Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at DistrictCon <3
(1 more week!!!)

2 weeks until DistrictCon! Interested in our Policy roundtables? Check out these sessions and more: https://www.districtcon.org/agenda

We're officially 1 month away from DistrictCon Year 0! Check out our agenda for talks, exploits, round tables, and more!
https://www.districtcon.org/agenda

We are completely sold out of tickets! If you missed out, don't fret - you can get on the waitlist if someone cancels. We'll also be calling for volunteers in the next month! Get on our list to find out about all the cool stuff! https://www.districtcon.org/get-notified

Tickets are live! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/districtcon-2025-tickets-1052731737967

🗓️ Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, 10am EST
📍 DistrictCon, Washington, DC

Did you miss our early bird tickets? GA tickets drop on Dec 16 at noon ET here: districtcon.org/tickets

🚨 Announcing Gen. Nakasone for DistrictCon's Opening Keynote! 🚨

“Code, Chaos, and Conflict: Hacking the Future of AI & Cyber Warfare”

Ex-NSA/CyberCom Chief Gen. Paul Nakasone will dive into AI’s role on the battlefield, cyber warfare in Ukraine/Middle East, & how hackers are rewriting the rules.

Our new report with Cyber Statecraft Initiative, “It Takes a Village: Spotlighting Practitioner-Driven Cybersecurity Successes and Future Opportunities,” unites insights from 7 Villages that have shaped how we think about and address critical cybersecurity challenges.
🔗 https://districtcon.org/vov

A huge thank you to everyone who submitted to our CFP! This is our inaugural year and the submissions blew us away. We hope to see you at the con!

DistrictCon Talks Have Been Selected🎙️
https://www.districtcon.org/speakers
Check out our incredible speaker lineup for DistrictCon 2025. Agenda (and more talk announcements) coming soon

We are officially sold out of Early Bird tickets!

If you didn't snag a ticket, don't worry - we'll be opening up GA tickets on Dec. 16!

Excited to welcome you all to the first ever DistrictCon!

EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE LIVE!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/districtcon-2025-tickets-1052731737967

🎟️ Get Ready, DistrictCon Tickets On Sale Soon! 🎟️
DistrictCon Early Bird tickets will go live on Nov. 12 @ 12 pm ET!
Early bird tickets are $150 and get you:
Access to our fabulous talks
Final junkyard competition and presentation
Entry to Village of Villages
Sponsor Exhibits
Refreshments at our DisCo Party on Friday night
Swag!
In addition to this, we’ll also have some closed door events, policy round-tables, and more! If you are interested in being invited to these events, you can indicate so through Eventbrite when you purchase your ticket.
We are expecting to sell out, so make sure to get your ticket fast! We will be opening General Admission tickets on Dec. 16.
If you are an accepted speaker or accepted to participate in our competitions, you’ll get a ticket on us (we’ll email you with more details)!

For any other questions, check out our site, districtcon.org/tickets OR reach out to us!

We’re proud to announce the Review Board for DistrictCon’s call for papers! Tasked with evaluating submissions and guiding the agenda, this board ensures that Year 0 of DistrictCon represents the hacker community's incredible work and policy content that directly engages with said community.

If you aren’t sure if your talk fits – submit it! We’d love to see it and discuss it with you.

There are only 5 more days remaining to submit to our CFP: https://www.districtcon.org/cfp

Happy Writing!

We are thrilled to present our Founding Sponsors for DistrictCon Year 0! Each Sponsor and Partner is helping us create great content for you. Thank you to each organization for helping us put on the first DistrictCon! @Bugcrowd @corellium @kc7cyber @magnetforensics @marginresearch @interruptlabs @vigilantlabs @blueskyinnovators

October 1 is International Raccoon Appreciation Day

This feels like a good time to remind you to contribute to the junkyard, ya little raccoons (affectionate)

https://www.districtcon.org/junkyard

THE JUNKYARD - Call for Bugs OPEN!
Submit Your Best (Or Worst) Zero-day Vulns: We want you to bring your most impactful, creative, or most meme-worthy bugs in end-of-life (EOL) products, and demo them live on stage.

Winners get 💰prizes💰to further future vulnerability research. First 20 submissions accepted will get additional swag!

What’s In Scope?: Any product (software or hardware) publicly listed by the vendor as EOL-ed at least one day before submission. Spicy? Yes we know. We’ll help you disclose it to the vendor ahead of time too.

Submit here: https://www.districtcon.org/junkyard

Submit here!!!! districtcon.org/cfp

In the spirit of engaging with the wider DC area, DistrictCon will also be accepting a select few (read: 1-3) talks on📍Informing Policy📍. Hackers do not like being read talking points - only original policy research will be considered.

What are we looking for? 🔮 Hacking Magic 🔮 - i.e., technical offensive or defensive topics. Demonstrations of techniques, exploits/vulns, hardware projects, or other items that you personally developed are all good to submit to DistrictCon!