FIRST SPEAKER announcement for #BSidesLuxembourg2026:

We're so so happy and proud to announce that we've invited @wendynather to keynote our 2026 conference! (and yay, she accepted!!)

Obviously, Wendy needs no introduction, she's certainly above the cybersecurity famousity line, but here's a small part of her profile intro: 'Recovering industry analyst, research director & CISO. Senior Fellow at @AtlanticCouncil @CyberStatecraft. Single, childful cat lady.'

She's also famous for other things and known for conveying amazing cybersecurity insight in her presentations!

@BSidesLuxembourg @wendynather what are the dates in 2026? ๐Ÿ‘โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘
@deviantollam @BSidesLuxembourg May 7-8! โ€ฆ Dare I hope? ๐Ÿ˜‡
@wendynather @BSidesLuxembourg I have blocked it on my calendar and I'm looking for the CFP now ๐Ÿ˜‰
@deviantollam @wendynather wow! Weโ€™re also very excited from here!
@BSidesLuxembourg @wendynather is the CFP open yet for 2026? I'm not finding a link yet but I'm known to be Bad At Internetโ„ข sometimes ๐Ÿ˜‚
@deviantollam @wendynather A question please: We've had our lockpicking village organizers withdraw. Unfortunately. Since you, @deviantollam, know a thing or two about that topic, do you know if there's a 'lockpicking village starter kit' we can buy anywhere to just build our own?

@BSidesLuxembourg @wendynather Yes, such a thing does exist. I believe @TOOOL used to sell one and also @Toool might be able to assist as well since they are on your side of the ocean. ๐Ÿ‘

If neither of those orgs can, I could very possibly help you coordinate and source things, also.

BTW, did you see my post prior to this where I asked you if your CFP is open and if there's a link to it, etc?

@deviantollam @wendynather @TOOOL @Toool Sounds great wrt the tooling!

We did reply to your post about CFP, let me just link to it.

Hi! @TOOOL @Toool

We're looking into buying a 'lockpicking village starter kit' for #SidesLuxembourg2026. Is it correct that you may be able to help?

cc @deviantollam

@BSidesLuxembourg @Toool @deviantollam Gudden Owend! I will be poking our friends in the Netherlands to see if they can assist you, since they are a smidge closer. Otherwise, I'm sure we can figure something out! - hipu

@BSidesLuxembourg @TOOOL @deviantollam

Always good to see villages getting prepared!

We don't have lockpicking village sets for sale unfortunately. We can look into hosting it. Alternatively, if it helps you, we can compile a list of things you'd probably need to arrange for your own set and some possible sources in Europe. If you want to discuss further, send us a mail at [email protected] and we can see what we can do!