# [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 31 July 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
- 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

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

## Pages

- / — event details, speakers, CFP, venue, accommodation, contact, mailing list
- /committee — full program committee (10 members)
- /committee — program committee