Announcing the DEF CON 25 Theme!

Greetings, hacker fam. It's time to announce the theme for DEF CON 25!



Welcome to DEF CON's Silver Anniversary!


We're celebrating 25 years of warranty-voiding, boundary-expanding adventures in technological subversion, and looking forward to the next 25.




The theme this year is 'Community, Discovery and the Unintended Uses of Technology' and the vibe is retrofuturist - think maxed-out 8-bit grafx in a dark arcade, lovingly defaced websites in Netscape Navigator. A world where adventurous digital misfits are building a new world out of the pixels and info the Powers that Be leave behind.



We've come a long way together, from the obscurity of BBS life to Runner-Up for Time's Person of the Year. From 20 people at the CON to 20,000. From media scapegoat to – well, it's a work in progress.

Join us at Caesars Palace to look back at how we got here, and to imagine together where we go next.