Given the COVID-19 Corona Virus pandemic and emergency Social Distancing regulations curfew there will obviously be no physical London 2600 meetings for now.

Official Government advice
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Stay at home
Wash your hands
Find a way to use your technological skills to help your family and local community
Do not allow the temporary emergency restrictions to become permanent

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The next official London 2600 meeting will be on Friday ???? from 18:30 to 19:30.

Coventry Street front entrance of the former Trocadero

Piccadilly

London W1D 7DH

Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/4FxdpbA9fGK2

Subscribe to the London 2600 email discussion list or email this blog via meetings@london2600.org.uk

CryptoParty London

When:

Tuesday 19th June 2018 6.30 pm to late

Where:

Ju Ju's Bar & Stage, 15 Hanbury St, E1 6QR
No registration, free entry (licensed premises)

https://goo.gl/maps/fivDjihSQ4S2

More information and Schedule

https://cryptoparty.in/london

Twitter: @CryptoPartyLDN

OpenTech 2015

When: Saturday 13th June 2015. Doors open 10:00am
Where: ULU "Student Central" (ULU), Malet St, London
Cost: £5 on the door.

Currently:

Schedule
Location

OpenTech will be 10 years old in 2015.

We'll be back on June 13th 2015, for the usual mix of technology, experience and everything else. Book your place now, while we firm up the schedule.

We've still got a call for talks open. If there's something you'd like to hear about at OpenTech next year, we'd love to hear what you'd like to hear about, and we'll see what we can do.

Some of us are going to the:

Electromagnetic Field Camp - Bletchley, 29th - 31st August

"Imagine a camping festival with a power grid and high-speed internet access; a temporary village of geeks, crafters, and technology enthusiasts that's lit up by night, and buzzing with activity during the day. Over a thousand curious people will descend on our friendly open space to learn, share, and talk about what they love.

Over a long weekend, you can expect to see a huge variety of talks across three stages, a slew of workshops, as well as music, games, and installations dotted around the site.

At previous events we've heard talks about everything from genetic modification to electronics, blacksmithing to high-energy physics, reverse engineering to lock picking, computer security to crocheting, and quadcopters to brewing.

We're inviting attendees to set up their own villages -- camps within the camp -- where like-minded people can camp together and put on their own activities. Our hard-working team of volunteers will supply you with power and internet to your tent.

Our internet connection -- last time it was 380 megabits, this time we're aiming for much more -- will be beamed in from a datacenter nearby, and distributed to your tent by (hopefully) the most reliable conference WiFi network you'll ever use, housed in a series of specially repurposed high-tech portaloos.

You'll also be able to take advantage of our well-stocked bar selling great beer, cider, and soft drinks at distinctly non-festival prices. Sadly we can't get hold of the motorway bridge that housed the bar at our last site.

When you arrive, you'll be issued with an attendee badge unlike any you've seen before. Our badge is a full-blown Arduino-powered computer with an LCD screen and wireless connectivity. During EMF, you'll be able to view the schedule of talks on your badge. After the event, instead of sitting in a drawer, it's fully reprogrammable to do whatever you want. If you don't know how, you can learn at the event!

What makes Electromagnetic Field unique is that everything is created by attendees like you. The entire event -- stewarding, water, electricity, internet, stages, toilets, and the bar -- is organised by a dedicated team of volunteers, and everyone who turns up does their part to make the event an amazing place to be for a weekend. We're a non-profit organisation, so every penny you spend on your ticket goes towards making the event happen.

Expect to run into spork-making workshops, bottle rocket launches, high altitude balloon releases, ad-hoc music installations and so much more.

We hope we've given you a taste of what EMF is all about, but you have to be there to experience it all. Tickets are on sale now -- if you miss out on it this year, our next festival won't be until 2016.

If you want to get involved, you can propose a talk, workshop, or installation, or join our team of volunteers to help build an amazing festival."

tWitter: @emfcamp

CryptoParty London

Date

Friday 19th October 2012

Time

6.30 pm start until 10pm

Venue

Mozilla Spaces
101 St. Martins Lane (3rd Floor)
(next to the Duke of York's Theatre)
London WC2N 4AZ

Nearest Tube station is Leicester Square

Google Maps & StreetView 101 St Martins Lane

Registration

https://cryptopartylondon.eventbrite.com

This will be a free event, but you will need to register your intention to attend, so that we can keep within the capacity limits of the venue.

