DEF CON 26 Theme: Agency
DEF CON's theme this year is Agency, take a second to read about it here.
While we are still hard at work on our art and village theme this year, we would like to challenge you to submit talks that answer to our take on the DEF CON theme:
- Starve the beast: How can you use Nix and NixOS to reclaim your digital agency?
- Feed your community: How can we support others doing the same by rolling our own tools and build infrastructure?
- Resources, time, and energy: How can we use Nix to connect ordinary users with the developers who made all the software they depend on?
CFP
CFP is open from June 15, 2026. Submit your ideas on Pretalx.
Note that we have two types of CFP this year: a standard call for presentations and a call for projects.
Don't like speaking? No problem. We have some space for people to show off their projects instead of giving presentations. If you have a cool Nix related thing you want to demo at con, we have the space (and, perhaps, the infrastructure) for you. Our NOC will connect with you beforehand to see how we can tie your project in.
Sponsors
Interested in sponsoring us with hardware, funding, or something else? Connect with us at sponsor@nix.vegas.
Note that all emails to us go to a shared mailbox and ticketing system now.