Episode 17 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast is ready for you and features an interview with Robin Wood, security consultant, researcher and co-founder of the ever-popular SteelCon.

Mel and Chris spoke to Robin about how SteelCon started, why it’s so successful, and online security in general. It’s a great insight into organising an event at that kind of scale and I think you’ll enjoy it.

As usual, the second half of the show is an update on various news and events from around the city. There seems to be a bit of a buzz in the air at the moment, what with everything that’s going on. We talked about the the British Games Institute coming to Sheffield, the first shfWIT event and plenty more besides.

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Notes and links

Every episode comes with a list of links to all of the various people, companies and topics that we reference. Here is that list for episode 17.

• SteelCon | SteelCon Conference Sheffield
• SteelCon (@Steel_Con) | Twitter
• Robin (@digininja) | Twitter
• Robin Wood | LinkedIn
• BSides Manchester
• Home – Infosecurity Europe
• OWASP
• Sheffield Digital’s Annual General Meetup – Sheffield Digital
• Sheffield Institute of Arts | Sheffield Hallam University
• British Games Institute sets up shop in Sheffield, moves NVA there too – MCV
• Sheffield chosen as new home for National Videogame Arcade – The Star
• Sumo celebrate 15 years with gaming art exhibition – Sheffield Digital
• Spearmint Rhino legal challenge – Sheffield Digital
• ShfWIT (@ShfWit) | Twitter
• It’s not all cupcakes and fizz. It’s tea and buddha bowls too. – Sheffield Digital
• Workshops | GB18 Workshops
• The Children’s Media Conference (CMC)
• Sheffield Digifest (@SheffDigifest) | Twitter
• Sheffield Digital events calendar
• Meet our members | Sheffield Digital
• Become a member of Sheffield Digital

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Thank you for the music

Thanks again to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.