in Slack, villages, and the CTF. We couldn’t have made this a successful year without you.
Thank you to INE, SecurityInnovations, and PancakeBot for sponsoring us.
We are working hard to retrieve and prepare videos for posting on our YouTube channel.
We hope to see you all for PancakesCon 3.
Exciting news!!!! @PancakeBot is generously sponsoring a raffle for one PancakeBot 2.0 and two PancakeBot 1.0’s. Open to con attendees in Slack on the day of the conference, only! Winners will be drawn at the end of the conference.
Thank you to INE for sponsoring prizes for the top three SecurityInnovation CTF winners (1 per winning team or individual):
The INE Starter Pass is 100% free and grants access to not only numerous snippets of all of our course categories but also a full, introductory security learning path, Penetration Testing Student (PTS). PTS comes with slides, videos and unlimited time in our virtual labs to prepare you for eLearnSecurity’s Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) certification exam (not included). You’ve got nothing to lose and a life-changing career move to gain!
Hi friends,
A few final updates prior to the conference:
From my whole team, we’re so excited to see you this Sunday!
CFP acceptances are going out as we speak, and the conference schedule is live at Attend.
The 2021 PancakesCon CFP is now closed. Thank you for 110 amazing submissions. We will finish review over the next 7-9 days and begin sending out notifications soon after.
In the meantime, consider checking out our Slack, Villages, and ongoing CTF preparation!
Quick reminder that the PancakesCon CFP closes Sunday at 8:30PM Central Time. Thank you for over 70 wonderful submissions already. Blind review will begin next week by our CFP board.
Car Hacking Village, CTF, and Resume Village have been announced, with details to follow soon. Several have asked for volunteers in Slack. Please contact the organizers if you’re interested in helping.
Volunteer notifications have gone out to folks selected for the A/V team and for moderation and logistics support. Please watch slack for details and thank you to everyone who volunteered!
Have an amazing weekend,
Lesley, Munin, Corinne, Tom. Angela, and Ray
We’re super excited to announce our Keynote Speaker, Phillip Wylie!
Phillip Wylie is an offensive cybersecurity instructor and practitioner with over two decades of information technology and cybersecurity experience. During his 9 year offensive cybersecurity career, he was worked as a pentester, web app pentester, and red team operator. When Phillip is not hacking, he is educating others. Phillip is the founder of The Pwn School Project, an education-focused cybersecurity organization. He co-authored the book, “The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker” based on his popular talk presented at numerous industry events. He is an Innocent Lives Foundation Ambassador and a ‘Hacking is NOT a Crime’ Advocate. Phillip’s uncommon journey into the field of cybersecurity is preceded by his colorful past as a pro wrestler, where he once wrestled a bear.
PancakesCon is a pop-up hacking / cybersecurity conference that will be conducted all day on 3/21/21 (US Central Time). This conference is 100% virtual, not for profit and free to stream.
All PancakesCon talks must be 40-45 minutes long. They MUST consist of two parts: A brief talk about any cybersecurity topic targeted at junior professionals / students, and a brief talk about something which is not IT-related. The non-IT topics can cover anything from hobbies to fitness, cooking to music. Share something you’re passionate about aside from computer technology or cybersecurity!
Call for Papers is OPEN. CFP will close on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 8:30PM US Central Time.
Call for Villages is OPEN. Please contact us via Twitter or Slack to propose an event.
Call for Volunteers is now closed. Thank you to everyone who volunteered.
