We have space for around 120 talks, calls, performances and game shows, to which hackers, technology freaks, hobbyists, artists and utopians with a sense of mission can now apply with their ideas for talks.

The presentations will be curated by five teams, each of whom are passionate about one of the tracks – Art & Beauty, Ethics, Society & Politics, Hardware, Science and Security – and will pick out the pearls for the participants.

A detailed version of the call can be found here, please read the notes there and on the help page of our instance of the pretalx planning system carefully to ensure the quality your submission is properly recognised and its chances of being selected reflect that. The closing date for submissions is 26 October 2024.

We are looking forward to your ideas for enriching the Congress. If you have any questions, please contact 38c3-content@cccv.de and keep an eye on our events blog for fresh updates about 38C3 and more.

About the congress

The Chaos Communication Congress is the annual conference and hacker party of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and its 38th edition will take place this year from 27 to 30 December 2024 under the motto ‘Illegal Instructions’ at the CCH in Hamburg.

During four days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists, and utopians get together in Hamburg to communicate, learn from each other, and party together.

The Congress is the longest running German IT security conference, the biggest European hacker gathering and grew into one of the most important conferences on digital transformation. We focus on topics such as information technology, digital security, making, and breaking. We engage in creative, sceptical discourse on the interaction between technology and society.