Hackfest
Official publisher of the history, 2019 schedule, and CTF pages used as the public source trail for the 2019 electronic-badge record.
SourceHackfest 2019 · Canada · 2019
Hackfest 2019 Electronic Badge
Official-history-backed CTF electronic badge
Hackfest's official history says the 2019 CTF innovated by introducing an electronic badge, and that the addition was an immediate hit with participants. The 2019 schedule documents badge pickup on October 31, November 1, and November 2, plus CTF registration and CTF room activity during the Plaza-era Quebec City event.
EventHackfest 2019
SeriesHackfest
LocationPlaza, Quebec City
CountryCanada
People
Authors & Credits
Why It Mattered
It adds another Canadian hacker-conference lineage beyond NorthSec and preserves a public-source trail for Hackfest's electronic-badge milestone without overstating unrecovered hardware details.
Hardware
Public sources currently prove only the high-level artifact classification: an electronic badge tied to Hackfest 2019's CTF. This pass did not recover a schematic, PCB files, BOM, firmware repository, controller identification, display, radio, battery, production count, or badge-team build notes.
Software & Apps
The official CTF page describes 2019 challenge categories including Electronic, Cloud, SDR, and Web, and the schedule places the Hackfest CTF in the Mozart/Chopin rooms. No badge firmware, protocol, flag, or challenge-source archive was recovered, so software claims stay limited to the official electronic-badge and CTF context.
Lore
The official history calls 2019 the pre-pandemic record edition, with 1600 participants gathered at the Plaza. The schedule brands it Hackfest 11, with opening night on October 31, talks and CTF activity on November 1, and continued talks, villages, workshops, party, and closing on November 2.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
CTF category
official CTF page backed
Electronic CTF challenge category
The CTF page lists Electronic among the 2019 challenge categories, alongside Cloud, SDR, Web, and other challenge types.
Source
badge pickup workflow
official schedule backed
Hackfest 11 badge pickup flow
The 2019 schedule lists badge pickup across opening night and both conference days, placing badges in attendee logistics.
Source
event context
official history backed
Plaza record-edition context
Hackfest's official history describes 2019 as the pre-pandemic record edition with 1600 participants at the Plaza.
Source
lineage milestone
official history backed
CTF electronic-badge introduction
Hackfest's official history says the 2019 CTF introduced an electronic badge and that participants immediately appreciated it.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
hardware-source caveat
note
The official sources prove an electronic badge was introduced for the 2019 CTF, but this pass did not recover a schematic, BOM, PCB repository, firmware, controller details, display, radio, battery, badge-team writeup, or production count.
The record preserves the electronic-badge milestone while avoiding invented component or firmware claims.
- Confidence
- official source but technically shallow
- Status
- needs primary badge archive
- Timeframe
- current Hackfest 2019 pass
- Source note
- Hackfest history, Hackfest 2019 schedule, and Hackfest CTF 2019 page.
image-rights boundary
note
No local Hackfest 2019 badge image is published because this pass did not pair any specific badge photo or official raster with reusable image rights, attribution, source URL, and processing notes.
The entry remains image-free rather than copying event media, Flickr photos, screenshots, social images, or generated placeholder art.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy, Hackfest history photo links, Hackfest 2019 schedule, and Hackfest CTF source trail.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No Hackfest 2019 Electronic Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.
The Canada record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy and Hackfest official history, Hackfest 2019 schedule, and Hackfest CTF 2019 page.
Resources
Hackfest 2019 schedule
official schedule · Official Hackfest 11 schedule source for badge pickup, October 31 opening night, November 1-2 talks, CTF registration, village activity, workshops, party, and closing.
Hackfest CTF 2019
official CTF page · Official CTF page for 2019 challenge categories including Electronic, Cloud, SDR, and Web; no badge firmware or schematic archive is linked there.
Hackfest history
official history · Official Hackfest source for the 2019 pre-pandemic record edition, 1600-participant Plaza context, and CTF electronic-badge introduction.
Sources
Hackfest: Hackfest History
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for Hackfest's 2019 CTF electronic-badge introduction, immediate participant reception, record 1600-person Plaza edition, and later pandemic-era continuity context.
Hackfest: Hackfest 2019 Schedule
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official schedule source for Hackfest 11, badge pickup on October 31, November 1, and November 2, CTF registration and CTF room timing, villages, workshops, party, and closing.
Hackfest: Hackfest CTF 2019
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official CTF source for the 2019 challenge category mix, including Electronic, while leaving firmware, schematic, and badge challenge implementation details unrecovered.