Chaos Communication Congress
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The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual hacker conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to security, cryptography, privacy and online freedom of speech. It has taken place regularly at the end of the year since 1984, with the current date and duration (27–30 December) established in 2005. It is considered one of the largest events of its kind, alongside DEF CON in Las Vegas.
History
The congress is held in Germany. It started in 1984 in Hamburg, moved to Berlin in 1998, and back to Hamburg in 2012, having exceeded the capacity of the Berlin venue with more than 4500 attendees. Since then, it attracts an increasing number of people: around 6600 attendees in 2012, over 13000 in 2015, and more than 15000 in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, it took place at the Trade Fair Grounds in Leipzig, since the Hamburg venue (CCH) was closed for renovation in 2017 and the existing space was not enough for the growing congress. The congress moved back to Hamburg in 2023, after the renovation of CCH was finished.
A large range of speakers are featured. The event is organized by volunteers called Chaos Angels. The non-members entry fee for four days was €100 in 2016, and was raised to €120 in 2018 to include a public transport ticket for the Leipzig area.
An important part of the congress are the assemblies, semi-open spaces with clusters of tables and internet connections for groups and individuals to collaborate and socialize in projects, workshops and hands-on talks. These assembly spaces, introduced at the 2012 meeting, combine the hack center project space and distributed group spaces of former years.
From 1997 to 2004 the congress also hosted the annual German Lockpicking Championships. 2005 was the first year the Congress lasted four days instead of three and lacked the German Lockpicking Championships.
2020 was the first year where the Congress did not take place at a physical location due to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving way to the first Remote Chaos Experience (rC3).
The Chaos Computer Club announced to return to the now newly renovated Congress Center Hamburg for the 37th edition of the Chaos Communication Congress. The announcement confirms the usual date of 27-30 December, notably omitting the year it will be held. On 18 October 2022, they confirmed that the congress will indeed not be held in 2022. On 6 October 2023, the CCC announced that 37C3 will take place again on the usual dates in 2023.
Timeline
| Year | Motto | Short name | Visitors | Venue location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "CCC'84 nach Orion'64" | —N/a | —N/a | Eidelstedter Bürgerhaus[de] in Hamburg, Germany |
| 1985 | "Du Darfst" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1986 | "Damit Sie auch morgen noch kraftvoll zubyten können" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1987 | "Offene Netze – Jetzt!" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1988 | "ich glaub' es hackt" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1989 | "Offene Grenzen: Cocomed zuhauf" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1990 | (No motto) | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1991 | "Per Anhalter durch die Netze" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1992 | "Es liegt was in der Luft" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1993 | "Ten years after Orwell" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1994 | "Internet im Kinderzimmer – Big business is watching you?!" | —N/a | —N/a | Bikini-Haus[de] in Berlin, Germany |
| 1995 | "Pretty Good Piracy – verdaten und verkauft" | —N/a | —N/a | Eidelstedter Bürgerhaus in Hamburg, Germany |
| 1996 | "Der futurologische Congress – Leben nach der Internetdepression" | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1997 | "Nichts ist wahr. Alles ist erlaubt." | —N/a | —N/a | |
| 1998 | "All Rights Reversed" | —N/a | 2300 | Haus am Köllnischen Park[de] in Berlin, Germany |
| 1999 | (No motto) | 16C3 | —N/a | |
| 2000 | "Explicit Lyrics" | 17C3 | —N/a | |
| 2001 | "Hacking Is Not A Crime" | 18C3 | —N/a | |
| 2002 | "Out Of Order" | 19C3 | 3000 | |
| 2003 | "Not A Number" | 20C3NaN | 2500 | Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany |
| 2004 | "The Usual Suspects" | 21C3 | 3500 | |
| 2005 | "Private Investigations" | 22C3 | 3000 | |
| 2006 | "Who can you trust?" | 23C3 | 4200 | |
| 2007 | "Volldampf voraus!" | 24C3 | 4013 | |
| 2008 | "Nothing To Hide!" | 25C3 | 4200 | |
| 2009 | "Here Be Dragons" | 26C3 | 9000 (including streaming viewers, unlike all other numbers in this table) | |
| 2010 | "We come in peace" | 27C3 | 4000 | |
| 2011 | "Behind enemy lines" | 28C3 | 3000 | |
| 2012 | "Not my department" | 29C3 | 6500 | Congress Center Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany |
| 2013 | (No motto) | 30C3 | 9000 | |
| 2014 | "A New Dawn" | 31C3 | 12000 | |
| 2015 | "Gated Communities" | 32C3 | 13000 | |
| 2016 | "Works for me" | 33C3 | 12000 | |
| 2017 | "tuwat" | 34C3 | 15000 | Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018 | "Refreshing memories" | 35C3 | 16000 | |
| 2019 | "Resource Exhaustion" | 36C3 | 17000 | |
| 2020 | "remote Chaos Experience" | rC3 | —N/a | Online |
| 2021 | "NOWHERE" | rC3 2021 | —N/a | |
| 2022 | Cancelled due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2023 | "Unlocked" | 37C3 | 14500 | Congress Center Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany |
| 2024 | "Illegal Instructions" | 38C3 | 15000 | |
| 2025 | "Power Cycles" | 39C3 | 16000 |
See also
Notes
Primary sources
External links
- of Chaos Communication Congresses
- for the Chaos Communication Congress