Cybersecurity research and practice

Frame a presentation around a specific vulnerability class or attack pattern your research has uncovered—VULNCON attendees want concrete technical findings they can apply to their defense strategies, not theoretical frameworks

Position your submission as a practitioner's retrospective on lessons learned from a real incident or security failure, since the conference explicitly seeks both researchers AND practitioners—this bridges the academic-operations gap that many security events fail to address

Propose a panel or discussion format that directly challenges current industry assumptions about a widespread security practice (vulnerability disclosure, threat modeling, supply chain defense)—VULNCON's emphasis on 'sparking conversations' suggests they're actively seeking debate-worthy positions