Schedule

Welcome to the Kawaiicon schedule! In an attempt to save some trees, this year we're going ~all digital~, and that means no booklets.

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Thursday 6^th November

1. 12:00pm - 4:00pm

   Pre-reg Pick-up

   The Michael Fowler Centre
2. 1:45pm - 3:45pm

   Kākācon

   Zealandia
3. 5:00pm - 8:00pm

   Cutting-edge VIP Gig

   If you know, you know
4. 5:00pm - 8:00pm

   Girl Geek Dinner

   St Johns Bar and Restaurant, 5 Cable St

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Friday 7^th November

5. 9:00am - 9:15am

   Sput Welcomes the Combined Badasses

6. 9:00am - 5:00pm

   Locksport

   Renouf Foyer
7. 9:00am - 5:00pm

   The Enigma Machine and Cold War Capture the Flag starts

   FC Foyer
8. 9:00am - 5:00pm

   Cyber Attack Chain: The Card Game starts

   Renouf Foyer
9. 9:00am - 5:00pm

   BlackBox Zero

   Renouf Foyer
10. 9:15am - 10:00am

    nothing we do matters (so it can’t hurt to try!)

    elle armageddon
11. 10:00am - 10:30am

    The high-stakes cat-and-mouse game of phishing

    Jacob
12. 10:00am - 5:00pm

    Micro CTF

    Renouf Foyer
13. 10:30am - 11:15am

    Morning Break

14. 10:30am - 11:15am

    Security Vibe Check: Which Malware Are You?

    Jess Lowe
15. 11:15am - 11:45am

    Breached by a Ten Foot Clown

    Lozza
16. 11:45am - 12:15pm

    Ransom Ain't Goin' Nowhere: Shutting down macOS ransomware with native Apple protections

    Calum Hall
17. 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    Getting down and dirty with SBOMs

    Colby Prior
18. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Lunch Break

19. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Industry Panel (Day 1)

    MC Ethan
20. 1:45pm - 2:15pm

    How I Found Two Zero-Days in ASUS's Software as a Junior Pentester

    MrBruh
21. 2:15pm - 2:45pm

    Is My Job Even Real? Bullshit Jobs in Infosec

    errbufferoverfl
22. 2:45pm - 3:15pm

    The Future of Social Media: An Optimistic Take

    Jon Bell
23. 3:15pm - 4:00pm

    Afternoon Break (Day 1)

24. 4:00pm - 4:30pm

    Weaponising XSS for Red Teams

    Jesse and Noah
25. 4:30pm - 5:00pm

    Model Context Protocol is Insecure by Design

    Jesse Merhi
26. 5:00pm - 5:30pm

    Stunt Hackers and Engineers and the dawn of LOUD

    Wade Winright
27. 5:30pm - 5:45pm

    See ya tomorrow, nerds

28. 7:00pm - 10:00pm

    Heckin' Hackers go to the Movies

    The Michael Fowler Centre

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Saturday 8^th November

29. 9:00am - 9:05am

    Hello Day 2!

30. 9:00am - 12:00pm

    Locksport

    Renouf Foyer
31. 9:00am - 3:45pm

    Micro CTF

    Renouf Foyer
32. 9:05am - 9:45am

    The Enigma Machine - live demo'd and explained

    Mike Pritchard
33. 9:45am - 10:15am

    Reversing Bytecode into Bounties: Uncovering Vulnerabilities in Jira and Confluence Plugins

    Giuliana & Jamal
34. 10:15am - 11:00am

    Morning Break

35. 10:15am - 11:00am

    Industry Panel (Day 2)

    MC Ethan
36. 11:00am - 11:45am

    Why Quantum Cryptanalysis is Bollocks

    Peter Gutmann
37. 11:45am - 12:15pm

    let’s make malware but it might get caught so the malware gets worse ☣️

    Alex
38. 12:00pm - 4:00pm

    Kuracon

    Lion Harborview
39. 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    Those Who Do Not Learn from Advisories Are Doomed to Repeat Them

    Louis Nyffenegger
40. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Lunch Break

41. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Predicting C64 chiptunes with PREFRAMR: Predicting Register Encoded Frames Rendered As Musical Results

    Josh Bailey
42. 1:45pm - 2:00pm

    From Plug to Pwn

    Kylie McDevitt
43. 2:00pm - 2:15pm

    What Permaculture Design Taught Me About Security

    Laura Wratten
44. 2:15pm - 2:30pm

    Who's the Bose?

    \@adamparsonz
45. 2:30pm - 3:00pm

    Disregard Buzzwords - Effectively Building Secure Stuff

    Adrian Hayes
46. 3:00pm - 3:45pm

    Afternoon Break

47. 3:45pm - 4:15pm

    Buzzkill: How using hacker tools can get you owned

    Justin Steven
48. 4:15pm - 4:45pm

    Responding to an ITW Chrome Sandbox Escape (Twice!)

    Alex Gough
49. 4:45pm - 5:15pm

    How to use God Mode in Windows

    James Spicer
50. 5:15pm - 5:30pm

    See ya later, alligators

51. 5:30pm - 7:30pm

    Afterparty

    TBD