15 Years of BSidesSF (Anniversary Panel)
Reed Loden, Ricky Lawshae, Steve Christey Coley, Tania McClain, Meghan Manfre
BSidesSF 2025 — Here Be Dragons · Day 2 · Main
Five core BSidesSF organizers — some with a decade-plus of involvement — gathered for a candid, AMA-style retrospective on 15 years of running one of the Bay Area's most beloved community security conferences. From DNA Lounge basements to a full takeover of the AMC Metreon's movie theaters, the panel covered the logistical realities, personal trade-offs, accidental origin stories, and future ambitions of an all-volunteer operation that has grown to fill three floors of a San Francisco convention complex. ---
AI review
A conference organizing retrospective with the production value of a warm nostalgia segment. I learned that BSidesSF used to be at DNA Lounge, that it now uses an IMAX screen, and that Ricky wants to hold the event on a cruise ship. I did not learn anything useful for my job.