Call For Papers
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WHAT: ROOTCON 20 Call For Papers
WHEN: September 23, 24 & 25, 2026
WHERE: Royce Hotel & Casino, Clark, Pampanga
DEADLINE: June 20, 2026
Submission Form
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ROOTCON 20 is a milestone year, and we want the stage to reflect the people who built this community.
If you’ve been working on something interesting, ran into a weird bug, built a tool, broke something (on purpose), or learned something the hard way — that’s already a good start. You don’t need a “perfect” talk. You just need something real to share.
What We’re Looking For
Pretty much anything in security, as long as it’s useful and honest.- Offensive security, red team work
- Blue team, detection, defense
- Incident response stories (the messy ones are welcome)
- Malware, reversing, weird samples
- Cloud, IoT, hardware
- AI — how it’s used, abused, or misunderstood
- Tools you built or techniques you figured out
- Anything that made you stop and go, “okay, that’s interesting”
If people can learn from it, it fits.
Terms Of Speaker Engagement
1. I understand that the presentation will done by the primary and co-speaker.2. I understand that ROOTCON will be providing all equipments as sited in the presentation information.
3. I understand that ROOTCON will not be held responsible for all other expenses not sited in the presentation information.
4. I understand that ROOTCON will not disclose speaker personal and contact information unless otherwise stated.
5. I understand that primary and co-speaker needs to provide disclaimer and or full-disclosure notice should his/her presentation contains explicit hacking exposure.
6. I understand that my CFP submission will be selected according to uniqueness of topic and relation to the theme.
7. In the event the primary and co-speaker wishes to change his/her topic it must be communicated to the CFP team by sending an email to cfp /at/ rootcon dot org one (1) month prior to the conference.
8. Speakers are advised to check-in at the venue at least one (1) day before the conference proper and or one (1) day before his/her scheduled presentation.
9. Under any circumstances the speaker wishes to back-out he/she should inform the CFP team at least one (1) month prior to the conference.
10. If you are selected your final presentation should be sent to cfp /at/ rootcon dot org one (1) month prior to the conference.
Remuneration Agreement
1. The ROOTCON Speaker Badge, entitles you to the following:a. Conference Swags
b. Meals, snacks and drinks provided at the plenary.
c. Speaker Token (subject to change without prior notice)
d. Access to ROOTCON Post-con party and other invite only parties.
e. Certificate of Speaking Engagement. (By request)
2. Airfare (N/A)
ROOTCON does not offer airfare for both domestic and international speakers. We only offer airport transfer from Manila International Airport to the conference venue and vice versa.
3. Accommodation
For both domestic and international speakers only the primary speaker gets TWO nights accommodation, room sharing with co-speaker is allowed.