Opening Remarks
Huxley Barbee, Shweta Jain
BSides NYC 2023 (0x04) · Day 1 · Opening
This article details the opening remarks for BSides NYC 2023, a significant event marking the conference's return after a five-year hiatus. Delivered by Huxley Barbee, the primary organizer, and Professor Shweta Jain from John Jay College, the session served to welcome attendees, articulate the core values of the conference, and highlight the crucial partnership with John Jay College as the host institution. The talk emphasized BSides NYC's commitment to **accessibility**, high-quality **technical talks**, and fostering a strong **community** within the cybersecurity landscape.
AI review
This is conference housekeeping dressed up with an academic recruitment pitch — not a talk in any meaningful sense. There's nothing here that couldn't have been a printed program insert and a two-minute stage announcement.