[1] It was co-founded by Mike Dahn, Jack Daniel, and Chris Nickerson in 2009.
[8][9] The Las Vegas BSides conference is also considered part of Hacker Summer Camp given its schedule and proximity to other security conferences during that time.
[10] Of the three standard conference event styles, structured, unconference, and hybrid.
BSides falls into the unconference, or anti-conference, event style and is completely attendee driven.
[11][12][13] Attendees appear at a predetermined time, discuss ideas, and collaboratively agree upon what the schedule will look like for that day.