submission

Das Camp 2023 rückt näher. Villages, was habt ihr vor? Coolen F00, der auch noch nachhaltig ist und weiterverwendet werden kann? Wir sind schon gespannt, wie das Chaos sich eine Gesellschaft von morgen vorstellt.

Bauten

Auch dieses Jahr wollen wir wieder eine Veranstaltung, die für alle sicher ist. Daher solltet ihr eure Pläne frühzeitig mit der Village-Orga besprechen, insbesondere bei großen Villages und aufwendigen Bauten. Bei Überdachungen größer als 75 m² oder Bauten mit mehr als 5 m Höhe ist z. B. eine Genehmigung erforderlich. Bauten müssen so konstruiert sein, dass sie keine Brandquelle sind. Teilt uns in eurer Anmeldung mit, wenn ihr Größeres vor habt.

Fahrzeuge

Autos oder ähnliche Fahrzeuge gehören im Allgemeinen nicht in die Villages. Ausnahmen gibt es für Fahrzeuge, die integraler Bestandteil des Village sind, also nicht nur zum Schlafen dienen. Beispiele wäre z. B. ein mobiler Hackspace in einem Bus, ein Wasserwerfer mit Demonstrationshintergrund oder ein Auto, dessen CAN-Bus gerade gehackt wird. Das Openhardwareprojekt mit aktiver Entwicklung auf dem Camp ist gerne gesehen (nach bestätigter Anmeldung), ein cooler Eigenbau alleine reicht nicht aus.

Nix buddeln, keine größeren Erdnägel

Wie beim letzten Mal sind keine Löcher, Gruben oder Unterkellerungen erlaubt. Es liegen noch immer diverse Leitungen, die unzureichend dokumentiert und niedrig versenkt sind, auf dem Gelände. Plant also bitte ohne lange Erdnägel und Heringe und versenkt diese nicht tiefer als 25 cm im Boden.

Village Shop

Wie letztes Mal wird es wieder einen Shop für Villages geben, wo ihr Großraumzelte, Sitzgelegenheiten, Gas etc. zentral bestellen könnt, statt dass alle von euch diese Dinge quer durch’s Land transportieren oder ihr alles einzeln woanders mieten müsst. Wir arbeiten außerdem daran, dass es gemeinschaftliche Kühlfächer geben wird. Sobald wir dazu mehr wissen, werden wir euch informieren.

Küchen, Wasser

Villages dürfen für die Selbstversorgung eine Küche betreiben. (Evtl. Add-on: Wir empfehlen, dass die Hauptverantwortlichen der Küche ein Frikadellendiplom vorweisen können. Eventuell nötige Erstunterweisungen können auch beim Camp gemacht werden, Details folgen.) Zum Kochen darf aus Brandschutzgründen nur Strom oder Gas verwendet werden, kein offenes Feuer. Solltet ihr Wasser für eure Küche benötigen, teilt uns dies gerne mit – bereitet euch aber darauf vor, dass ihr mit Bollerwagen und Wassercontainern arbeiten müsst.

Musik und anderer Krach

Musik ist toll. Aber nicht immer, und nicht in jeder Lautstärke. Je nach Ort auf dem Gelände können wir unterschiedlich laut sein. Sagt uns am besten Bescheid, wenn ihr mit eurem Village (auch mit anderem Krach) über Lounge-Lautstärke hinaus oder lieber in eine ruhigere Ecke wollt. Wenn ihr einen komplett stillen Campingplatz erwartet, werdet ihr auf dem Camp allerdings enttäuscht werden. Es handelt sich immer noch um eine Open-Air-Veranstaltung und nicht um idyllischen Natururlaub auf der Berghütte.

Generell gilt: Achtet auf eure Mitmenschen und nehmt gegenseitig auf euch Rücksicht, damit wir alle eine schöne Zeit haben.

Anmeldung

Bitte meldet euer Village so schnell wie möglich an unter:
https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/hub/backoffice/

Dort haben wir einen Fragebogen für euch zusammengestellt. Je genauer ihr die Fragen beantworten könnt, desto leichter macht ihr uns die Planung und erspart euch Nachfragen. Wenn eure Anmeldung akzeptiert wurde, bekommt ihr den Zugang zum Village-Shop für Zelte, Tische, Stühle etc.

Aktualisert eure Daten auch gerne regelmäßig nach der Anmeldung, insbesondere wenn sich an eurer Größe etwas ändert.

Anmeldeschluss für Villages ist Freitag, der 30.06.2023, 23:42.

Noch Fragen?

Ihr erreicht uns unter camp2023-villages@cccv.de oder im öffentlichen Matrix-Channel #camp2023-villages:events.ccc.de.

