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HISTORY of BSIDES SEATTLE
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2012 – BSides Seattle started, as with so many great things, with a conversation over good food. We knew Seattle needed a conference, and a small group of hackers was determined to make it happen. The first year, we had 150 participants in a day of talks + two hands-on workshops.

2013 – The popularity from our first year expands the conference to two speaking tracks as well as workshops with 160 participants.

2014 - BSides moved to its current location of the Microsoft Conference Center.

2015/2016 – The addition of community villages expanded our offering & we hosted 285 attendees.

2017 - Increased college outreach program, with a goal of getting more students connected with industry mentors, 360+ Participants.

2018 – New electronic badges were integrated with the hardware hacking village; with over 470 participants.

2019 – Responded to a snowpocolyse and all the fun stuff that comes with 8 inches of snow forcing the event to move dates; Even with that, we had over 550 attendees and introduced our accelerating diversity efforts.

2020 
– Shifted to a virtual conference.

2021 – Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 – Returned to an in-person event where we capped attendance at 400 participants.

2023 – 10th anniversary celebration, doubling down on professional development and diversifying the community spaces!
  • 2023 Conference
    • Submit to Present
    • 2023 Sponsors
  • Conference Staff
  • History
    • 2022 Conference >
      • 2022 Talks >
        • 2022 Schedule
      • Submission Review Board
      • 2022 Sponsors
      • 2022 Villages
    • 2020 Conference >
      • Submission Review Board
      • 2020 Notifications
      • 2020 Schedule >
        • Keynote Speaker
  • About
  • Code of Conduct