Based on 130 past talks, BSides Newcastle programs broadly across security topics — most commonly Career & Soft Skills, Threat Intel, and Hardware Hacking. Talks are predominantly Technical (68 of 101 category-tagged talks) with significant Career and Community programming alongside. The chapter skews toward Red programming (17 of 23 team-tagged talks). Sessions are predominantly pitched at Intro level (28 of 36 difficulty-tagged talks).
The recurring speakers at BSides Newcastle have been Mark Goodwin (4 talks) and James Bore (3 talks).