-= [ AlligatorCon Europe 2025 ] =-

[--- We are currently clean on OPSEC. My fellow Alligators! We have some very, very good news and a lot of good things are happening! AlligatorCon Europe will be back in 2025, and this year will be forever remembered as the year hacking was reborn, the year our packets destiny was reclaimed and the year that we began to make computers work again. For years, our species has been looted, pillaged and lied to by our enemies near and far. Hackers, crackers, phreaks, and skilled tinkerers really suffered greatly. We've been deprived of private exploits for months, but it is not going to happen anymore. Talks and workshops will come roaring back to our sacred venues. We will pry open firewalls and break down sanitizer routines. And ultimately we will go out for drinks and BBQ.

We have yet so much to learn!

Last year's venue was the best venue in the history of venues. Great AC! Now they took this great venue from us. Unfair! But we are strong, and we will take back that venue that rightfully belongs to us. There's good possibility we can do it. Maybe not the same place but we'll take back last years venue, with the great AC. AC was so good! Every year we spend billions and billions so you can enjoy our great conference 100% free. This year is no exception! If you've got your invite token from the past edition, just register at our website to reserve a spot. If you're new to AlligatorCon and want to get an invite here are the instructions on how to do so. Bribing us with sex, drugs and other vices (what other conferences call "making a donation"), or presenting convincing kompromat is also a great way to get an invite as per usual. The venue address and the location of all parties (yes, parties, plural) will be revealed at the last possible moment only to those who were invited, and you should not reveal it to anyone else at the risk of a permanent ban. The general area where the event will take place is in Kazimierz, because classics never die.

[--- Rules of the Alligator

[--- Call For Participation

Send your proposal to: cfp@alligatorcon.eu TL;DR just hack some shit and tell us how we all can do it too, for teh lulz. Now for the long version... WHAT WE WANT: The AlligatorCon Honorable Evaluation Commitee is interested in no-nonsense talks about hacking. We prefer technical talks but non-technical yet "unusual" ones are good too - the further you stray from your typical conference talk, the better. Bonus points for presentations that include code, practical examples, and live demos. The usual topics include pentesting, exploitation, pwnage, 0days, phreaking, rootkits, radio, satellites, spreading knowledge, evading censorship, old sch00l shit, new sch00l shit, worshipping Satan, raising the dead, fun times. Confidentiality is key, so don't hesitate to propose topics that "legit" conferences would never accept. You can check out the schedules for previous years to give you an idea of what's been presented before:

• 2024 - Kraków... Kraków never changes
• 2023 - All Hail Our AI Overlords
• 2022 - We Survided The Pandemic And All We Got Was This Poster
• 2021 - 404 Conference Not Found
• 2020 - 404 Conference Not Found
• 2019 - Hell Yeah, AlligatorCon!
• 2018 - Keep Calm And AlligatorCon
• 2017 - Do Not Talk About AlligatorCon
• 2016 - The Horror! The Monstrosity! The Lulz!
• 2015 - The Alligator Goes International

WHAT WE DON'T WANT: We all know how fun it is to make your employer pay for your party trip, but there is a strict rule of NO CORPORATE BS TALKS. Nobody gives a flying crap who your employer is and how the product you're selling will change our lives and how many multi-letter certifications you got - just hack stuff or shut up. HOW WE WANT IT: Our format is the following: one hour slots for everyone, but how much you use is completely optional. We recommend 40 minute talks, to give people time to drink a beer or mate, chat and relax before the next talk. For really quick topics (5-10 minutes) it's probably best to use the lightning talks slot, it's free-for-all -- just like a rap battle, you go up on stage and grab the mic.

[--- I am Jack's list of talks

CFP committee hard at work

[--- Life insurance pays off triple if you die on a conference trip

Free accomodation for this year is provided by Nvidia: their globally deployed ocean boilers finally made Central-European temperatures to raise enough so we all can just sleep on the nearest park bench in September.

Heat the World!

Alternatively, there's plenty of hotels, hostels, apartments and Airbnbs for rent in Kraków. This city also has a really amazing CouchSurfing community that you should definitely reach out to. And of course you're welcome to bring a sleeping bag and crash at a friendly local hacker's home, a popular choice of AlligatorCon attendees every year. As for public transport, there are buses from the Kraków airport to the city center as well as a train to the main station, or you can alternatively fly to Warsaw or Katowice and go from there to Kraków by train (it's sometimes cheaper).

[--- We are the all singing, all dancing crap of the infosec world

The venerable Organizing Committee for this year will be:

• Kurwa Małpka, Count Crapula & The Face Dancer, the true Illuminati
• El Santa on original artwork
• Typhoid Mary on food and catering
• Billy McFarland on venue and accomodation
Special thanks go to Xava Kosmosach for that original web design we keep rehashing every year since 2016. If anyone sees him and he asks why we haven't paid him for it yet, tell him... uhm... the check is on the mail or something, dunno.

[--- Sponsors

This year's event is proudly sponsored by 23andMe who will provide personalized horoscopes every time you flush.

Special thanks to the law enforcement agencies from many countries for their relentless interest in our activities. We love you guys! #BlueLivesMatter

Do zobaczenia w Krakowie!