[ENG]

Call for Villages

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 application if you have bigger plans.

Vehicles

Cars or similar vehicles generally do not belong in the villages. Exceptions are made for vehicles that are an integral part of the village, i.e. not just for sleeping. Examples would be a mobile hackspace in a bus, a water cannon with a protest background or a car whose CAN bus is being hacked. An open hardware project with active development on the camp is welcome (after confirmed registration), a cool DIY project alone is not enough.

No digging, no large earth nails

Like last time, no holes, pits or sub-basements are allowed. There are still various pipes and cables that are just below the surface and insufficiently documented. So please plan without long ground nails and pegs and do not sink them deeper than 25 cm into the ground.

Village Shop

Like last time, there will be a store for villages where you can order large tents, seating, gas, etc. centrally instead of all of you having to transport these things across the country or rent everything individually somewhere else. We are also working on having community coolers. As soon as we know more about this, we will let you know.

Kitchens, Water

Villages are allowed to run a kitchen for self-catering. (Possible add-on: we recommend that the main person in charge of the kitchen has a basic food safety certificate [“meatball diploma”]. Any initial training that may be required can also be done at camp, details to follow.)

For fire safety reasons, only electricity or gas may be used for cooking, no open fires.

If you need water for your kitchen, please let us know – but be prepared to use hand trucks and water containers.

Music and other noise

Music is great. But not always, and not at any volume. The permitted volume depends on the location. It’s best to let us know if you want your village (including any other noise) to be above lounge volume, or if you’d rather be in a quieter corner. If you are expecting a completely silent campsite though, you will likely be disappointed at the camp. It is still an open air event and not an idyllic nature vacation in a mountain hut.

In general: pay attention to your fellow human beings and take care of each other so we will all have a good time.

Registration

Please register your village as soon as possible at:
https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/hub/backoffice/

We have put together a form for you there. The more precisely you can answer the questions, the easier it will be for us to plan and save you from having to ask further questions. If your registration is accepted, you will get access to the village shop for tents, tables, chairs etc..

Remember to update your data regularly after registration, especially if your village size changes.

The deadline for villages to register is Friday, 30 June 2023 at 23:42 CEST (UTC+0200).

Any questions?

You can reach us at camp2023-villages@cccv.de or in the public matrix channel #camp2023-villages:events.ccc.de.

Photo smtw WTFPL

English version below

Es ist dieses Jahr wieder so weit – das Chaos Communication Camp findet statt. Wir laden euch ein, Vorträge für das alle vier Jahre stattfindende Hacker:innen-Treffen einzureichen.

Dieses Jahr wird es fünf Channel-Bühnen geben, auf denen an fünf Tagen im Ziegeleipark Mildenberg Vorträge stattfinden. Jede dieser Bühnen wird von mehreren Gruppen betreut und hat einen eigenen Schwerpunkt. Gemeinsam freuen wir uns auf Einreichungen rund um die Themen Technik, Hacking, InfoSec, dezentrale Netzwerke, Freie Software, Nachhaltigkeit, digitale Rechte und Menschenrechte.

Wir freuen uns auf alle Vorschläge und Einreichungen. Und wir möchten insbesondere gerne FLINTA* und Queere Personen, BIPOC und Menschen aus dem globalen Süden dazu ermutigen, sich mit Vorträgen, Workshops oder Lightning Talks zu bewerben.

Im Einzelnen freuen sich diese Channels auf eure Beiträge:

Milliways mit diesen Themen: InfoSec und „Hands-on“-Vorträge zu offensive und defensive security. Weitere Schwerpunkte auf der Bühne der Milliways sind Hacking, Basteln mit oder ohne Software, Firmware, Computer-Architektur und Algorithmen, aber auch Vorträge zu Social Engineering.

Digitalcourage bereitet ein Programm zu (digital)politischen Themen vor und freut sich über Einreichungen für Talks, Workshops oder künstlerische Beiträge. In einem Zelt für ca. 50 Personen ist Raum für allerlei Themen, die sich mit einer lebenswerten Welt im digitalen Zeitalter beschäftigen.

Jugend hackt freut sich über Einreichungen für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene zwischen 12 und 21 Jahren. Vom Talk über Workshop bis hin zu Sport- und Spielangeboten ist alles möglich. Den CfP von Jugend hackt erreicht ihr hier.

Bits & Bäume setzt für das Camp einen technischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Fokus und freut sich auf Vorträge und Workshops zu dezentralen Netzwerken, Freier Software, Nachhaltigkeit und Social Responsibility.