A CryptoParty is *not* meant to be an event simply for technical experts, it aims to educate journalists, campaigners, political activists and the public in general about the basics of securing the privacy of their internet and mobile phone communications. Learn how to protect your confidential data, the identities of your contacts and whistleblower sources, your trade secrets and intellectual property, your financial transactions or just the seemingly mundane day to day aspects of your personal life.

Many of the people who need to use such tools and techniques the most, do not do so, because of their perceived difficulty and the tendency of technical experts to get side tracked into jargon and theoretical details, which are not relevant to most beginners.

That said, nobody is expert in all the tools and techniques that are available and which may be necessary, depending on the motivation and resources of the adversaries you face.

We would like to do hands-on workshops or give talks on:

1. Introduction
2. Workshops
   • Pretty Good Privacy PGP / GnuPG / GPGTools Thunderbird with Enigmail
   • Tor Browser Bundle
   • TrueCrypt disk / volume / USB device encryption
   • Pidgin / Adium with Off The Record OTR chat
   • Anonymity Bring & Swap
3. 10 minute lightning talks

CryptoParty London contact details:

Wiki: https://CryptoParty.org/wiki/London

Twitter: @CryptoPartyLond
Twitter hashtag #CryptoParty

Email: info@CryptoParty.org.uk

PGP Key ID: 0x8997F1B8
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD698915A8997F1B8

UPDATE: 19th March 2012:

https://twitter.com/#!/emfcamp/status/181877952458395649

It's official: Electromagnetic Field 2012 will be held at Pineham Park, Milton Keynes from Fri 31st August to Sun 2nd September!

11:00 PM - 19 Mar 12

Plans for a mainland European style e.g. Chaos Computer Club or Hacking At Random, "hacker camp", at an open air venue this summer, are starting to come together here in the United Kingdom.

The venue is not yet arranged, as the organisers are trying to assess the number of people willing and able to attend and how much they are willing to pay for their phun.

The target date is provisionally the August Bank Holiday (Monday 27th August 2012) weekend, provided that a suitable venue can be found.

Hopefully this Electromagnetic Field Camp will be a Temporary Autonomous Zone of relief from the propaganda and repression of dissent, which the London 2012 Olympic Games have already started to inflict on us.

Not for Profit, Company Limited by Guarantee

Electromagnetic Field Ltd. is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number 07788466.

Registered office: 2 Ockendon Mews, London N1 3JL

The establishment of such a not for profit company, without individual financial liability, should hopefully allow for a larger event to be organised than previous small scale events in the UK like Access All Areas or DNScon or BrumCon etc.

Website:
http://emfcamp.org

Google Groups email discussion list:
https://groups.google.com/group/uk-hack-camp

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/emfccamp

Security B-Sides London, Wednesday 25th April 2012, Barbican, London

http://www.securitybsides.org.uk/

List of scheduled talks:

http://www.securitybsides.org.uk/talks.html

Free registration via Eventbrite, but with the annoyingly intrusive mandatory demand for a twitter handle (200 free tickets gone in 90 minutes)

London Hackspace are hosting a "Hack the Flag" contest on Saturday 15th October 2011.

Hopefully this will be as educational as as much fun as the DEFCON Capture The Flag contests, although this one will obviously be on a smaller scale.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/

OpenTech 2010

11th September 2010
from UKUUG and friends
Sponsored by data.gov.uk

OpenTech 2010

When: Saturday 11th September 2010
Where: ULU, Malet St, London.
Cost: £5 on the door.
Currently: Book your ticket online now

OpenTech 2010 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference on slightly different approaches to technology, politics and justice. Talks by people who work on things that matter, guarantees a day of thoughtful talks leading to conversations with friends.

This one day conference is always packed out, and so you now need to register in advance, although you can actually then pay your £5 on the door.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/registration/.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/location/

There will be no wifi available to paying attendees. We strongly suggest that attendees leave their laptops at home. Speakers will receive details of what is available to them, but are similarly advised not to rely on the wireless network.

Does anyone fancy actually giving a lightning talk or presentation either individually or as a London 2600 group project ?

Want to offer a talk?

We're very much "Open" to suggestions for additional talks. presentations, discussion panels or technology demonstrations.

We'll be trying to fit in as many talks (and lightning presentations) as possible, so the shorter you can make yours, the better (15 minutes is good for a talk; workshops can be up to 2 hours). Alternatively, if you have an idea for a panel discussion, or a tutorial or workshop, or anything else that's vaguely in keeping with the theme of the event, then we also can't wait to hear from you. Remember, stories and experience mean your talk is more likely to be remembered.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2010/offer/

By popular demand, the next unofficial mid-month meeting will be on Saturday 21st August 2010 from 15:00. at the usual pub the Nell of Old Drury near Covent Garden.

