THOTCON

THOTCON is an American hacker conference that is organized by Nicholas J. Percoco, Matt Jakubowski, Jonathan Tomek, John Mocuta, David "VideoMan" Bryan and several other OPERs (volunteers from the local DEF CON 312 chapter[1]) . It is held in Chicago, Illinois USA at a somewhat different Top Secret location each year.

The conference was historically held on a single day but since 2015 with growing popularity now covers two days. Originally the con featured a single track of speakers presenting between 10-12 talks on various information security and hacking topics. Currently the conference offers multiple tracks including full length talks, shorter 'TURBO' talks, and longer workshops.

The name THOTCON is made of the first letter in the words that represent the main Chicago Area Code (312); as in THree-One-Two.

History

The conference had approximately 235 attendees and 8 talks. It was also the very first hacker conference to be held in Chicago.
The conference had approximately 336 attendees and 12 talks.
The conference had approximately 500 attendees and between 10 and 20 talks depending on final venue configuration.
The conference had approximately 700 attendees and featured 9 full length talks, 9 shorter 'TURBO' talks and 3 workshops.

Past Speakers

Past speakers of THOTCON events have included:

Music

THOTCON has become known for its live mixed hacker music between talks by Zack Fasel of brb.clubbing[7]].

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