tl;dr: Register your assembly as soon as possible but no later than December 3rd 23:43 CET at https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/hub/backoffice/.

Each year we call on you: Come, gather, build, hack and be great! This time we are returning to our home for the 29th to 33rd Congresses: the Congress Center Hamburg. That means a little less indoor camping and more of a “hack center” feeling. In a total of 6 areas spread over 3 floors, assemblies will find places to show projects, hack together, discuss, exchange knowledge and network.

The huge exhibition halls in Leipzig gave your …

As with the camp, we will accompany 37C3 with our info pages where we will summarize all important information on the upcoming congress as known so far for your convenience.

You will find the info pages here: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/infos/. They reflect what’s currently known about 37C3 and are the recommended starting point to get an overview of all relevant information or just to refresh some specific facts. At the moment, there’s still a lot of TODOs, we will update them regularly during the next weeks.

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

We …

Haven’t you ever thought about becoming a 37C3 content ambassador?

When in 2019 we reached out to you with our first round of “have your say” for suggestions on how to make our congress Fahrplan the best ever, we received an overwhelming 2000 submissions ranging from exciting developments in hardware security, net politics to helpful remarks on how to better synchronize breaks between presentations.

So we want to repeat that experiment and ask you again:

• Are there any recent developments in one of our six tracks that might be overlooked but needs to be on our radar?
• Are …

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 “37C3: Unlocked” we offer three stages for a total of about 100 contributions, divided into six main topics, that want to give impulses for exchange and making this world better.

The deadline for submissions is …

We’re preparing for the 37C3 presale, which will work slightly differently than in the past:

Just like in previous years, we want to make sure that the active heart of our community – the people who shape Congress – can make 37C3 awesome again. Since our events are run entirely by volunteers, this first and foremost includes our angels (volunteers) who dedicate their free time and effort to make the event possible in the first place. It also encompasses all the hackspaces and activist groups who contribute to the Chaos community both during 37C3 and throughout the year.

At the same time, …

The remote end-of-year event called FireShonks23 is hosted by r3s (remote-rhein-ruhr-stage) and Haecksen and will take place on 27–30 December 2023. Talks and workshops will be available to the public only remotely, workshops only live on the internet. Talks will subsequently be published on media.ccc.de.

With this format, we want to enable accessibility to topics that are otherwise only offered on-site. Low-barrier events require a very high level of organisation. We take advantage of online tools and event technology to achieve the best possible outcome for a community event.

The focus of …

The Chaos Computer Club is happy to welcome you between the years, this time again at the CCH in Hamburg. The Congress thrives on participation, so join assemblies, workshops, submit presentations, help as an angel or give feedback.

You can find the invitation on the CCC website. Mark your calendars! More details about the Congress will be published soon here on the blog and on the info pages.

The 37C3 will take place on 27~30 December unless prohibited by the authorities. All official infection control regulations will of course be implemented. This means that we are not planning any measures …

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 …

The NooK-Orga is still looking for additional presentations, workshops, and lightning talks for the eleventh “Night of Open Knowledge” (NooK) on November 3rd and 4th, 2023, in Lübeck. Submissions of talks, lightning talks, workshops, and booths are possible until September 30th!

NooK is all about bringing the topics that inspire you and sharing your knowledge and skills. Whether you’ve engaged with a subject in your hobby, club, university, work, or political activism, the NooK team warmly invites you to submit your topic.

Over the past years, there have been exciting …

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 …

The campaign #clubsAREculture aims to advance the recognition of clubs as cultural venues and to safeguard club culture in times of serious crises and important political decisions.

#clubsAREculture is a joint platform for protagonists who are committed to the recognition of club and music clubs as culture. These include the Bundesstiftung LiveKultur (Federal Foundation Live Culture), the LiveMusikKommission with numerous affiliated member associations and the Chaos Computer Club.

CCC events such as the latest camp would not be possible without the support of the club and festival scene. We …

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 …