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.

    Thursday 29th October

  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

    Whisky & Wood, 1/60 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington 6011

    5. Friday 30th October

  5. 9:00am - 9:15am

    Sput Welcomes the Combined Badasses

  6. 9:15am - 10:15am

    Want me to take it from here? Changing how we work, live, and relate to the criminal justice system

    Dylan Ayrey & Michael Nolan
  7. 10:00am - 5:00pm

    Locksport

    Renouf Foyer
  8. 10:00am - 5:00pm

    Capture The Flag (CTF)

    Renouf Foyer
  9. 10:15am - 10:30am

    The Cost of Stunt Cryptography

    Peter Gutmann
  10. 10:30am - 11:15am

    Morning Break

  11. 10:30am - 11:15am

    Panel: Getting into the cybers

    The Whimsical Panel MC
  12. 11:45am - 12:15pm

    Vulnerability Research: how to get started hacking anything

    Jim Rush
  13. 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    A SecOps manager, an epidemiologist and a bacterium walk into a bar

    Izzi
  14. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Lunch Break

  15. 1:45pm - 2:30pm

    Breaking Bad Routers: 6 Vendors, 6 Shells, 0 Days

    MrBruh
  16. 2:30pm - 3:00pm

    Much Ado About "n/a": The Tragedy of CVE5 Data Quality

    Jess Lowe
  17. 3:00pm - 3:30pm

    How to have a successful failure

    D.Roc & Smiling Dragon
  18. 3:30pm - 4:15pm

    Afternoon Break (Day 1)

  19. 4:15pm - 4:30pm

    My Accidental Neopets Crime Ring

    Zelle Marcovicci
  20. 4:30pm - 5:00pm

    Inside NZ's Digital Identity Stack (And How Do You Even Test This Thing?)

    Nick von Dadelszen
  21. 5:00pm - 5:30pm

    Troubleshooting to SYSTEM: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows Diagnostics

    Ben Wilson
  22. 5:30pm - 5:45pm

    See ya tomorrow, nerds

  23. 7:00pm - 10:00pm

    Heckin' Hackers go to the Movies

    The Michael Fowler Centre

    24. Saturday 31th October

  24. 9:00am - 9:15am

    Hello Day 2!

  25. 9:00am - 1:30pm

    Capture The Flag (CTF)

    Renouf Foyer
  26. 9:00am - 4:00pm

    Locksport

    Renouf Foyer
  27. 9:15am - 10:00am

    Red Teaming is dead. Long live Red Teaming.

    notnotcharlie & Tim Goddard (pruby)
  28. 10:00am - 10:30am

    DIY Sovereign Cloud or: How I Learned to Stop Using Hyperscalers

    Shlee
  29. 10:30am - 11:15am

    Morning Break

  30. 11:15am - 11:45am

    Building Leviathans

    Robbie Litchfield
  31. 11:45am - 12:15pm

    How Is Red Team Infra Formed

    Adam 'feabell' Bell
  32. 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    Kubernetes, it's no longer cool, but let's secure it anyway

    Bea Hughes
  33. 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Lunch Break

  34. 12:45pm - 1:30pm

    Panel: Getting into the cybers

    The Whimsical Panel MC
  35. 12:45pm - 3:00pm

    Kuracon

    Lion Harborview
  36. 1:45pm - 2:00pm

    plz don't hallucinate my childhood

    John
  37. 2:00pm - 2:30pm

    Heed The Wizard's Warnings - Burnout mitigation strategies & observability advice for Yourself-as-a-Service

    The Wizard
  38. 2:30pm - 3:00pm

    Finding vibe leaked API keys every day

    "Alex"
  39. 3:00pm - 3:45pm

    Afternoon Break

  40. 3:45pm - 4:15pm

    ML-KEM in TLS

    Ostap Cherkashin
  41. 4:15pm - 4:45pm

    What's in ya tubs

    richö butts
  42. 4:45pm - 5:00pm

    Closing Thanks & Awards

  43. 5:00pm - 5:15pm

    See ya later, alligators

  44. 5:15pm - 7:15pm

    Afterparty

    TBD