2018 Pass the SALT has currently reached this stage:
November, 2018 : announcement of the 2019 edition
December 14, 2018 : opening of the Call For Papers
March 31, 2019 : closing of the Call For Paper
April 15, 2019 : notification to the speakers
April 30, 2019 : publication of the program
Mid May, 2019 : opening of the booking interface
(entrance is free but due to the capacity of the room, booking is required).
July 1-3, 2019 : the conference :-)
conference start: Monday July, 1nd 2019 2:00PM
conference end: Wednesday July, 3th 2019 5:00PM
venue: Polytech Lille engineer school
address: Avenue Paul Langevin
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq
map: Openstreetmap / Google Maps
For lunch, 2 food trucks will be available at the conference site (parking in front of the main entrance). Restaurants and food stands are also available at a 7 minutes walk from the conference site, near the Pierre Mauroy stadium (OpenStreetMap / Google Maps).
Polytech is ~20 min away from the center of Lille using the metro line 1 ("4 Cantons Stade Pierre Mauroy" stop).
The last meters are the easy part. On the roundabout near the metro stop, the direction to Polytech school (conference location) is indicated, just follow the "Polytech Lille" on the traffic signs.
Important: note that these trains require reservation, book your ticket ahead of time!
To book trains in Belgium : https://www.b-europe.com/EN
To book trains in France : https://en.oui.sncf/en/
take TGV train to Lille Europe or Lille Flandres stations : 1 hour
take TGV train at Charles de Gaulle 2 train station inside the airport
to Lille Europe station : 50 min.
use a national train to reach Brussels Midi station (30-40 min) - note: sometimes the signs only mention Zuidstation which means Brussels Midi station in Dutch! - and then ...
take a TGV or Thalys or Eurostar train to Lille Europe station : 35 min
Talks will be about Free Software and Security.
All the talks shall be given in English so as to open the conference to non-French speaking speakers in the most comfortable manner.
Let have a look at the schedule of this 2019 edition
which will host 26 talks, grouped in 7 sessions :)
For its second edition, Pass the SALT will hosted 9 workshops to discover new security-related free software projects.
Network security, theat intel and IAM.
Come to discover and practice!
Exchange experiences, create new relationships with approachable attendees or speakers. People have very different profiles: hackitivists, professional security reversers, Free Software enthusiasts, etc. All of that in a warm and open-minded ambiance :)
Pass the SALT is bring to you by a small but enthusiast and dedicated team:
core team : @cbrocas, @doegox, @follc and @moutane
on-site volunteers: @_cryptocorn_, @acervoise, @cdpointpoint, @Sebdraven, @PapaZours and Simon
local Polytech contacts: Benjamin Richez
video team: @ubicast_video
Hosting kindly provided by OVH and TLS certificate by Let's Encrypt.Thanks!
Resources : EN sponsoring document | FR sponsoring document
