The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual meeting of the international hacker scene, organized by the Chaos Computer Club. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues.
The event has taken place regularly at the end of the year since 1984. A fixed time frame (December 27 to December 30) has been established for a couple of years now. The Congress, having grown up in Hamburg, moved to Berlin in 1998. It usually attracts between 2,500 and 3,500 participants. The 2008 meeting had a record attendance of 4,230.
A large range of speakers are part of the scene and organizational work is done by volunteers usually called Chaos Angels. The non-members entry fee for four days has been 80 Euros since 2006.
An important part of the Congress is the hack center allowing room for around 600 people to operate their devices. The hack center and other areas of the Congress are connected to the Internet with a broadband connection. The hack center is considered a huge laboratory for operating and testing modern network technology and software.
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.
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The congresses mostly take place with a certain motto, reflecting the zeitgeist and congress topics. They had to move already several times from smaller into bigger venue buildings due to the increasing number of participants. Currently it is held in Berlin, Germany.
| No. | Year | Motto | short | 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 | Haus am Köllnischen Park in Berlin, Germany | |
| 16 | 1999 | - no Motto - | 16C3 | |
| 17 | 2000 | Explicit Lyrics | 17C3 | |
| 18 | 2001 | Hacking Is Not A Crime | 18C3 | |
| 19 | 2002 | Out Of Order | 19C3 | |
| 20 | 2003 | Not A Number | 20C3 NaN |
Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany [1] |
| 21 | 2004 | The Usual Suspects | 21C3 | |
| 22 | 2005 | Private Investigations | 22C3 | |
| 23 | 2006 | Who can you trust? | 23C3 | |
| 24 | 2007 | Volldampf voraus! | 24C3 | |
| 25 | 2008 | Nothing To Hide! | 25C3 | |
| 26 | 2009 | Here Be Dragons | 26C3 | |
| 27 | 2010 | We come in peace | 27C3 | |
| 28 | 2011 | Behind enemy lines | 28C3 |
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