CCC invites all model citizens to 40C3

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The word is on the street: the Chaos Computer Club is hosting 40C3 from 27 to 30 December 2026 – Europe’s biggest hacker party, conference and platform for technology, society and civil liberties. We understand the Congress to be a huge shared stage and therefore invite you to help shape it.

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Everything is getting bigger, more colourful and more beautiful. Following our moving to the Hamburg Exhibition halls , there is once again plenty of space for creative ideas. Obviously, we want to make the most of this new space, which is why we are inviting all galactic beings to the 40th Chaos Communication Congress from 27 to 30 December 2026.

With the idea of this year’s motto ‘Model Citizens’ in mind, we want to work together to find new models for society, now that the ‘Model Citizens’ of the past have left the planet in a precarious state. There are loads of ways to go about this. For example, the Congress is the biggest non-commercial hacker conference, organised by volunteers, supported by thousands of unpaid helpers and over 16,000 visitors who don’t just passively consume the event, but actively help to shape it.

Times have become harsher. The consensus that, in a democratic society, we should work in solidarity towards a shared, better future is increasingly giving way to the model of an authoritarian state, in which the stronger impose their views on the weaker.

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