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Conference Overviews

Shows in 2007 Date Venue CarolinaCon April 20-21 Chapel Hill, North Carolina DallasCon 2007 May 7-12 Radisson Hotel Dallas North Dallas, TX DEF CON 15 August 3-5 Las Vegas, NV Riviera Hotel & Casino Shows in 2006 Date Venue ShmooCon January 13-15 Washington DC Marriot Wardman Codecon February 10-12 Sand Franciscon, CA StudioZ Notacon April 7-9 Cleveland, OH Layer One April 15-16 Pasadena, CA Pasadena Hilton DallasCon May 1-6 Dallas, TX BSDCan May 12-13 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada University of Ottawa ph-neutral May 26-28 Berlin, Germany by invitation only Rootfest Spring 2006 Minnesota CarolinaCon June 9-10 Raleigh, North Carolina Recon June 16-18 Montreal, Canada Hope July 21-23 New York, NY Hotel Pennsylvania DEF CON 14 August 4-6 Las Vegas, NV Riviera Hotel & Casino USENIX Security Symposium July 31 - August 4 Baltimore, MD ToorCon 8 September 29 - October 1 San Diego, CA Ruxcon September 30-October 1 Syndey, Australia University of Technology Interzone West October 2-5 San Francisco, CA Marriot Walnut Creek PhreakNIC X October 20-22 Nashville, TN Continuity December 1-3 Manchester, England Chaos con (also known as 22c3) Chaos Communication Camp 23rd Chaos Communication Congress December 2006 Berlin, Germany

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Conference Overviews

ahas gathering (2005) djs/bands playing throughout the entire time as well as diy werkshops and craploads of high-tech presentational p00n; this is not a spectator con but rather a participatory con with open organizing non-hierarchial fashion at the wiki linked off of www.ahas.net main BCS (2005) Bellua Cyber Security BSDCan: The Technical BSD Conference (2006) In just two years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. CarolinaCon (2005) A local con from North Carolina 2600. The Raleigh, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Charlotte meetings are banding together for a statewide meeting that will include seminars and other events. It is of course open to people from outside the state. Codecon (2004) is the premier showcase of active hacker projects. It is a workshop for developers of real-world applications with working code and active development projects. All presentations will given by one of the active developers, and accompanied by a functional demo. Continuity (2006) is a free security convention open to anyone with an interest in computer security, hacking, phone phreaking, telephony, cryptography, warez, internet security/privacy, urban exploration and related subjects. One of our key aims with Continuity is to gather together as many people as possible who were on the old school BBS's like DaC, Terminal Boredom, Unauthorised Access, Urban XTC, 1066, and the many others, or attended hacker conferences like Access All Areas, Controversy, Conspiracy, Catastrophe and DNSCon, along with people who have attended any of the monthly UK 2600 meetings. We would also like to see anybody there with a current interest in computer security and related subjects even if they have never been on a BBS or to a conference before. DallasCon Wireless Security Conference: (2007) The Sixth Annual DallasCon Information and Wireless Security Conference continues the tradition of being the most respected security conference in the Southwest. See presentations on the latest information security topics, sign up for our hands-on boot camps and stay to enjoy everything the city has to offer. We will be offering an expanded course selection for our boot camps to fit all of your security training needs. Hash Con: (2004) HASH Con is a Greek conference about security in computers. Centinel Hackfest (2005) The third Centinel Hackfest will take place this year at Laval University in Quebec City on September 16th and 17th. Most of the talks are in French. If you can understand French, the others talks are about IPv6 Security, network traffic manipulation on BSD, Hacking and the Law, Phreaking, etc. Interz0ne: (2004) We will be bringing you even more cutting edge info concerning the freedom of the Internet, Civil Liberties, Privacy Issues, and other information to enlighten you! Interz0ne West: (2006) Cutting-edge information and advanced corporate training make this a must attend event. This is an event where networking with your peers, the presenters, and the solutions partners is highly valuable to the attendee. Entrance to this event will be strictly limited. Advanced registration is required. The number of tickets sold is controlled to ensure an enjoyable experience where learning and sharing are valued above all else. Registration begins soon. Notacon: (2004) Northern Ohio Technological Advancement Conference. PhreakNic: PhreakNIC is an annual convention held in Nashville, TN. Originally started as a "hacker convention," it has since grown to include all things of interest to the technology minded individual. PhreakNIC is organized by the Nashville 2600 Organization and the Nashville Linux Users Group. There are technical presentations, cultural exhibits and panels, as well as plenty of socializing. This year PhreakNIC is October 20-22 at the Days Inn Stadium in Nashville, TN. Stadium in Nashville, TN. PumpCon by invitation only Recon - Security and Reverse Engineering; 3 days, 1 track. First event was 2005 (2006) RuxCon (2005) - RUXCON is a conference organised by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene, through live presentations, activities, and demonstrations. ToorCon ToorCon's goal is simple—To bridge the gap between intrusion and defense and create an environment that gets people motivated to learn, participate, and contribute to the community around them. WorldWide WarDrive is an effort by security professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the need by individual users and companies to secure their access points. To help accomplish this, the WorldWide WarDrive provides a statistical analysis of the many access points that are currently deployed across the globe. In addition to this statistical analysis, the WWWD provides FREE information on the steps needed to improve the security posture of wireless networks.

