# [un]prompted.au 2026

> [un]prompted.au is an AI × cybersecurity conference — the Australian edition of the US-based Unprompted conference (unpromptedcon.org). It convenes vulnerability researchers, exploit developers, red/blue teamers, malware analysts, and frontier-AI-lab researchers on how AI is reshaping security research.

## Key facts

- Dates: 18–19 September 2026 (two days)
- Venue: ILUMINA, 1 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia — directly above Martin Place station
- Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/unprompted-au
- Call for Papers: CLOSED — submissions closed 2 August 2026 (https://sessionize.com/au-unprompted/). The program committee is reviewing; the full schedule is announced 18 August 2026.
- Website: https://unprompted.au/
- Contact: contact@unprompted.au
- Community: Unprompted Slack (promptgtfo.slack.com)
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/UnpromptedAU
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unprompted-au
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unprompted.au
- Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@unpromptedau
- Calendar file (.ics): https://unprompted.au/unprompted-au-2026.ics
- Presented by: Vigilant Labs

## Speakers (announced)

- Valentina Palmiotti (@chompie1337) — "BinChomp": her autonomous n-day exploit generation pipeline
- Shane Huntley (@ShaneHuntley, Google Threat Analysis Group) — "Building the Ultimate AI Cyber Threat Analyst"
- Seunghyun Lee (@0x10n) — "ExploitBench": benchmarking LLMs on vulnerability discovery and exploitation
- Thomas Roccia (@fr0gger_): "AI Threat Intelligence", hunting threats across the AI ecosystem
- Dionysus Blazakis (@justdionysus, calif.io): "AI Assisted Exploit Development: An XNU Case Study"
- Ben Gittins (Zepto) and Cole Cornford (Galah Cyber), co-founders of Australi.ai: "Are we missing the Boat? Our need for sovereign AI capability", on agentic AI commoditising artisanal cyber skills and the case for domestic rather than rented capability
- Ash Fox (in/foxashley, Google) — "Human in the Loop, Ghost in the Shell": building AI-powered adversaries, and the near-autonomous red teaming strategies Google uses to anticipate and defend against next-generation attacks

More speakers to be announced.

## Getting there

- Sydney Metro: Martin Place station is directly beneath the venue
- Sydney Trains: ~5 minutes' walk from Wynyard
- Light rail: Martin Place stop on George Street

## Accommodation (partner rates)

- Sofitel Sydney Wentworth (~2 min walk) — booking code 2609UNPROM
- The Sebel Sydney Martin Place (~5 min walk) — booking code SSMPGROUP
- The Novotel Sydney City (~10 min walk) — booking code NSCCGROUP

## Program committee

- Mark Dowd — Co-founder, Vigilant Labs & [un]prompted.au
- Gadi Evron — Founder & CEO, Knostic — Chair, [un]prompted
- Aaron Grattafiori — Principal Offensive Security Researcher (AI), NVIDIA
- Kylie McDevitt — CEO, InfoSect
- Thomas Ptacek — Principal, Fly.io
- Ryan Stortz — Security Researcher
- Window Snyder — Founder & CEO, Thistle Technologies
- Casey Ellis — Founder, Bugcrowd — Co-founder, disclose.io
- Maria Markstedter — Founder, Azeria Labs
- Michael Coppola — Co-founder & Principal Security Researcher, Catalyst Security
- Tarjei Mandt — Senior Security Researcher, Catalyst Security

## Code of conduct

[un]prompted.au publishes a code of conduct covering what is expected of attendees, what is
unacceptable, how to report an incident, and how the organisers respond:
https://unprompted.au/code-of-conduct

## Pages

- / — event details, speakers, CFP, venue, accommodation, contact, mailing list
- /committee — full program committee (11 members)
- /code-of-conduct — code of conduct, reporting process, and organiser response