Easterhegg 2010
Munich
The Munich Easterhegg edition whose eHaserl surprise badge was documented through assembly instructions, flashing notes, alternative software, and a public badge talk.
Camp lineage
Events
Hacker camp and conference editions represented in the worldwide catalogue, grouped by their event series and badge history.
548 event edition(s)
DEF CON 18
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2010 DEF CON edition whose lithographed-aluminum badge used a low-power Kent Displays cholesteric display, USB, role variants, and a polished hackable-jewelry form factor.
Hacking at Random 2009
Vierhouten
The Dutch 2009 camp sits in the bridge period between early identity artifacts and the later Badge.Team-era electronic tradition.
DEF CON 17
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 30-August 2, 2009 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio badge used a Freescale MC56F8006 digital signal controller, MEMS microphone, RGB LED, wired badge-to-badge interface, bootloader, role-shape puzzle pieces, and a 32-entry badge-hacking contest.
Ninja Party at DEF CON 17
Artisan Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 17
The 2009 Ninja Networks DEF CON party edition whose electronic invitation badge was built in a 500-unit hand-assembly sprint and later published with schematic, Gerber, BOM, and public-domain firmware archives.
DEF CON 16
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2008 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand badge combined SD-card file transfer, infrared exchange, TV-B-Gone behavior, role-color variants, and a hackable Freescale reference platform.
Chaos Communication Camp 2007
Finowfurt Aviation Museum
The camp where Sputnik/OpenBeacon active RFID tags turned attendance itself into a 2.4 GHz tracking and experimentation surface.
DEF CON 15
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2007 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand / Grand Idea Studio badge used an MC9S08QG8, a 95-LED matrix, capacitive sensors, optional accelerometer and RF footprints, customizable scrolling text, and another badge-hacking contest.
DEF CON 14
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2006 DEF CON edition whose Joe Grand-designed PCB badge introduced active electronics, open circuitry, colored attendee-role variants, and a badge-hacking contest to DEF CON.
What The Hack 2005
Liempde
The 2005 Dutch camp whose public badge-history record treats badges as simple or absent compared with later electronic devices.
DEF CON 13
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 29-31, 2005 DEF CON edition represented here by a public-domain photographed human badge from the final pre-electronic-badge era.
DEF CON 12
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 30-August 1, 2004 DEF CON edition represented here by a source-backed unofficial forum-badge identity artifact; the main official badge remains source-limited in this pass.
Chaos Communication Camp 2003
Germany
The second Chaos Communication Camp sits between the early pass era and the later Sputnik/OpenBeacon infrastructure badge.
DEF CON 11
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 1-3, 2003 DEF CON edition represented here by an official-media-archive photographed pre-electronic human badge.
DEF CON 10
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 2-4, 2002 DEF CON tenth-anniversary edition represented here by an official-program and media-archive pre-electronic physical badge artifact.
Hackers At Large 2001
University of Twente, Enschede
A Dutch outdoor hacker camp in the post-HIP lineage, before electronic badges became a defining expectation.
DEF CON 9
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 13-15, 2001 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic lanyard identity badge.
DEF CON 8
Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 28-30, 2000 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic lanyard identity badge.
Chaos Communication Camp 1999
Germany
The first Chaos Communication Camp belongs in the lineage as an early outdoor camp identity/pass era before public electronic badge records.
DEF CON 6
Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 31-August 2, 1998 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of pre-electronic lanyard and waist credentials.
Hacking in Progress 1997
Netherlands
A Dutch camp predecessor remembered for on-site personalized photo badge production under 1997 field conditions.
DEF CON 5
Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 11-13, 1997 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic hanging identity credential.
DEF CON 4
Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 26-28, 1996 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of a pre-electronic chest identity credential.
DEF CON 3
Tropicana Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 4-6, 1995 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of pre-electronic colored waist credentials.
DEF CON 2
Sahara Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 22-24, 1994 DEF CON edition represented here by official-photo evidence of pre-electronic printed chest credentials.
Hacking at the End of the Universe 1993
Flevoland
The 1993 Dutch outdoor hacker camp whose Hitchhiker's Guide naming tradition echoes through later Dutch camps.
DEF CON 1
Sands Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
The July 9-11, 1993 first DEF CON edition represented here by official announcement and media-archive evidence of pre-electronic name-tag and paper-badge artifacts.
Galactic Hacker Party 1989
Paradiso, Amsterdam
The origin point of the Dutch hacker camp lineage, documented as the beginning of the sequence that leads to WHY2025.