DEF CON 11 Human Badge
A DEF CON 11 human badge documented by InfoconDB event metadata, the official program PDF, and official DEF CON media-server photos explicitly filed as DEF CON 11 badge images.
DEF CON
DEF CON 11
The August 1-3, 2003 DEF CON edition represented here by an official-media-archive photographed pre-electronic human badge.
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada · United States · 2003
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
Operational history
Issues & Camp Impact
No local DEF CON 11 badge photo has been added because the official media-server badge photos do not provide a complete reusable license, attribution, and processing-provenance trail for this catalogue.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying DEF CON archive photography without complete rights clearance.
DEF CON 11 is modeled as a non-electronic human identity badge because the public source trail proves a physical badge but does not support electronics, firmware, or hackable hardware claims.
The compendium preserves the early physical credential without upgrading it into a circuit-board badge.
The current public sources prove the badge artifact and event context but do not identify the badge designer, production process, material, full role taxonomy, or any official puzzle layer.
The record limits claims to visible physical-badge evidence and official event context.
Resources
Badgelife history
article · VICE/Motherboard history placing the first DEF CON electronic badge at DEF CON 14 in 2006, supporting DEF CON 11's conservative non-electronic classification.
DEF CON 11 event metadata
event page · InfoconDB source for the August 1-3, 2003 DEF CON 11 dates and Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas venue context.
DEF CON 11 media image archive
official media archive · Official media-server directory whose file listing includes multiple DEF CON 11 badge photos.
DEF CON 11 program
official program · Official program PDF source for event layout, information booth, vendor area, contests, staff-badge language, and Alexis Park field context.
DEF CON 11 badge photo evidence
rights-limited archive photo · Official archive JPEG used only as artifact evidence; it is not republished because the media-server copyright and attribution trail do not satisfy the site's image policy.
Sources
DEF CON Communications: DEF CON 11 Program
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official program source for event operations, map, information booth, contest context, Goon/staff badge references, and the physical conference setting.
DEF CON Media Server: DEF CON 11 badge IMG_2736.JPG
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official archive image evidence for the visible physical DEF CON 11 badge artifact; used for description only, not as a local published image.
DEF CON Media Server: DEF CON 11 images
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official media-server listing preserving files named as DEF CON 11 badge photos.
InfoconDB: DEF CON 11 (2003)
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Event-context source for DEF CON 11 dates, schedule archive, and Alexis Park Resort venue metadata.
VICE / Motherboard: A History of Badgelife, Def Con's Unlikely Obsession with Artistic Circuit Boards
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Secondary context source stating that DEF CON 14 in 2006 was the first electronic DEF CON badge, supporting the non-electronic classification of DEF CON 11.