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2006

ahas gathering (2005) djs/bands playing throughout the entire time as well as diy werkshops and craploads of high-tech presentational p00n; this is not a spectator con but rather a participatory con with open organizing non-hierarchial fashion at the wiki linked off of www.ahas.net main BCS (2005) Bellua Cyber Security BSDCan: The Technical BSD Conference (2006) In just two years, BSDCan, a BSD conference held in Ottawa, has quickly established itself as the technical conference for people working on and with 4.4BSD based operating systems and related projects. The organizers have found a fantastic formula that appeals to a wide range of people from extreme novices to advanced developers. CarolinaCon (2005) A local con from North Carolina 2600. The Raleigh, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Charlotte meetings are banding together for a statewide meeting that will include seminars and other events. It is of course open to people from outside the state. Codecon (2004) is the premier showcase of active hacker projects. It is a workshop for developers of real-world applications with working code and active development projects. All presentations will given by one of the active developers, and accompanied by a functional demo. Continuity (2006) is a free security convention open to anyone with an interest in computer security, hacking, phone phreaking, telephony, cryptography, warez, internet security/privacy, urban exploration and related subjects. One of our key aims with Continuity is to gather together as many people as possible who were on the old school BBS's like DaC, Terminal Boredom, Unauthorised Access, Urban XTC, 1066, and the many others, or attended hacker conferences like Access All Areas, Controversy, Conspiracy, Catastrophe and DNSCon, along with people who have attended any of the monthly UK 2600 meetings. We would also like to see anybody there with a current interest in computer security and related subjects even if they have never been on a BBS or to a conference before. DallasCon Wireless Security Conference: (2005) The fastest growing and the most respected security event in the Southwest is back for its fourth consecutive year. This year, DallasCon is focusing on a practical approach to Network and Wireless Security geared directly to the industry professionals. Hash Con: (2004) HASH Con is a Greek conference about security in computers. Centinel Hackfest (2005) The third Centinel Hackfest will take place this year at Laval University in Quebec City on September 16th and 17th. Most of the talks are in French. If you can understand French, the others talks are about IPv6 Security, network traffic manipulation on BSD, Hacking and the Law, Phreaking, etc. Interz0ne: (2004) We will be bringing you even more cutting edge info concerning the freedom of the Internet, Civil Liberties, Privacy Issues, and other information to enlighten you! Interz0ne West: (2006) Cutting-edge information and advanced corporate training make this a must attend event. This is an event where networking with your peers, the presenters, and the solutions partners is highly valuable to the attendee. Entrance to this event will be strictly limited. Advanced registration is required. The number of tickets sold is controlled to ensure an enjoyable experience where learning and sharing are valued above all else. Registration begins soon. Notacon: (2004) Northern Ohio Technological Advancement Conference. PhreakNic: PhreakNIC is an annual convention held in Nashville, TN. Originally started as a "hacker convention," it has since grown to include all things of interest to the technology minded individual. PhreakNIC is organized by the Nashville 2600 Organization and the Nashville Linux Users Group. There are technical presentations, cultural exhibits and panels, as well as plenty of socializing. This year PhreakNIC is October 20-22 at the Days Inn Stadium in Nashville, TN. Stadium in Nashville, TN. PumpCon by invitation only Recon - Security and Reverse Engineering; 3 days, 1 track. First event was 2005 (2006) RuxCon (2005) - RUXCON is a conference organised by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene, through live presentations, activities, and demonstrations. ToorCon ToorCon's goal is simple—To bridge the gap between intrusion and defense and create an environment that gets people motivated to learn, participate, and contribute to the community around them. WorldWide WarDrive is an effort by security professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the need by individual users and companies to secure their access points. To help accomplish this, the WorldWide WarDrive provides a statistical analysis of the many access points that are currently deployed across the globe. In addition to this statistical analysis, the WWWD provides FREE information on the steps needed to improve the security posture of wireless networks.

