SteelCon

With Easter coming up quick it is time for a date announcement. 1 March - CFP and call for crew opens 1 April - Pre talk announcement tickets 3 April CFP and CFC closes ~ 20 April speakers confirmed ~ 24 April main ticket drop Links and stuff coming closer to the dates.

Happy birthday to the brilliant @j4vv4d.com . Unfortunately your present is stuck in customs and you need to pay the small release fee. I'll send you a link to sort it out.

Today we celebrate the 82nd birthday of the amazing @christruncer.bsky.social . He may not look that old, but we've been told there is something special in all those rocky mountain oysters he loves sucking on that keeps him looking so young.

📢#BSidesLDN2026 CFP emails are going out this week! We received 345 Main Talk proposals for just 24 speaking slots. Many excellent talks simply couldn't be selected not because of the quality, we simply don't have the room and time! Thank you to everyone who submitted a talk! 🐻

Happy birthday to the most amazing AV guy in the world, @ministraitor.bsky.social . The conference scene wouldn't be the way it is without all the effort he puts in to every event.

@strandjs.bsky.social happy birthday mate. We need to get you over for @steelcon.info next year, it would be good to show you my bit of the UK

Happy Yorkshire day everyone

Almost 100 tickets sold! Do you have your ticket already for WICCON?! Please respond to this post with a HACK YEAH and if you like, tag someone that you would also love to meet there! Lichtfabriek Haarlem, October 29-30 wiccon.nl/tickets-2026

Slightly late to the list, but just as entertaining as the rest, we've just added Michelle's talk "Where Do We Go From Here? Towards A Philosophy Of Cyber Security" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL5A...

Want a Monday morning treat? Our videos are now online: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... We are missing a couple which will be added soon, and @zephrfish.yxz.red is keeping his private. Enjoy! Thanks @ministraitor.bsky.social

Repairing @mccune.org.uk's @steelcon.info talk. Never thought I'd spend my sunday evening intently looking at the hue of his skin to see when exactly the slide is changed... 😋

This man always goes above and beyond!

Cash from the Swag Stall donated to Purple House to say thanks for helping Thomas. Thanks to everyone who bought something and put cash in the pot.

The brilliant @chrisratcliff.bsky.social has dropped all his photos into the album photos.app.goo.gl/Vezq4o8Sef2R... If there is a photo of you you want removing, please let us know.

The party booking form has just been signed. There is no backing out now.

Our brilliant ice cream suppliers, @ourcowmolly.bsky.social have a new project, reMooable Energy. They are turning farm waste into electricity and fertiliser They are trying to raise £600k to get it all up and running and need people to invest, can you spare £5? www.sheffieldenergy.works/remooable

The photo album is up and running, please submit your con photos here: photos.app.goo.gl/Vezq4o8Sef2R... @chrisratcliff.bsky.social is working hard on curating the ones he took on the day and they will be added shortly.

You heard it here first, SteelCon 2027 will (probably) be on July 16-18. We still need to sign paperwork and check the party venue, but those dates are looking good.

Had fun putting a bunch of @covertswarm.bsky.social stickers on the @steelcon.info swag stall

Our brilliant ice cream suppliers, @ourcowmolly.bsky.social have a new project, reMooable Energy. They are turning farm waste into electricity and fertiliser They are trying to raise £600k to get it all up and running and need people to invest, can you spare £5? www.sheffieldenergy.works/remooable

Someone asked about washing the bowls, I've checked and they are dishwasher safe for the top shelf.

A final count of the Swag Stall cash gave us a grand total of £350.90 + 3 euro. JustGiving is currently at £816. Even if you aren't gonig to donate, it is worth having a look just for the comments. www.justgiving.com/page/steelco...

Left a present for the goods bay team who handled all the swag for us and for security for putting up with all the requests to lock and unlock doors. Got to keep the venue happy.

I have left lunch so officially calling time on this year's event. Thank you everyone for coming along, it's been a really good few days. Videos and photos will be online as soon as we can manage it. See you all next year

End of con lunch

Clappy Monkey Warhammer in full swing. Building Gundam and painting Tyranids. Thanks Element Games

Starting the journey home after @steelcon.info , another great conference run by their crew.

We're only a few weeks away and tickets are going fast, so if you've been considering picking one up, now's a great time! Get yours here: hackglasgow.live/tickets

With the kicky ball game finally finished we've been kicked out of the Workstation so Saturday con is over. Just Clappy Monkey Warhammer and lunch left to go in the morning. Hope everyone got/gets home safe.

See, that's what they should do for the @steelcon.info afterparty: a big pitcher of Pimms. - @vickyjo.bsky.social #VickyLeaks

Standard introductory @steelcon.info for @grommoss.bsky.social (now he finally made it to one).

So good to see so many old friends again, and make new ones today. @steelcon.info remains a constant happy place for me.

It's time for guess the Lewis! How many foam hands, nearest gets 2 beer tokens! Comment below

Big queue to into Adversary by Neil L

Excellent photo rotation and placement for these two pics in the @steelcon.info brochure. @infosecmo.bsky.social step away from the Our Cow Molly

Forgot to mention in the opening, track 3 12-1 we have a change of speaker, David Z is now doing Framework led cyber security.

Best of luck to out Northern cousin @steelcon.info with their event today! If you're lucky enough to be going, enjoy! #SteelCon #Hackers

Just been in on one of @ministraitor.bsky.social "how to run av" into sessions. He is so thorough it's amazing.

Day one complete. A couple of minor hiccups but everyone got through it in one piece

Poor John from @antisyphontraining.bsky.social hasn't even had time to tidy his boxes before attendees are all over his booth

The workshops are off to a good start. It's warm, but everyone is coping so far.

Signage from the uni hasn't gone out so come in through the main doors, down to level 2, across the atrium and through the right hand doors.

The hacker run will be heading out for its annual 5k (ish) on Friday evening at about 7. Meet us in the Roebuck if you want to come along. All welcome, no one left behind.

More swag, I don't know what is in this bundle, the delivery driver sent it to prove delivery but I don't know which company he was from.

Saturday night challenge for you all, Hacker AI Karaoke. For anyone coming to our after party you need to get AI to create a hacker themed song, either from scratch or rewriting an existing one.All songs will be played at the party and the best one will win a prize. Either you can sing it or the AI