Subscribe to the London 2600 email discussion list or email this blog via meetings@london2600.org.uk (obviously taking the appropriate communications data and other anonymity precautions if necessary), for the latest details, and to plan future events.

After a drive through some very nice looking Dutch countryside, we come across the first signs of something unusual. There's a pair of lights and what looks like stone walling sat by a little entrance way. A small signed marked "Eth-0" gives away that we're at the correct place. The lack of crowds indicates it's a more intimate affair than CCC or HAR. There's a small drop-off car park next to the single camping field. We park up, show our tickets and then unload in the direction of the camp site. There's a large marquee, a couple of network points and most tents are already pitched. We find a pitch fairly easily at the other end of the field and quickly pitch the tent. We're right next to the power point so I quickly dispense with the twin+earth and just run a small extension lead into the tent. Moments later I run a Cat 5 out the dist switch and we have power and ethernet to the tent. Unlike HAR there's no dark fibre run back to AMS-IX but a wifi antenna just outside the camp gives a respectable 108MB link to the 100M backhaul. With the tent up the heavens open and it proceeds to piss it down for the rest of the day and most of the night. A quick retreat is made back to the lounge where we can have a toastie and get on the web while looking at large crows hovering overhead. There's a single talk venue with some talks in Dutch and others in English. Most of the week is spent either in the lounge or in the talks. It's certainly a much simpler affair to CCC or HAR, fewer people, fewer talks, fewer gadgets, light shows, etc. More of a week relaxing in the Dutch countryside than anything else but still a good week is to be had. They tell me last year there were only about 80 people there, so it's certainly grown some. I can see Eth-0 growing to take up the gap between CCC and HAR, et al. The closing ceremony also reflects the smaller scale. A simple "thanks and see you again" was pretty much all before we grabbed laptops and hit the road. The beauty of the location is that it's only about 100 miles of detour to swing by the location of HAR at Vierhouten and have dinner at the outstanding Novice restaurant!

Posted on behalf of BOfH

Event website: http://eth-0.nl/

The Next Hope, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City, July 16-18, 2010

Preregistration is now open for The Next HOPE, our eighth hacker conference that threatens to be the biggest and best of them all. Over 100 talks and panels, a huge hacker project area, games and activities of all sorts, and a wide range of hacker luminaries will all combine to make this yet another historical and memorable event. And it all takes place right smack in the middle of New York City on July 16, 17, and 18, 2010.

If you've never been to a HOPE conference, we strongly suggest wandering through the archives at www.hope.net to see some of what you've been missing. If you've never been to New York City, there is no better way to see it for the first time than with the excitement of one of the world's largest hacker conferences surrounding you.

Obviously, if you've already been to a HOPE conference, there's nothing we need to tell you as far as how cool and awesome this next one will be. In fact, we suspect you're already at the checkout page and haven't even read this far.

This year, our ticketing system has been modernized. It's now a whole lot more convenient and efficient. And while all ticket sales are final, the tickets themselves are transferable in case your plans change.

Here are a few important reminders:

1) After completing your purchase, you will be sent your ticket(s) via e-mail within seven (7) days.

2) Please ensure that the e-mail address tickets@2600.com is not blocked by any spam filters, or you may not receive your ticket(s).

3) If you have not received your ticket(s) within fourteen (14) days, please contact us at tickets@2600.com

You must bring a PRINTED COPY OF YOUR TICKET(S) to the conference to receive your badge. If you do not have a copy of your ticket(s), you will not be granted admission.

At the door: $100.00 Advance Price: $75.00

26C3: Here Be Dragons
26th Chaos Communication Congress
Berlin - bcc, December 27th to 30th 2009

The 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26C3) is the annual four-day conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). It takes place from December 27th to December 30th 2009 at the bcc Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany.

The Congress offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics and attracts a diverse audience of thousands of hackers, scientists, artists, and utopians from all around the world. The 26C3s slogan is "Here Be Dragons".

See also their Frequently Asked Questions, for an idea of some of the precautions you should take at a Hacker conference or meeting.

International technology & security conference. Four days of technology, ideological debates and hands-on tinkering.

On August 13-16, 2009 the 20th anniversary edition of the four-yearly Dutch outdoor technology-conference will take place near Vierhouten, NL.

https://har2009.org/

When ?

