Video summary
The presentation introduces CONFidence, an annual cybersecurity conference organized by Slav M. Jabłoński that has evolved from a small initiative for the Polish community into a significant international event held over two days in May. The conference is structured around two distinct tracks featuring discussion panels on current topics within the IT security industry, complemented by a wide array of social activities and specialized villages. These interactive segments include lock-picking challenges, workshops on vintage computer technology, Capture the Flag competitions, and Quake 3 Arena contests where participants can even play on custom maps designed to resemble the conference venue itself.
The event takes place in Kocin, Poland, a city with rich historical significance that serves as the cultural capital of the country despite no longer being its political center. While the main conference is traditionally held in the city center, this year's edition will utilize an old water pumping station located nearby, which offers a unique industrial atmosphere complete with functioning pumps that still supply water to a local zoo. The organizers secured special access to this site due to its impending closure, allowing attendees to experience the venue's distinct factory-style environment surrounded by active industrial elements.
Scheduled for May 23rd and 24th, the conference is part of a larger week-long gathering in Kocin that includes a separate web systems conference on the preceding Saturday and a massive LAN party following the main event. The technical nature of the security discussions is balanced by an underground style that encourages community engagement through various gamified experiences. A major highlight for this year involves a new "Greeno Warrior" challenge set within a hidden bunker, where participants will navigate motion detectors, sneak past guards, and complete spy-themed missions to save a princess, building upon last year's successful escape room concept.
The speaker concludes by emphasizing the unique blend of technical expertise and immersive entertainment that defines CONFidence, inviting attendees to prepare for an entire week in Kocin filled with networking, gaming, and security insights. The presentation ends with contact information for those interested in joining the event, while the speaker expresses appreciation for the local traffic light signs visible during the talk. Overall, the conference aims to foster a vibrant community where industry professionals can engage in both serious discourse and playful challenges within a historically rich and industrially styled setting.
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so at the beginning a small disclaimer
for me usually I get really nervous at
the stage but I really like this TR it
should be off in like about few minutes
so luckily for us by the end of this
presentation I should be fine on the
stage so afterwards just ask me some
questions and now right now we're moving
to my presentation my name is slav m
Jabs and I'm a member of the confidence
organizing crew and this presentation
will be about the conference we have
annually in May in kco in Poland so next
slide please what going to talk about
we'll answer four W questions what is
the confidence where will it be held
when why should you come to it and at
the end I have a small bonus for you all
right so next slide please first of all
what is confidence we are doing this
conference for almost eight years now
this year we have like the 10th edition
it started as as a small project for
just the Polish Community but right now
it's much more International most of the
talks are H in English we have lots of
workshops and Villages around what do we
have for in plans for this year we have
like two days of the conference we will
divided into two tracks every day we'll
have discussion panels on the most
current topics in the it security
industry in Poland and then we have lots
of social activities connected with the
conference it's not only about the
technical part it's also about the many
types of villages we we had the lock
picking Villages uh some old computer
stuff villages we have everything last
year we also have like Capture the Flag
Quake tree Arena contests we even had a
special map for the quick tree Arena
which was like resembling the whole
place we had maybe some of you do
remember that we also had this special
map for the CCC camp this year we just
made a camp which was inside the Quake
tree Arena you could play it next slide
please all right so where will it
happen first of all we are in Poland and
we are visiting in CCO and usually the
conference is held in kco you have to
come to this place it's really a magical
City it used to be a capital of the
country right now it's not but it's
still a capital of the cultural part of
the country so at the topmost you see
the picture of of the kco itself and the
main Market but then last year we had a
really good occasion and we found out an
old water pumping station it's located
near the city it's still in the city
actually and we had a full access to it
what you see on the pi is that this red
bricks around it looks like a factory
it's totally industrial there are still
some running pumps downstairs which are
pumping water for like the zoo which is
nearby it still works but they're trying
to shut it down in some time in the
future so they allowed us to enter this
place so this year we'll have confidence
also in this area and it's really crazy
that's why it brings us to the
industrial style you will see that there
are lots of like industry workers and
everything around which is still working
so you have to see it next slide please
all right when will it happen usually we
have the confidence in May so this year
there's no exception from that the dates
we've chosen are 23rd and 24th of May
and you are all invited to come to the
conference by the way I just put a small
part of the calendar there because this
is the working week we have from the
21st to the 26 which is Saturday before
the confidence itself we will have
another conference about the web page uh
web web systems front ends and the back
ends and everything and after the
confidence we'll have a huge land party
for the Polish guys and for the uh game
geks who are coming to to our place so
you can just prepare yourself for even
having like the whole week in
kco and at that at some point step into
the confidence all right next slide
please why should you
come first of all this this
[Music]
is it the time 1 minute all right you
have to come there it's a technical
conference but we have a huge
underground style and everything's fine
I'm just skipping to the bonus
part oh this year last year we had a
Greeno Warrior which was like a mix of
the contest for lock Pickers you had to
like set yourself free from the prison
then get over your documents and leave
the area this should be going even
further if you see this marking on the
plants there is a bunker hidden at the
at the at one part of the whole area and
we we got the blueprints for the whole
bunker and we're going to prepare like a
spy games inside it we have we will have
motion detectors you will have to sneak
past the guard maybe like somehow stick
through
him and of course save the
[Applause]
princess all right next slide for me and
this is the contact information and by
the way I really enjoyed the traffic
light signs you have here thank you very
much