Summercon

Summercon is one of the oldest hacker conventions. It helped set a precedent for more modern "cons" such as H.O.P.E. and DEF CON, although it has remained smaller and more personal, and has been hosted in cities such as Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Austin, and Amsterdam. Originally run by Phrack, the underground ezine, and held annually in St. Louis, the organizational responsibilities of running summercon were transferred to 'clovis' in 1998 and the convention took place in Atlanta, dubbed 'Summercon X'.

References

ee also

*Hackers on Planet Earth a.k.a. H.O.P.E. — the conferences held by 2600 The Hacker Quarterly.
*DEF CON, the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
*Chaos Communication Congress — oldest and Europe's biggest hacker conferences held by Chaos Computer Club.
*HoHoCon — first modern hacker convention held by CULT OF THE DEAD COW.
*Black Hat Briefings the largest 'official' computer security event in the world.
*MyDEFCON gathering point spawned from the annual DEFCON security conference.

External links

* [http://www.summercon.org Summercon Official site]
* [http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=31&a=5 Phrack, Volume Three, Issue Thirty-one, Phile #5 of 10.] References Summercon '88
* [http://www.elfqrin.com/docs/hakref/interviews/eq-i-mentor.html An interview with Loyd Blankenship, aka The Mentor, reflecting on Summercon '88]