HOPE Forums

Announcements

This is where announcements for HOPE are stored.

Speakers and Keynotes

Who would you like to see give a keynote address at the next HOPE conference? Do you have ideas for talks or panels that we haven't thought of yet? Make your suggestions here.

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New Projects for the Next HOPE

We have a ton of space. We're in the middle of New York City in one of the busiest intersections in the world. Those two factors make HOPE pretty accessible and open to all sorts of projects, displays, demonstrations, etc. But it takes time to put it all together which is why we encourage you to start brainstorming now. Please post your ideas.

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Travel

How do you get to New York City cheaply in the middle of July? A good first step would be to look in here for some travel tips from fellow forum users. If you know of a good way to get to HOPE from any part of the world, please share it here with the rest of us! Wiki Page

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Places To Stay

If you're looking to share a room at the hotel or find alternate places to stay, this is as good a place as any to start looking. The usual warnings about being careful who you share space with apply here. Google "common sense" if you need more help on this. Wiki Page

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General Questions

Got questions about what you can and can't do at HOPE, in New York, or in the USA? Curious about what you should bring? Wondering what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future? This is the place to ask about anything that might be keeping you awake as you count the days to HOPE.

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Volunteer

Looking to offer your time to helping out at HOPE?

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Save the Hotel!

As we were preparing to launch this forum, we got the disturbing news that plans were in the works to demolish our beloved Hotel Pennsylvania, a move that could spell the end of HOPE. Here we'll discuss ways we can stop this, contingency plans, and all sorts of other methods of keeping HOPE alive.

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The Last HOPE (2008)

The Last HOPE was quite memorable to this day. It took place on July 18-20, 2008 at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Due to the possibility of the Hotel Pennsylvania being tore down, it was rumored that The Last HOPE was really going to be the last HOPE.

HOPE Number Six (2006)

HOPE Number Six, with a theme based around the series "The Prisoner", was held on July 21-23, 2006 in the Hotel Pennsylvania. The conference offered a hands-on approach with the workshop area. Giving attendees a chance to play with lockpicking, LED Throwies, and more.

The Fifth HOPE (2004)

With The Fifth HOPE, we made better use of all of the space we had access to and expanded our speaking schedule. Held on July 9-11, 2004, we finally found our groove with this one and still managed to not do the same thing each time.

H2K2 (2002)

With H2K2 (the name nobody was expecting), we expanded into some former retail space on the second floor of the Hotel Pennsylvania, making this the hacker conference with the most space ever in the States, held on July 12-14, 2002.

H2K (2000)

H2K was a pivotal HOPE conference which brought us back to the Hotel Pennsylvania from July 14-16, 2000 and started us on a two year alternating schedule with the European hacker conferences.

Beyond HOPE (1997)

We hadn't planned on doing HOPE more than once initially. But after a few years we decided to give it another go and held Beyond HOPE from August 8-10, 1997. This is the only HOPE conference not held at the Hotel Pennsylvania and it was a financial disaster, mostly due to our charging only $20 at the door. The conference itself was a lot of fun from what we've heard and the memories continue to this day.

Hackers On Planet Earth (1994)

The very first HOPE conference was held over two days: August 13 and 14, 1994. It came about when the Summercon organizers asked us if 2600 would like to host their conference that year. Instead we wound up starting something new and it wound up being the first "really big" hacker conference in the United States.

Hacker News

See something in the news that would be of interest to hackers? Or maybe you're involved in something you'd like the rest of us to hear about and discuss. Post it all here.

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Events

While we all know HOPE is the climax of activities for hackers, the sad fact is that it only comes but once every two years. So how should we keep ourselves occupied until then? You tell us! No matter where in the world you are, there must be something of interest to hackers on the horizon. This section is for you to share this information with the rest of us.

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General Talk

Do you have something to say that's about hacking that doesn't seem to fit in any other topic? Post it here. Please keep the conversation fitting to the HOPE forum. I am fairly sure most here won't care what Hello Kitty has been up to lately.

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Suggestions

This is the place to make suggestions about improvements and additions to the HOPE Forums.

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Ideas for Conference Name

HOPE is different from all those other conferences. We don't just stick a year or a number after our name and congratulate ourselves on being creative. Each HOPE conference has had its own unique name and theme. We believe we can continue this tradition indefinitely. But part of this tradition involves reaching out to the community for inspiration. So what will the next HOPE conference be called?

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