Kākācon #3
Zealandia, Wellington
The 2021 Kākācon edition whose organizer walkthrough documents the first Kākācon badge challenge, using a printed sticker backing-paper puzzle as the entry point.
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)
Ekoparty 2021
Argentina
The 2021 Ekoparty edition represented by official Ekoparty media attachments titled as 2021 badge artwork for attendee, speaker, workshop, ACFT placement, ICFT player, and Lado B variants.
BornHack 2020
Funen
A SAMD21 CircuitPython badge with a charlieplexed LED matrix, IR communication, buttons, SAO header, and exposed pads.
Camp++ 2020
Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary
The eighth H.A.C.K. outdoor camp in Hungary, source-backed as an identity-artifact record through ticket registration, certificate checksum verification, bring-your-ticket arrival guidance, and Pretalx programme context rather than an electronic badge.
NoNameCon 2020
Online
The September 3, 2020 online NoNameCon cybersecurity edition whose TechMaker source trail documented a scratch-designed ESP32 NoNameBadge 2020 for air-quality monitoring, CTF play, and hardware hacking.
DEF CON 28 Safe Mode
Virtual / online
The 2020 remote Safe Mode edition whose official support badge was a LosT / 1o57 cassette-tape puzzle artifact spanning the tape, lanyard, printed liner notes, audio contents, and forum/media-server collaboration.
SAINTCON 2020
Virtual / online
The October 27-30, 2020 virtual SAINTCON edition whose official archive identifies 2020 as virtual, InfoconDB records the dates, and first-hand DC540 coverage documents a shipped badge package with a badge, included MiniBadge, custom-MiniBadge coupon, and Hackers Challenge CTF badge context.
BSidesPDX 2020
Virtual / online
The October 23-24, 2020 all-digital Portland Security BSides edition whose official pages preserve the online schedule, speaker list, and virtual venue context, while PDX Badgers preserves a talking LED mask repository described as a BSides 2020 presenter artifact.
The Diana Initiative 2020
Virtual / online
The August 21-22, 2020 online Diana Initiative edition whose Sched archive documents a virtual conference and a `Basic Arduino coding using virtual Badge` Village Workshop by @TechGirlMN, while TechGirlMN's Maker Village archive preserves the off-the-shelf Arduino badge build materials.
Hackaday Remoticon 2020
Virtual / online
The November 6-8, 2020 virtual Remoticon edition whose official Hackaday.io start page documents a distributed hardware-creation event and whose discussion thread explicitly pushed badge work into unofficial community builds.
RVAsec 2020
Richmond, Virginia / pandemic-era source gap
The pandemic-era RVAsec 2020 badge archive whose HackRVA firmware repository documents LCD, buttons, IR, LED, audio, USB bootloader tooling, app framework, and interpreter behavior while distribution and final event context remain caveated.
ROOTCON 14 Recovery Mode
Virtual / ROOTCON Discord
The October 9-10, 2020 ROOTCON Recovery Mode virtual edition whose official quick guide documented a paid-attendee ROOTCON Survival Kit with conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set.
Kernelcon 2020 Virtual
Virtual / Omaha, Nebraska
The March 25-28, 2020 Kernelcon virtual edition whose Hack-Master badge was documented through public repository, talk, and ZonkSec writeup sources after the conference moved online.
BSides Melbourne 2020
Victorian Innovation Hub, Docklands, Melbourne
The March 13-15, 2020 BSides Melbourne edition whose official schedule documents early and Saturday registration while the official sponsor page documents BSides Melbourne 2020 lanyards.
linux.conf.au 2020 Open Hardware Miniconf
Gold Coast, Queensland
The January 13-17, 2020 Gold Coast linux.conf.au edition whose Open Hardware Miniconf included an assembly workshop, DingoCar machine-learning and perception sessions, and small-scale self-driving car experimentation.
HackerHotel 2020
Garderen
A challenge badge framed as a mixed-reality hotel escape room with story, puzzles, SAO, and field errata.
Disobey 2020
Helsinki
A Disobey badge with touch-button navigation, serial shell, Hatchery app installation, WiFi configuration, and text input.
CampZone 2020
Netherlands
A CampZone Badge.Team firmware badge documented through its Python API module surface and team notes.
Chaos Communication Camp 2019
Ziegeleipark Mildenberg
The edition whose card10 badge explored wearable sensing and app distribution.
36th Chaos Communication Congress
Leipzig
The 2019 Chaos Communication Congress in Leipzig, where Thomas Flummer produced an unofficial bring-your-own-controller LED badge kit for hallway badgelife hacking.
BornHack 2019
Funen
The 2019 BornHack badge added a 240x240 color display, MicroSD card, and IR communication.
