38C3 is over. Sadly. We hope that your journey home went well and that you had a good return to reality.

Those four days of living a utopia were far too short. There was so much more that one could have experienced, so many more things to discover, so many more people to meet, so many more talks to see … To our own regret, the length of the event can’t really be changed. But many other things can be! That is why we want to ask for your feedback. Let us know what you liked, but also what you didn’t like. We appreciate both praise and constructive suggestions for improvement! But you need to be …

Our Chaos Communication Congress is a large, international event with many participants, including thousands of volunteers. This creates a lot of potential to experience social overload, health emergencies or threatening situations. We all know the feeling of searching for orientation and connection in the huge, overwhelming congress world with thousands of large and small projects, with concerts, discussions, lectures, full of art and culture. We understand that it can be a challenge to enjoy this freedom under the impression of all these people who, at first glance, are just as twisted, …

Once again this year, hackspaces and other locations are offering a place to meet, stream Congress talks, hack, have a party etc. It’s Congress Everywhere where people bring it to life. This is also an opportunity to visit each other.

These Congress Everywhere locations are known to us:

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• Registration is open - register your extension in Guru
• Don’t forget to bring your phone (DECT, GSM, SIP)
• Remember to bring Batteries, Chargers und CCC SIM-Card
• Our public dialin number: +49 40 5730830 xxxx

2024. The brave new world has completely transformed telephony. IP telephony has replaced conventional telephone technology, including ISDN and all its components. Until 2017, we drove a truck to the Chaos Communication Congress on December 21. We spent days hauling, packing, pulling cables, patching cables, configuring, maintaining main distribution plans and fixing errors so …

It’s getting cozy! Well over 400 assemblies with countless great projects and ideas have registered, and the requests for seats have reached a new record. Unfortunately, the CCH did not become any bigger last year and the requests exceed the available seats by 1.4 times. To make the colorful diversity of the congress possible, please understand that we cannot fully meet your individual seating requests.

Our appeal: move closer together, build shared places in your assemblies, coordinate with your neighboring assemblies, explore the congress and: be excellent to each other.

You can find your …

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Once again this year, the Heralds will guide through the 38C3 programme. There will be a few changes though.

Would you like to be a part of the Heralds team? Send an email to info@heralde.org by 24 December with the following information:

• Herald category (experienced Herald / mentor, Herald mentee, or community Herald)
• link to a recording of your moderation (if available)
• language skills (de/en/fr)
• favourite topics/tracks (e.g., Security, Hardware, Politics & Society, Art & Beauty)
• availability (day x, morning, afternoon, evening, night)

The Heralds guide through the 38C3 …

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• There will be two Lightning Talk sessions
• See https://cfp.cccv.de/38c3-lightningtalks/cfp for submission
• Further information at https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/infos/lightning-talks.html

Lightning Talks?

Did you assume that the thrill of sharing your ideas in front of a huge audience at a C3 was something you’d never experience? Do you work on a cool project and want to get the word out? Was your talk one of the hundreds that got rejected? Did you come up with an awesome hack that you need to share? Go ahead and enter your Lightning Talk now!

The 38C3 Lightning Talks consist of two …

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• We categorize workshops, group meetings, short presentations, etc. as Self-organized Sessions.
• You can create self-organized sessions stubs now, but public room booking will only be possible from 17 December.
• An overview of all self-organized sessions can be found in the Hub.
• To register a self-organized session, use the Backoffice of the Hub.

The magic word is self-organization

You want to arrange a meeting of a group or a discussion about a specific topic? Give a workshop? Host a competition or a game? Organize something outside the building? Want to give a short talk or show a …