2025 Conference Information

PancakesCon 6 occurred on September 21, 2025. It has now concluded. Thank you for attending! Recordings of talks will be available on our YouTube, starting approximately one month after the conference.

All Times US Central – ChicagoTrack 1SpeakerTrack 2Speaker
0600-0610OPENING REMARKS / TRANSITION FROM COMFYCON TEAMLesley Carhart——-——-
0610-0700KEYNOTE 1Bruce Large——-——-
0700-0740Good Cyberz for Small Business and Swimming is LifeJodie MinersWhoa, Black Basta (Bam Ba Lam)Dan Banker
0740-0820Medical Device Security and Misty Mountains of VictoriaSimon CKnow the Deck, Know the Threat: TTPs and Threat Intel through Magic the GatheringJohn Stoner
0820-0900SOC-in-the-Vbox and How Brush Lettering Taught Me to SitMike GonzalezGetting OT Cyber Done 200 Miles from Shore / The Role of Charity TrusteesRob Rothwell
0900-0940PKI and Powerlifting!Jake Hildreth / horse Cyber Insurance and Spinning YarnAmanda / Tindra
0940-1020What Hiking Taught Me About Building Privacy ProgramsAmristar WickramaratnaStructured Note-Taking for Effective Incident Response And Indonesia for the Solo TravelerDaniel Suryanata
1020-1100Domain Intelligence, Investigative Journalism, and the Importance of PlayIan Campbell / NeurovagrantPlan ahead: Reap Rewards: Cyber Planning and Pot Roast in the Slow CookerDr. Meg Layton
1100-1140Career Planning in an Era of Layoffs and StorygamesDave WeinsteinHacking the OSCP & the Practice of Zen MeditationKeith Hoodlet
1140-1220Patient Craftsmanship – Finding Malicious Users and EmbroideryKris Hardy A Primer on Windows Access Control & Creating a Compelling D&D VillainWinterKnight
1220-1300One-liners and One Needle: Bash and NeedlebindingBrianna / Dio9sysReverse Engineering Surveillance Infrastructure and Feeding Your NeighborsRyan O’Horo
1300-1340From Terry to Telemetry, Security to Sweets: Doing What You LoveMicheal CottinghamHow Not to Do Security at a Startup and Being a Good Friend (and teammate)Emily Gladstone Cole
1340-1430KEYNOTE 2Alyssa Miller——-——-
1430-1500CLOSING REMARKS / AWARDSLesley Carhart——-——-