A look back at the 2024 OSINT Day, which was a fruitful opportunity for the OSINT community to exchange ideas!
MARCH 26, 2026 - INCYBER FORUM @ LILLE GRAND PALAIS
The day focused on conflicts (Ukraine, Africa) and disinformation, featuring analyses from Bellingcat, the BBC, and the FOX Project. Experts examined Russian influence in Europe and methods for circumventing censorship, particularly in China.
The sessions covered a broad technical spectrum: from geolocation to tracking fugitives (Forward Global), including IP address tracing and IP pivots (Micah Hoffman). The future of the field and the use of mapping were highlighted by organizations such as Predicta Lab and Osintracker.
Finally, the event explored a variety of fields, including tracing the provenance of works of art, investigative journalism, and the legal framework for OSINT. The day concluded with a forward-looking presentation by META, followed by a networking cocktail reception—the famous Apér’OSINT.
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Program
10:00–11:30 — SESSION 1
- How can investigators work around China’s digital censorship to gather open-source information?
- Using OSINT to counter disinformation operations: Russia and Africa
- Using OSINT in offensive operations
- Using OSINT to locate fugitives
- Geolocation, OSINT and conflict
- Talk 1: Lessons learned from the field
- Talk 2: Lessons learned from the field
14:00–15:30 — SESSION 2
- Doppelganger: An open-source investigation into Russian influence operations in Europe
- OSINT and the law
- OSINT and journalism
- Mapping information for OSINT with Osintracker
- From OSINT to an exclusive interview with the KittenSec hacktivist group
- Talk 3: Uncovering hidden online resources through IP address and hostname pivots
- Talk 4: Trustfull — Lessons learned from the field
16:30–18:00 — SESSION 3
- Using OSINT to investigate the provenance of works of art
- Tracing an address through social media and OSINT: A case study
- OSINT and pivoting techniques
- What does the future hold for OSINT?
- Weapons of mass distraction: Why is disinformation a major tool in modern conflicts?
- Lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the future role of AI
