PAGE UPDATED 2004-08-11

Lectures:

Saturday 13th August, 10:00am till 5pm, Imperial Hotel Blackpool. Again back at this four star hotel. Conference rooms, experienced staff and a location next to the beach!

Confirmed Lecture talks, Saturday 13th August

10am start opening remarks
10:15 Data retention
11:00 Bits and pieces
12:00 Developing exploits in metasploit
13:00 Security in a windows world
14:00 Return to the library
15:00 Finding Holes in Software
16:00 The future ahead, the end of the conference.

The theme this year covers both conventional techniques in exploits online, but introduces the new world of protable security breaks. Do you really know about those store cards in your pocket? Do you really know if your maglock's actually are more secure than conventional locks? RFID is is really a problem? or a plus to security?

Friday 12th August

This year we are not meeting in the empress pub, instead early registration will be in the concord suite at the Imperial Hotel from 7pm onwards. Given the number of attendees who are staying at the imperial hotel, we will be using the imperial hotel's bar for socialising along with the concord suite. Early arrivals are advised to use the Number 10 bar at the imperial.

Saturday 13th (10am - 1pm)::Sandcastle Competition, Blackpool Beach Will run on the Saturday subject to weather conditions. The competition is for the best sandcastle with an information security theme. Get your designs ready now! The radioactivity competition won't offically run this year due to the legal implications of someone bringing along material to 'boost' their castle. The competition must run AM this year due to the tide, this means a shift in the schedule slightly.

Sunday 14th August the tradional lunch time chill out, prior to everyone travelling home

Accomodation

The Imperial Hotel is expensive, but good quality. It isn't the cheapest accommodation in Blackpool, but many booking agents can provide a room in the hotel cheaper than the normal rate.

We recommend instead the Mar Ray Guesthouse ; many rooms are én suite and its friendly! As usual we are filling entire hotels so you MUST quote DNS when you call these hotels otherwise you may be told they are full, or receive a higher quote for the same accommodation. Mar Ray Guesthouse A great hotel that's been used by us for all the DNS conferences, under its current management its an excellent friendly hotel which offers high quality at a cheap price. Within easy walking distance of the conference. email: pat@marray.co.uk or call 01253 621230 Prices: As always a min of 2 nights stay: approx £20 per person per night, price based on sharing a room. Some single rooms available CALL for details and quote DNS Unlike previous years badges cant be bought with your hotel room..

Cost

This year newbie enterence will be 15 pounds, elite will be 20 pounds without T Shirt. No change will be available at the door so bring exact change..

Travel

The venue is within easy walking distance of the main rail and bus stations (within half a mile), and is only two tram stops north of Blackpool Tower . As the event is at a weekend during the school holidays, arrivals by car are advised to use commercial car parks, or park well away from the sea front and walk to the venue. The venue parking is limited to residential guests at this time of year, and queues on the sea front can cause long traffic delays.

By Train: Most trains to Blackpool from Preston, London, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh go direct to Blackpool North Station. If you are on a Train going to Blackpool South, change at Preston, or take a tram along sea front north to venue (Blackpool South Station is 2 miles south of the conference venue). See the Network Rail (Rail Track) website (for train times, and for cheap tickets try the Virgin Trains website (return tickets to Blackpool for under 30 pounds), or for other operators try The Trainline .

By Coach: National Express run coaches to Blackpool from many cities across the UK. Prices are generally lower than the train and the bus station is within easy walking distance of the venue.

By air: Blackpool Airport only has scheduled flights from Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man, Dublin & London, but the airport is within 4 miles of the conference venue. Most international (inc USA) and European flights land at Manchester Airport (55 miles away) and Manchester Airport has its own railway station, with trains heading directly to Blackpool north station about every hour. The train journey takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes. By Car from Blackpool to Manchester airport is entirely Motorway so the journey takes around one hour, if traffic is light. Liverpool Airport is only 60 miles away and often has cheap flights from Europe and the rest of the UK. See the Easyjet website for flights costings from 30 pounds from Amsterdam/Belfast/Dublin. See Ryanair for flights direct to Blackpool.