BSides Ottawa2026
A grassroots cybersecurity conference built for the people who break things, defend things, research things, question things, and occasionally wonder who controls the stack in the first place.
Save Your Seat.
Tickets for BSides Ottawa 2026 are on sale now. Join us November 19–20 for two days of talks, villages, hands-on activities, challenges and cybersecurity community in the National Capital Region.
More Than
Another Conference.
Talks are only part of it. BSides Ottawa brings together hands-on activities, villages, challenges, research, discussion, and the people who make Ottawa's cybersecurity community what it is.
BSides Ottawa 2026
The main event. Talks, conversations, challenges, villages and a lot of smart people in one place.
Enter Event Site ↗ [ 02 ]Call For Papers
Have an idea, lesson, failure, discovery or technical rabbit hole worth sharing? We want to hear it.
CFP Is Open → [ 03 ]Villages + Activities
Get hands-on with lockpicking, malware, embedded systems, defence, policy, CTFs and more.
Pick Your Rabbit Hole →BSides is made out of people.
BSides Ottawa is a grassroots-driven cybersecurity unconference powered by volunteers and brought to you by Hackers 4 Karma (H4K), a registered Canadian not-for-profit organization.
We create an open, inclusive place for researchers, practitioners, students, government professionals, defenders, breakers, builders and curious people to exchange ideas without needing a giant expo hall or a corporate sales pitch.
Come teach something. Come learn something. Come meet the person whose weirdly specific research interest overlaps with yours.
BSides Ottawa // Keynotes Explore The Villages.
Don't spend the whole conference sitting in a chair. Build something, break something, solve something or learn a skill you weren't expecting to learn.
Got Something
Worth Sharing?
BSides works because people bring ideas to the room. First talk or fiftieth, deeply technical or stubbornly human: if you've learned something worth discussing, pitch it.
View The Call For Papers →Community Doesn't Self-Compile.
BSides Ottawa exists because people contribute time, expertise, resources and support. There are plenty of ways to get involved.
Help Keep BSides Awesome.
Sponsorship helps us create an accessible, community-driven event without losing the character that makes BSides worth showing up for.
Become Part Of The Crew.
BSides Ottawa is powered by volunteers. If you'd rather help build the conference than simply attend it, there is room for you here.
BSides Is Not Once A Year.
The conference is the big gathering. The community keeps running the rest of the year.
Show Up.
Say Hello.
BSides Ottawa Meetups are volunteer-driven gatherings for learning, discussion and meeting other people in the cybersecurity community.
Student, researcher, government professional, industry veteran, career-changer or curious newcomer: you're welcome.
How To
Get Here.
No VPN required. BSides Ottawa takes place at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre.
Ottawa Conference
& Event Centre
200 Coventry Road
Ottawa, ON K1K 4S3