For the 38C3 there will once again be info pages where we summarize all important information on the upcoming congress.

You can find the info pages here: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/infos/. They reflect what is currently known about 38C3 and are the recommended starting point to find all relevant information or to refresh some specific details. At the moment, there still are a lot of TODOs. We will fill the gaps over the next weeks.

You can also find an overview page with all important links.

We will announce important news and additions to the info pages here in the blog. We therefore …

The Call for Participation has started

As we announced on our website, the Call for Participation for the Congress has started. We ask you for your talks and presentations, to make this Congress the most exciting and interesting hacker event of the year. You can find the call here, please familiarize yourself with the notes before submitting something.

According to the motto “38C3: Illegal Instructions” we want to offer a platform for about 130 contributions, divided into five tracks, that want to give impulses for exchange and making this world better.

The deadline for submissions …

Spread the news: We finally have a date for 38C3 – it will take place on 27–30 December and like last year, the venue will be CCH in Hamburg.

The Chaos Computer Club is looking forward, once again, to provide a huge playground where you can engage in hacking, soldering, tinkering, educating, learning, partying and networking, developing shared utopias and projects, and most of all, having fun with devices. As always, the Congress prospers through your participation, so join in with the assemblies and workshops, submit talks, become an angel or give feedback.

Read the invitation on the CCC …

We invite you to the 4th Hacks on the Beach! The Hacks on the Beach is a small hack & tinker festival right on the Flensburg Fjord. You can spend a whole weekend working on your own and other projects with a view of the sea. There are also super cool people, delicious food and lots of fun.

Where

Strandpavillon Solitüde
54°49′20.8″N 9°29′22.1″E
Flensburg, Germany

When

27–29 September 2024, Friday to Sunday

Costs

You need a free ticket to participate. We would be delighted if you could support the event with a voluntary donation to help us pay for rent and catering. You can find the donation …

This year, the Nights of Open Knowledge will once again take place in November at the Audimax of the University of Lübeck. You can now offer your talks, lightning talks, workshops, and booths until 30 September.

The theme, as always, is everything!

In previous years, there have been exciting talks and workshops on a wide range of topics, including insights into current research, archaeology, climate, and computer science, as well as medicine, lifestyle, and open source. So, practically everything! Such a diverse range of talks is only possible thanks to people who are passionate about their …

TL;DR: The sea is calling! We’re taking proposals, starting now: talks.mrmcd.net/2024/cfp

We’re looking for crew members of all IT-Fields and would be happy if you could help us discovering the digital oceans.

Our focus lies – among other things – on network navigation and cryptography, the development of free software above and below sea level and the use of autonomous nautic drones.

The MRMCD dockyard has one of the biggest centers for the recovery of sunk costs, as well as a locksmith’s shop to stuff data leaks and vulnerabilities. That’s why it’s the ideal environment to advance your …

Over the years, mutiple pads with event lists, private websites with calendars etc. have been created. Collecting the information has been tedious and it is often unclear who is maintaining these lists (or whether anyone does at all). This made it difficult to submit and publicise events and also to find them. We wanted to improve this situation, so a new feature has recently appeared on the event blog: the events calendar.

You can find the calendar in the menu bar, under “Calendar”.

To get started, we delved through the sources mentioned above, collated events, cross-checked with information …

CryptoRave 2024 will take place on 10–11 May in São Paulo, Brazil. CryptoRave is the largest free and open security and privacy event in Latin America. This year’s 8th edition will take place at the Mário de Andrade Library.

CryptoRave offers 24 hours of talking, exchanging and learning about communication security and encryption. It is held every year in São Paulo, Brazil. Inspired by the international CryptoParty movement, CryptoRave is the biggest open and free event of its kind in Latin America. Every edition attracts around 3.000 people: hackers, activists and cypherpunks from different …

Common Code <> Different Roots

Entropia e.V. invites you to the 22nd Gulaschprogrammiernacht with the motto “Common Code <> Different Roots”!

Save the date: 30 May – 2 June 2024 in Karlsruhe (HfG and ZKM, Lorenzstr. 15, 76135 Karlsruhe)

TL:DR: The GPN is a community event where you can get together to, for example, hack, eat goulash or attend lectures. The event is open and community-financed, but please register anyway. The GPN works because you contribute to it as a participant. Be it by helping with various tasks (“trolling”) (available soon) or by submitting …

CC-BY-SA Chaostreff Backnang

Overview

Start: 3 May 2024, 16:00
End: 5 May 2024, 18:00
Genre: Hacking & Networking Event
Venue: Kino Universum Backnang, Sulzbacher Str. 32, 71522 Backnang (OpenStreetMap)
Admission price: 42 €

Plot

Chaostreff Backnang is going to stage a hacking event on 3–5 May in the Murr metropolis of Backnang, in the heart of Swabia. The guest list includes all tech-savvy hackers who have always wanted to spend an entire weekend at the movies. The further course of the plot depends on the protagonists. There will be opportunities for free hacking and networking in …

This year, the Hacken Open Air (HOA) will take place on 9–13 July 2024, again from a Tuesday to a Saturday.

The Hacken Open Air is finest hacker camping, hosted by Stratum 0. Together with you, we want to tinker, discuss and be creative in the middle of nature.

This year’s location will once again be the Pfadfinderheim [Scout centre] Welfenhof in Gifhorn, close to Brunswick.

Pfadfinderheim Welfenhof
III. Koppelweg 6
38518 Gifhorn
(OpenStreetMap)

The campsite has regular indoor showers and toilets, and we will offer open-air showers as well. In addition, we will provide area-wide electricity, …

The 37th Chaos Communication Congress is all torn down and tidied up. Are you missing anything?

If you lost something at the 37C3, send us an email to 37c3@c3lf.de, preferably with a picture of what you have lost and a description.
Our friendly cloakroom team takes care of the lost+found items and will be happy to help with your request.

Image CC BY-SA Martin Müller