https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/infos/index.html
The 39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3) takes place in Hamburg on 27–30 Dec 2025, and is the 2025 edition of the annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and volunteers.
Congress offers lectures and workshops and various events on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) information technology and generally a critical-creative attitude towards technology and the discussion about the effects of technological advances on society.
Starting in 1984, Congress has been organized by the community and appreciates all kinds of participation. You are encouraged to contribute by volunteering, setting up and hosting hands-on and self-organized events with the other components of your assembly or presenting your own projects to fellow hackers.
Find infos how to get in contact & chat with other participants and the organizing teams on our Communication page.
= More Information:
- Chaos Computer Club at Wikipedia
- Media
- 2025 Hub
Interesting talks, upcoming and previously recorded, available on their streams page --Ed.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday December 29, @05:50PM
I liked going to cons, its fun to meet people, the talks used to be interesting, HOPE is (was?) a good time. (HOPE is a USA centric national 2600 magazine thing)
The problem with cons in 2025 can be best seen in the traditional annual post on the mongolian basketweaving and chinese cartoon imageboard where some years back CCC let in too many political activists and the people who "do" left leaving the CCC with "the people who like to talk about the people who do" and the political activists doing their prayers to the faithful, and admittedly, some of the "never give up" crowd who still do interesting old days style talks. "Let me read this wikipedia article to you" is tiresome and Youtube video essays took over that market.
Cons are a pale shadow of their former self, which is too bad.