2026-07-21 –, Room 1
Innovation doesn’t always start with a perfectly reasonable idea—sometimes it starts with something gloriously absurd. This session invites both developers and users to surface their most unconventional, impractical, or outright bizarre ideas for Wireshark and packet analysis. Nothing is too silly, too quirky, or too infeasible to share.
By creating a space free of judgment and full of curiosity, we open the door to unexpected breakthroughs. 99 wild suggestions may go nowhere… but the 100th can trigger a spark that becomes a feature, a tool, or even a whole new product direction.
Join us for an hour where creativity takes the wheel, seriousness stays at the shore, and every idea—no matter how ridiculous—gets its moment in the water.
Goal:
Generate offbeat, humorous, impossible or “why would anyone even…” suggestions that just might reveal a surprisingly valuable insight for Wireshark’s future capabilities.
Format:
* Why absurd ideas matter.
* Warm Up
* Open SharkTank
* The ‘Maybe…’ scan
Ground Rules:
* All ideas are welcome.
* No shooting down concepts—only building on them.
* Humor encouraged; feasibility optional.
* The wilder, the better.
Who Should Attend:
Anyone who uses Wireshark, contributes to it, builds tooling around it, or likes thinking sideways. No technical depth required—just curiosity and a willingness to have fun.