Chaos Communication Congress

The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual 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,[1] 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.

Chaos Communication Congress
GenreHacker con
FrequencyAnnually, 27–30 December
VenueLeipziger Messe
Location(s)Leipzig
CountryGermany
Inaugurated1984 (1984)
Most recent2019
Next event≥ 2023 (tbd)
Websiteevents.ccc.de
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History

The congress is held in Germany. It started in 1984 in Hamburg, moved to Berlin in 1998, and back to Hamburg in 2012,[2] 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,[3] and more than 15000 in 2017.[4][5] Since 2017 it has taken place at the Trade Fair Grounds in Leipzig, since the Hamburg venue was closed for renovation in 2017[6] and the existing space was not enough for the growing congress.

A large range of speakers are featured. The event is organized by volunteers called Chaos Angels.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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).[10][11]

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.[12] On 18 October 2022, they confirmed that the congress will indeed not be held in 2022.[13] On 6 October 2023, the CCC announced that 37C3 will take place again on the usual dates in 2023.[14]

Congresses from 1984 to today
No. Year Motto short visitors venue place
1 1984 CCC'84 nach Orion'64 Eidelstedter Bürgerhaus in Hamburg, Germany
2 1985 Du Darfst
3 1986 Damit Sie auch morgen noch kraftvoll zubyten können
4 1987 Offene Netze – Jetzt!
5 1988 ich glaub' es hackt
6 1989 Offene Grenzen: Cocomed zuhauf
7 1990 (no motto)
8 1991 Per Anhalter durch die Netze
9 1992 Es liegt was in der Luft
10 1993 Ten years after Orwell
11 1994 Internet im Kinderzimmer – Big business is watching you?! Bikini-Haus in Berlin, Germany
12 1995 Pretty Good Piracy – verdaten und verkauft Eidelstedter Bürgerhaus in Hamburg, Germany
13 1996 Der futurologische Congress – Leben nach der Internetdepression
14 1997 Nichts ist wahr. Alles ist erlaubt.
15 1998 All Rights Reversed 2300[15] Haus am Köllnischen Park in Berlin, Germany
16 1999 16C3[16] 16C3
17 2000 Explicit Lyrics 17C3
18 2001 Hacking Is Not A Crime 18C3
19 2002 Out Of Order 19C3 3000[17]
20 2003 Not A Number 20C3
NaN 		2500[18] Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany[19]
21 2004 The Usual Suspects 21C3 3500[20]
22 2005 Private Investigations[21] 22C3 3000[22]
23 2006 Who can you trust? 23C3 4200[23]
24 2007 Volldampf voraus! 24C3 4013[24]
25 2008 Nothing To Hide! 25C3 4200[25]
26 2009 Here Be Dragons 26C3 9000[25]
27 2010 We come in peace 27C3 4000[26]
28 2011 Behind enemy lines 28C3 3000[27]
29 2012 Not my department 29C3 6500[28] Congress Center Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany
30 2013 (no motto) [nb 1] 30C3 9000[29]
31 2014 A New Dawn 31C3 12000[30]
32 2015 Gated Communities 32C3 13000[31]
33 2016 Works for me 33C3 12000[32]
34 2017 tuwat 34C3 15000[33] Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, Germany[6][34]
35 2018 Refreshing memories[35][36][37] 35C3 16000[38]
36 2019 Resource Exhaustion[39] 36C3 17 000
– 2020 remote Chaos Experience[40] rC3 Online
– 2021 NOWHERE[41] rC3 2021 Online
37 2023[42] Unlocked[43] 37C3 Congress Center Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany

See also

Notes
  1. In the opening talk of the 30C3 (2013), Tim Pritlove stated that there was no motto because everyone was speechless after what happened that year: the Snowden revelations.

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