Nerds der OberRheinischen Tiefebene und der xHain (N:O:R:T:x) freuen sich auf alles „Normale“: Fnords, Abgefahrenes, Unfertiges, Knuffiges, Flauschiges, …

Falls ihr keinen Talk oder Workshop einreichen wollt, sondern auf der Veranstaltung eure musikalischen Talente vorführen wollt, freuen wir uns auf eure Kunst.

Ihr könnt euch zwischen dem Track Live Act (z.B. als Band oder Solo Projekt) und DJ Set entscheiden. Damit wir eure Einreichungen finden, wählt bitte Performance als Einreichungstyp. Bitte gebt unbedingt an, wie lang eurer Auftritt sein soll.

Termine und Deadlines

Der CfP wird am 9. Juni 2023 auslaufen. Wir werden euch einen Monat später Bescheid geben, ob ihr euren Talk halten könnt.

Hinweise für Einreichungen

Die Einreichungen müssen über das gemeinsame Konferenz-Planungssystem (Pretalx) eingereicht werden.

Ihr findet es hier: https://pretalx.c3voc.de/chaos-communication-camp-2023/cfp

Content Notes

Bitte macht euch Gedanken, ob eure Einreichung Content Notes braucht. Gerade bei sensiblen Themen kann dies Menschen helfen, sich darauf einzustellen. Wir empfehlen euch, dazu die Infos des Inclusion Operation Center zu lesen.

Gebt gerne auch an, ob euer Talk sich auch an Jugendliche richtet / auch für Jugendliche geeignet ist.

Formate

Ihr könnt bei uns folgende Formate einreichen (Feld „Einreichungsart“ in Pretalx):

Vortrag (45 Minuten + 15 Minuten Fragen)
Kurzvortrag (20 Minuten + 10 Minuten Fragen)
Lightning Talk (5 Minuten ohne Fragen)
Live Workshop (60 Minuten)
Performance (60 Minuten)

Einreichungen für reine Workshops, die nicht gestreamt werden, werden über andere Wege möglich sein.

Sprache

Die Zielgruppe des Camps ist ein internationales Publikum, jedoch gibt es auch viele deutschsprachige Teilnehmende. In den vergangenen Jahren wurden viele Inhalte auf Englisch präsentiert. Solltest du dich bei einem englischsprachigen Vortrag nicht sicher fühlen, kannst du diesen gerne auch auf Deutsch halten. C3Lingo bemüht sich, viele Vorträge simultan zu übersetzen.

Bitte reiche die Meta-Informationen zu deinem Vortrag in der Sprache deines Vortrags ein, damit hier keine Verwirrung aufkommt.

Veröffentlichung

Die Audio- und Video-Aufnahmen der Vorträge werden online bei media.ccc.de in verschiedenen Formaten veröffentlicht und unter die CC-Lizenz Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) gestellt. Für Medien erlaubt diese Lizenz die kommerzielle Nutzung von Ausschnitten im Rahmen ihrer Berichterstattung.

Solltet ihr weder eine Aufzeichnung noch ein Streaming oder eine Veröffentlichung wünschen, gebt dies bitte direkt bei der Anmeldung an. Es hat technisch keinen Sinn, einen Vortrag nur zu streamen, aber nicht aufzuzeichnen, da auch Zuschauende Aufzeichnungen anfertigen und diese dann veröffentlichen können.

Was wir nicht wollen

Einreichungen auf dem Event sollen die Teilnehmenden unterhalten und (inhaltlich) weiterbringen. Die Teilnehmenden sind viel mehr an den technischen und/oder sozialen Aspekten von eingereichten Themen interessiert als an einer „Produktvorstellung“.

Das Camp 2023 richtet sich an die Zivilgesellschaft und möchte sich kritisch mit den Themen Sicherheitspolitik, Urheberrechten, Überwachung und Nachrichtendiensten auseinandersetzen. Deshalb behalten wir uns vor, uns gegenüber Einreichungen von aktiven Akteur*innen aus diesen Bereichen wenig aufgeschlossen zu zeigen.

Eintritt & Fahrtkosten

Das Camp ist ein nicht-kommerzielles Event, das komplett von der Community getragen wird und dessen Kosten solidarisch unter allen Beteiligten aufgeteilt werden. Somit unterscheiden wir nicht zwischen Teilnehmenden, Referent*innen und Engeln. Das bedeutet, dass Referent*innen keine Erstattung bei den Fahrkosten erhalten können.

Eine Talk-Einreichung garantiert dir keinen Zugang zum Camp. Bitte achte darauf, dass du zu Beginn des Vorverkaufs ein Ticket kaufst.

Solltest du Unterstützung benötigen, da deine Lebenssituation den Eintrittspreis nicht zulässt, kannst du ein Friends-Ticket beantragen.

