CONFidence

CONFidence is one of the longest-running cybersecurity conferences in Central Europe, held annually in Kraków. It has built its reputation on technical depth rather than vendor programming, with a call for papers that favours original research over product briefings. Content covers offensive security, reverse engineering, malware analysis, hardware hacking and the practical realities of defending infrastructure. The audience is a mix of penetration testers, security researchers, blue team practitioners and the growing Polish security industry, alongside international speakers drawn by the conference's reputation. Workshops and hands-on labs run alongside the main track. Kraków is inexpensive relative to Western European conference cities and well connected by air, which has helped the event attract an international audience disproportionate to its size. Dates for the next edition have not yet been announced. Event organisers running security conferences with international speakers can use Hoperfy to handle speaker accommodation and attendee hotel booking as a managed service.