REVULN 21 Bangkok
Call for Speakers / Call for Papers
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REVULN 21 Bangkok is an international conference taking
place on 9-10 September 2021 in Bangkok (Thailand) at
Ibis Styles Bangkok Sukhumvit Phra Khanong.

This event does not have any sponsors and it's meant for
invited guests only. No marketing or promotion.
REVULN's goal is sharing knowledge and connecting people.
Information and FAQ on https://revuln.com/21bangkok

We are looking for 10 international speakers with english
presentations of about 35 minutes.
The whole slot is 45 minutes inclusive of questions.

CFP deadline: 31 July 2021.

The conference is focused on the following main topic
with presentations covering countries and areas of Asia:


Social media monitoring and online censorship evasion
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- Social media intelligence (SOCMINT)
- Open source intelligence (OSINT)
- social media surveillance for public security
- presentations from departments of police forces
- case studies of crimes prevented by police via SOCMINT
- overview of social networks and their monitoring
- usage of machine learning (AI) in SNS monitoring
- usage of natural language processing (NLP) in SNS
- interaction with social networks in taking down content
- response time to execute take-down requests from police
- law enforcement response teams of social networks
- DNS and routes blacklists for blocking websites
- monitoring deep and dark web for fake news and protests
- monitoring and OSINT techniques on communication apps
- privacy laws and restrictions on monitoring activities
- monitoring of media outlets against their fake news
- controls against infodemic causing fake news and panic
- examples of nation-state censorship in countries
- status of surveillance and censorship in the countries
- online activism and protests, how they organize and act
- hacking attacks as form of activism and real effects
- usage of social media for propaganda and disinformation
- mesh networks, peer-to-peer and alternative networks
- privacy solutions for journalists and non-tech users
- examples of past and current attacks to SNS networks
- examples of censorship evasions against network filters
- historic examples of censorship evasions techniques
- overview of features, safety and userbase of chat apps
- weaknesses in cryptographic tools and algorithms
- overview of tools and solutions for censorship evasion
- role of Hong Kong protests as example abroad
- role of international NGOs in "fueling" movements
- different bias of local and foreign media in doing news


Open topic (last day)
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- anything like cybersecurity, journalism, freedom of
  information, intelligence, cryptography, data analysis,
  cyber resiliency, data privacy, censorship, activism,
  technologies in law enforcement, and so on


We are interested in:

- your personal experience, work and research
- anything related to your country and region
- statistics, case studies, data, facts and conclusions
- comprehensible content clearly designed and presented
  for people with limited knowledge of a country or topic
- different points of views and unusual aspects


We are NOT interested in:

- marketing and promotional stuff, products or services
- pointless presentations without any real content
- live demonstrations or talks requiring Internet access
- generic overview of tools and info as in similar talks
- strong political opinions, we need facts and neutrality


Max two speakers for each presentation.


Speakers benefits (for each presentation)
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- Accommodation in twin room for 3 nights with breakfast:
  checkin 8 - checkout 11 September.
  This benefit is meant for the presentations of the main
  topic only (NOT the open topic) and for speakers
  outside Bangkok

- Admission to the conference for two speakers or one
  speaker and one colleague

- Suggest people (or positions in organizations) you wish
  to meet at the event, we may invite them on our own



How to apply
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Send an email to info@revuln.com.
It must contain the following information in text only:

- Honorific title (Mr, Ms or professional title)

- First Name (given name)

- Last name (family name)

- Nickname (if any)

- Personal website, blog, Github

- Company website

- Social contacts: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, QQ, ...

- Job position and employer (if you represent a company)
  or University (if you are a student, prof. or PhD)
  or independent (just yourself)

- Brief biography, something about you and your work

- Title of the presentation

- Description / abstract, max 500 words
  (this is a Call for Presentations, no paper requested)

- Main points of the presentation, just an idea

- Have you already presented this talk at other events?

- Optional links about similar material and papers online

- Optional links to documents that you would like to be
  shared with the attendees during the conference

- Optional names/contacts of people who may have
  knowledge, research and interest in these topics

We ever acknowledge the received submissions, if you get
no reply from us please get in touch via social networks.


The PDF slides of the selected presentations will be
shared with the attendees of the conference during/after
the event, and later published on our website (please let
us know if you prefer to not publish the slides).

Contact us for any question, on LinkedIn and Twitter too:
https://linkedin.com/in/aluigi
https://twitter.com/luigi_auriemma
https://twitter.com/revuln
https://telegram.me/revuln
(try searching the ID revuln on other social networks)

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