From d1209d5d58f3eae5e0f493f529af5d8c5d3909d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 46halbe <46halbe@berlin.ccc.de> Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 13:12:51 +0000 Subject: committing page revision 1 --- updates/2017/34C3-in-leipzig.en.md | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 updates/2017/34C3-in-leipzig.en.md diff --git a/updates/2017/34C3-in-leipzig.en.md b/updates/2017/34C3-in-leipzig.en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c697eec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/updates/2017/34C3-in-leipzig.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +title: Chaos Communication Congress is moving to Leipzig +date: 2017-05-13 13:01:00 +updated: 2017-05-13 13:12:51 +author: erdgeist +tags: update, pressemitteilung + +The 34th iteration of the annual Chaos Communication Congress (34C3) will again take place in December, but at a new location: the congress and convention center in Leipzig. Congress had to find a new home because its former venue, the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), will be undergoing a general makeover. The new venue in Leipzig will provide participants much more space to tinker with. + + + +The CCH was home to the Congress since 2012. Over the years, we +developed a strong  friendship with the team on site, so we’re sad we +have to leave. + +Finding a new location was not easy. The large number of participants +combined with special demands regarding technology, lecture halls, +workshop spaces – as well as areas to party and hang out – pose a +challenge to any convention center in Germany. Even the CCH would not +have been able to accommodate any more than last year’s 12.000 +participants. „We’re not trying to grow at all costs, but expanding our +cultural reach is very important to us. It’s always painful to be forced +to reject more and more interested people at the door each year,“ +explained Dirk Engling, CCC spokesperson. + +With access not only to the main Congress Center Leipzig, but also to +parts of the neighbouring convention halls, the CCC is confident to find +the balance between a potential for moderate growth and a chance to +maintain the event’s unique atmosphere. „Everything is on track for +smooth cooperation,“ Dirk Engling hacker said about the team in Leipzig. +„After all, that city can look back on over 850 years of tradition +hosting trade fairs.“ + +As usual, the gates will be open for participants on December 27th. +Despite the challenges of moving to a new location, our goal is to keep +ticket prices stable. And of course, we’ll continue to resist +commercialization. On one hand, the new loation offers more space for +some more participants. On the other, we’re going to need to depend more +than ever on the solidarity of our community: By purchasing supporter +tickets, one can directly enable others to attend at affordable rates. +Just as last year, we’re aiming for a large black zero in profit. The +start of presale is going to be announced at CCC’s events blog at +. + +Planning content for the 34C3 has already begun, and there will be a +launch of the call for participation soon. „Hacker assemblies in the +‚Hackcenter‘ will be organized this year mainly around themes and +interests rather by region. This should encourage even more +interregional and international exchange between the communities,“ Dirk +Engling explained. „And of couse, we’ll make every effort to tame the +convention hall’s atmosphere and make it as cosy as our participants +have come to expect over 33 years of congress history.“ -- cgit v1.2.3