Call For Papers

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"What The Hack" Hacker Outdoor Conference July 28-31, 2005 near Boxtel/Den Bosch, The Netherlands


Every four years, members of the Dutch hacker scene like to throw an outdoor festival / conference / camp-out. At these events, the visitors usually stay in tents or other mobile living facilities on the site of the event, and much of the atmosphere is a strange mix between both very relaxed and vibrant at the same time. Major developments in the world of Internet (and God knows where else) started because the right people met at one of these events. The New York Times likened the 1997 edition to a "Woodstock for Hackers".


The 2005 edition of these extravaganzas is called "What The Hack", and the organizing committee is soliciting abstracts from those who have an interest in presenting something there.


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Topics

Like previous editions, the conference side of this multi-faceted event will cover traditional 'hacker topics' such as:

  • Computer security
  • The politics surrounding the net
  • Freedom of speech
  • 'Lawful' access technology
  • Open Source software development
  • Wireless networking developments
  • Lockpicking


This edition, we would like to expand even further into areas to which the connection may or may not be immediately obvious, but which are of general interest to a technologically savvy and politically awake audience. Just to name a few, we would like to see lectures and presentations by people who can tell us something fascinating about:

  • The world's dwindling supply of oil
  • Military hardware
  • How Internet is used in Africa
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Drug politics
  • Adbusting and culture-jamming
  • How to become a politician and stay a hacker
  • Bugs and wiretapping
  • North-Korea
  • Biometrics
  • Economic issues regarding the Internet
  • Renewable energy
  • Biotech
  • Corporate intelligence-gathering
  • 3D-modeling
  • Game theory
  • All sorts of earth-orbiting satellites
  • How to tap into underseas cables
  • Climate change
  • The Titan lander
  • Nuclear physics
  • Mass-media piracy
  • Do-it-yourself pyrotechnics
  • Electro-stimulation of the human brain


This is by no means an exhaustive list: it just goes to show that we are explicitly looking for both 'classical' hacker stuff and for topics further towards the, ehm, fringes of collective hacker conciousness, if you will.


Speaking in front of and interacting with an international hacker audience can be intellectually stimulating and great fun. If you know (of) someone that you think should present at What The Hack, please ask them to submit an abstract. If you're too shy for that, then please tell us so maybe we can ask them... :)


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Important dates

Abstracts should be sent using our web-form at (Old form). Abstracts were originally due May 1st, 2005. We did reserve a few slots for late-breaking presentations, so you can still submit yours. The conference section of the event runs from 28-31 July. More general information on the event can be found on Wiki.

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