Camp 2023 is over, most of the pallets are sorted and back in our storage facilities. But there is one thing left: Your stuff. Did you lose something at Camp? Did you slip up on collecting a parcel from the BGP? Did your parcel arrive late? No worries, here is how to get your stuff back:

Lost + Found

If you lost something, please write an email to camp23@c3lf.de Our friendly wardrobe team takes care of lost and found items and will be happy to help with your request.

BGP

If you forgot to collect a parcel or your parcel arrived late, please contact us at camp2023-pakete@cccv.de. Provide as much …

While some people are currently still packing the leftovers from the camp on pallets and loading them into trucks, others are struggling with the post-camp syndrome. We hope that you all had a good time with wonderful people and that the good memories of exciting days and crazy nights prevail.

After the camp is before the next camp - so we need your feedback. What was really good? What didn’t work at all? Where do you see room for improvement? Did you miss something that you know from other events? We are especially interested in feedback on the info pages, the matrix event chat and the …

Everything has an end …

… unfortunately also the camp. On saturday there will be the closing with snoopy and leona at 8pm. On Sunday there will be the big departure wave. To make your departure as pleasant as possible we have worked out a dismantling plan.

Help with teardown

We urgently need help with teardown. Please consider staying a few more days. The more help we get, the faster and nicer everyone will get off the site. Please contact the Himmel.

Electricity and infrastructure

All sanitary facilities, except for those at the facilities at the Kidsspace and all dry toilets …

There will be an awareness team at the camp in 2023 again. c3awareness is there for you if, for example:

• you have been harassed or discriminated against,
• your personal boundaries have been violated,
• you experience (personal or structural) discrimination,
• you feel uncomfortable and need a person to talk to.

The most direct way to reach us is by DECT (113), but you can also contact us by mail, via Mastodon or Matrix. If you don’t have DECT, you can also go to the Infodesk or ask someone with DECT to call us. Or you can come to our contact point at CERT.

If you are asking yourself, “Can I go to …

TL;DR:

• We will have a TV Studio, and you can use it
• We need your content and your help

This year, C3VOC and C3 News Show will be presenting their own content in the form of the C3VOC.TV project. Our goal is to capture all the small and big details that can be found outside of the large stages. Informational content for all on camp, around camp and even those who stayed at home will be part of the schedule. We’ll be building our own TV studio in the Feldbahnschau building. News, talk shows, games, interviews, cooking or everything else you could fit in a small TV studio is possible. Either …

After many hours of reviews and haggling over the proposed entries, the content teams are proud to present you version 0.9 of the Fahrplan.

Find the schedule on pretalx

We and our awesome speakers and artists present you about 150 Talks, over 60 workshops and almost 50 performance gigs on 10 stages and areas.

For the Chaos Communication Camp 2023, we took a new approach to create this programme, with stages being run by multiple villages. We had to learn a lot while running this approach, so this first schedule comes pretty late. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this has caused …

Our content teams are about to draft the first release of the schedule for the camp. We have many exciting submissions and we would like to compile a schedule that allows everyone to attend every event he or she is interested in. To get close to that, we have created a content feedback tool where you can indicate your preferences and we will use your feedback to optimize our schedule and schedule events preferred by the same audience not in parallel.

Please go to https://contentfeedback.events.ccc.de/conferences/camp2023/ where you will see a list of confirmed submissions with their abstracts. …

jolly and laforge from the osmocom team are planning to operate an experimental ISDN and analog telephony network at the Camp! This network will be provided for people to re-enact the good old telephony days, using anything as old as rotary dial phones, up to the 1990s ISDN experience. So if you still have your old wired telephones or ISDN equipment in a basement, feel free to bring it along and hook it up.

Types of interfaces

We can offer

• analog POTS ports, exposed as classic 2-wire “ab” interface according to German standards
• ISDN ports using Uk0 interface, using 4B3T according to German …

Camp is coming closer and you should start to plan your trip soon. To help you with that, we are going to lay out some options here.

TL;DR:

• Don’t come too early.
• Take enough cash and fuel with you, read the survival guide.
• There will be a bike repair shop and a parcel service.
• Get a cheap event train ticket
• There will be shuttles from Gransee and Zehdenick
• Find groups for long distance shuttles or book existing tours with Bassliner.
• If you come by car, get a parking ticket and offer ride sharing.

General advice

Do not arrive before the announced dates. If you arrive earlier than those dates, …

TL;DR: Like last time, we offer you a possibility to buy drinks by the crate at cheaper prices than at the bar.

