POC2026 Security Conference Set for November 12-13 in Seoul

POC Security announced that POC (Power of Community) 2026, an international hacking and security conference, will be held from November 12 to 13 at The Westin Seoul Parnas in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, according to dailysecu.com. Registration is open on the official website until November 5.

The two-day program combines regular presentations with a special panel discussion session. The announced speaker lineup covers Windows kernel exploitation, iOS PPL and SPTM bypasses and jailbreaking, V8 sandbox bypasses, WebKit exploit chains, hypervisor and GPU-based VM and container escapes, AI-assisted bug hunting, and firmware reverse engineering.

Speakers include Alexandre Borges of Blackstorm Security, Alfie CG and Lars Fröder of Cellebrite Labs, Bocheng Xiang and Hao Huang of Fudan University, Etienne Charron of RENAULT, Jihyeon Jeong of Seoul National University, Kuan-Ting Chen and Ting-Yu Chen of DEVCORE, Kyeongmin Kim and Insu Yun of KAIST Hacking Lab, Mathilde Venault of CrowdStrike, Pan Zhenpeng and Jheng Bing Jhong of STAR LABS, Satoki Tsuji of Ikotas Labs, and Seth Jenkins of Google Project Zero, along with researchers Clarity, Staturnz and Wonkyeom Kim.

Sponsors and student rates

Binary Gecko, a German offensive security company, is a diamond sponsor of POC2026. Trend AI ZDI (Zero Day Initiative) sponsors the first-day evening dinner for VIPs including speakers and sponsors.

Gold sponsors are eShard (France), MintelX (Turkey), Cycores (Israel), Epsilon (France), Catalyst Security (US) and Radiant (Israel). A student rate for undergraduates offers up to 50% off and requires proof of enrollment issued within the past three months; graduate students and employed undergraduates are excluded, and student registration does not include party access.

POC began in 2006 as Korea's first international hacking conference and has been held every November by POC Security, focusing on vulnerability discovery, advanced exploit techniques and new security insights.