TL;DR: We have exiting tours to interesting locations in Hamburg. All details over at Hackertours!

The Hamburg team has sought out interesting locations in the city that will take you away from the catacombs of the Congress Center for a few hours, letting you experience exiting new things.

The Tours

Cap San Diego

Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship built in 1961 that still is seaworthy and offers excursions. On our tour we will see the bridge as well as the engine room. An exhibition takes us back in time to worldwide shipping before the introduction of containers. All details

Old Elbe …

TL;DR: In preparation for the upcoming 37C3 you have the opportunity to buy your favourite merch right now without having to wait in line later. The goods MUST be collected at the event in the CCH by 28 December 22:00, so only go shopping if you already have a ticket for 37C3! The pre-sale ends on 20 December.

Our 37C3 ticket pre-sale is over and we are speechless and happy about the solidarity in our community! An overwhelming amount of attendees grabbed supporter and business tickets and pushed the average price to currently well over 190 € and right into our congress piggy bank. Thanks to …

Greetings, galactic life form,

there is not much time left until the 37th Chaos Communication Congress starts. Like everything we do, 37C3 only works if we make it happen together. If you want to help out at 37C3, become an Angel.

Volunteering as an Angel makes it easy to take some peeks behind the scenes and to become friends with other life forms. You don’t need to decide to volunteer right now. It’s possible to start volunteering anytime.

All you have to do to become an Angel is register in the Engelsystem and then come and get your badge from Heaven at the event. In the …

The 37C3 content teams have been sorting, discussing, ranking, shuffling, haggling and hustling for more stage-hours and are proud to present you a preliminary look at the first 104 confirmed of around 125 accepted lectures and performances at this year’s Congress.

It’s been an exhausting process with 600 submissions in six tracks and a handful of invited presentations meaning that some tracks had to chose 1 lecture from 10 others not making it into the final Fahrplan. If you are among the ones getting a sad email, rest assured that you are in excellent company and encourage you to …

Zu unserer Freude haben sich in den letzten Jahren immer mehr Junghacker:innen auf dem Congress eingefunden. Daher bieten wir auch diesmal, wie schon in den Vorjahren, einen speziell auf Kinder und Jugendliche zugeschnittenen Junghacker:innentag an.

Am zweiten Congresstag, dem 28. Dezember, organisieren Freiwillige aus vielen Assemblies von etwa 10 bis 17 Uhr ein vielseitiges Workshop-Programm für angehende Hacker und Hackerinnen.

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Wer schon immer mal löten, programmieren, einen 3D-Drucker ausprobieren, einen mathematischen Beweis führen oder selber ein Schloss ohne …

Chaosmentors will be at the 37C3! Interested Mentors and Mentees please registers HERE before the 8th of December at 23:59 o’clock.

It’s that time again - the Chaos Communication Congress is just around the corner! After a three-year break, we are back in Hamburg and, as always, we expect many new people to consider attending the Congress for the first time. Are you among them? Maybe you could use a little support to get off to a good start.

Who are the Chaosmentors for?

Are you a hacker or a member of another underrepresented group and are unsure whether you will feel comfortable at …

Attention all web banner artists, flag printers, board designers and assembly decorators out there: the 37C3 design team has delivered and it’s turned out great! Browse through the design guide and breathe in the anticipation or try to figure out the rules of the design game yourself and let your notebooks, flashing lights and matte bottle holders shine in the official 37C3 design.

For 37C3, Robokid // Luis F. Masallera and Euler Void have thrown themselves into the fray and played and fiddled with the motto 37C3: Unlocked, giving us not only a beautiful logo and a visual space that …

To answer questions regarding Accessibility at Congress:

In short:

• Our venue, CCH, is accessible
• simply bring your assistants to the entrance
• Hidden Disabilities Badges and quiet hacking at QuietQube
• Silent Room access and more Accessibility info at Helpdesk
• Please: wear a mask, get tested, don’t come while infectious.

CCH recently got renovated. Therefore it has good barrier-free access. For instance: a tactile guide system, captions in braille, induction loops and modern toilets. All places will be wheelchair-accessible. Including stages.

More info on accessibility at the CCH website …

tl;dr: The annual Chaos Communication Congress, taking place from 27.12. - 30.12.2023 at the CCH in Hamburg is looking for workshops, installations, performances and artists!

Congress centers and exhibition halls tend to be rather boring and dull spaces. That’s why we are looking for you to bring color, art and culture to the convention. We hereby call on you to participate artistically in the design. There is a lot of space in the congress center and we are counting on you to design it artistically!

Do you have ideas for installations, performances, workshops or other art forms that you …

It’s finally time: After a lot of work, we’re ready to announce the presale for this year’s Chaos Communication Congress. Read on for all the information – ticket prices, sale dates, and more minutiae than anyone would like to read:

Ticket prices

Our ticket prices this year are

• Standard Ticket: €175
• Supporter Ticket: starting at €200
• Business Ticket: starting at €550
• Up-and-coming Ticket (U18): €45 (free for children under the age of 12)
• Member Ticket (for members of CCC e.V.): €160

As always, we’re also additionally offering Friends Tickets: People who cannot afford …

Auch dieses Jahr strebt der Chaos Communication Congress an, als Bildungsveranstaltung in einigen Bundesländern anerkannt zu werden. Damit sind Congress-Teilnehmer in der Lage, für die Zeit der Veranstaltung Bildungsurlaub zu beantragen, und müssen nicht ihren normalen Erholungsurlaub dafür verwenden.

Aktueller Status:

The Chaos Computer Club invites you, as previously announced, to the 37th Chaos Communication Congress at the Congress Center Hamburg from 27 to 30 December under the motto “37C3: Unlocked”. We warmly welcome press from Germany and abroad and ask journalists to register for accreditation in our accreditation system.

In order to organise the process as smoothly as possible, we ask you to create a short profile in our accreditation system with the background of the reporters and their needs. The more we know about these needs, the better we can organise speakers and interview …