TOORCON 2021
ToorCon 2021
The Point
1010 Santa Clara Pl
San Diego, CA 92109
Talk-Day: Oct 12th, 2021
Demo-Day: Oct 13th, 2021
Fun-Day: Oct 14th, 2021
We started ToorCon in 1999, back when dial-up and floppy disks were widespread, and Defcon was still in its early years. At the time, hacker conferences were one of the only places you could learn about cutting edge research and learn what other hackers were up to. Now a day, there’s nearly unlimited content and courses on hacking and hundreds of hacker conferences covering nearly every day of the year. After 20 years of running ToorCon, we decided that the industry has drastically evolved and we should too! This year, we’re reinventing the conference again to focus on the aspects of the event that you can’t get anywhere else and create a more unique and fun experience for everyone!
COVID-19 SAFETY NOTICE: To make sure everyone stays safe at the event, we're requiring all staff, speakers, and attendees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and a negative test result within 24 hours of the event start. We'll also be providing complementary rapid tests at the event to make it easy for everyone to meet our safety requirements. The event space and activities are open air and have good air circulation so masking requirements will be communicated closer to the event based on local guidelines and event space safety requirements at the time.
TICKETS/DONATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE: Under any circumstance that we would have to cancel onsite attenance, we would continue to host the event virtually. All onsite tickets will be automatically converted to virtual tickets. Sorry for the inconvience but we would still be under obligation to our Venue and Vendors. Discounts for future events will issued.
TICKETS/DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTABLE: ToorCon, Inc. is registed 501(c)3 Non-Profit. All Donations are tax deductable.
EMBEDDED CTF: This year we’re partnering with Advanced Security Training to offer a Hardware-based CTF. This involves hardware that we’ll provide at the event so there is some additional cost to participate.
The Venue
We’ve spent too many years in Downtown San Diego cooped up in the convention centers and hotels, so this year we’re moving the event to the beach! Located on a peninsula in the middle of Mission Bay, we’ll be having ToorCon 2021 at The Point -- an event space that will let us highlight the unique San Diego experience and we’re encouraging everyone to stay in beach houses nearby.
One Track, Demo Day, Limited AttenDAN
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Because endless information and commentary on new techniques and attacks can be found online, we are condensing our lineup to be one track of 50-minute talks, with a dedicated demo and workshop day to go in-depth with the research. If there’s additional content, we’ll be distributing whitepapers to the audience for them to study before the talk, and speakers will be available immediately after the talk for hands-on demonstrations and detailed Q&A. We’re also limiting attendance for this first year to 200 people, so we can ensure that everyone gets a high quality experience.
ThursDAY FUN-DAY
Out of all the events we’ve organized, we believe our biggest value to the community is creating life-long friendships and connections between the brilliant people that come to our events every year. To focus on this aspect of the conference, we’re dedicating Thursday to hang out with your fellow elite hackers and industry leaders.
TAKING CARE OF SPEAKERS
Over the years we’ve tried to keep ToorCon inexpensive so everyone can afford to come, but typically inexpensive conferences do it at the expense of the Speakers — requiring them to pay for their travel to the conference. Speakers spend so many hours researching their topics and figuring out the best way to present it to the world, and so we believe it’s our duty to give back to them as much as possible. To that end, we’ll be hosting all of our Speakers in beach houses near the event and organizing Fun-Day activities to make sure everyone has an amazing time!
OTHER ACTIVITIES
We’ll also have our usual Trainings during the week, Capture the Flag, Lockpicking Village, Badge Hacking, Hacker Jeopardy, Evening Parties, and other extracurriculars that you’ve come to expect from ToorCon.
We’ve put a lot of thought into how to reinvent the hacker con, and we truly hope you have an amazing experience with us this year!
Pass Pricing
| Virtual | Bronze | Silver | Gold | l33t | Double l33t | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Passes | -1 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 5 |
| Price | $50 | $225 | $300 | $375 | $1337 | $2674 |
| Talks (Tues) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Demos (Weds) | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Villages | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Contests | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Parties | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Embedded CTF | - | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
| All Fun-Day Add-Ons | - | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 Nights at a Hacker Beach House | - | - | - | - | - | ✔ |