The conference will be divided into two parts, held at the the first two and last two days, respectively. The first part will be the core conference with business attendees, where the presentations will take place. On days three to four, the workshops and lightning talks will be held. The first two days are splitted into two tracks (main / security). The submissions can be of the following kinds:

Day 1 & 2

• Slides submissions only: The submission of the slides can include a non-final presentation but should contain enough information for a first review (abstract). The topic of the presentation can't change after submission. The slides should be presented at the conference with a 30 minutes presentation followed by max. of 10 minutes Q&A.
• Paper and slides submissions: Short paper submission of up to 10 pages are to be delivered as PDF document, containing a short abtract and the actual content. Papers can be of one, but not more than two columns. There is no restriction on the number of illustrations. The paper should be presented at the conference with a 30 minutes presentation followed by max. of 10 minutes Q&A.

Day 3 & 4

• Lightning Talks: Abstract submission only (up to one page) as PDF document, decribing the topic of the talk. Lightning Talks  are planned to take max. 15 minutes each.
• Workshops: Abstract submission only (up to two pages) as PDF document, decribing the topic of the workshop. Workshops are planned to take 60 minutes each (if more time is required, send request in advance by mail)

Abstract for all submissions should be appropriate for the announcement in the conference program.

All submissions can be updated later on and will be fully peer-reviewed in multiple stages by the program chairs.

It is a requirement that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference.

Every accepted submission gets a ticket refund for one speaker.