14 November 2025 – 13:00 – Volkshaus, Zurich

OScon

We’re proud and excited to officially present OScon: our first OSINT Conference in Switzerland!

OScon will bring together professionals and enthusiasts from different fields to share methodologies, exchange ideas, and hear inspiring talks from real-world practitioners. Our goal is to highlight a wide range of OSINT perspectives so that everyone from curious newcomers to professionals from different fields can walk away with valuable insights and inspiration!

You can view the full schedule and session details here:

  • 13:00 – 13:30 – Welcome Coffee
  • 13:30 – 13:40 – Introduction
  • 13:40 – 14:30 – Alexander Wenger, “Finding Missing People”
  • 14:30 – 15:00 – Jill Wick, “Biases in OSINT”
  • 15:00 – 15:45 – Jasmine Jacot-Descombes, “Audio Forensics in Journalism”
  • 15:45 – 16:15 – Coffee Break
  • 16:15 – 16:45 – Antonio De la Torre, “How to Uncover a Scammer”
  • 16:45 – 17:20 – Dr. Alana Gramm, “Police vs. Military OSINT – Common Ground, Different Missions”
  • 17:20 – 18:00 – Loránd Bodó, “OSINT Skills in the Age of Generative AI”
  • 18:00 – 18:10 – Closing Words
  • 18:10 – 22:00 – Apéro Riche

Here’s a short description of the talks:

🔍 Finding Missing People – Alexander Wenger

For the past ten years, Alexander has been searching for missing people around the world — not professionally, but as a personal mission. In that time, he has reunited more than 25 people with their families. In his talk, he will show how he uses worldwide databases, Swiss archives, and local authorities to answer deeply human questions.

🧠 Biases in OSINT – Jill Wick

 Cognitive biases affect every investigation, whether you’re in journalism, cybersecurity, law enforcement, or research. In her talk “Biases in OSINT – How Emotions Influence Our Analysis” Jill will explore how biases like confirmation bias, the halo effect, or the sunk cost fallacy can cloud our judgment. She’ll also share practical strategies like reframing, if-then plans, and red-team thinking to help us stay sharp and objective.

🎧 Audio Forensics in Journalism – Jasmine Jacot-Descombes

Jasmine is an OSINT and video journalist at NZZ, specializing in digital verification in conflict zones like Gaza, Ukraine, North Korea, and Syria. With a sharp mix of storytelling, forensics, and technical skills, she brings sound investigations to the next level. In her talk “Audio Forensics in Journalism”, Jasmine will reveal how sound, often overlooked, can expose fake news, verify authenticity, and hold war criminals accountable. Through metadata analysis, compression artifacts, spectrograms, and acoustic calculations, she’ll show how audio forensics is rapidly becoming a critical skill for investigators in the fight against misinformation.

🚨 How to Uncover a Scammer – Antonio De la Torre

Scams are constantly occurring on different platforms for various reasons. However, the psychological aspects exploited by scammers remain consistent. In this presentation, you will learn how to spot a scam on Facebook Marketplace, recognize typical red flags and gather clues about the scammer. You will also take part in an in-depth investigation to find out who the real person is whose information is being used to commit scams.

🎯 Police vs. Military OSINT — Common Ground, Different Missions – Dr. Alana Gramm

This presentation contrasts how OSINT serves police and military contexts, mapping differences in objectives, time horizons, risk tolerance, and operating scale while highlighting shared foundations. It introduces practical guardrails such as OPSEC, verification routines, and domain-specific AI governance, and shows how micro-level case work complements macro-level situational awareness.

🕵🏻 OSINT Skills in the Age of Generative AI – Loránd Bodó

Loránd is a well-known figure in the global OSINT community, with years of hands-on experience in online investigations and knowledge-sharing. Today, he works in the public sector as an Internet Resources Analyst and also serves as an advisor to OSINT Switzerland. His talk dives into how GenAI is transforming the way analysts work, not by replacing them, but by shifting the skill sets that matter. Loránd will present research on these evolving dynamics and showcase a real-world MVP that highlights how GenAI can be applied effectively in open-source investigations.

Don’t miss out! Reserve your seat today and be part of the growing OSINT community: https://eventfrog.ch/oscon25