The Next HOPE

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. There have been seven conferences to date: HOPE, Beyond HOPE, H2K, H2K2, The Fifth HOPE, HOPE Number Six, and The Last HOPE.

The Next HOPE is scheduled for July 16-18, 2010 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.

Date and Time: July 16-18, 2010

SHACKNET

Sheffield Arduino Hackers Network
A group of enthusiasts working with Arduino get together to talk about projects and Arduino/Electronics in general. No knowledge of Arduino or Electronics necessary. All welcome.
Access Space, 1 Sydney Street, Sheffield.

Date and Time: 21/02/2010 7pm

CUSEC 2010

CUSEC is the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference, an annual conference about the most interesting topics in software engineering organized for and by students from universities across Canada. What makes CUSEC unique is that it is the only software specific conference that targets students. This means that the presentations you’ll see at CUSEC will be about things that matter to you, not just things that matter to professional developers. That doesn’t mean that the speakers we get are nobodies, either. Past speakers include Richard Stallman, David Lorge Parnas, Kathy Sierra, Ralph Johnson, Kent Beck, Alistair Cockburn, Dave Thomas, Tim Bray and many more. This year as well we’ll have a top notch line-up of speakers and academic presentations for you, so don’t miss it!

This year, our theme will be GOTO 10

As trends in software come and go, we find ourselves returning to concepts from the past. As the popularity of cloud computing, dynamic languages and embedded devices continues to grow, we’re experiencing a re-emergence of the same themes and constraints that were the norm not so long ago. It is in this context that CUSEC 2010 seeks to explore what solutions from the past can be used for the challenges of tomorrow.

http://2010.cusec.net/

Date and Time: January 21-23 2010

Shmoocon 2010 USA

http://www.shmoocon.org/

Different • ShmooCon is an annual East coast hacker convention hell-bent on offering three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating technology exploitation, inventive software & hardware solutions, and open discussions of critical infosec issues. The first day is a single track of speed talks, One Track Mind. The next two days, there are three tracks: Break It!, Build It!, and Bring It On!.

Affordable • ShmooCon is about high-quality without the high price. Space is limited! ShmooCon has sold out every year, so unless taking a chance on an eBay auction to get your ticket sounds like fun, register early!

Accessible • ShmooCon is in Washington, D.C., at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, just a few steps from the D.C. Metro. Fly into DCA, IAD, or BWI, or take a train to Union Station, and you are just a quick cab ride away from the con.

Entertaining • Brain melting from all the cool tech you are learning? Check out some of the contests running at ShmooCon, including the Hacker Arcade and Hack-Or-Halo. In years past, we have also thrown massive parties at a local area hot-spot, so expect that to happen again too!

Date and Time: 5-7th February 2010

American Hackathon 2009

On the weekend of December 12-13th, we’re holding an open, distributed, nationwide hackathon to develop open source applications to open government.  The goal is to solve as many open government problems as we can with as many hackathons across the country as possible. We’ve teamed up with Mozilla, Google, Redhat and Fedora, who will all be working with their developers to make things happen.

See the website for more information:

http://www.sunlightlabs.com/hackathon09/

December 12-13 2009