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2005

DEF CON 13: July 29-31, Las Vegas, Nevada; last year at the Alexis Park Hotel & Resort ahas gathering: March 25-April 2, Missouri. djs/bands playing throughout the entire time as well as diy werkshops and craploads of high-tech presentational p00n; this is not a spectator con but rather a participatory con with open organizing non-hierarchial fashion at the wiki linked off of www.ahas.net main BCS 2005: March 23-24; Jakarta, Indonesia, Hotel Borobudur CarolinaCon 2005: June 10-12, Raleigh, North Carolina at the Amerisuites. A local con from North Carolina 2600. The Raleigh, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Charlotte meetings are banding together for a statewide meeting that will include seminars and other events. It is of course open to people from outside the state. Centinel Hackfest: September 16-17, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Laval University Chaos Communication Camp 22: December 27-30; The Usual Suspects - the 21st Chaos Communication Congress is a three-day conference on technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. The Chaos Communication Congress is the annual congress of the Chaos Computer Club e.V. (CCC). The Congress has established itself as the "European Hacker Conference" bringing in people from all over Europe and even further away. The congress not only addresses the techno geek but also those who are interested in appliances and aftermathes. A part of the lectures will be held in English, the rest in German. The language used for each lecture is clearly marked in the conference program. Codecon 4.0, February 11-13, in San Francisco, CA - the premier showcase of active hacker projects. It is a workshop for developers of real-world applications with working code and active development projects. All presentations will given by one of the active developers, and accompanied by a functional demo. DallasCon Wireless Security Conference: May 2-7 at Dallas, Texas at the Richardson Hotel. Participants can expect a variety of academic and leading edge technical presentations from around the world, with an emphasis on the latest research in Wireless Security. Interz0ne 4: March 11-14, Atlanta, Georgia at Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Marietta. We will be bringing you even more cutting edge info concerning the freedom of the Internet, Civil Liberties, Privacy Issues, and other information to enlighten you! Interzone West: San Francisco, California LayerOne: April 23-24, Los Angeles, California. Pasadena Hilton. Notacon: April 8-10, Cleveland, Ohio; Northern Ohio Technological Advancement Conference. PH-Neutral 0x7d5: May 27-29, Berlin, Germany. By Invitation Only PhreakNic 8: October 22-24, Nashville, Tennessee, Days Inn Stadium. PhreakNIC is an annual convention held in Nashville, TN. Originally started as a "hacker convention," it has since grown to include all things of interest to the technology minded individual. PhreakNIC is organized by the Nashville 2600 Organization and the Nashville Linux Users Group. There are technical presentations, cultural exhibits and panels, as well as plenty of socializing. This year PhreakNIC is October 22-24 at the Days Inn Stadium in Nashville, TN. RUXCON: October 1-7, Sydney Australia at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS); a conference organized by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene through live presentations, activities and demonstrations. RUXCON is a conference organised by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene, through live presentations, activities, and demonstrations. ToorCon: September 24-26, San Diego, California Manchester Grand Hyatt. ToorCon's goal is simple—To bridge the gap between intrusion and defense and create an environment that gets people motivated to learn, participate, and contribute to the community around them. USENIX Security Symposium: August 1-5, Baltimore, Maryland What the Hack: July 28-31, Den Boesch, the Netherlands WorldWide WarDrive 4: Summer 2004. global Event. An effort by security professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the need by individual users and companies to secure their access points. To help accomplish this, the WorldWide WarDrive provides a statistical analysis of the many access points that are currently deployed across the globe. In addition to this statistical analysis, the WWWD provides FREE information on the steps needed to improve the security posture of wireless networks.

