While I will not be traveling to HOPE X, I do have the following submission for your consideration: https://gist.github.com/ABISprotocol/8515891 Cheers, -Odinn
Attention all hackers, makers, whistleblowers, artists, phone phreaks, rebels, technologists, and free thinkers everywhere! Come and share your ideas, thoughts, and passions with thousands of really bright, creative, and open-minded people in New York City this summer at HOPE X.
We have room for around 100 talks and panels covering a wide range of topics, limited only by our collective imagination. Past talks and panels have included: anonymity, surveillance and countersurveillance, social engineering, hardware hacking, cryptography, privacy, security, censorship, programming, democracy and law, digital protests, society hacking, copyright, phone phreaking and telecommunications, new technologies, all manner of experimentation, and so much more. We are constantly searching for innovative subjects and presentation formats. Come and show us what you've got!
All types of presentations are encouraged, from solo talks to panels, debates, demonstrations, and interactive discussions. (Workshop ideas and art exhibitions are also welcome - see the applicable sections on the HOPE X site.) Most presentations will be allotted 55 minutes - including time for questions from the audience.
If you would like to be a speaker, submit a title and a description of the proposed presentation (two to three paragraphs) along with a short biography (three or four sentences will suffice). Submissions should be sent by email to speakers@hope.net. Be sure to tell us why you think the topic and content are relevant to the hacker community and to HOPE X attendees.
We also recommend reading our additional tips on speaker submissions which can be found at http://x.hope.net under "Call for Participants."