Call For Papers

Are you working on something exciting and interesting and want others to hear about it?
The Retro CTF Conference is a community driven event, built by the community for the community, and we encourage everyone to take part.

If you’d like to share your ideas, help others learn from your experience, and gain recognition among fellow hackers, we invite you to submit an abstract.

Submissions are open until April 2nd 2026
We will notify you until April 10th 2026

We do not accept marketing and non-technical commercial papers.

Topics of interest include the following (but are in no way limited to):

• Offensive and Defensive Security and Advanced Methods
• Application and Web Security
• Physical Security and Entry Methods
• Reverse Engineering and Malware Research
• Telecommunications and Mobile Network Security
• Incident Response and Forensics
• Social Aspect of Information Security
• Social Engineering
• Biometrics and Biometric Bypass Techniques
• Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
• Other Interesting Technical Information Security Content