Solltest du aus dem Nicht-EU-Ausland einreisen, bitte denke daran, dich rechtzeitig um ein Visum zu kümmern. Leider können wir dir keine Invitation-Letter ausstellen. Wenn ihr ein Visum beantragen müsst, gebt es bitte mit an. Dann bearbeiten wir eure Einreichung bevorzugt.

[ENG]

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 encourage FLINTA* (Female, Lesbian, Inter, Non-Binary, Trans, Agender) and Queer individuals, BIPOC and humans from the Global South to submit their talks, workshops or Lightning Talks.

These channels are keen to receive your submissions:

Milliways with the following topics: InfoSec and “hands-on” talks on offensive and defensive security. Other focal points on the Milliways stage include hacking, tinkering with or without software, firmware, computer architecture and algorithms, as well as presentations on social engineering.

Digitalcourage is curating a programme on (digital) politics and welcomes submissions for talks, workshops or artistic contributions. In a tent hosting about 50 people, there will be room for all kinds of topics dealing with a world worth living in the digital age.

Jugend hackt [youth is hacking] will be happy to receive your submission for ages 12 to 21. We welcome any proposals ranging from talks, workshops, to sports, games and other fun activities. Follow this link to the CfP of Jugend hackt.

Bits & Bäume [bits and trees] has a technical and socio-political focus, and is looking forward to talks and workshops on decentralised networks, free software, sustainability and social responsibility.

The Nerds from the OberRheinische Tiefebene [Upper Rhine Plain] and xHain (N:O:R:T:x) are looking forward to anything “normal”: fnords, whacky, unfinished, cute, fluffy, …

If you don’t want to submit a talk or workshop, but would like to present your musical talents at the event, we are looking forward to your submission.

You can choose between the track “live act” for a band or solo project and “DJ set” for DJ Sets.. In order for us to find your submissions, please choose ‘Performance’ as the submission type.

Dates und Deadlines

This Call for Proposals end on 9 June 2023. We will let you know one month later whether your talk was selected.

Notes on Submission

All proposals must be submitted through our Conference Planning tool (Pretalx).

You can find it here: https://pretalx.c3voc.de/chaos-communication-camp-2023/cfp

Content Notes

Please consider adding content notes to your submission. This can help your audience to be prepared especially for sensitive topics. We recommended that you read the information provided by the Inclusion Operation Center.

Feel free to indicate whether your talk is suitable for or even aimed at minors.

Formats

The following content formats can be submitted (“session type” in Pretalx):

Talks (45 minutes + 15 minutes for questions)
Short Talk (20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions)
Lightning Talks (5 minutes, no questions)
Live Workshop (60 Minutes)
Performance (60 Minutes)

Submissions for workshops without live streaming will be made possible in other ways.

Language

The Camp has an international audience. But of course many German speakers will be in attendance. A lot of content was presented in English in past events. If you struggle with presenting in English, we encourage you to consider if presenting in German would suit you better. C3Lingo will try their best to provide simultaneous translation between these two languages for many talks.

Please submit the meta information for your talk in the same language that you will use to give your talk. This helps reduce confusion.

Publication

Audio and video recordings will be published in multiple formats on media.ccc.de under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows other media to commercially use this content for news reporting.

If you do not wish your talk to be recorded or livestreamed, please state so in your submission. For technological reasons it does not make sense to livestream but not record a talk, as livestreams can be recorded and published by the audience.

What we do not want

Submissions for this event should be entertaining and educational. The audience is much more interested in social and/or technical aspects of a topic than in a “product presentation”.

The Camp is a forum for civil society. It takes a critical stance on topics such as “security” policy, copyright, surveillance and intelligence agencies. We reserve the right to be less open towards submissions from active actors in these fields.

Entrance fee & travel expenses

The Camp is a non-commercial event. It is facilitated by the community and costs are to be distributed on a basis of solidarity between all participants. We therefore do not differentiate between attendees, speaker and angels. This means that speakers cannot be reimbursed for travel or other expenses.

A talk submission does not guarantee access to the Camp. Please make sure to buy a ticket as soon as the presale starts.

Should your circumstances make it impossible for you to afford the entrance fee, you can ask for a “friends” ticket.

If you are travelling from outside the European Union, please remember to arrange for a visa in time. Unfortunately we are not able to issue invitation letters. If you need to apply for a visa, please state this in your content submission. We will then strive to expedite your submission in the selection process.

Photo CC BY 2.0 bin hacken

English version below

Das Chaos Communication Camp ist eine Plattform für unzählige Formen und Wesen, ein Labor für Experimente, ein Forum für offene Fragen unserer Zeit.

