CALL FOR PAPERS

Created in 2017, Toulouse Hacking Convention is an annual French cybersecurity conference. It usually takes place in Toulouse, France, with an audience of about 300 attendees (engineers, academics and students). THCon is supported by a non-profit organization gathering students and alumni of TLS-SEC information security training.

The Call for Papers gives everyone an opportunity to submit their work and be a speaker at the 2025 edition in April. If you have carried out original research related to cybersecurity and want to showcase it to the community, please submit your research paper and/or presentation to this CFP. Let us note that we do accept papers that have already been presented to other conferences.

TOPICS

We accept any submission that may be relevant to a conference on IT Security and the talk needs to be in English.

With this in mind, here is a non-exhaustive list of potential topics :

Exploitation and Mitigation Techniques
Reverse Engineering
(Hardware, Software, Protocols, etc.)
Vulnerability Research
(OS, Smartphone, Hypervisors, etc.)
Malware Analysis
(Sandboxes, Reverse, etc.)
Cryptographic attacks
and/or analysis (including protocols)
Attacks on distributed networks
and/or protocols (including proof-of-work algorithms)
Techniques seen "in the field"
(blue teams, operationals...)
Technical feedback on well-known incidents
and/or notable stories of "#FAIL"
Your last hack
and/or system tampering involving any of the techniques listed above
Your favorite buzzword and/or upcoming threat
(machine learning / big data, cloud, IoT, APT...)
Any research that brings something to the world of IT security

Both academic and non-academic speakers are welcome.

You may also want to take a look at our past editions to see what the community showcased:

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IMPORTANT DATES

This is the timeline for the 2025 edition of the Toulouse Hacking Convention:

October 2024 —
The CFP opens.
Submissions are now open for everyone
December 9th 2024 AOE — 23h59
EXTENDED to December 20th
Submission deadline
We no longer accept submissions past this date
January 15th 2025 —
EXTENDED to January 27th
Notification to authors
We will let you know if your papers has been chosen for THCon 2025
April 10/11 2025 —
Conference
Selected speakers present work during our two-day conference

FORMATS

We propose a single track event over two days. Presentations must be in English, and can be given in either of two formats: a short 20-min presentation, or a long 40-min presentation. The submission format depends on the type of presentation you are interested in:

Authors are invited to submit either original or already presented papers. The submission format for already presented talks or papers is simply the slides of the talk or the full paper that was presented.

NOTE. These are minimum submission requirements, you can of course submit a complete paper or a finalised presentation if you have one. Submissions that will not comply with the minimum requirements will not be considered.

SUBMIT YOUR PAPER

If you have read everything and are ready to submit your paper or presentation idea, please click on the button below to go to EasyChair, the platform used by THCon to collect submissions.

SUBMIT A PAPER

The submissions will go through a review process. The program committee will be published very soon on the website of the conference. Submissions accepted by the organizers will be presented at THCon2025. For accepted works, at least one of the authors must present the paper during the conference.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Will I be recorded?
THCon 2025 will be broadcast online. The recording will also be uploaded to our YouTube channel. By speaking at the event you grant us permission to do so.
Does the project have to be open-source?
Although we favour FLOSS and reproducible works, any research or presentation related to IT Security is welcome and we will happily review your submission.
Can I submit work I have not done myself?
Talks must be submitted as yourself and / or on your work. We do not accept submissions for Marketing or PR purposes. Similarly, we are not interested in product or vendor pitches.
I have special needs, can I talk with you about it?
Of course, we are very flexible and want to accomodate your needs. Please reach out to us via email or include your questions in your submission and we will reach out to you.
I am not an academic, can I still participate?
Of course! We are looking for both academic and non-academic presentations. Please submit your paper and we will happily review it!
I have already presented before, can I submit the same paper again?
Yes. Since our audience changes, most people may have not been there when you last presented your work. We accept both original and already-presented papers.

If any of these points seem unclear or inappropriate to you, please mention it in your submission or contact us.