Join us September 10-11, 2026 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA.
This workshop brings together Zeek developers, core contributors, and practitioners from across the community for two days of technical talks, hands-on training, and conversation about how Zeek works in the real world.
This is for you if you:
We’ll have developers, maintainers, and practitioners in the same room. Go ahead and ask the questions you can’t get answered in a GitHub issue.
Space is limited. Registration is free and open now.
If you use Zeek in production, have built something useful with it, or have a story about how it helped you solve a real problem, we want to hear from you.
This workshop is practitioner-focused. We’re looking for talks about real deployments, real incidents, and real workflows. The best talks at events like this are the ones where someone in the audience thinks “I’ve been dealing with that exact problem!”
We’re particularly interested in:
Presentation materials will be shared with the community after the workshop.
No product presentations, product marketing, or vendor pitches. This is a community event.
We’re planning a mix of talk formats:
Fill out the submission form with:
This is a community event with no speaker fees or travel stipends. Speakers are recognized across Zeek community channels before and after the event.
Submit talks related to these topics
Understanding our evaluation criteria helps you craft a better proposal
How valuable is the content
Speaker's experience level
Relevance to the event themes
Each submission will receive at least 2 reviews from our review team
Share your knowledge and expertise with our community. Submit your talk proposal today!
Sunday, September 6, 2026
to Monday, September 7, 2026
America/Los_Angeles
The David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
in-personAccepted presentation types
Standard 20-minute presentation with 10 minutes for Q&A.
A lower-stakes format for first-time speakers, works in progress, quick tool demos, or one interesting thing you want to share with the room.