We already got requests for 403 group tickets in 38 different orders. The majority are groups from foreign countries which want to visit the 27C3. We are really pleased to welcome you to the Congress!

On the other hand these group orders decrease the number of available tickets for individual visitors. Thus we concluded to end the group orders now. All group orders that have been requested by now can still buy their tickets, but we won’t raise the ticket limit for any more accounts. Thanks for your understanding.

Another thing…

The FEM, which helped us for more than 6 years with filming, cutting, streaming and archiving the Congress, needs to buy new and better equipment for a better video quality.

We’re pleased to communicate their call for participation. Please visit their website for more information and the donation-button:

http://www.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/index.php?id=509&L=1

A lot of helping hands make the congress what it is: an unforgettable experience. Our volunteers are called ‘Angels’, because that is what they are. Without the help of the Angels the congress wouldn’t be possible. They are managing the preparation, network, recordings, first aid, security, entrance, ticket desk, information centre and lots more.

Do not consume, participate!

We’re always looking for volunteers to help us manage everyday tasks at the congress. If you want to help making the 27C3 a huge success, contact us at 27c3-himmel@lists.ccc.de or visit the “Heaven” (“Himmel”) at the …

As announced, there are many different possibilities to pay for your congress-tickets this year.

You cannot only pay by bank transfer, from today you can also choose to:

• pay in cash at your local Erfa
  Please remember, that not all Erfas offer this service – and that the guy who takes your payments isn’t available all the time. Please find a worldwide list of all cashdesks at /wiki/Cashdesks.
• pay with your creditcard
  With an additional charge of 5% you can also use your creditcard. Please log into the presale-system in order to find your unique payment-link.

Special 27C3-Offer

Booking starts Thursday, 21.10.2010!

DB is offering you a special ticket for your travel from “Any DB-Station” > Berlin > “Any DB-Station”. You can book it by calling +49 (0)1805 / 31 11 53 and stating the Code “27C3” or “Chaos Communication Congress”. The Hotline is available Monday to Saturday 08:00-21:00 o’clock and cost you 0,14Euro/minute from german Telecom landline (T-Com) - from german cellphone network max. 0,42Euro/minute.

You will need to tell the guy on the phone your creditcard or german …

As expected, the pre-sale-system has survived the performance check immediately to the release time.

The rush for the Pre-sale is still enormously. The tickets from the first Quota will be sold out in no time.

But: No Panic.

As announced, there will be a second, much larger, quota at the beginning of November. So anyone who had no luck this time get a new chance at the second quota.

The created accounts are also valid in the second quota.

The quota for our volunteers (Angels) from last year, dubbed ‘the golden token’, will be independent of the other “normal” quota.

For all risks and side …

In order to avoid any confusion, here is the short and sweet version of everything there is to know about the 27C3 ticket presale.

• The System will be available by today (10.10.10) at exactly 10:10am Berlin Time (08:10 UTC) via https://presale.events.ccc.de/ – if this doesn’t work, try https://213.73.91.79/ instead.
• The first batch of 800 Tickets will be accessible by then. The second (and biggest) batch will start after we released the first version of the schedule (the Fahrplan) in the beginning of November. More batches will be announced after those. Everyone who did not get one of the …

You’ve probably waited most of two weeks for this: The pre-sale for the 27th Chaos Communication Congress tickets will start this weekend. To be precise: We will open our server ports tomorrow morning, Sunday (October 10th), at 10:10 Berlin time (08:10 UTC).

For more details, e. g. business tickets, see our wiki and the FAQ.

This will be the first batch of three, offering 800 tickets. The second and largest batch will be available two days after we’ve published the …

As may you have noticed, the start of ticket sales for the 27th Chaos Communication Congress is still delayed.

We understand your annoyance. Rest assured, it annoys us just as much.

Anyone of you ever involved in a project knows: Something always comes amiss, there is always some unexpected problem pushing the release date back into the future. Project “27c3” unfortunately is not an exception to this. Especially since all the work – including the presale system – is being done by volunteers, most of them with a regular day job.

Behind the scenes our coding and hacking mill is spinning, while …

Am 16. und 17. Oktober 2010 findet nun schon zum mittlerweile siebten Mal das Symposium Datenspuren im Kulturzentrum Scheune in Dresden statt. Unter dem diesjährigen Motto “Mind the Gap!” geht es wieder um Ideenaustausch, Diskussionen, Wissen, kreative Visionen unserer Zukunft im Netz, Chaos, Spaß am Gerät, Datenschutz, Handhabung öffentlicher und privater Daten, Formung der Informationsgesellschaft und der uns umgebenden Realität. Anders als die meisten chaosnahen Veranstaltungen richten sich die Datenspuren an ein weites Publikum fern und nah der nerdigen Subkultur.

Zu den Themen dieses Jahr …

The ticket presale for the 27th Chaos Communication Congress scheduled for today will be delayed. We hope to begin selling tickets sometime this week. The presale system isn’t functioning correctly so far.

We’ll keep you informed.

Just a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for proposed talks and workshops is fast approaching. You still have a whole month – until October 9 – to think about what you’d like to contribute, and as always, we welcome your input. Please read the whole CfP here:
27C3 We Come In Peace Call for Papers

Spread the word, submit a talk – see you in December!