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Schedule

Schedule

On April 16th 2025, BSides Lancashire, in partnership with Lancaster University, will take place at the George Fox Lecture Theatre at Lancaster University. You can access a map of the venue here.

The schedule is still under development and we might change things!

Thunder Stage

09:30 – Opening – The BSides Lancashire Team

10:00 – Keynote – Kat “rnbwkat” Fitzgerald

10:30 – Virtual Assistants, Real Threats: The Cyber Risks of Corporate AI Chatbots – Victor Onyenagubom

11:00 – Break

11:30 – [To be announced]

12:05 – Dead Man’s PLC: Ransoming the Physical World via Operational Technology – Ric Derbyshire

12:40 – Will reCAPTCHA be enough: Securing Websites in an AI-Driven World – Helen Oluyemi

13:00 – Lunch

14:30 – So you want to be a baiter? – Wayne May

15:05 – CASE0001: The Inside Man – Pete Neve

15:40 – Counterintuitive Outcomes in OffSec Consulting Simon Chapman

16:00 – Break

16:30 – Siri, Are You Spying on Me? – David Lodge

17:00 – Panel – [To be announced]

17:45 – Closing and Awards

Lightning Stage

10:30 Weaponisation of Misinformation in Democratic Nations Anuska Kundu

10:50 – Fortifying Modern Supply Chains: Strategic Cybersecurity Imperatives for the Digital Era – Nathalie Takpah

11:10 – DFIR to DFCE – Eliza May Austin

11:30 – Break

12:00 – The Magic of Cyber – Andrew Lucas

12:20 – Besties and Bastards: So your developers hate you, what next? – Katie Paxton Fear

12:45 – Et Tu CISO? – Ian Thornton Trump

13:00 – Lunch

14:30 – Love Letter to Legacy – Gerald Benischke

14:55 – Securing the Future: Hardware Engineering for Resilient IoT Systems – Victor Oriakhi

15:15 – Know Thyself: Exploring Personal Risk Appetite Through OSINT – Greta Caikinaite

15: 35 – Data Poisoning and the Security of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Professor Joe Burton

16:00 – Break

16:30 – Gateway to IoT – Rob McLellan

Workshop

14:30 – Cyber Management Workshop

Villages

SOC Village
Infosec Battle Bots
Sticker Stall

After Party

Fireside Chat with Chris Roberts Barker House Farm

Join us at the Afterparty at Barker House Farm, a short walk from the venue.