ShmooCon

ShmooCon is an American hacker convention organized by The Shmoo Group. There are typically about 35 different talks and presentations, on a variety of subjects related to computer security and cyberculture.

History

From 2005 to 2010, ShmooCon was held at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.. ShmooCon 2011 was held at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, D.C..

• February 4-6, 2005: approximately 400 attendees
• January 13-15, 2006: approximately 700 attendees
• March 23-25, 2007: Sold out; over 900 attendees
• February 15-17, 2008: Sold out; over 1200 attendees
• February 6-8, 2009: Sold out; over 1600 attendees
• February 5-7, 2010: Sold out; around 1600 attendees
• January 28-30, 2011: Sold out; over 1600 attendees

Research Presented at ShmooCon

ShmooCon seeks to select talks that are original research, and have not been presented yet at other conventions.

Charitable Efforts

In 2011, ShmooCon t-shirt sales went 100% to support a charity of the purchasers choice. ShmooCon reports that the final totals were $5010 for the EFF and $7640 for Hackers For Charity.^[1]

External links

• ShmooCon website
• "Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks", ZDNet, March 26, 2007
• ShmooCon "find a room" mailing list

References

1. ^ ShmooCon website