The camp is approaching fast, and we are excited! Most of us have already started planning, and a serious question arises: where do we get our Mate? If this question keeps you up at night, we have good news: you can buy your mate at the camp! For the duration of the camp , you can buy crates of cold drinks directly from the Bar-Team!
We provide Mate, beer, a variety of lemonades and cola.
We are also planning an ice cube sale this time.

All further information can be found on our …

TL;TR: You can mail your stuff by parcel to the camp site and back home again. An FAQ providing info on package delivery can be found on the info pages.

From your place to the camp

Has this ever happened to you? You’re packed and eager to bike to camp. But you must admit: three suitcases and two tents are like really bulky. So you scrounge grandma’s SUV and quickly click a parking ticket. Oh, they cost money, too. So you check for a cheap nearby parking garage, what it costs, how you’re going to haul the stuff to camp, and TOOT: Some train nerds are posting stuffed animals on …

After some years of forced interruption we are happy to organize a (larger) Chaos Event again. In order to make the camp a success, we need your help! Please consider becoming an Angel and support the event by volunteering!

How does this work?

TL;DR

1. We need you! Register as an Angel (volunteer) at Angel System (Engelsystem) and add your arrival/departure dates.
2. If you’d like to help with build-up before the 10.08., please contact us per Mail first and wait for our response.
3. Read the Angel-Guide, especially check our curated packing list.
4. At campsite, get marked as arrived at the Heaven …

The most important bit up front: We will release more tickets, to be sold starting tomorrow, July 11th, 20:00 CEST!

After the last round of ticket sales, we had an unusually large amount of orders that were never paid. Combined with an average ticket price of EUR 376.29 that remained noticeably below our goal of EUR 380, we had hoped for both a fuller camp ground and a less uncomfortable budget. (Remember, we shared our budget and the reason for our ticket prices here.

If we don’t sell out completely on Tuesday, we’ll continue to run a normal presale until all tickets are gone or …

Dear villages,

Since the third and last ticket round ended last Saturday, you should now have a good picture of how many people your village will involve. Also, you should have developed some ideas around now on what you want to do and what you need to bring.

Don’t miss the registration deadline

If you haven’t registered your village yet, it’s high time: Registration closes this Friday, 30 June 2023 at 23:42 CEST (UTC+0200). Don’t wait until midnight.

The original Call for Villages is here:
https://events.ccc.de/2023/05/30/camp23-call-for-villages/

Register your villages here: …

After successfully registering your village (see Call for Villages) and having it confirmed by the village team, you will get access to the village shop. Here you can order a variety of things that will hopefully make it easier for you to build your village. The voucher code for the shop can be found with your registration in the hub.

All orders will be checked and released in the order of their submission.

Articles will be added and updated continuously, please check back regularly.

Deposit

Some articles require a deposit. This will be payable in the shop and will be returned to you in cash …

All Creatures of the universe are welcome at Chaos Communication Camp. But how to camp with disabilities?

We have made plans, and a lot will be possible. But keep in mind: this is a best effort by volunteers.

Okay, what to expect for accessibility?

• The Grounds:
  • Mildenberg Brickwork Park has info on accessibility. (external link)
  • There will be noise. You should be able to avoid it better this time.
  • There will be gravel paths, guideposts and a map. Tripping hazards or stairs will be few.
  • Loud announcements and flashing lights will alarm you in case of emergencies.
• Service Teams:
  • c3IOC can …

The Call for Particpation has been extended not only in terms of the deadline, but also its scope. We want to inspire you to use the stages for more than just talks! Two new tracks have been added for this purpose: “performance” and “entertainment”. These can include practically anything that can happen on a stage beyond a regular talk (or DJ set).

Among the things we had in previous events were code readings or beautiful Fnords – there also were poetry slams or lyrical code. Games, contests or audio features have been staged regularly. Maybe you would enjoy reenacting your village …

Dear people,

we have received requests – especially from international speakers – to extend the CfP until after the pre-sale rounds. Additionally, some potential submitters wanted to wait to see if they would get a ticket before doing so.

We have therefore decided to extend the Call for Participation. It’s possible that some stages no longer have openings in their schedules and cannot accept any more talks. In this case, submissions will be released to any other stages that have more capacity left.

Get your camp souvenirs in your size now!

For this Chaos Communication Camp, we want to give you the opportunity to buy t-shirts, hoodies, zippers and other camp memorabilia in advance. This is an experiment to make it easier for you to collect clothes of your taste and in your size at the stall later on - without having to wait in the queue for hours shooting fearful glimpse at the residual stock indicator. What’s more, you don’t have to hold on to your scarce cash holdings at the event to buy textiles, but can spend it on drinks and craft kits to your heart’s content.

