Written by I’m headed to Las Vegas for the annual series of events known as ‘hacker summer camp’: Diana Initiative, Black Hat, Def Con, B-Sides LV, SquadCon, etc. Below is my schedule. Please feel free to come to any of these events to meet up with me, I would love to see you, even if we are meeting for the first time! Some require a ticket (the conferences especially), but several are free. I’ve highlighted things in bold below if I’m speaking or signing books or something special at them.
| Date & Time | Event | Location |
| Monday August 4, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Diana Initiative, a diversity-driven conference committed to helping all underrepresented people in Information Security. | 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154 UNLV Map Google Map |
| Monday August 4, 10:30 am | My talk at Diana, ‘Security Champion Worst Practices’ | Track 1, Room 208A |
| Monday August 4, 6:00 pm onward | Private dinner with my team | |
| Tuesday Aug 5, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | I will be attending the Black Hat Financial Services Summit most of the day | Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV Oceanside B, Level 2 |
| Tuesday Aug 5, 9:55 am | My Panel at the Black Hat Financial Services Summit, “Inside Risk: Managing the Growing Threat from Within“ | Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV Oceanside B, Level 2 |
| Tuesday Aug 5, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm | Omega Mart event with Semgrep! Come hang out with us and see Meow Wolf and more! This event is free! | Omega Mart, Area15, 3215 Rancho Dr #100, Las Vegas, NV 89102 |
| Wednesday Aug 6, 8:00 am to 10:100 am | Come hang out with me for a coffee chat at the Starbucks in Mandalay Bay next to the Food Court. I will be hanging around in line or next to the line, chatting and buying people coffee. YES, coffee is on me. Come hang! * No need to sign up, just show up.* PS Katie Paxton-Fear will be with me! How cool is that????? This event is free! | Starbucks in Mandalay Bay next to the food court. There are three in Mandalay, so make sure you check out the map below this table. The Starbucks that I will be at is in the big pink circle on the map. |
| Wednesday Aug 6, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Book signing with Semgrep! That’s right, get a free copy of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding, signed, from me! Selfies and stickers toooooooo! | Meet me at the Semgrep booth (5221), inside Mandalay Bay, inside the Black Hat Expo hall. * You need an expo pass to get in.* But the books are free! |
| Wednesday Aug 6, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Book signing with ReversingLabs! More free copies of Alice and Bob Learn secure coding! | Black Hat Expo Hall, at booth Booth 3261. You need a pass to get in, but the books and hugs are free. |
| Wednesday Aug 6, evening | Private dinner with my team | |
| Thursday Aug 7, 8:00 am to 10:00 am | Forte Group is hosting a ‘Women In Security Breakfast’, featuring free food, short presentations from amazing women in cyber, and networking! Sign up here. | Location will be emailed to you after sign up. S-Bar in Mandalay Bay |
| Thursday Aug 7, 2:30 to 3:30 pm | Book signing with Semgrep #2! More Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding! | Semgrep booth (5221), inside Mandalay Bay, at the Black Hat Expo hall. |
| Thursday Aug 7, evening | Multiple private events that I can’t invite you to. š | While you can’t join the events I am attending, you CAN go to a free party with Semgrep tonight! |
| Friday Aug 8, 1:40 PM | My talk at the AppSec Village: The AppSec Poverty Line: Minimal Viable Security | Def Con, AppSec Village Main Stage, Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall Level 2, Las Vegas, United States |
| Friday Aug 8, 3:40 pm | My talk for the Policy Village, on the Creator’s stage, “Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure- Hacking Policy for the Public Good“ | Def Con, Creator’s Stage, Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall Level 2, Las Vegas, United States |
| Friday Aug 8, 4-7 pm | Party with Gerald for SimplyCyber ‘Hack Smarter Community Meetup’. $5 to get in, all proceeds goes to Black Girls Hack. Tickets here | Beer Zombies Brewing 831 W Bonanza Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA |
| Friday Aug 8, 7 pm – 2:00 am | I | I missed it, other events ran long. Sorry if you were there and I missed you! |
| Saturday, Aug 9, 10:00 – 12:00 am | My workshop, ‘Building a Security Champions Program’ with Stanley Harris from Katylist! You will need a Def Con pass, sign up here. | Def Con, OWASP Room |
| Saturday, Aug 9, 3:40 pm | My panel, ‘State of (Absolute) AppSec’ at AppSec Village with Jason Haddix, Seth Law, and Ken Johnson! | Def Con, AppSec Village Main Stage, Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall Level 2, Las Vegas, United States |
| I’m too tired, and my voice is shot. Perhaps next year! |
Map to the Starbucks in Mandalay Bay that you can come meet me at, Wednesday August 6, 8-10 am! I’m buying the coffee! I will be in the pink circle, at the Starbs by the Food Court. See you there?