Hiermit rufen wir auf sich an der Gestaltung künstlerisch zu beteiligen. Auf dem Gelände der Ziegelei ist viel Platz und der Prozess zum Call for Art ist hiermit eröffnet.

Ihr habt Ideen für Installationen, Performance, Konzerte oder andere Kunstformen auf dem Gelände die ihr umsetzen wollt? Meldet euch!

Unter diesem Link könnt ihr bis zum 01.06.2023 euren Vorschlag einreichen, eine Ansprechperson wird sich für die Details bei euch melden und am 15.06.2023 wird entschieden welche Einreichungen tatsächlich realisiert werden können.

Fragen an das Call for Art Team: camp2023-art@cccv.de

[ENG]

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 be decided which submissions can actually be realized.

Questions to the Call for Art Team: camp2023-art@cccv.de

Photo WTFPL smtw

Die Gerüchte sind wahr! Der 36. Chaos Communication Congress (36C3) wird am Ende des Jahres in der Messe Leipzig stattfinden. Er wird sich organisatorisch weitgehend am 35C3 orientieren. Der Call for Participation hat soeben begonnen. Auch die offizielle Einladung ist auf der Club-Webseite veröffentlicht.

Obacht: Da der Call for Participation aus Camp-Staub-Gründen erst spät begonnen hat, endet die Einreichungsfrist für Vorträge diesmal sehr zügig, bereits am 26. Oktober 2019.

The rumours are true! The 36th Chaos Communication Congress (36C3) is going to happen in Leipzig and will, for the most part, be organised and structured like last year’s 35C3.

We’ve just launched our Call for Participation and announced an official invitation on our website.

Heads Up: Due to a more relaxed start after an exhausting Camp, the due date is approaching rapidly. Please hand in your submissions before 26 October 2019.

Titelbild von mlcastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Call for Participation: Chaos Communication Camp 2019

Hier entlang zur Deutschen Version.

The Chaos Communication Camp in Mildenberg is an open-air hacker camp and party that takes place every four years, organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). Thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists and utopians get together for five days in the Brandenburg summer – to communicate, learn, hack and party together.

We focus on topics such as information technology, digital security, hacking, crafting, making and breaking, and we engage in creative, sceptical discourse on the interaction between technology and society.

We’d love to see your submission for these tracks:

Arts & Culture,
Ethics, Society & Politics,
Hardware & Making,
Security & Hacking,
Science.

Apart from the official conference program on the main stages, the Chaos Communication Camp also offers space for community villages, developer and project meetings, art installations, lightning talks and numerous workshops (called “self-organized sessions”).

Lightning talks

Got something interesting to say but don’t want to submit a full talk? Consider doing a lightning talk instead! You will have five minutes to present your ideas or projects – or just to rant, if you need to vent. A formal submission through our submission system (called „frab“) is not required; as usual, the lightning talks are organized via our public wiki. Lightning talks can be held in German or English and will be streamed, recorded and published (see below).

For projects, installations, workshops, sessions hosted in assemblies and other fun stuff is no formal submission through frab required. There will be a wiki page to keep track of requirements for space and other resources. Simply start already considering now what you would like to make, bring, or show, and write it down once the wiki goes online.

Dates & deadlines

May 22th, 2019: Call for Participation
June 11th, 2019 (23:59 CEST): Deadline for submissions
July 10th: Notification of acceptance
August 21st – 25th, 2019: Chaos Communication Camp at Ziegeleipark Mildenberg

Submission guidelines for talks

All lectures need to be submitted to our conference planning system under the following URL: https://frab.cccv.de/cfp/camp2019.

Please follow the instructions there. If you have any questions regarding the submission, you are welcome to contact us via mail at camp2019-content@cccv.de.

Please send us a description of your suggested talk that is as complete as possible. The description is the central criteria for acceptance or rejection, so please ensure that it is as clear and complete as possible. Quality comes before quantity. Due to the non-commercial nature of the event, presentations which aim to market or promote commercial products or entities will be rejected without consideration.

Since most participants find – or don’t find a lecture by its title, it’s important to keep your talk description precise, accessible and comprehensible. Our teams will keep a keen eye on title and subtitle and make suggestions to change them if necessary, so please avoid insider jokes and stereotypes.

As it is likely that there will be multiple submissions on the same topic, please show us exactly why your talk should be part of the conference. Remember that the teams are diversely staffed, and not every reviewer knows every submitter and their backgrounds. Please write something about yourself, your research, and your motivation. It does not matter if the talk has been held at another conference somewhere on this planet, as long as it is up to date and relevant.

