23C3: Who can you trust?
23rd Chaos Communication Congress
December 27th to 30th, 2006
Berlin, Germany

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/

Overview

The 23rd Chaos Communication Congress (23C3) is the annual four-day conference of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) on technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics and encourages a critical-creative attitude towards technology. Since 1984, the Congress has established itself as the “European Hacker Conference” bringing together the brightest heads from Europe and all over the world.

We want you to join and be a part of this unique event which serves as a public platform for cross-culture inspiration and borderless networking. 23C3 is fun!

Topics

The 23C3 conference program is roughly divided into five general categories. These categories should serve as guidelines for your submissions and as a means of orientation for our visitors. However, it is not mandatory for your talk to exactly match the descriptions below. Anything that is interesting for our audience will be taken into consideration.

Hacking

The ‘Hacking’ category addresses topics dealing with technology, concentrating on current research with high technical merit. Traditionally, the majority of all lectures at 23C3 revolve around hacking.

Topics in this domain include but are in no way limited to: network and system security, programming, hardware hacking, cryptography, and creative use of technology.

Science

The ‘Science’ category deals with current or future objects of scientific research that have the potential to radically change our lives, be it basic research or projects conducted for the industry.

We are looking for talks and papers on the current state of the art in this domain, covering subjects such as nano technology, quantum computing, high frequency physics, bio-technology, brain-computer interfaces, automated analysis of surveillance cctv, etc.

Society

This category deals with the state of society itself. Anything about politics and sociology with a relevance for hackers would go in here.

Possible topics could include wire-tapping laws, voting computers, surveillance practices, net politics, intellectual property and copyright issues, data retention, software patents, effects of technology on kids, impact of technology on society in general and more.

Culture

Dealing with cultural mind expansion, this domain addresses the fringe of the technoverse. Examples are Discordianism, geek entertainment, video game culture, computer music, pixel art, and literature for hackers.

Community

The Chaos Communication Congress invites developers, projects and activists to present themselves and their topics at the Congress.

Developer groups are also encouraged to ask for support to hold smaller on-site developer conferences and meetings in the course of the Congress.

Further Information

The Chaos Communication Congress is a non-profit oriented event and speakers are not paid. Financial help on travel expenses and accomodation is in principle possible but is to be agreed upon after acceptance of the lecture/workshop. Please state your requirements when submitting your lecture.

You can find the preliminary agenda and additional information on our 23C3 website at http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/.

For further information and questions please feel free to contact 23c3-content@cccv.de