The way things are going here lately, we're created a🟦☁️ to follow us on. We also have a 🐘 if you'd rather follow us there.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended, spoke, ran a village, workshop, or side event this year! This is your community conference and we could not be more grateful for everyone that makes it possible!

Post conference blues are real and can affect anyone. Stay in contact with folks on Discord. Put a local security group meeting on your calendar. Try Def Con Groups, 2600, CSA, WiCyS, ISSA. Remember your non-technical hobbies too.

Thank you everyone for speaking, running villages, and attending our conference this year! As a community driven conference, it literally cannot happen without all of you. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2025!

Thank you to everyone to participated and attended Cackalacky Con this year!! We have a survey for your valuable feedback about the conference to make it even better next year. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Recorded talks from our 2024 conference are now available on YouTube! ✔ Leave likes for your favorite talks to let the speaker know you enjoyed it. ❌ Please note that some talks were not recorded or only partially recorded. youtube.com/@CackalackyCon…

The CackalackyCon staff is back from their summer break and held it's first meeting for the 2025 conference last night! May 16-18, 2025 Mark your calendar. Tell your friends, students, and cool coworkers. If you're the over achieving type, prep your CFP, it will be opening soon.

Today's date is October 28, 2024. 200 days from now will be May 16, 2025 the first day of our conference!! ChatGPT said it so it must be true. cackalackycon.org

Some ghosts are real! Spooky that CackalackyCon will be held on the same dates 11 years later. May 16-18, 2025 More info at cackalackycon.org

Happy Family and Friend Tech Support Day to all those who celebrate!

We love our community and this conference that we have been able to build with y'all’s support. We never take sponsors, vendors, or marketing money. We would be so honored if you were able to support CackalackyCon 2025 with a donation to our 501c3. paypal.com/donate/?hosted…

Tonight's time sq33k spent muted while explaining things during the staff meeting before she realized it: 64 seconds Congratulations to s0lray who was the closest with his pre-meeting estimate of 75 seconds! #conferenceplanning #infosec

Hey earlier achievers, we see you, start writing your #CFP now. We'll be opening it up soon. Tell your mentee, tell your friend that doesn't think they have anything to talk about, tell your coworker from that place where I put that thing that time #hackers #conference #infosec

What's that? A wild #CFP Appears? Our CFP for 2025 is open! We're so excited to see what you're offering to share with everyone. Be sure to read and follow the guidelines. sessionize.com/cackalackycon #infosec #conference #cybersecurity

Thinking of conference speaking as a New Year resolution? CackalackyCon Call For Papers #CFP is open now until Feb 14. This year we're proud to offer mentoring for new speakers. #infosec conference in Raleigh, NC on May 16-18, 2025. sessionize.com/cackalackycon/

Hacker fashion came up as a talk topic recently. Heck yes, we allow hacker culture talks in our #CFP A fun history, impact of choices, privacy supporting, where the future is headed, etc. Educate the audience. sessionize.com/cackalackycon/ #cybersecurity #infosec #conference

Sometimes, we get asked about what we want to see in the #CFP Solarpunk? Sure! Purple team? Neat! De-shitification of the Internet? Yes please! Biohacking? Let's go! Community building? Of course! First time speaker? We’ll even assign you a mentor! sessionize.com/cackalackycon/

The CackalackyCon #CFP is still open and we're looking for unique and inspiring talks. We provide mentors for first time speakers. The best talk to submit is the one that you are excited to give! sessionize.com/cackalackycon/

This year we were honored to received more than 80 CFP submissions across a wide range of topics and expert levels. We are so thankful for each submission and are always blown away by the quality of talks proposed. Speakers should hear from us by next week! -sq33k