DEF CON 24 - Aug 4-7, 2016 - Las Vegas
Almost time! Details as we know it so far...
DEF CON 24! "Rise of the Machines"
August 4-7, 2016
Paris/Bally's, Las Vegas
Cash only at the door (DEF CON 24 is $240 USD)
August 4-7, 2016
Paris/Bally's, Las Vegas
Cash only at the door (DEF CON 24 is $240 USD)
Hotel Reservations <-- All the known ones are booked
Travel <-- Rideshare?
Who's going?
- BirdMachine
- cyberlass
- Cassox
- Proteus
- Benbeezy
- amal
- rshtirmer
- unconfirmed rumors of others!
Events
DC24's BioHacking Village <-- Speakers are up!
Comments
$184/night is fantastic for an on-site room, especially when split up between a few heads. (Seriously, once my new job kicks off in October I'd love to coordinate some room sharing) I'll be coming from the east coast, so I'm setting up some flight alert stuff now. Looks like most airlines won't let me book just yet though. But I'll be checking over and over till things show up. (Flight tip: Fuck Spirit airlines with a rusty cactus. Seriously. Avoid at all costs.)
Talks.... What kind of talks and papers would people want to see next year? I feel like the lot of us have to have plenty of interesting topics. If you think you can go on about it for a slot of time, you probably can :D Building a neat kit / project? Researching some cool stuff? You know you wanna share it.
I'm hoping to get supplies and plans around bringing a bundle of bottlenose kits for people to work on, similar to the goodies in the HHV. Implantations on site are probably a bad idea (given the environment/inebriation/con crud... swear I have the immune system of a beast to have survived). But this could be a great chance to sell kits and show off projects for interfacing with the things we have! Great chance to answer that "but WHY?!" question, too.
"Hacking" flights:
http://triphackr.com/how-to-hack-a-flight/
http://lifehacker.com/5841147/the-ultimate-travel-hacking-guide
BirdMachine, I love the idea of kits and interactive demos. It would be good to have a range of biohacking interests represented - wearables, implants, biology mods, nootropics etc. I'd hazard a guess that implanting tags should be ok environment/inebriation/Con Crud wise. Like you I'm less sure about anything more complex, were there any implants last time that might give a clue how well people handle it at a con? Mostly though it sounds like we'll have to see how the planning goes and get updates from AlexSmith on the guidelines and focus of the organizers.
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lasvg-marriotts-grand-chateau/
While I am pretty sure I'll be making the 24th Defcon and Blackhat I can't promise anything seeing as I am getting a new job in the next couple weeks and I don't know how lenient they will be with me being gone for so long (assuming I do both events).
I'll be in Wednesday night. Not sure at what time, and I'll have the gf with me. I'm ditching her with some friends while at the con.
I think cyberlass can add you....