DEF CON 14: Speakers Selected and Free Stuff

DEF CON Announcement · 2006-07-01T01:01:57+00:00

Hey everyone, I want to make some announcements surrounding DEF CON 14.It's about that time to briefly lay down the inf0z, so here it goes.- - Speakers have been selected, and are now listed on-line: include an assistant Secretary of Defense, an FBI agent, Scary Hackers,privacy fanatics, security studs, and a hardware hacking ninja.- - The con hotel is sold out, but overflow exists here: - Need a ride or got a room to spare? Check out the ride and room section ofthe DEF CON Forums - There are a lot of new contests, and some old ones that are no more (We'llmiss you WiFi Shootout!) I'd mention them all, but it takes up too much space.To get a good grip on what is happening I'd suggest reading the contest area ofthe forums: - Black and White Ball is two nights this year, with some great bands and DJsincluding Regenerator, The Minibosses, DJ Jackalope, Catharsis and DJWintamute.- - DEF CON 13 Audio and Video is now on-line for DOWNLOAD. Yep, you saw thatright. We are phasing out the real media server and going to download mode. Theaudio is in .mp3, and the video is in H.264 2-pass 192k .mp4, optimized for theiPod video screen size. Right now you gotta subscribe to the rss feed, but theweb site will soon sport the direct links. We hope to have DC-12 on-line in thenext week.This year we are at a new hotel, the Rivera. I did this because DEF CON wasgoing to stagnate and die if it stayed at the Alexis Park any longer. Thebenefits of the new hotel are that the speaking rooms are larger, there is airconditioning, and we have room to grow. This year we get about 1/2 the space,and next year we should get 3/4 of the space. That extra room will allow us tooffer break out classes, get togethers, and an additional track of speaking.Things we could only dream of before, but now are possible. It will take us alla year or two to learn what to do with all the space, but those are the kindsof problems I can live with. Did I mention the sky boxes?General hang out site:...

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