Thursday August 13th - Sunday August 16th 2009

Where ?

't Frusselt 30
8076 RE Vierhouten,
The Netherlands.

OpenStreetMap

Google Maps

The location (+52° 19′ 50.02″, +5° 49′ 27.98″) is near Vierhouten, a small settlement in the beautiful Veluwe area renowned for its culinary industry. The former socialist youth-camp de Paasheuvel provides some good old-fashioned Dutch gezelligheid. A variety of camping areas will cater to our broad range of camping and non-camping audience: varying from secluded spots in the foliage to larger fields for those of you who want to cluster together to form a village.

There is a train-station nearby, in Nunspeet. From there it is a 10-minute drive to the festival terrain.

UPDATE: it seems as if all tickets have been sold out, and they will not be selling any on the door.

Anybody with spare tickets or or tickets for sale, please get in touch at the Friday meeting or via email

Open Tech 2009

When: Saturday 4th July 2009 11am-6pm
Registration now open (10am doors open; bar closes at 10pm)
Where: ULU, Malet street. (zone 1, CC zone)
Cost: £5 on the door.

* Ticket reservations now open - Please Redistribute Freely *

Open Tech 2009
sponsored by 4iP

Saturday July 4th - ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2009/

Open Tech 2009, from UKUUG and friends,
Saturday July 4th
ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY

Tickets only £5
Students Free Entry

Totalling 33 talks across 3 sessions covering 7 hours,
some space hijacking and plenty of time to talk in the
bar after sessions which challenge, inspire or talk about
something that makes you want to help how you can. The
last two times we have sold out in advance, so you are
strongly advised to pre-register.

This year's line up features...
* Two Cultures from Bill Thompson
* Bad Science from Ben Goldacre
* Freedom of Information Works from Heather Brooke
* Energy, location and privacy
* Peace & War
* Making things happen, from those who do
* Web of Power - what's next for Politicians?
* The Guardian and Ian Tomlinson Story
* Ways our Internet Laws are Broken

The full schedule is at
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2009/schedule/

Brought to you by UKUUG and friends. Sponsored by 4iP

Tickets are £5, paid for on the door;
you should however pre-register yours online at
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2009/registration/

ULU = University of London Students Union

Open Tech 2009 - Location

OpenTech2009 will take place on the 4th July at ULU on Malet Street. Doors will open at 10:15am for a 11am start.

University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY

See the open streetmap.

Food is available in the venue; details will be confirmed in mid-June. The bar will be open from 11am - 10pm.

There will be no wifi available to paying attendees. We strongly suggest that attendees leave their laptops at home. Speakers will receive details of what is available to them, but are similarly advised not to rely on the wireless network.

Traveling to ULU by tube:

Northern Line to Euston, Warren Street and Goodge Street stations.
Piccadilly Line to Russell Square station.
Victoria Line to Euston and Warren Street stations.
Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines to Euston Square station.

Travelling to ULU by bus: Nearest stops are Gower Street, Euston Road, Woburn Place/Southampton Row

There is very, very limited parking around the venue, although you may be able to park elsewhere and follow the tube instructions below. It is inside the congestion charge zone.

This will probably be as popular as in previous years, so pre-register (taking suitable anonymity precautions, obviously).

Coinciding with the "unofficial" mid-month meeting on December 19th, we have provisionally booked the upstairs room of the Nell of Old Drury pub, probably from 7pm onwards.

Some important London 2600 people only ever come to the Christmas Party meetings !

Please Suggest and Organise suitable amusements and entertainments. Previous years have included quizzes, lucky dip raffles, musical songs (with a computer hacking theme) and other entertainments. We will probably bring along a projector etc.
e.g.

• Raffle of surplus computer and gadget stuff
• Powerpoint Kareoke
• London 2600 Pub Quiz
• Implausibly named party food and snacks, bytes and nybbles
• PGP key signing or other pre-shared cryptographic secret exchanges

London 2600 people will no doubt be attending the annual
Infosecurity Europe 2007 trade show,as they have done since its inception, either as exhibitors, customers or interested visitors. No doubt we will meet up with friends from the rest of the UK and worldwide.

Grand Hall, Olympia, London.

Tuesday 24th April 09:30-17:30
Wednesday 25th April 09:30-17:30
Thursday 26th April 09:30-16:00 (Hacker's Panel at the end of the show)

Pre-register online to save on the £20 entrance fee.