

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.