[OVERVIEW]

We are pleased to announce the CFP for the eighth edition of OffensiveCon Berlin. A highly technical international security conference focused on offensive security only. The aim of OffensiveCon is to bring the hacker community together, for networking and sharing knowledge. The conference is constructed as a single track of talks for two full days as well as technical trainings held in the days before the conference.

[WHEN]

15th-16th of May 2026

[WHERE]

The Hilton Hotel, Berlin, Germany

[TOPICS OF INTEREST]

We are seeking presentations on offensive security topics such as but not limited to:

1. Vulnerability discovery
2. Advanced exploitation techniques
3. Mitigation bypass techniques on main operating systems and/or major software products
4. Detection of In-The-Wild attacks/exploits
5. Hardware reverse engineering
6. Software reverse engineering
7. Protocol reverse engineering
8. Novel vulnerability research on mobile platforms
9. Novel vulnerability research on hypervisors
10. Cryptographic attacks

[SPEAKER BENEFITS]

The goal of OffensiveCon is not to make profit but rather to provide the right environment for the scene to meet, exchange ideas and have a good time. This is also reflected in the speaker benefits we offer:

1. A trip to the capital of Germany in May
2. Three nights of accommodation in the conference hotel (Hilton Berlin). The hotel is a five star hotel in one of the best locations in Berlin.
3. Round trip coach airfare of up to 2,500 EUR
4. Speaker honorarium of 1,000.00 EUR per talk for exclusive content not presented anywhere else before per submission.
5. Constant beverage (or non-alcoholic cocktail) supply to speakers and mobile beer stations for all attendees.
6. Speaker presents.
7. Breakfast, lunch and dinner fully covered on all days of the conference.
8. Invite to the private speaker dinner.

[CFP SUBMISSION]

Talks will be 60 or 30 minutes including questions. The language of presentation will be English, up to 2 speakers per submission.

All submissions must be conducted over the CFP submission platform: https://cfp.offensivecon.org

Submissions will be accepted until the 1st of March 2026, 18:00 UTC. Make sure to get in your submission early to give us time to rate it and increase the chance of the talk being selected

[DRY RUN & FEEDBACK SESSIONS]

To help speakers fine-tune their talks before the conference, we’ll host dry-run sessions during the first two weeks of April 2026.

Each accepted speaker will present to members of the CFP committee and receive detailed feedback on content, delivery, and technical clarity.

The goal of these sessions is to help presenters refine their material, become more professional, and deliver their best possible talk on stage.

[IMPORTANT DATES]

All talks must be submitted before 1st of March 2026, 18:00 UTC.

[ELIGIBILITY NOTICE]

Please note that, in accordance with applicable international regulations, we are unable to accept submissions from individuals and/or organizations and/or countries that are subject to sanctions by the United States and/or the European Union. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in helping us comply with these legal requirements.

[FURTHER INFORMATION]

Further details about the conference program, trainings, the venue and registration can be found at:
https://www.offensivecon.org

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Submissions close on 2026-03-01 18:00 (Europe/Berlin), 4 months from now.