Camp++ 2019
Fort Monostor, Komárom, Hungary
The seventh H.A.C.K. outdoor camp in Hungary, source-backed as an identity-artifact record through ticket registration, certificate checksum verification, bring-your-ticket arrival guidance, and Pretalx programme context rather than an electronic badge.
TROOPERS19
Heidelberg
A German IT-security conference with a public ESP32 e-paper keyboard badge hardware writeup, KiCad files, and Shitty Addon ecosystem.
Pixels Camp 2019
Pavilhao Carlos Lopes, Lisbon
The March 21-23, 2019 Lisbon Pixels Camp edition, documented as a three-day hacker-spirit technology event and paired here with Afonso Muralha's public ESP32 LED-matrix PCB badge archive.
NoNameCon 2019
Lavra Art Gallery, Kyiv
The May 14-17, 2019 Kyiv NoNameCon cybersecurity conference whose electronic NoNameBadge is documented by the badge team's making-of writeup and public firmware/CTF archives.
NodeConf EU 2019
Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny
The 2019 NodeConf EU edition at Lyrath Estate in Kilkenny, Ireland, whose NodeWatch/Bangle.js open-source smartwatch badge is documented by NodeWatch.dev, NearForm, Espruino, public app/workshop repositories, and attendee reporting.
DEF CON 27
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2019 DEF CON edition whose Grand Idea Studio crystal badge used NXP silicon, KL27 ARM firmware, NFMI communication, badge-type roles, and a conference-wide interaction game.
503 Party 2019
United States / DC503 party archive
The 2019 503 Party badge/pager archive whose public PDX Badgers repository preserves the 5ohBEE SMART Response XE pager setup, RF firmware sketches, HugQuest game behavior, repository license, and source credits.
LayerOne 2019
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, California
The May 24-26, 2019 LayerOne Pasadena edition whose official Hardware Hacking Village archive, Hackaday report, and CharlieX repository document a Blade Runner / Voight-Kampff electronic conference badge and add-on kits.
SAINTCON 2019
Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo, Utah
The October 22-25, 2019 SAINTCON edition in Provo, Utah, whose official archive and organizer letter documented the Enigma theme, badge distribution, minibadges, Hardware Hacking Community support, and event badge challenge.
BSides Las Vegas 2019
Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas, Nevada
The August 6-7, 2019 BSides Las Vegas edition whose official archive and registration pages document a capacity-managed admission badge model with no walk-in badges.
BSidesKC 2019
Plexpod Westport, Kansas City, Missouri
The April 26-27, 2019 Kansas City Security BSides edition at Plexpod Westport, whose Badge Pirates source trail documents the ESP8266 conference badge, kids badge, Wi-Fi exploration game, and badge variants.
BSidesROC 2019
RIT Inn, Henrietta, New York
The March 23, 2019 Rochester Security B-Sides edition at the RIT Inn whose official archive and badge page document a reprogrammable ATTINY85 electronic badge, PCB fallback, SAO ports, and best-hacked-badge contest.
BSidesPDX 2019
Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
The October 25-26, 2019 Portland Security BSides edition at Oregon Convention Center whose official schedule included BSidesPDX 101 covering CTF, contests, events, badges, and more, while PDX Badgers preserves a public Multnomah KiCad/BOM/firmware badge archive.
CactusCon 8
Mesa Convention Center, Mesa, Arizona
The December 6-7, 2019 Arizona hacker and security conference edition whose official registration sources distinguish printed-badge and electronic-badge ticket types without exposing hardware, firmware, or image reuse rights.
Queercon 16
Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 27
The DEF CON 27-adjacent Queercon edition whose Q and C badge system used distinct electronic attendee artifacts, custom keyboard hardware, badge-to-badge token exchange, handler missions, and a shared ARG progress station.
THOTCON 0xA / Infinity
Undisclosed location, Chicago, Illinois
The May 3-4, 2019 Chicago THOTCON edition whose DePaul Newsline coverage, InfoconDB schedule, badge-hacking workshop record, and public Poplicola repository preserve the 0xA / Infinity electronic badge.
WOPR Summit 0x00
Bally's Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
The inaugural 2019 Atlantic City WOPR Summit edition whose public Hackaday coverage and first-hand Russell Handorf build guide preserve the 0x00 soldering badge, badge-hacking area, and hardware-design workshop context.
Recon Village at DEF CON 27
Las Vegas, Nevada / DEF CON 27
The 2019 Recon Village badge edition documented by the official Badge Life archive as The Skull Badge, a steampunk-recon skull with an LED eye and staff CREW variant.
DEFCON China 1.0
Beijing
The first official international DEFCON edition, whose Joe Grand-designed flexible PCB badge used a tree-lighting game, USB, accelerometer input, role variants, and open design files.