The 2014 USENIX Summit on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec '14) will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, in conjunction with the 23nd USENIX Security Symposium in San Diego, CA. HotSec aims to bring together researchers across computer security disciplines to discuss the state of the art, with emphasis on future directions and emerging areas.

Progress in the field of computer security is driven by a symbiotic relationship between our understandings of attack and of defense. The 8th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT ’14) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in systems security to present research advancing the understanding of attacks on operating systems, networks, and applications. The daylong program includes 17 refereed paper presentations on...

EVT/WOTE brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines, ranging from computer science and human-computer interaction experts through political scientists, legal experts, election administrators, and voting equipment vendors. Monday, August 18, 2014 8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Monday Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Monday Welcome Walter Mebane, University of Michigan, and Dan S. Wallach, Rice University 9:15 a.m....

CSET focuses on the science of cyber security evaluation, as well as experimentation, measurement, metrics, data, and simulations as those subjects relate to computer and network security and privacy. The day-long program includes: Paper presentations on exploit testing and quantitative security evaluation metrics Morning Panel Discussion on “Cybersecurity Experimentation of the Future” Closing Panel Discussion on “Human Enga...

FOCI '14 seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners working on means to study, detect, or circumvent practices that inhibit free and open communications on the Internet.

The USENIX Summit on Gaming, Games and Gamification in Security Education (3GSE '14), to be co-located with USENIX Security '14, is designed to bring together educators and game designers working in the growing field of digital games, non-digital games, pervasive games, gamification, contests, and competitions for computer security education. The summit will attempt to represent, through invited talks, panels, and demonstrations, a variety of...

The EXCEL Training Conference is sponsored by the EEOC's Training Institute. In its 17th year, EXCEL is the premier national training conference for private and federal sector EEO managers, supervisors, practitioners, HR professionals, attorneys and ADR specialists. The employer community, both the private and public sector, will gain invaluable knowledge for making those tough HR decisions! Join us at EXCEL 2014 as we celebrate the 50th Anniv...

The San Diego Chapter of NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association) is proud to present the NDIA 26th Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event "Celebrating 50 Years of Small Business Innovation and Technology Leading to the Next 50 Years". The purpose of Gold Coast is to provide a forum to educate, guide, and assist businesses, especially small businesses, in working with the government, primarily the Department of Defense. NDIA is...

IDGA’s 4th Annual Border Management Southwest will bring together all relevant stakeholders to discuss the most pressing issues facing the Department of Homeland Security, from efforts to build new partnerships to modernizing security capabilities. Policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement and industry partners will gather in Tucson to network, share best practices and explore potential paths to fortify the United States...

The Aerospace Medical Association’s 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in San Diego, CA. This year’s theme is “Exploring the Frontiers of Aerospace Medicine Human Performance.” Based upon the responses to a survey provided at the end of the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, IL, our members indicated a need for more information in six major categories: 1) Human Performance/Human Factors, 2) Aerospace Me...