ShmooCon

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ShmooCon is a hacker convention organized by The Shmoo Group in the US east coast region. It was first held in 2005 in Washington, D.C.

Organizers for the event have said, off the record, that they pride themselves in providing an event with the quality of BlackHat at a price everyone can afford. Shmoocon as an organization has been known to help sponsor and provide support for other events that share similar interests and have similar goals.

It is hypothesized, too, that Shmoocon attracts more feds, or Federal government employees, than any other event of its type, mostly due to the fact that it conveniently takes place in Washington, D.C..

[edit] History

In 2005 Shmoocon was held on February 4 - 6 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.

There were about 400 attendees, which is a rather high count for a first year con. There were about 35 talks/presentations on various information security topics.

In 2006 Shmoocon was held on January 13 - 15 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.

On just the second year of this conference, attendance nearly doubled to over 700 attendees. There were around 36 talks/presentations on similar topics as the previous year.