The search for missing persons - how digital footprints can assist

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As part of Australian Cyber Week and Community Day, Linda Cavanagh, Founder of National Missing Persons Hackathon, will facilitate a panel discussion with leading OSINT experts, law enforcement, and an investigative journalist about the search for missing persons and how digital footprints can assist or disadvantage an investigation.

This Canberra-based event will be followed by a catered networking and an OSINT training session with OSINT Combine. Linda will also provide an exciting update on the Hackathon 2023 event. 

The inaugural National Missing Persons Hackathon occurred in 2019, delivering the first large-scale, crowdsourced open-source intelligence gathering of its kind in Australia for missing persons, and a first for a country to participate simultaneously in this manner. The event was successfully run in 2020, tripling the participation and the volume of submissions to police.

The event will be followed by a catered networking event and an OSINT training session with OSINT Combine.

Fireside chat with:

• Linda Cavanagh, Chief Operating Officer, Cybermerc and Founder of National Missing Persons Hackathon
• Michael Bromley, CEO Stone & Chalk Group (Moderator)

Expert panel session with:

• Chris Poulter, CEO, OSINT Combine
• Commander Andrea Quinn, National Operations Coordination, Australian Federal Police
• Jason Murrell, Group Executive, AustCyber
• Linda Cavanagh, Chief Operating Officer, Cybermerc and Founder of National Missing Persons Hackathon (Moderator)

Event details:

11:00am–11:30am AEDT: Arrival and check-in
11:30am–1:00pm AEDT: Fireside chat & Expert panel session
1:00pm–2:00pm AEDT: Networking and lunch

Tickets are free but you MUST register to secure your spot at the event.

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