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1 | title: 36th Chaos Communication Congress to take place in Leipzig | ||
2 | date: 2019-10-03 22:43:32 | ||
3 | updated: 2019-10-03 22:43:32 | ||
4 | author: erdgeist | ||
5 | tags: update, pressemitteilung, congress, 36c3 | ||
6 | |||
7 | For the 36th time the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) will host the Chaos Communication Congress between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. | ||
8 | |||
9 | <!-- TEASER_END --> | ||
10 | |||
11 | The 36C3, which will take place at [Messe | ||
12 | Leipzig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_Trade_Fair), is the | ||
13 | largest hacker conference in Europe and – like all CCC events – will be | ||
14 | organised and executed entirely by volunteers. As last year, around | ||
15 | 17,000 participants are expected, including more than 2,000 volunteers. | ||
16 | |||
17 | ## Call for Participation | ||
18 | |||
19 | We would like to fill our approximately 120 curated talk slots with | ||
20 | high-quality content and therefore today solicit your submissions with | ||
21 | our [Call for | ||
22 | Participation](https://content.events.ccc.de/cfp/36c3/index.en.html). | ||
23 | |||
24 | On four days, in addition to the curated talks in five large halls, | ||
25 | there will be a widely varied program of self-organised workshops at the | ||
26 | stages of our assemblies distributed throughout the event venue. There | ||
27 | will also be lots of art & beauty with exhibitions, light installations, | ||
28 | bars and parties. | ||
29 | |||
30 | We want to stress the unusually short submission deadline this year: 26 | ||
31 | October 2019. No excuses, please. | ||
32 | |||
33 | ## Call for Angels | ||
34 | |||
35 | In order to build all that – and to tear it down again – we will once | ||
36 | again need our legendary and untiring Angel power. Angels are our | ||
37 | volunteer helpers, they are the true backbone of any CCC event. We call | ||
38 | upon all of you to help at Congress and become part of the event. If | ||
39 | possible, do plan a longer stay in Leipzig, until January 5th, in order | ||
40 | to help during teardown. | ||
41 | |||
42 | ## Call for Assemblies | ||
43 | |||
44 | During the last two years in Leipzig we learned many lessons and want to | ||
45 | apply as much of the knowledge as possible. That’s why we intend to | ||
46 | change as little about the Assemblies process as possible: in order to | ||
47 | consolidate and exchange the knowledge and experiences we gained. | ||
48 | |||
49 | If you have organised an Assembly last year, please expect the same | ||
50 | area, requirements, and infrastructure as last year. Even supposedly | ||
51 | small changes may lead to large planning overhead and excess preparation | ||
52 | time which we’re not going to have this year. | ||
53 | |||
54 | ## 36C3: Resource exhaustion | ||
55 | |||
56 | Resource exhaustion is a [type of attack on computer | ||
57 | systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_exhaustion_attack) that | ||
58 | is considered rather crude and destructive. Even with two large scale | ||
59 | events this year we don’t want to execute such an attack against | ||
60 | ourselves. Instead we want to use our own resources in a measured, | ||
61 | effective way: | ||
62 | |||
63 | Those who do know the extend of their own resources, can set [limits, to | ||
64 | prevent their | ||
65 | exhaustion](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/limits.conf.5.html). | ||
66 | |||
67 | On an international stage this wisdom appears to be absent. Resources | ||
68 | are exhausted knowingly and willfully, instead of limiting their use. | ||
69 | Two years ago, during 34C3, we [dedicated a day of our schedule to the | ||
70 | topic of global climate | ||
71 | change](https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2017/Fahrplan/schedule/3.html), | ||
72 | and in the year following that we joined forces with other civil rights | ||
73 | and environment protection NGOs for the [Bits & Bäume | ||
74 | conference](https://bits-und-baeume.org/info/de). | ||
75 | |||
76 | It is in this tradition and with this spirit that we see this year's | ||
77 | congress's motto **36C3: Resource Exhaustion**.**** | ||