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2004

DEF CON 12: July 30-August 1, Las Vegas, Nevada at the Alexis Park Hotel & Resort Chaos Communication Camp 21: 21C3: The Usual Suspects - the 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21C3) is a three-day conference on technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) information technology, IT-security, internet, cryptography and generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the discussion about the effects of technological advances on society. The Chaos Communication Congress is the annual congress of the Chaos Computer Club e.V. (CCC). The Congress has established itself as the "European Hacker Conference" bringing in people from all over Europe and even further away. The congress not only addresses the techno geek but also those who are interested in appliances and aftermathes. A part of the lectures will be held in English, the rest in German. The language used for each lecture is clearly marked in the conference program. Codecon 3.0, February 20-22, Club NV in San Francisco, CA - the premier showcase of active hacker projects. It is a workshop for developers of real-world applications with working code and active development projects. All presentations will given by one of the active developers, and accompanied by a functional demo. DallasCon Wireless Security Conference: May 1-2 at Dallas, Texas at the Dallas North Wyndham Hotel. Participants can expect a variety of academic and leading edge technical presentations from around the world, with an emphasis on the latest research in Wireless Security. DNS 7: August 14, 2004 - the United Kingdom's longest running "open" security conference, will be held over the weekend of Saturday , at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, United Kingdom. Hash Con: August 28-29, BnB [Glifada], Greece - HASH Con is a Greek conference about security in computers. Interz0ne: April 16-18, Atlanta, Georgia at The Radisson Hotel Northlake. We will be bringing you even more cutting edge info concerning the freedom of the Internet, Civil Liberties, Privacy Issues, and other information to enlighten you! LayerOne: June 12-13, Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles International Airport Westin Hotel Notacon: April 23-25, Cleveland, Ohio; Northern Ohio Technological Advancement Conference. PH-Neutral 0x7d4: May 21-23, Berlin, Germany. By Invitation Only PhreakNic 8: October 22-24, Nashville, Tennessee, Days Inn Stadium. PhreakNIC is an annual convention held in Nashville, TN. Originally started as a "hacker convention," it has since grown to include all things of interest to the technology minded individual. PhreakNIC is organized by the Nashville 2600 Organization and the Nashville Linux Users Group. There are technical presentations, cultural exhibits and panels, as well as plenty of socializing. This year PhreakNIC is October 22-24 at the Days Inn Stadium in Nashville, TN. RUXCON: July 30-August 1, Sydney Australia at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS); a conference organized by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene through live presentations, activities and demonstrations. SummerCon is the oldest of the hacker cons. It has been hosted in such fine cities as St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Amsterdam. The con audience is a wide mix from security professionals, military officials, socialists, hackers, parents, artists, and law enforcement agents. It is a social event with presentations to help get the conversations started. There is little attitude, lots to learn, and plenty of fun at SummerCon; all in the name of hacking. Last year. ToorCon: September 24-26, San Diego, California Manchester Grand Hyatt. ToorCon's goal is simple—To bridge the gap between intrusion and defense and create an environment that gets people motivated to learn, participate, and contribute to the community around them. WorldWide WarDrive 4: Summer 2004. global Event. An effort by security professionals and hobbyists to generate awareness of the need by individual users and companies to secure their access points. To help accomplish this, the WorldWide WarDrive provides a statistical analysis of the many access points that are currently deployed across the globe. In addition to this statistical analysis, the WWWD provides FREE information on the steps needed to improve the security posture of wireless networks.