The …

Music brings us together. Vibrant colors captivate us. The flow3r is an electronic instrument - it turns touch and gesture into sound and light. Its illuminated edge is a mesmerizing accompaniment to its music and serves as a canvas for all manners of light effects. The badge invites you to create art and beauty together.

Programming is primarily done in MicroPython. This makes it easy to directly modify the built-in programs or create completely new ones. The surface can detect touches on all of its petals simultaneously, allowing for a wide range of interactions. The flow3r can be anything …

Camp 2023 is getting closer – villages, what’s your plan? Cool f00 that is sustainable and reusable? We can’t wait to find out how Chaos envisions a society of tomorrow.

Structures

Once again this year, we want an event that is safe for everyone. Please discuss your plans with the village coordinators early on, especially for large villages and elaborate structures. For example, a permit is required for canopies larger than 75 square metres or structures taller than 5 metres. Structures must be constructed in such a way that they are not a fire hazard. Let us know in your …

Finally, we have all the solid facts we need to kick off ticket sales. Here we go:

Dates

As announced previously, we’ll have three presale dates for admissions tickets. All times are in CEST:

• Tuesday, 6.6., 21:00
• Monday, 12.6., 15:00
• Saturday, 24.6., 12:00 (noon)

The ticket shop will be available at tickets.events.ccc.de, and if we failed to answer any questions in the following post, we’re happy to help at camp2023-tickets@cccv.de.

As always: be on time!

Tickets

What are we even selling there? More than you’d think! Apart from the usual admission tickets at various prices, …

As already announced in the initial blogpost, we have summarized all important and so far known information about the Camp 2023 clearly for you on the info pages.

You can find the info pages here: https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/infos. They reflect the current state of information about the camp and are a good starting point to get an overview of all relevant information or to read individual information again. We will update them regularly during the next weeks.

We are thrilled, proud and excited to finally release this year’s camp design to the public. You can find the Style Guide on the …

It is one of those special years again – a Chaos Communication Camp is going to happen. We invite you to submit talks for this hacker event that only takes place every four years.

There will be five channel stages where talks will be held over five days at Ziegeleipark Mildenberg. The stages are managed by multiple groups, each with their own focus. We are looking forward to your submissions on topics around technology, hacking, InfoSec, decentralised networks, Free Software, sustainability, digital & human rights.

We welcome all content proposals and submissions. In particular we want to …

The Chaos Communication Camp 2023 presale is not ready to start quite yet, but we have some information for those who are eagerly waiting. Short and sweet:

• We’re as impatient as you, but before the presale can start, we need a ticket price, and before we can figure out the ticket price, we need to get our budget planning done, so please bear with us a bit longer.
• Tickets will definitely be more expensive than four years ago, to nobody’s surprise.
• As always, there will be the option to apply for a Friends Ticket at a reduced price if the regular ticket price is not feasible for …

The Chaos Communication Camp is a platform for countless forms and beings, a laboratory for experiments, a forum for open questions of our time.

Hereby we call upon to participate artistically in the design. There is plenty of space on the grounds of the Brickyard and the process for the Call for Art is hereby opened.

Do you have ideas for installations, performances, concerts or other art forms that you would like to realize on the premises? Get in touch!

At this link you can submit your proposal until 01.06.2023, a contact person will get back to you for the details and on 15.06.2023 it will …

Hooray, hooray, soon it’s camp time again!

tl;dr:

• August 15-19, 2023.
• Ziegeleipark Mildenberg.
• Camp is outside, outside is (sometimes) cold, hot, dusty or wet, plan for that!
• All important info is here in the blog

What is the camp?

Chaos Communication Camp is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) quadrennial hacker meeting and open-air hack party, now in Mildenberg for the third time. Over the course of five days, thousands of hackers, technology enthusiasts, tinkerers, artists and utopians come together on the camp grounds in Brandenburg in the middle of summer to exchange ideas, …

This year it’s finally time for our camp again - and as we know, camp would not camp be without the talks produced by the Channels (Villages)!

As established by rc3 we want to source content right from the community. That means Villages can either build stages or stage talks outside, right “on the lawn”. Those talks and stages are going to be recorded and published to https://media.ccc.de.

But there’s a catch: At camp, all resources are limited: We have fewer angels than usual, space for materials and electricity are constrained as well. We want to deliberate with you …