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{{Short description|Reoccurring hacker convention in the Netherlands}}

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| frequency = quadrennial (every 4 years)

| first = 1989

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| next = {{ill|Hacking at the End of the Universe|nl}} (1993)

| ___location = [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]

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| genre = [[Hacker con]]

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}}The '''quadrennial Dutch hacker convention''' is a [[hacker convention]]. It reoccurs every four years at different locations around [[the Netherlands]]. It was first held in 1989. In the past, it was organized by [[Hack-Tic]] magazine, and currently it is organized by the IFCAT Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=IFCAT Foundation |url=https://ifcat.org/ |website=ifcat.org |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>

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On years where it is not held, two other similar events are held instead: [[Chaos Communication Camp]] in Germany (every 4 years), and [[Electromagnetic Field (festival)|Electromagnetic Field]] in the UK (every 2 years).

==Galactic Hacker Party (1989)==

The '''Galactic Hacker Party''' was a hacker con that was held in [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]] in the Netherlands from August 2, 1989 to August 4, 1989 Visitors were people with an interest in technology (mainly computers) and the - at that time - relatively unknown [[internet]].

===Hacker party and conference===

Along with the party, a conference was held:, thenamed ICATA ''(Intercontinental conference on alternative use of technology Amsterdam)'', but both organisers and visitors saw the combination actually as one event. This combination proved to be successful and the concept has been repeated every four years since, up to [[Still Hacking Anyway]] in 2017.

===Organisation and attendance===

Driving force behind the event were people associated with the hacker magazine ''[[Hack-Tic]]'', its editor in chief [[Rop Gonggrijp]], [[Patrice Riemens]], and [[Caroline Nevejan]] on behalf of Paradiso. It was supported by a department of the [[University of Amsterdam]], which supplied a permanent connection to the internet, a novelty at the time.

The Galactic Hacker Party and conference were attended by ''Hack-Tic'' readers and contributors, people from the German [[Chaos Computer Club]], the New York based ''[[2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]'', along with participants from various other countries. Attendees exchanged knowledge and experience on computer systems, dial-up connections, computer viruses and hacking, which wasn't yet illegal. At the conference lectures were held on feminism and computers, models for artificial intelligence and on computer-human interaction. The joint declaration of the conference started with "The free and infuttered flow of information is an essential part of our fundamental liberties and shall be upheld in all circumstances."<ref>[httphttps://www.lucsalawired.nlcom/mysterculture/schoollifestyle/icata89.htmlnews/2001/08/45960 ICATADutch '89Prepare declaration],for privateHacker web siteInvasion], retrieved''Wired'', 2610 novemberAugust 20142001.</ref>

| next == {{ill|Hacking at the End of the Universe|nl}} (1993) ==

'''HEU 1993''' was a hacker conference and open-air festival near [[Lelystad]], Netherlands in August 1993, organized by the hacker magazine [[Hack-Tic]].<ref name="alt.hackers">[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.hackers/h5VeGWgVmGw/GS0rxsC8dfYJ Hacking at the End of the Universe], communication in [[newsgroup]] alt.hackers, accessed August 15, 2013</ref> It had an attendance of 500 people.<ref>[https://tweakers.net/reviews/586/3/hackerconferentie-what-the-hack-begonnen-geschiedenis.html Hackerconferentie What The Hack begonnen], tweakers.net, 28 July 2005. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220504185759/https://tweakers.net/reviews/586/3/hackerconferentie-what-the-hack-begonnen-geschiedenis.html Archived] on 4 May 2022.</ref>

== Hacking in Progress (1997) ==

'''HIP'97''' took place from August 8 until August 10, 1997 at the campsite Kotterbos in [[Almere]], Netherlands. It had an attendance of 1500-2500 people, depending on source.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dutch Treat: a Woodstock for Hackers and Phreaks |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/hackstock/080797hack.html |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nieuwsselectie: Media |url=http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1997/08/12/Med/04.html |website=retro.nrc.nl}}</ref>

== Hackers at Large (2001) ==

[[File:HAL_2001_monolith_(color_correction).jpg|right|thumb|HAL 2001 monolith at the camp site]]

[[File:HAL_2001_Power_Pong.jpg|right|thumb|Bicycle powered game of Pong at HAL2001]]

'''HAL2001''' was a Dutch [[hacker con]] held at the [[University of Twente]], [[Enschede]], [[Netherlands]] between August 10 to August 12, 2001. This site, which hosts one of Europe's major network operations centers, was unique in allowing the conference to have, at the time, the largest Internet uplink speeds of any conference: a fiber-optic connection in excess of 1 gigabit per second. The conference never fully utilized the bandwidth; maximum bandwidth use was approximately 200&nbsp;Mbit/s.

The main political topic of the conference was the fight against the [[DMCA]] and similar anti-hacker legislation under way in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.securityfocus.com/news/234|title = Bugtraq}}</ref>

The name HAL was primarily derived from the film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', in which HAL is the name of the ship's [[artificial intelligence]]. This name was [[backronym]]ed ''Hackers At Large''.

The conference was held primarily outdoors. Logistically speaking, the network structure was quite a feat, with approximately 15&nbsp;km of [[category 5 cable]] for the [[ethernet]] backbones, as well as supplying power feeds for the tents' computers.

There was a technology-free zone, ''The [[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]] Sl@ckers S@lon'', named for the 1972 film by Andrei Tarkovsky, which is often thought{{Who|date=March 2011}} to be the Russian answer to ''2001: A Space Odyssey''. The only technology permitted in the place was a television, a DVD player running the movie, and a Turkish (electric) samovar for brewing tea. A fishtank was set aside for drowning mobile phones which rang in the tent (it remained empty).

This conference was run by Stichting HAL2001, a not-for-profit organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hal2001.org/|title=HAL2001|website=www.hal2001.org|access-date=2020-04-21}}</ref> Attendance was 2900.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

== What the Hack (2005) ==

{{Excerpt|What the Hack}}

== Hacking at Random (2009) ==

{{Excerpt|Hacking at Random|paragraphs=1-2}}

== Observe. Hack. Make. (2013) ==

{{Excerpt|Observe. Hack. Make.|paragraphs=1}}

== Still Hacking Anyway (2017) ==

{{Excerpt|Still Hacking Anyway}}

== May Contain Hackers (2022) ==

{{Excerpt|May Contain Hackers|paragraphs=1}}

== What Hackers Yearn (2025) ==

{{Excerpt|What Hackers Yearn|paragraphs=1}}

==Notes==

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==References==

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== External links ==

[[Category:Hacker conventions]]

* https://ifcat.org/, the website of the foundation organizing the quadrennial Dutch hacker conventions.

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