I am waiting for the 38th Chaos Communication Congress from 27. – 30. December at CCH Hamburg to begin. The halfnarp already revealed some super interesting stuff. And the Fahrplan now has everything. The hub is mostly under construction.
The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual symposium and hacker gathering organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany. It is the longest-running German IT security conference and has grown into one of the most important conferences on digital transformation in Europe.
- Held annually between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
- Typically lasts for four days (December 27-30)
- Attracts thousands of hackers, technology enthusiasts, artists, and utopians
Focus Areas:
- Information technology
- Digital security
- Making and breaking
- Creative and critical discourse on technology and society
The Congress offers a diverse range of activities:
- Lectures and Workshops: Covering a wide array of topics related to technology, society, and utopia
- Hands-on Projects: Participants can work on their own projects at „Assemblies“
- Hacker Center: A large area where regional CCC groups showcase their technology
- Art Installations: Exploring the intersection of technology and artistic expression
Historical Context: Established in 1984, initially held in Hamburg, later moved to Berlin and Leipzig, has grown significantly, with recent events attracting up to 17,000 attendees.
The Congress is known for its unique atmosphere, often described as a „family gathering“ for the hacker community. It’s a place where attendees can exchange ideas, learn from each other, and engage in critical discussions about the impact of technology on society.
A bunch of URLS to visit to get an idea:
- https://content.events.ccc.de/cfp/38c3/
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Congress
- https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/infos/index.html
- https://www.kleiner-kalender.de/event/chaos-communication-congress/02352c.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA_HnAP8NSQ
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Congress
- https://www.ccc.de/en/
- https://events.ccc.de/en/congress/
Source of this summary: perplexity.ai
Here is an excerpt of the talks am looking forward to most
- Fearsome File Formats
- Find My * 101
- libobscura: Cameras are difficult
- IRIS: Non-Destructive Inspection of Silicon
- Demystifying Common Microcontroller Debug Protocols
- BioTerrorism Will Save Your Life with the 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective
- Feelings are Facts: Love, Privacy, and the Politics of Intellectual Shame
- All Brains are Beautiful! – The Biology of Neurodiversity
- Euclid, das Weltraumteleskop – 180 Millionen Galaxien sind ein guter Anfang
- RadioMining – Playlist-Scraping und Analyse
- Clay PCB
- Can We Find Beauty in Tax Fraud?
- Typing Culture with Keyboard: Okinawa – Reviving the Japanese Ryukyu-Language through the Art and Precision of Digital Input
I won’t go this year
That has primarily to do with the fact that there will be way too many people for me to cope with and my most recent experience I had at the last Chaos Communication Camp. But I will definitly follow the streams from our local hackerspace in Bremen. Highly likely doing some serious hardware soldering and microcontroller programming, while watching and listening to the VOC transmissions.
Why do I blog this? I loved the congress while it was smaller. 26c3 was my first one. I was still okay with it when we were in HH Dammtor with 6000 ppl. Leipzig was too big for me, you had to walk endlessly to get to people and talks. It was overcrowded in the gangways and the food situation was below average (WOC – Waffle Operation Center excluded).