HOPE Conference Gets Wozniak, Mitnick, Biafra

Emmanuel Goldstein writes "We've gone through all of our submissions, and selected nearly 70 talks and panels for the next HOPE conference in New York City, to be held from July 9th-11th. We have Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnick, and Jello Biafra as keynotes, and many more interesting talks and seminars, plus a round the clock hacker movie room and a lockpicking workshop." The official website explains: " This is a conference by, for, and about hackers on as many levels as we can come up with, ranging from the highly technical to the down to earth, from computers to phones, from serious to hilarious. And our doors are open to anyone interested in what the hacker world has to say." We previously ran a story on this conference a couple of months back, before full speaker details were available.

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Goldstein on IMDb

[gbulmash]

Due to his consultant credit on Hackers and "as himself" credits in some documentaries, Goldstein has a page on IMDb. There's also a photo, but that's due to him or someone representing him submitting it.

No pictures of Woz on IMDb, but there are photos from Pirates of Silicon Valley (with one showing Joey Slotnick playing Woz).

- Greg

Re:Great

[Urgo]

There is much more to a "hacker conference" then what the media portrays hacking as. Hacking in the true sense, and in the true 2600 sense is the quest for knowledge and questioning things that aren't fair. Yes many things will be spoken about the conference that will 'improve your 1337 hax0ring skillz' but there's really so much more.

I've been a 2600 goer, off the hook and off the wall listener for over two years now and through it made friends with a lot of great people (shout outs to the ma2600 crowd). At 2600 meetings, and the hope conferences (although I've never attended one) there are panels on everything from social engineering to Abuse of Authority to the patriot act. See a list of panels from the last conference here.

So before making a stupid comment like "I doubt he'd even want me to "improve my 1337 hax0ring skillz"." take a look at the site and reexamine your definition of hackers. There's a lot more then what the mass media labels people as. I will be in the process of moving during the conference so I will be unable to attend otherwise I think it'd be a great educational experience to hear really bright people speak.

Re:Video Recordings and Transcripts

[Jason Scott]

Allow me to go the extra step you did not, and point out that the previous HOPE conference, H2K2, has the majority of panels online. So does the conference before it, H2K.

Using these two points, one can possibly plot a trend towards the current conference also making these panels available for download.

Re:Video Recordings and Transcripts

[mlc]

Videos are usually eventually made available of the HOPE conferences. The H2K2 VCDs, for example, are finally available, and MP3 files are available for free from our website. If you're interested in spending your time typing up transcripts and making them available, we won't stop you.

But you're right: our priority is on folks who are physically present. They are, after all, the ones who make the conferences happen. (And, they get to have the most fun.)

Hacker conference != security conference

[gbnewby]

When I look at the speaker schedule, the difference between a HOPE conference and other security-themed conferences is obvious. The scope of sessions and the range of speakers reinforces the notion that hacking is still open to everyone with a will to get involved, and not just about the technology. Am I biased? I guess so, since I'm one of the conference organizers.

PS, to the person looking for past session archives: it's all online for free download, or you can buy the CD. Just visit http://www.h2k2.net or http://www.2600.com and go to the store.

Re:Jello?

[Anonymous Coward]

Jello Biafra is the stage name of Eric Boucher, former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys (amongst others). More information on his Wikipedia page.

addition of Bruce Schneier

[mlc]

We just announced the addition of renowned computer security expert Bruce Schneier to our speaker schedule!

Re:Who's Jello Biafra?

[kfg]

Jello Biafra bio

KFG

Re:All that's missing is a Phish show

[fuzzix]

I've seen Jello speak a couple of times here in Dublin. He's an interesting, charismatic and often poetic speaker with a great sense of humour that rarely gets in the way of the gravity of the discussion. He has a few records out on Alternative Tentacles. Also featured is an interesting history of the Dead Kennedys. Check out Jello's pages for the latest info on their infamous court battles.
Well worth going along just to hear him, in my opinion. Wish I could offer an opinion on the other speakers :)

Re:Translation for all the real hackers

[double-oh three]

I think you mean, "all the real script kiddies".