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2003

DEF CON 11, August 1-3, Alexis Park, Las Vegas, NV CanSecWest: (2003) This conference focuses on newly emerging information security research, with a balance of both topics on auditing and pen-testing as well as security and defensive strategies. Chaos Communication Camp is billed as The International Hacker Open Air Gathering. Codecon, February 22-24, Club NV, San Francisco, CA CuervoCon VI, March 28-30, Rio Grande Plaza Hotel (formerly the Laredo Howard Johnson), Lareado, TX. A sometimes annual event involving, in no particular order: Computers/drinking/security/telephony/drinking/guns/drinking; Forays into Mexico, and strange Mexican pseudo townships; Taking over local bars; Strange events in odd places that are best not spoken of. Cybersecurity, Research & Disclosure (2003) Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society will host a day-long exploration of the relationship between computer security, privacy, and disclosure of information about security vulnerabilities. Rubi Con, March 28-30, Fairlane Holiday Inn, Detroit, MI Interz0ne II, March 28-30, Radisson Hotel Northlake, Atlanta, GA CanSecWest, April 16-18, Mariott Renaissance Downtown, Vancouver, BC Canada DallasCon Information Security BootCamp & DallasCon Wireless Security Conference, May 22-25, The Plano Centre, Plano, TX SummerCon, June 6-8, The University Club of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA WorldWide WarDrive 3, June 28-July 5, Global Chaos Communication Camp, August 7-10, Berlin, Germany DNSCON 6, (Data and Network Security Counsel), August 15-17, Imperial Hotel, Blackpool, UK ToorCon 5, September 26-28, Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA PhreakNic 7, October 24-26, Tennessee PumpCon, by invitation only, October 24-26, Philadelphia, PA Apachecon, November 16-19, Alexis Park Hotel, Las Vegas Cybersecurity, Research & Disclosure, November 22, Stanford Law School G-Con 1, December 2-3, Mexico City, Mexico RUXCON (2003) is a conference organized by and for the Australian computer security community. It is an attempt to bring together the individual talents of the Australian scene through live presentations, activities and demonstrations.

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2002

DEF CON 10 The 10th anniversary of what has become the largest hacker convention on the planet has come and gone. @tlantaCon was an early Spring convention in Atlanta for technology addicts, computer enthusiasts, security professionals, hackers, gamers, and geeks hosted by a few masochistic individuals who fit somewhere. Retired after 2002. PhreakNIC v6.0 has been scheduled for November 1-3, and is Nashville's FREE annual hacker con, sponsored by the hacker group se2600. ToorCon 2K2 has been scheduled for September 28-30. Put on by the SD2600 folks, its Californias only hacker convention. Hosted in sunny San Diego, Toorcon is a weekends worth of fun and info. Rubi-con has been scheduled for April 5-7 at the Romulus Marriot in Romulus, Michigan.

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2001

DEF CON 9 will be July 13-15 at the Alexis Park in Las Vegas, Nevada USA MiniCon was scheduled for October 12-15. PhreakNIC v5.0 was Nov 2-4 ToorCon 2k++ was scheduled for September 28-30 at the San Diego Concourse. Cuervocon Laredo, Texas, USA- January 26-28. It's that time of year again. Time for thick coats, snow tires,double spiked eggnog and... Mexico? Thats right, winter is in full swing, meaning its time for yet another trip to the border for Cuervo Con 5, where the only thing cold is the cheap Corona. @LANtaCON will be March 30-April 1 in Atlanta. @LANta.CON is a place for those interested in mostly computer based technologies to learn, socialize, play, or just have a cool place to hang out. We're offering informational panels, LAN gaming, R00tWarz, possibly some dealer stuff (want to sell that Commodore 64?) and the perennial miscellaneous geek games (1001 uses for old CD's and super glue. iC0N will be April 20-22 at the Quality Inn Cleveland - Airport in Cleveland, OH.  Being hosted by the Ohio chapter of 2600. Rubi Con 2001 will be April 6-8 in downtown Detroit. Three days of games, speakers, shenanigans and mayhem. Hackers at Large (HAL 2001) is a festival in the tradition of HEU, HIP'97 and CCC'99 that will take place on the campus of the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands from August 10 - 12. It is an intaernational conference with presentations, workshops, tutorials, and many social events on subjects such as privacy, security, biometrics, net art, and so on.

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2000

DEF CON 8 is July 28-30 at the Alexis Park Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. PhreakNIC v4.0 is Nashville's *FREE* annual hacker con. November 3-5. Sponsored by the hacker group se2600. Hope 2K will be in NY July 14-16 at Hotel Pennsylvania on 33rd Street and 7th Avenue in New York City, right across the street from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. RootFest 2000 will be June 14-16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. your rooms on-line!  More stuff, double the space, and more hotel rooms add to the action.  More newbie and advanced classes, as well as more bands and network action. Rubi Con 2000 will be April 28-30 in Detroit Michigan. Three days of hackers, Feds, games, speakers, and other assorted mayhem.

