Security BSides San Francisco

10/15/2026

📢Call for Proposals is OPEN: BSidesSF 2027! 🏴‍☠️

Are you passionate about information security, original research, or community-driven technical discussions? BSidesSF is back, and we want to hear from you!

BSidesSF is a practitioner-focused, non-profit conference designed to advance InfoSec knowledge through open discussion, debate, and knowledge dissemination. This year’s conference theme is Pirates! 🏴‍☠️

🗓 Important Dates:
Deadline: November 9, 2026

Speaker Notifications: December 20, 2026

Conference Dates: April 3 & 4, 2027 (San Francisco)

💡Session Types Accepted:
Informational: Presentations (30 or 45 mins), Panels / Podcasts (45 mins)
Collaborative: Workshops (120 mins), Birds of a Feather (45 mins)

Note: BSidesSF is practitioner-focused. Vendor pitches will not be accepted.

👉 Submit your talk or session here: https://pretalx.com/bsidessf-2027/

03/23/2026

Thank you to Abridge, Aira Security, Akido, Artimis, Dropzone, and Vega for supporting the Career Village today.

The teams will be running speed interviews and discussing live searches with attendees.

Sunday morning:
Abridge
Artemis
Dropzone

Sunday mid-day (11AM - 2PM ish)
Vega

Sunday afternoon:
Aira Security
Vega

03/23/2026

Friendly reminder - if you are looking to pick up a t-shirt today.

Pre-purchased: Pick up at Registration - AMC at Metreon (3rd floor)

Purchase onsite: Coat Check - City View at Metreon (4th floor)

03/22/2026

Curtain call for BSidesSF: The Musical 🎉

Join us in Theater 13 at 5:10 PM

03/22/2026

Kicked off this morning with Artemis and Abridge in the Career Village!

03/22/2026

A HUGE shout out to Code Red Partners for making the Career Village come to life! If you haven't had a chance to stop by today, there is still time!

03/22/2026

If you didn't win a cool prize yesterday, enter to win our Sponsor Passport Raffle TODAY!

Deposit the raffle card to the Sponsorship table in the Participant hall before 2:15 PM today for your chance to win!

03/22/2026

A few friendly reminders for day two of BSidesSF: The Musical 🎉

Keynote
Katie Moussouris will take the stage at 10:15 AM on Sunday, March 22 – AMC IMAX (Theater 16)

CTF
Wraps up at 4 PM today! Server information is at (At least one player must be onsite to claim any prizes won)

Villages & Meetups
Happening all day!

Visit https://bsidessf.org/schedule or https://hackertracker.app/ for the full schedule.

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03/22/2026

It's a wrap on the Career Village for today! Make sure to to stop by tomorrow for more speed interviews and live searches with participants.

03/22/2026

Come party with us tonight!

Vega has made sure that after a long day of our community coming together we are ready to unwind with some amazing musical numbers, great appetizers/snacks, drinks, and conversation.

Join the fun from 6:30 - 9:30 PM in the Participant Hall 🎭