Talks should be 45 minutes long and can include up to 15 minutes for questions and answers. Longer slots are possible if absolutely necessary, but should be an exception. Please take our limited amount of presentation time into consideration, check how much time you really need to bring home your points and then tell us the proposed length of your talk.

Language

Although the Chaos Communication Camp is an international event and a lot of content is presented in English, there will again be a translation team that will simultaneously translate most German talks into English. So if you are not comfortable with presenting in English, don’t hesitate to present your lecture in German. If your talk will be held in English, your submission should also be in English.

Publication

Audio and video recordings of the lectures will be published in various formats at media.ccc.de under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This license allows commercial use of excerpts by media institutions as part of their reporting. If you do not wish for material from your lecture to be published or streamed, please let us know in your submission.

Note: As German law (and therefore the license) might differ from the law of your country, please let us know if you have any issues or questions regarding the exact implications. Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee a perfect translation.

Travel, costs & visa

The Chaos Communication Camp is a great adventure for us, also financially. As we’re all there to have a nice time together, and split the costs, we cannot offer a different entrance fee for speakers, workshop organizers or angels. The camp is a non-commercial event where neither the organisers nor the speakers are being paid – thus, we cannot provide a free entrance ticket, even for speakers. If necessary, we are however able to provide limited support for travel costs.

If you need help applying for a visa, such as an official invitation to present to the German embassy, please let the content team know well in advance. Please be aware that the visa application procedure may take up to six weeks or longer!

Photo: Fabrizio, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The CCC calls for participation and your submissions!

34C3 – 34th Chaos Communication Congress
December 27th through 30th 2017, Leipziger Exhibition Grounds in Leipzig.

Es gibt eine deutsche Version dieses Aufrufs.

The Event

The Chaos Communication Congress is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) annual symposium and hacker party. During four days between Christmas and New Years Eve, thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists, and utopians get together in Leipzig to communicate, learn from each other, and party together. We focus on topics such as information technology, networks, digital security, making, and breaking. We engage in creative, sceptical discourse on the interaction between technology and society.

We’d love to see your submission for one or more of our six tracks:

Art & Culture,

Ethics, Society & Politics,

Hardware & Making,

Security,

Science,

Resilience.

Apart from the official conference program, the Chaos Communication Congress also offers space for community assemblies, developer and project meetings, art installations, lightning talks, and workshops. We also have special places for kids to learn and tinker.

Tracks

Art & Culture

This track awaits submissions that address, from an artistic perspective or with artistic means, the societal changes and contradictions caused by computers, the internet, robots, and general digitalization.
One can create art and beauty with computers: We’re also open to lectures that include art installations, performances, concerts, readings, etc., that involve past, contemporary, or upcoming technologies. We will try to help with the organizational side of such lectures as much as possible.

Ethics, Society & Politics

We’re looking forward to submissions which address present and future societal, ethical, and political questions that arise from the technologization and digitization of all aspects of life. What will the future bring? Which commercial and political interests are in the way of an utopia worth living, and how can they be overcome?
Any activistic, fantastical, solidary, and commerce-free ideas and concepts are welcome here.

Hardware & Making

This track is all about developing and creatively using things that allow the digital to make a physical impression.
The focus is on creating things of all kinds of (e. g. textiles, musical instruments, robots, alternative energy, medical tools, etc.), the expansion, repair, and liberation of proprietary systems (from the decapped smart-card to the firmware of your toaster to a modified agricultural machine), the sovereign use of technology, getting your hands dirty, and all the things we can’t imagine yet – and of course rockets!

Security

For this track we would like to request submissions that show how hardware and software can be made either more secure or less secure.
If you want to share your discoveries with thousands of fellow security enthusiasts, if you have developed new solutions to previously unsolved problems, or if you have found new problems which we knew nothing about, then this is the right track for you.

Science

The rapid development of science and technology is steadily changing our view of the world. But that doesn’t only mean that we’re profiting from new technology as a byproduct. We are also increasingly trying to understand the complex relationship between nature and society, in order to comprehend how our actions parameterize this whole system. We see science as a method of reverse engineering the world API and are interested in the newest diffs. No matter whether research centres, universities, or garage-driven science: If you explore and evaluate interesting and important developments from a scientific standpoint, then send us your submissions!

This year we’re especially interested in submissions regarding the phenomenon of climate change in its whole width and complexity. We are interested in everything from sociocultural effects to frost-resistant measurement technology, from the past to the near future, from the depth of the oceans up to the atmosphere. What are the actual effects of the technical and societal systems we have built? What will be the next Dieselgate, and which active approaches towards solving the problems are there?

