30C3 – 30th Chaos Communication Congress
December 27th–30th 2013, CCH, Hamburg
http://events.ccc.de/2013/07/18/30c3-call-for-participation-en/
30C3 is the 2013 edition of the Chaos Communication Congress, the Chaos
Computer Club’s international conference and hacker party.
During the four days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, thousands of
technology enthusiasts, tinkerers, artists, utopians and <foo> from Europe and
all over the world come together at the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH) to
exchange ideas, learn and party together. Participants engage with topics
covering information technology, computer security, the make-and-break scene,
critically constructive ways of dealing with technology and its effects on our
societies.
The lecture programme review and selection process will be put on a new basis
this year. Submitted talk proposals will be selected by content teams in charge
of one of the following tracks:
- Art & Beauty
- Ethics, Society & Politics
- Crafting & Making
- Security & Safety
- Science & Engineering.
Tracks
Art & Beauty
Computers can be used to create art and beauty. This track is for all those
lectures and installations dealing with creative approaches to culture, music
and art.
Crafting & Making
This track is about all those tools designed to turn the digital into the
physical. We are looking forward to any submissions by those who, when they
speak of cloud hacking, actually mean making it rain, who see e-bikes as a
transport layer, and who happily forward viruses from their inbox to their dna
sequencer.
Ethics, Society & Politics
This track is about ethics, society and politics in the digital age. This
includes submissions dealing with the dangers of technology in politics and
society as well as the threats that politics pose for the digital society. At
the same time, aside from fear and danger, we are interested in examples of
happiness and hope for a better world through the interaction of technology
and politics.
Science & Engineering
This track is for all those who don’t think Knuth was a cute polar bear at the
Berlin zoo. Submissions containing exoskeletons and “bleeding edge” research –
anything cool that comes out of universities – as well as DIY experiments that
aren’t about typical making belong in this track. You’ve solved the halting
problem? Submit!
Security & Safety
This track gathers people and groups who wish to describe or discuss technical
computer related safety and security. We are interested in everything suitable
to develop or bypass security mechanisms. This is not limited to software
systems, this year the committee is especially interested in hardware topics.
Technical weaknesses, tools, techniques and allied research all belong in this
track.
Assemblies
Assemblies are places where communities of interest can meet in the core of
the congress. They are comparable to villages at the various hacker camps. We
will have lots of space again, so larger installations will be possible. The
assemblies will be organized in the public Wiki.
Self-understanding of the 30C3
The CCC runs the congress with the help of self-organized volunteer teams and
on its own funds. We are proud of this and we are looking forward to once again
being able to put together a congress with no external influences and no need
for self-censorship. We regard this event as one of the few places where a
global exchange using the creative-critical approach to technology and society
is possible without censorship.
We are not providing a stage to secret services or other state organisations.
However, based on our concept and on the fact that work is done on a voluntary
basis, a thorough advance screening of participants and speakers is not
possible.
It goes without saying that everyone attending the conference should be treated
with respect and consideration. A significant proportion of delegates and
speakers value their privacy, the integrity of their own data and their
photographic likenesses. Those who attach less importance to personal agency in
these matters are in a stronger position. We therefore ask them to respect the
feelings and wishes of others.
Submission Guidelines
For talks and workshops:
Please send us a description of your suggested talk that is as complete as
possible. The description is of particularly importance to the selection, so
please ensure it is as clear as possible. Quality takes precedence over
quantity. Due to the non-commerical nature of the Congress, presentations which
aim to market or promote commerical products or entities will not be
entertained.
As it is likely that that there will be multiple submissions about the same
topic, please show us exactly why your talk should be part of the conference.
Please write something about yourself, your environment and your motivation. It
does not matter if the talk has been held at another conference, All it has to
be is up to date.
Talks should be no longer than 45 minutes plus 15 minutes for question and
answers. Longer slots are possible in principle. There are 20-minute slots as
well. Please tell us the proposed length of your talk at the time of
submission. In addition, there are 5-minute short talks (so-called Lightning
Talks) for small ideas, projects or rants. These will only be organised during
the event.
For projects, installations and other fun things:
A formal submission is not required. Once again there willl be a Wiki where
needs for space and other resources will be collected. Simply start considering
now what you would like to make, bring or show, before that Wiki goes online.
We have a lot of space and we are open for crazy and surprising stuff.
Language of the presentation:
Although 30C3 is an international conference and a lot of content is being
presented in English, this year there will again be a translation team which
will simultaneously translate most German talks into English. So if you are not
completely comfortable with presenting in English, please feel free to present
your lecture in German. Please also use the language of your presentation for
its title, so as not to confuse any visitors.
Publication:
Audio and video recordings of the lectures will be published online in various
formats under the license CC Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE). This
license allows commercial use of excerpts by media institutions as part of
their reporting. If you do not wish material of your lecture to be published or
streamed, please let us know in your submission. Note: As German law and
therefore the license might differ from the law of your country please let us
know if you should have any issues or questions regarding the exact
implications. Unfortunately we can’t provide a bullet-proof translation.
Travel, costs & visa
Chaos Communication Congress is a non-commercial event, where neither the
organisers nor the speakers are being paid. If necessary, we are however able
to provide some support regarding travel costs and accomodation.
If you need help applying for a visa, such as an official invitation to
present at the German embassy, please let the content team know well in
advance. Please be aware that the visa application procedure may take up to six
weeks.
Dates & deadlines:
• September 15, 2013 (23:59 UTC): Deadline for submissions
• November 15, 2013: Notification of acceptance
• December 27–30, 2013: Chaos Communication Congress
Online submissions only:
All submissions of lectures and workshops have to be entered into our
conference planning system, which is located at the following URL:
https://frab.cccv.de/cfp/30C3.
Please follow the instructions there. If you have any questions regarding the
submission, you are welcome to contact us via email at 30c3-content(at)cccv.de.
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