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PancakesCon Infosec Conference Jan 23, 2024

Call for Volunteers: https://forms.gle/UU5e3pWkb5um4C3s6
Call for Villages: https://forms.gle/D5Q4hiKmuJMyDgxbA
CFP: https://forms.gle/1XYY9RmiY6U3KVza7

#PancakesCon 5 will be on 3/24/2024 from 9AM-7PM Central US
CFP closes Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 8:30PM US Central Time

PancakesCon 5: Call for Volunteers

This form is to volunteer for virtual shifts on 3/24/2024 between 8:30 AM and 7 PM Central US Time, as well as preparatory and post-process work. Our con takes a lots of hands to keep running! Please do join our Slack, and read up on the con at pancakescon.com if you are unfamiliar. Slack is linked in the top banner.

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Please consider speaking at, volunteering at, or sponsoring my virtual free conference @pancakescon - we run it on a shoestring for the community and this is year five! Really exciting.

We are also looking for a CTF sponsor this year. Please get in touch!

A lot of people are asking me about what donations we accept. Please understand I run this on a shoestring from my house. What we really need to succeed:

~CTFs and Villages (donate your time / lab for a day)
~Small physical prizes from companies - we will send you the addresses of the winners, and restrict geography as you deem fit.
~Small virtual prizes from companies or individuals - if you want to help as an individual for a few bucks, we can give away book Humble Bundles. Our audience is mostly students and junior people.

Jared Jan 23, 2024

@hacks4pancakes I would totally volunteer to speak, but i am guessing that it does not involve speaking about making food pancakes or talking about cat bellies. I eagerly await the day that virtual con is announced.

@jared I mean, if you read the CFP, it actually does...

Jared Jan 23, 2024

@hacks4pancakes ah, it seems my quest to send cat pictures out into the world while half asleep teaches me that new things. I will admit that I have no idea how conferences work having never gone to or thought about them at all. I did recently but a crepe pan that I love and adore and have made tasty pancakes on. Sadly, cybersecurity is not my area of experience. Yet.

@jared feel free to stream on YouTube if you want! Hopefully we get some cat talks again!

Jared Jan 23, 2024

@hacks4pancakes I am very seriously considering. If my social media is a testament to anything, it is how long I can talk about my cats. Even if not, it gives me a great excuse to add more lighting to my room to better illuminate my Black Cat of the Night. Plus, this conversation has caused a mysterious temp crash/lag on my instance that is going to consume my night trying to figure why it is being a big complaining pants.

Stormgren Jan 23, 2024

@hacks4pancakes @pancakescon If I wasn't going to be helping with building the network at OFC this year when your con is happening, I would 100% be there for this.

@Stormgren @pancakescon you can stream on your phone while building a network.

JimHudson Jan 23, 2024

@hacks4pancakes @pancakescon How can we help sponsor?

@JHudson we give away prizes

JimHudson Jan 24, 2024

@hacks4pancakes So cash donations aren't acceptable?

@JHudson If you wanted to do something equivalent to a cash donation we give away humble bundles to students and you could get one (pay what you want) and we can give away the code.

JimHudson Jan 24, 2024

@hacks4pancakes OK. How?

@JHudson you could buy one closer to the event, and send me or any admin in Slack the redemption code to give away.

JimHudson Jan 24, 2024

@hacks4pancakes OK. You do remember you're talking to a Dinosaur, right? Send me an SOP or something. ;)

Bill Jan 24, 2024

@hacks4pancakes @pancakescon I would love to speak. I even have a perfect talk doublet.