Resilience

The world is developing at an increasing pace, and most of it involves computers and algorithms. Unfortunately, those developments do not necessarily equal progress. Some increase complexity; others require waiving freedoms. But many projects already incorporate recent research, like p2p gossipping networks (meaning less data accumulates at central points as everyone runs their own infrastructure), extended OS security (reducing persistence, new policies, virtualisation), or reorganised social frameworks intended to simplify life (by eliminating bureaucracy and sources of stress), and, of course, reduction of our dependency on human competition.

In the resilience track all submissions are welcome that lead to a world more worthy of living in – be they long-running projects or recent developments.

New Feature: Classifier

In addition to the content tracks you know from previous years, we now ask you to rate your submission by dynamic tags we call „classifiers“. Those help your reviewers and your audience to better understand the content and what your audience can expect. If, for example, your topics cover both hardware and security, you now can show us on a scale between 0 and 100 percent – making the classic „tracks“ much more fluid. You can also tell us what level of prior knowledge you expect your audience to bring.

Further Program at the 34C3

Lightning talks

Got something interesting to say but don’t want to submit a full talk? Consider doing a lightning talk instead. You will have five minutes to present your idea or project, or to do a rant. A formal submission through our conference system (frab) is not required; as usual, the lightning talks are organized via the public wiki. Lightning talks can be held in German or English and will be streamed, recorded and published (see below).

Assemblies

Assemblies are places where communities around a certain interest can meet, talk, exchange ideas and be inspired. Assemblies play a huge part in creating the special “congress atmosphere.” We will have lots of space, so some bigger installations will be possible.

To further the exchange and the get-together of communities and groups, we will cluster the assemblies at the 34C3 along key subjects. We will link these key subjects to bigger workshop areas, stages, or auditoriums which will be available for the assemblies connected to the subject for workshops, self-organized sessions or after talks discussion.

You and your community are interested in adopting a key subject, or your established assembly wants to take care of more space? Then write an email to c3-assemblies(at)lists.ccc.de and join the effort to create a great congress. Installations with up to 30m² big roofs are possible!

The usual application for assemblies will happen in due time at the public wiki.

Projects, installations, workshops and other fun stuff

A formal submission through frab is not required. There will be a wiki page to keep track of requirements for space and other resources. Simply start already considering now what you would like to make, bring, or show, and write it down once the wiki goes online. We are open to crazy and surprising stuff.

Submission Guidelines

Please send us a description of your suggested talk that is as complete as possible. The description is of particular importance for the selection, so please ensure that it is as clear as possible. Quality comes before quantity. Due to the non-commercial nature of the event, presentations which aim to market or promote commercial products or entities will not be entertained.

As it is likely that there will be multiple submissions on the same topic, please show us exactly why your talk should be part of the conference. Remember that the teams are diversely staffed, and not every reviewer knows every submitter and their background. Please write something about yourself, your research, and your motivation. It does not matter if the talk has been held at another conference somewhere on this planet, as long as it is up to date and relevant.

Talks should be either 45 minutes long plus 15 minutes for questions and answers or 20 minutes long plus 10 minutes for questions and answers. Longer slots are possible in principle. Please tell us the proposed length of your talk at the time of submission.

Language

Although the Chaos Communication Congress is an international event and a lot of content is presented in English, this year there will again be a translation team that will simultaneously translate most German talks into English. So if you are not comfortable with presenting in English, don’t hesitate to present your lecture in German. If your talk will be held in English, your submission should also be in English.

Publication

Audio and video recordings of the lectures will be published in various formats under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows commercial use of excerpts by media institutions as part of their reporting. If you do not wish for material from your lecture to be published or streamed, please let us know in your submission.

Travel, costs & visa

The Chaos Communication Congress is a non-commercial event where neither the organisers nor the speakers are being paid. As a speaker, though, you get free admission. If necessary, we are able to provide limited support for travel costs. If you need help applying for a visa, such as an official invitation to present to a German embassy, please let the content team know well in advance. Please be aware that the visa application procedure may take up to six weeks.

Dates & deadlines

October 15th, 2017 (23:59 UTC): Deadline for submissions (no excuses),

November 19th, 2017: Notification of acceptance,

December 27th – 30th, 2017: Chaos Communication Congress.

Online submissions only

Please submit your lecture to our conference planning system at
https://frab.cccv.de/cfp/34c3.

Simply follow the instructions there. If you have any questions regarding the submission, you are welcome to contact us via mail at 34c3-content(at)cccv.de.

Pictures taken at 31C3, FOSSASIA, CC BY 2.0.

33C3 – 33rd Chaos Communication Congress
December 27. through 30. 2016, CCH, Hamburg

The Event

The Chaos Communication Congress is the annual symposium and hacker party of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). During four days between Christmas and New Years Eve, thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists and utopians get together in Hamburg to communicate, learn from each other, and party together. We focus on topics such as information technology, digital security, making and breaking. We engage in creative, sceptical discourse on the interaction between technology and society.

