CODE BLUE 2025: Japan’s Premier Cybersecurity International Conference Now Recruiting Student Volunteer Staff

- Initiatives to foster the next generation, including a call for young speakers under 25 (U25) -

2025.06.13 10:30

CODE BLUE Executive Committee

CODE BLUE Executive Committee has begun accepting applications for student volunteer staff to help organize the international cybersecurity conference “CODE BLUE 2025,” which will be held on November 18–19 in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku, Tokyo. The application deadline for student staff is Thursday, July 31.

CODE BLUE 2025

■ CODE BLUE’s commitment to nurturing the next generation

CODE BLUE has been held with the aim of advancing the cybersecurity industry in Asia by fostering collaboration among security professionals across companies and national borders. One of its core missions is to discover, develop, and support promising young researchers in Japan and Asia, helping them gain visibility and experience on the international stage. We firmly believe that gaining exposure at a global level provides invaluable growth opportunities for the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

As part of this effort, CODE BLUE offers scholarships to outstanding young researchers and provides student staff with opportunities to attend talks and engage with international experts. The conference serves as a platform for knowledge exchange, cross-cultural interaction, and professional development. Over a decade since its first edition, CODE BLUE has played a key role in building bridges between students, companies, industry groups, and peers. As a result, some of the students who have worked as staff in the past have successfully found employment in the cybersecurity industry, and some have even returned as speakers at CODE BLUE, demonstrating the program’s effectiveness in nurturing future leaders. Our efforts to nurture the next generation are showing clear results.

1) Recruitment of Student Volunteer Staff

CODE BLUE is recruiting student volunteer staff to help run the conference. Serving as a member of CODE BLUE offers a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the excitement of an international conference where researchers and engineers at the forefront of cybersecurity gather. Attending cutting-edge presentations, collaborating with like-minded peers, and networking with representatives from sponsoring companies are all part of the experience. Additionally, there may be opportunities for direct interaction with the speakers.

For more details and to apply：

https://forms.gle/dXFLyWEdwvcYYnubA

(Application deadline: Thursday, July 31st, 11:59 PM (JST/UTC+9))

＜Comments from Student Staff (Excerpt from 2024 Survey)＞

・Participating in an event like this for the first time and having the opportunity to talk with company representatives and staff was an extremely valuable experience—almost too good for me. I was very excited to hear rare and precious talks that are usually not accessible, such as how someone discovered a vulnerability and from what perspective. There were presentations on various topics including railways, space, and languages, which made me realize how deep and complex cybersecurity really is.

・I was able to enjoy the event fully, even having some free time to explore the venue. Although I thought I wouldn’t be able to attend talks due to the busy schedule, I was allowed to go to some, which made me truly happy.

開催前日に行われる学生スタッフへの業務オリエンテーションの様子

The orientation session for student staff held the day before the event

2) Call for Speakers (U25)

CODE BLUE has established a Youth Track (U25 category) to support young engineers and researchers under the age of 25, and is currently accepting CFP (Call for Papers) submissions. This initiative began in 2015, and since then, many young researchers and engineers have taken the stage. Each talk undergoes a rigorous review process by the CODE BLUE Executive Committee and Review Board. Outstanding speakers might be awarded research and development grants. The current maximum grant amount is 500,000 JPY, though in the past, grants as high as 5,000,000 JPY have been awarded to individual speakers. Please apply using the link below.

Japanese： https://codeblue.jp/youth/presentations-youth-track/

Englsih　： https://codeblue.jp/en/youth/presentations-youth-track/

Application deadline: Thursday, July 31st, 11:59 PM (JST/UTC+9))

*All of the speakers listed below received research and development grants.

●2024

・1-Click-Fuzz：Systematically Fuzzing the Windows Kernel Driver with Symbolic Execution.（Sangjun Park, Yunjin Park, Jongseong Kim）

・WebAssembly Is All You Need:Exploiting Chrome and the V8 Sandbox 10+ times with WASM（Seunghyun Lee）

●2023年

・Deep-Kernel Treasure Hunt: Finding exploitable structures in the Linux kernel (Yudai Fujiwara)

・Pwning Electron Application : Analysis and Defense of Vulnerabilities in Electron Applications (Inseo An, Jemin Min)

●2022年

・Under the hood of Wslink’s multilayered virtual machine (Vladislav Hrčka)

・Are Embedded Devices Ready for ROP Attacks? -ROP verification for low-spec embedded devices-(Yuuma Taki)

昨年のユーストラックでの講演 (写真：左よりサンジュン・パク氏、ジョンソン・キム氏、ユンジン・パク氏)

Presentation from Last Year's Youth Track

(Photo, from left: Mr. Sangjun Park, Mr. Jongseong Kim, Ms. Yunjin Park)

■About CODE BLUE

CODE BLUE” is an international conference on cyber security where top-class experts from Japan and abroad gather. The conference invites prominent researchers from around the world, providing opportunities to share cutting-edge research results and exchange ideas. CODE BLUE also aims to discover talented young researchers from Japan and other Asian countries and support their advancement onto the international stage.

CODE BLUE 2025, now in its 13th year, will be held at Bellesalle Takadanobaba, the same venue as last year, on November 18 (Tuesday)-19 (Wednesday). In addition to the conference, there will be workshops, contests, sponsor booths, networking parties and more. This year, the event will again be held in person only, with no online streaming. Training sessions are currently being considered and will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

■CODE BLUE 2025 Overview

Date: November 18th (Tuesday) to November 19th (Wednesday), 2025

Venue: Bellesalle Takadanobaba

　　(Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Garden Tower B2/1F)

Organizer: CODE BLUE Executive Committee

Operation: CODE BLUE Secretariat (BLUE Co., Ltd.)

Language: Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available* 　　　　　 (*excluding some talks)

Format: In-person

Price:

1.Conference Ticket

(Full Access to All Areas, Including the Networking Party)

<Early Bird> 78,000 yen (tax incl.): -May 31st