Thank you for offering to volunteer at BSides Ottawa 2026! 

Volunteers make the event a success and are an important part of the BSides experience worldwide.

We have had a record number of offers to volunteer this year, and only have so many spots open. Therefore, we ask that you fill out the following information if you are interested in volunteering. The organizing committee will randomly pick as many names as we can reasonably accommodate to determine who receives an invite. If you want to guarantee your spot at the event then please feel free to register for a ticket.  Any names picked from the hat will have their ticket refunded.

Full Disclosure (CTF): If you are interested solely in the Capture the Flag event, then volunteering is not for you; volunteers are not allocated a seat in the main CTF room and will have minimal time to concentrate on capturing flags, making bases belong to them or otherwise geeking out in a single-threaded manner.

What you are signing up for...

• Enforcing the Code of Conduct; acting as a point of contact for everyone on the premises and escalating any issues to an Organizer

• Managing speakers; knowing where they are and helping make sure they are on stage at the appointed time

• Assisting with registration; pointing people in the right direction and, potentially, being hands-on-keyboard at the table

• Handing out food, t-shirts, etc

• Attending to Sponsors and Exhibitors

• Running general errands; there's always something that needs doing!

• Our eternal gratitude (fwiw :-P)

• Free general admission to the event

• Unique 2026 volunteer t-shirt (size subject to availability, first-come-first-served)

• Access to the staff greenroom

• An opportunity to learn and grow

• Resume content / bragging rights