BSidesDayton

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BSidesDayton brings together security professionals, researchers, students, and hackers for a day of learning, sharing, and hands-on exploration. Expect real conversations, practical knowledge, and a welcoming community focused on advancing security.

Tickets will NOT be sold at the door. You must buy your tickets in advance of the event.

If you are an active high school or college student, please contact us for a $10 off discount code.
2026 Theme: “Going Offline”: Decentralize, Disconnect, DIY.

There will be ample free parking avaliable at the venue. Tickets include breakfast, lunch, snacks, and non-alcoholic drinks such as water, coffee, and soda. The ticket also includes access to the after party, which will be at a different location.

BSidesDayton 2026 | Saturday, May 23, 2026 | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Fairborn City Church, 206 W. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd., Fairborn, OH

Details may still shift check https://bsidesdayton.com for the live schedule.

Only the main track is recorded. Villages run hands-on throughout the day alongside the talks.

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MAIN TRACK

9:30 AM Welcome and Keynote (speaker not yet announced)

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Don't Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites

Annie Dai

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

You've Probably Never Heard of the Reticulum Network

Guy Royse

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

These aren't the Providers you are looking for: Compromising pipelines with Evil Terraform

Dakota Riley

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Definitely Not Secure (DNS)

Matt Scheurer

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Managing Third-Party Risk

Dave Hatter

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

P0wning the Narrative: How I learned to alter reality and why compelling stories are more important than objective truth

Bryan K. Fite

5:00 PM

Closing Address

5:30 PM

After Party at Wandering Griffin Brewery and Restaurant (5:30 PM to 10:00 PM). Hors d'oeuvres, non-alcoholic drinks, networking. More on the After Party page on the site.

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SECONDARY TRACK (offline track, not recorded)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

A typhoon of Problems | A short brief on Silk Typhoon's History and TTPs

Mason Herzner

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Agentic AI K*ll Chain

Martin Voelk

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Session 4 (not yet announced)

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

You guys are getting paid? A story of how I got into hardware hacking.

Jeremy Hong

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

A Standard For Investigative Playbooks

Matthew Gracie

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VILLAGES (throughout the day)

Call Center Village. Voice-centric social engineering, AI call agents and live operators. Escalation Desk CTF, Learning Line demos, Demarcation Demo, interactive phone booth.

Radio Village. SDR, amateur radio, and RF with affordable hardware and free tools.

P25 Radio Village. APCO Project 25, DVMProject demos, Pi hotspots, FNE demos, encryption and key management on retired public safety gear.

Sticker Heist. Team-based cybersecurity heist on a protected safe sticker loot scenario.

Reactor Control Village.

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