Day-Con XX August 26-28, 2026
Key Dates and Details:
March 1st, 2026 - Early Bird Tickets and VIP Bundles Go On Sale
August 26th, 2026 - Deep Fake Justice League CISO Advisory Board [Invitation Only]
August 27th, 2026 - Dayton Security Summit
August 28th, 2026 - HackSec Invitational Featuring The Deep Fake Justice League, Lighting Talks and Community Villages.
Venue:
This year will see us back at the Dayton Convention Center (DCC) after a long hiatus.
Hotels:
We have secured special rates at the following downtown hotels. We strongly suggest booking your rooms sooner than later!
The Closest - Dayton Vitality Hotel [Note: This was the OG Crowne Plaza home of the 1st Day-Con but is now a "Technology First" (a euphemism for minimal onsite humans) lodging experience ;)
The Hippest - Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Dayton Here is their pitch "We opened in May 2025 in the Dayton Arcade complex, where new retail is opening on the first floor, including Smales Pretzels and Luke Custom Cakes, with additional storefronts coming early 2026. Many of our Two Queen Arcade View rooms overlook this space. The North Arcade flows directly into the South Arcade, home to the iconic Rotunda, restaurants such as Lucho and Table 33, the 6888 Kitchen, and art galleries including The Co (Dayton Contemporary Art Gallery)."
Honorable Mention - Hotel Arden This hotel is the farthest away from the DCC in the "Arts District" but hey it's Dayton so nothing is that far away from the DCC.
Speaker Delegates:
Angus Blitter
Angus is the founder of Hack Sec Klahn, a like-minded group of technologists. Angus is also the creator of Packetwars™ (Packetwars) the World's first Cyber Sport and host of Day-Con. Angus believes diversity is good for the species and hackers are a national resource. Old school, grey hat and previously plump, Angus still likes to eat, drink and hack. Mr Blitter has an exciting day job but that is a story for another time…
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Dr. Jon Padfield
Dr. Jon Padfield is "an engineer turned State Representative, turned Business Professor." He is the host of the YouTube channel, Business Reform, where he discusses issues at the Intersection of Business, Technology, and Society.
Dr. Padfield makes a lot of video focused on surveillance / privacy issues and does product reviews for devices and services (phones, video doorbells, web browsers, VPNs, AI models, etc.) to inform consumers how to select the most private options. He also makes video focused on how technology is impacting society both for better or in some cases, for the worse.
Constantine Nicolaidis
Constantine leads a Risk Management practice that focuses on securing U.S. privately owned critical infrastructure. Over the last decade he has leveraged his expertise in security and data-driven product development to create tools for security professionals. Constantine has also spent the last 7 years developing a geopolitical modeling system to help forecast and describe the nature of political and social crises. He advises various security groups on the nature of modern multi-domain warfare with an emphasis on the cyber and cognitive domains. Constantine holds a Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and is currently enrolled in the Master's in Cybersecurity Degree program at the SANS Technology Institute.
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Key Dates and Details:
March 1st, 2026 - Early Bird Tickets and VIP Bundles Go On Sale
August 26th, 2026 - Deep Fake Justice League CISO Advisory Board [Invitation Only]
August 27th, 2026 - Dayton Security Summit
August 28th, 2026 - HackSec Invitational Featuring The Deep Fake Justice League, Lighting Talks and Community Villages.
Venue:
This year will see us back at the Dayton Convention Center (DCC) after a long hiatus.
Hotels:
We have secured special rates at the following downtown hotels. We strongly suggest booking your rooms sooner than later!
The Closest - Dayton Vitality Hotel [Note: This was the OG Crowne Plaza home of the 1st Day-Con but is now a "Technology First" (a euphemism for minimal onsite humans) lodging experience ;)
The Hippest - Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Dayton Here is their pitch "We opened in May 2025 in the Dayton Arcade complex, where new retail is opening on the first floor, including Smales Pretzels and Luke Custom Cakes, with additional storefronts coming early 2026. Many of our Two Queen Arcade View rooms overlook this space. The North Arcade flows directly into the South Arcade, home to the iconic Rotunda, restaurants such as Lucho and Table 33, the 6888 Kitchen, and art galleries including The Co (Dayton Contemporary Art Gallery)."
Honorable Mention - Hotel Arden This hotel is the farthest away from the DCC in the "Arts District" but hey it's Dayton so nothing is that far away from the DCC.
Speaker Delegates:
Angus Blitter
Angus is the founder of Hack Sec Klahn, a like-minded group of technologists. Angus is also the creator of Packetwars™ (Packetwars) the World's first Cyber Sport and host of Day-Con. Angus believes diversity is good for the species and hackers are a national resource. Old school, grey hat and previously plump, Angus still likes to eat, drink and hack. Mr Blitter has an exciting day job but that is a story for another time…
Dr. Jon Padfield
Dr. Jon Padfield is "an engineer turned State Representative, turned Business Professor." He is the host of the YouTube channel, Business Reform, where he discusses issues at the Intersection of Business, Technology, and Society.
Dr. Padfield makes a lot of video focused on surveillance / privacy issues and does product reviews for devices and services (phones, video doorbells, web browsers, VPNs, AI models, etc.) to inform consumers how to select the most private options. He also makes video focused on how technology is impacting society both for better or in some cases, for the worse.
Constantine Nicolaidis
Constantine leads a Risk Management practice that focuses on securing U.S. privately owned critical infrastructure. Over the last decade he has leveraged his expertise in security and data-driven product development to create tools for security professionals. Constantine has also spent the last 7 years developing a geopolitical modeling system to help forecast and describe the nature of political and social crises. He advises various security groups on the nature of modern multi-domain warfare with an emphasis on the cyber and cognitive domains. Constantine holds a Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and is currently enrolled in the Master's in Cybersecurity Degree program at the SANS Technology Institute.
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