CFP

               In this year of our Lord, two thousand and eleven

                               THE KIWICON CRUE

               by permission and under the immediate patronage of
 
                        THE NEW ZEALAND HACKER COMMUNITY
 
          kindly endowed by the baroque financial manoeuvrings of the

                            MT GOX BITCOIN EXCHANGE

                     for the purposes of bestowing upon the

                             INQUISITIVE ATTENDEE

                 the foremost developments within the field of 

                             INFORMATION SECURITY

                        while palpably beholden to both 

                             EMPIRICISM AND LULZ

                   do grandly and without prejudice present a 

                              SPECTACULAR REVUE

                                on the eve of 

                        WICKED AND INIQUITOUS REVOLUTION

    within the majestic and generously proportioned halls of none other than 

                           THE WELLINGTON OPERA HOUSE

                     the extraordinary extravaganza that is 
 
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         |____|  \___| November 5-6, Wellington, NZ     \_____/         
      

                                   featuring

      LEARNED WORKS   |    CHARMING ANECDOTES     |      CRAFTED BEVERAGES
                   PONTIFICATION          |       DERRYNGE DO 
      COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE NATURE OF THESE MODERN AND DEGENERATE TIMES

                                      over

                                    TWO DAYS

              and with sideshow attractions suitable for all ages

         BEARDED MEN   |   FEARSOME LADIES    |     DEVIOUS INSTRUMENTS 

        and with the participation of such manifestly fine personages as

                                    YOURSELF

                                     for a 

                              MOST REASONABLE SUM

                approximating that of previous seminars, namely

                                 SIXTY DOLLARS

       notwithstanding the wherewithal of finer folk who may procure by

                                 BLIND AUCTION

                           the stately comforts of a 

                                    BOX SEAT

      from whence to assist both stage and stalls with understanding their

                               VALUABLE OPINION.

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          To facilitate the arrangement of these proceedings, the Crue
                        most earnestly solicits in this

                                CALL FOR PAPERS

               proposals from our esteemed constituency to address 
 
                               TOPICS OF INTEREST

                          suggested but not limited to


     - Annoying, Mildly Persistent, Slightly Threatening, Threats. (AMPSTT) 
  - Hacking Security Guys Wives Facebook Profiles Via Sophisticated Techniques
                     - Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies 
                           - Assassination Lotteries  
                 - Common Criteria, EAL Certification, FIPS/TAA 
                      - The Great Sony Network CTF Contest
                             - Pastebin Harvesting 
                                - Mass Trolling 
                    - Manipulation of Online Voting Systems
                       - Circumventing the 3-strikes Law 
                                  - Phlogiston
                            - Unlawful Interception
                           - SIGINT / COMINT / ELINT
    - Computer Associates Secure Product Life-cycle Development Methodology 
         - The Mastery of Cyberspace (for the Security of New Zealand)
                                    - SCADA 
                          - Circumventing Data Diodes
       - LOIC and Other Sophisticated Techniques for DOS'ing the NZ .govt
                          - Owling in a Secure Fashion
                           - Conversational Hypnosis
                    - Anything Prefixed with teh word Cyber
       - Government Approved Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Standard Build


               and requests that these submissions be received by
                         cfp@kiwicon.org no later than 

                               1 OCTOBER 2011 NZST

                          including but not limited to

                                - A Snappy Title 
                                 - Name / Nick
                               - A Brief Synopsis
                                 - A Biography
                            - Your geographic origin
                       - Expected duration (5-90 minutes)


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                                      your

                                    COMPUTER

                                  and consider

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                                     humbly

                            THE KIWICON CRUE, 2011AD

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