32C3 at CCH.

We’d love to see your submission for one or more of these tracks:

Art & Culture,
Ethics, Society & Politics,
Hardware & Making,
Security and
Science.

Tracks

Art & Culture

One can create art and beauty with any technology, including computers. This track awaits submissions that address, from an artistic perspective, the societal changes and contradictions caused by computers, the internet, robots and general digitalization.
We’re open to lectures that include art installations, performances, concerts, readings, etc., that involve past, contemporary or upcoming technologies.

Ethics, Society & Politics

We’re looking forward to submissions which address present and future societal, ethical and political questions that arise from the technologization and digitalization of all aspects of life. What will the future bring? Which commercial and political interests are in the way of an utopia worth living, and how can they be overcome?
Any activistic, fantastical, solidary and commerce-free ideas and concepts are welcome here.

Hardware & Making

This track is all about developing and creatively using things that allow the digital to make a physical impression. Reverse engineers, micro-controller developers and quantum physicists are all very welcome. Decapped smart cards and system-on-chips, sanded-down PCBs and reverse-engineered firmware should feel right at home, next to the cocktail-mixing 3D-printer and the hidden nuclear reactors you are secretly operating in your basement. The focus is on all kinds of hardware design, the expansion and liberation of proprietary system, getting your hands dirty – and of course rockets!

Security

For this track we would like to request submissions that show how hardware and software can be made either more secure or less secure. If you want to share your discoveries with thousands of fellow security enthusiasts, if you have developed new solutions to previously unsolved problems or if you have found new problems which we knew nothing about, then this is the right track for you.

Science

We have science to thank for our blinking computers, but not just that – nearly all progress in society and technology is facilitated by science in one way or another. This track features talks that look into progress from a scientific point of view and evaluate what has been achieved by science, whether it happened in research institutions, in universities, or in your backyard.
Besides topics in the social sciences, such as the history of secret services, research of alternative coexistence or economies, we are also interested in pressing questions of humanity’s growing need for energy, drug-resistant pathogens or access to drinking water. Furthermore, the big questions are also relevant: Are we alone in the universe? How does life work? How do I detect an infinite loop?

Submission guidelines

For talks

As it is likely that there will be multiple submissions on the same topic, please show us exactly why your talk should be part of the conference. Remember that the teams are diversely staffed, and not every reviewer knows every submitter and their background. Please write something about yourself, your research and your motivation. It does not matter if the talk has been held at another conference somewhere on this planet, as long as it is up to date and relevant.

Talks should be either 45 minutes long plus 15 minutes for questions and answers or 20 minute long plus 10 minutes for questions and answers. Longer slots are possible in principle. Please tell us the proposed length of your talk at the time of submission.

For lightning talks

Got something interesting to say but don’t want to submit a full talk? Consider doing a lightning talk instead. You will have five minutes to present your idea, project, or to do a rant. The lightning talks will only be organised during the event. A formal submission is not required.

For projects, installations, workshops and other fun stuff

A formal submission is not required. There will be a wiki page to keep track of requirements for space and other resources. Simply start considering already now what you would like to make, bring or show, and write it down once the wiki goes online. We are open to crazy and surprising stuff.

For Assemblies

Assemblies are places where communities around a certain interest can meet, talk, exchange ideas and be inspired. Assemblies play a huge part in creating the special „congress atmosphere“. They are comparable to villages at the Chaos Communication Camp. The assemblies are organized in the public wiki.

Language

Publication

Note: As German law (and therefore the license) might differ from the law of your country, please let us know if you should have any issues or questions regarding the exact implications. Unfortunately, we can’t guarantee a perfect translation.

Travel, costs & visa

The Chaos Communication Congress is a non-commercial event where neither the organisers nor the speakers are being paid. As a speaker you get free admission though. If necessary, we are able to provide limited support for travel costs and accommodation. If you need help applying for a visa, such as an official invitation to present to the German embassy, please let the content team know well in advance. Please be aware that the visa application procedure may take up to six weeks.

Dates & deadlines

September 30th, 2016 (23:59 UTC): Deadline for submissions
November 13th, 2016: Notification of acceptance
December 27th – 30th, 2016: Chaos Communication Congress

Online submissions only

Please submit your lecture to our conference planning system at https://frab.cccv.de/cfp/33c3.

Simply follow the instructions there. If you have any questions regarding the submission, you are welcome to contact us via mail at 33c3-content(at)cccv.de.

Picture: CC-BY-NC 2.0, Sascha Ludwig.