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1999

DEF CON 7 will be the second weekend in July 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.  This year we take over an entire hotel just for us! Cuervo Con 2K isfreshly updated and ready for the January 22-23 in Laredo, TX The Chaos Computer Club is holding their annual Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany December 27-29. UHC is going to be held December 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Watch the new year roll in to '00 in the city of sin. Cuervo Con 3 will be held in Brownsville, TX January 2-3, the first con of 1999! RootFest will be May 21-23 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Minneapolis Convention Center, room 103.  Rubi Con going on this May 28-30, at the Fairlane-Dearborn Holiday Inn in Dearborn Michigan. Summer Con is happening in Atlanta, GA this year, at the CNN Omni Hotel. The con will be held June 4-6. WraithCon, held at Kent University, Ohio over July 30 to August 1. Just $5! The Chaos Computer Club from Germany starts this year the 'chaos computer camp.'  The event will happen from August 6 - 8 near Berlin. Canc0n99/2k will be at Niagra Falls on the Canadian side. August 19-22. There is a mailing list to subscribe to for more information. Hit2000 is a three day conference with a 34Mb/s connection. What more could you ask for?  Held near Zandvoort in the Netherlands, September 3-5. tooRcon '99 Security Expo will be held in San Diego, California on September 3-4.  Install fests, raffles, hacking contests and more. FreeBSDCon is October 17-23 with tutorials, vend-o-rama, and general show. PhreakNIC v3.0 will be held in Nashville, TN by se2600 from October 29-31.

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1998

DEF CON 6 was  July 31 to August 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. XmasCon/Hacking the Year Away is in New Orleans, Louisiana December 18-20.  Chaos Computer Club is holding their annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany in December 28-30.  End your year the CCC way! Apache Con was October 14-16 at the San Francisco Hilton, and put on by c2.net PumpCon VII was in Philly over Haloween.  Invite only.  See you there. PhreakNIC v 2.0 is being held by the se2600 (Nashville/Atlanta hackers) October 30 to November 1 in Nashville, TN. SEC CON 1 SecCon in Sydney, Australlia on Friday night the 18th of July. Summer Con will be June 5-7 in Atlanta, GA. Computer Network Security and Data Protection Conference. Saturday April 25 at  998 Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, England. TACD, The b00ze brothers and 303 proudly present No Hope Con Tew...  Phear, repent, drink.

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1997

DEF CON 5, July 11-13, Las Vegas!  Germany Hacker Con 27-29 in December, thrown by the Chaos Computer Club. This URL is in English and German so everybody can understand...  Cuervo Con will be happening January 2-4 in El Paso, Texas.  IC-Con '97  HIP (Hacking in Progress), August 8-10 Beyond Hope, 2600's party in New York, August 8-10 Access All Areas III, July 4-6, London.  Summer Con, May 30-31 in Atlanta, GA.  XCon '97 in Dallas on May 16-17.

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1996

Defcon 4 Chaos Computer Club Hacker Congress December 27-29 in Hamburg, Germany.  Pump Con '96 was held in Philly, PA over Halloween. I was there with Master Chemist and KingPin hanging out in the bar with Okinawa and Ravers girldfriend when Master Chemist, Ophie and some dude came in. We decided it was time to bail into the lobby where we ran into Goldstien and 'the girl who owned Ophie', when all of a sudden we spotted the Woo Tang Clan (Bad ass mo' fo's) busting some phreak moves on the pay fones. We didn't want to cause trouble, so we threw down, and cold chilled with the Clan. After being near such rap star eliteness we hung out in the room full of stuff, checked out ip's vomit from the night before (Yes, those are half eaten french fries) and looked out over the glorious industrial skyline of Philadelphia. CuervoCon, December 28-29, Fort Brown Hotel, Brownsville Texas.  Controversy, December 6, Manchester, U.K. The evening started off in the back room of Cyberia with a whole lot of beer. As the all night event progressed the whole crowd of crazed Englishmen hacked and drank and took every substance known to man. Guess what this bloke's vice of choice is? It was a great time, the party made the newspapers, and I got searched at customs coming back the the good old U S of A.

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1995

Defcon 3 Pump Con '95 "The busts continue" October 27th-29th, 1995 Philly - Invite Only  Also some more pumpcon stuff on Laughing Gas page.  and on here. Summer Con Hackers on Planet Earth-[H.O.P.E.] Hacking at the End of the Universe [A.E.U.]  Party Con

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