HISTORY of BSIDES SEATTLE
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!
2024 - Red Team Association joins, bringing in a mind blowing CTF
2025 - Shattered prior attendance records and ran inaugural youth education program in partnership with SpawnCamp/Girls who Hack.
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!
2024 - Red Team Association joins, bringing in a mind blowing CTF
2025 - Shattered prior attendance records and ran inaugural youth education program in partnership with SpawnCamp/Girls who Hack.