CHCon 2018 · New Zealand · 2018

CHCon 2018 Identity Badge and Badge Challenge

Christchurch identity tag with source-backed badge-challenge context

CHCon 2018's official site documents identification tags/badges as part of the event materials and says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run throughout the main event.

CHCon New Zealand Christchurch Identity Artifact Badge Challenge CTF Locksport Oceania

EventCHCon 2018

SeriesChristchurch Hacker Conference

LocationUCSA Events Centre, Christchurch

CountryNew Zealand

People

Authors & Credits

event and badge-materials publisher

Christchurch Hacker Conference

Official publisher of the 2018 event page and sponsorship section used for the identity-badge and badge-challenge record.

Source

event copyright and publisher identity

Swamp Chicken Cyber Industries Ltd

Named in the official CHCon 2018 page footer as the publishing organization.

Source

Why It Mattered

It broadens New Zealand coverage with an earlier CHCon badge artifact while keeping the record honest: the source proves identity tags/badges and badge challenges, but not a public electronic attendee PCB.

Hardware

The official CHCon 2018 source trail proves identification tags/badges and a badge-challenge activity. It does not disclose badge construction, microcontroller, battery, display, radio, firmware, NFC, QR behavior, or whether the challenge used the attendee credential itself.

Software & Apps

The event page says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run during the main event. This pass did not recover challenge firmware, puzzle files, a repository, or a direct link between challenge software and the printed attendee tag/badge.

Lore

The 2018 edition ran at the UCSA Events Centre in Riccarton after Thursday training, with the main conference on Friday and Saturday. Sponsorship copy describes CHCon as not-for-profit and says sponsor money covered venue costs, identification tags/badges, printed materials, and promotion.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

event challenge source-backed

Badge challenge track

The official CHCon 2018 event page says CTF, badge, and locksport challenges would run throughout the main event.

Compatibility: CHCon 2018 Identity Badge and Badge Challenge

Source

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

hardware-detail caveat note

The recovered official source does not identify the badge material, electronics, firmware, serial behavior, puzzle files, or whether the badge challenge used the attendee tag itself.

The catalogue keeps the record to identity-badge and challenge evidence until a direct technical source appears.

Confidence: official source but no technical badge archive
Status: needs primary badge archive
Timeframe: 2018 badge archive pass
Source note: CHCon 2018 event page.

identity-artifact classification note

The official CHCon 2018 source proves identification tags/badges and badge challenges but does not prove that the attendee credential was an electronic PCB badge.

The record is modeled as an identity and challenge artifact so the CHCon lineage expands without unsupported microcontroller, firmware, display, radio, NFC, or CTF-on-badge claims.

Confidence: official source
Status: documented
Timeframe: 2018 event archive pass
Source note: CHCon 2018 event and sponsorship page.

missing rights-cleared image note

No CHCon 2018 badge or challenge image is published because no reusable original photo with source URL, license, attribution, and processing notes has been recovered.

The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery, sponsor logos, social photos, or generated badge art.

Confidence: local project policy
Status: needs licensed original replacement
Timeframe: current catalogue build
Source note: badge.gallery image policy and CHCon 2018 source trail.

Resources

CHCon 2018 event page event page · Official event page documenting October 25-27, 2018 dates, UCSA Events Centre venue, CTF, badge, and locksport challenges, and event sponsor context. CHCon 2018 sponsor-materials evidence sponsorship page · Official sponsorship section documenting sponsor-funded identification tags/badges and printed materials for the 2018 edition.

Sources

Christchurch Hacker Conference: CHCON '18 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event and sponsorship source for CHCon 2018 dates, UCSA Events Centre venue, CTF/badge/locksport challenges, and identification tags/badges material evidence. Swamp Chicken Cyber Industries Ltd: CHCon 2018 sponsor materials Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official source for identification tags/badges and printed materials as sponsor-funded event costs.