2025 Dates && Call for Proposals Live!
Hello friends,
The wheels are in motion. Your favorite community hacker conference will be holding its third event:
BSides CambridgeMA 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 0830 - 1330
The Center for Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Avenue, Somerville MA
(!!) Call for Proposals is live right now (!!)
Important dates:
- Call for Proposals goes live - TODAY
- Submission deadline for proposals - June 30, 2025
- Registration opens - August 1, 2025
- The Conference Itself - October 4, 2025
I’m very excited about the new elements in the CFP this year. There are two major changes I’d like to highlight:
1) We have added a Workshops portion to the conference, with the intent to create an opportunity for skill-sharing and hands-on practice with security and privacy tools.
2) We are no longer accepting proposals for closed-source or proprietary software or systems that exist exclusively to serve for-profit corporations.
If you’re reading this right now, I strongly encourage you (yes YOU) to look at the list of suggested topics at the bottom of the CFP. Very good odds that there’s something on that list that you know a lot about. This is a great opportunity to share that knowledge with the community in a very concrete and impactful way. Think about it, then send us a proposal for a talk or workshop!
Stay safe out there.
Yours,
Serious Business
Founding Organizer