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Once
@nez_ze_nerd
finds his quill and ink and gets the contract signed, we should be able to confirm the dates for next year as July 19-21.
We were hoping for the first week in July, but the uni has decided they want to put an event on that weekend so tough luck on us.
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Bad news everyone, we don't want to do it, but we are going to cancel this year's event.
We've written up some info about it here.
We will be in touch with everyone we have commitments with as soon as we can to sort things out.
See you all next year.
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A sad goodbye to the amazing
@clappymonkey
penned by
@f1nux
but endorsed by anyone who knew Mike.
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Had a chat with the uni and they say we are OK to start planning to have an event next year.
Must have contingencies just in case, but at least we can start planning.
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Leaving Kommune now, officially declaring this year's event finished. Thanks to everyone for coming, safe trips home, stay safe.
See you all in 2020.
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We've just had confirmation from
@sheffhallamuni
about the dates for next year.
We will be running the con on the weekend 7-9 July.
Workshops Friday 7
Talks and fun stuff Saturday 8
Laser Quest and lunch Sunday 9
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SteelCon 2022 Is Go!
July 22-24
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It's 2:30, lunch is finished, I'm calling it a day on this year's event.
Thanks to everyone who came along and everyone who supported remotely. See you all again next year.
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Last boxes emptied from the crew room and all is now deserted so calling this year's event closed.
Thanks everyone for coming and see you all again next year.
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Another huge thanks to everyone for yesterday, as a comeback event we weren't sure how it would go down but it rocked!
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In memory of
@clappymonkey
, our main charity this year will be St Mary's Hospice
@brumshospice
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Tickets locked and loaded into Eventbrite ready for Monday.
Adult sales happening at 7AM, 1PM and 7PM.
Kids 7AM and 1PM
Good luck everyone!
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First sponsor for 2018 confirmed,
@Nettitude_com
back to bring you all another amazing party. Food, drinks and entertainment for all
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And as everyone keeps asking, we finally made a decision and ticket sales will open on Monday 30th April.
We hope to have selected all our speakers and workshops by then so you'll know what's coming up.
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An update we've been putting off writing but had to be done at some point.
tl;dr probably no con this year, but we will review it in June and see if we can do something small
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Just walked out the door of pizza hut so I officially declare the 2018 edition closed. See you all next year
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The lights being turned off on us at the Hubs suggests it is the end of day two.
Thanks to all involved and hope to see some of you tomorrow for Warhammering or lunch.
If we don't see you, safe travels home.
See you all again next year for more fun and frolics.
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I'm planning to put a set of tweets out to thank our sponsors later today, but we've just had email confirmation of our first returning sponsor for 2024.
@_RastaMouse
and
@zeropointsecltd
He is even threatening to bring a booth next year, or at least a banner.
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The con may not be on this year, but that doesn't mean mischief can't be had.
Scheming is under way, be ready for some announcements.
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Happy to announce, back by very popular demand,
@dualcoremusic
and
@c64music
will be appearing at our after party again this year.
A rare chance to see them both together and performing outside the US.
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We've been planning so here are some dates for your diaries.
Fri 31 March - pre-talk release ticket drops and CFP opens
Sun 16 April - CFP closes
Fri 28 April - talks announced (as much as possible)
Tues 9 May - Remaining tickets dropped
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We might have just, vaguely, slowly, maybe, started planning for next year.
Only a little bit you understand.
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We just bought
@Ministraitor
one of the video rigs he needs to film all the great events around the UK and world.
Up to now, all the cash has come out of his own pocket so it is nice to be able to give back. If you've got a few quid spare, send it over.
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Just been into Tesco to buy pork scratching. Couldn't find in shelf so asked. Was told they had some but they don't put them out, they are kept in a box downstairs. Off he went and got some for me.
Felt like some doggy drug deal.
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Still waiting to be confirmed by the venue, but looking like the dates for next year will be Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th with training before.
Wait for confirmation before booking anything, shouldn't take too long.
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The first payment of £1640 has just been made to
@brumshospice
. Still the small coins to count up but ran out of cash bags. Looks like at least another £30.
The £608 from Just Giving will go in after two weeks when we can access the cash.
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Don't think we ever announced the 2018 dates.
July
Training 2-5
Workshops 6
Con and party 7
Laser quest 8
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Looks like we will be back in the Hubs this year and so will be allowed to party again.
Still plenty to organise, but they've said yes in principal.
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It's taken a bit of negotiation, but looks like we've got a hog roast for the after party.
Veggie and vegan stuff will also be provided so everyone will be catered for.
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Supplier: why do you want that printing there, you won't be able to see it.
Me: We have a very special audience, someone will take it apart and find it.
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Is everyone powered up and ready for a full day of fun, frolics, and adventure?
(From some of the messes in the pub last night probably not)
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If any of our attendees have problems with open spaces, busy areas, areas they don't know, or anything else like that, and there is something we can do to help, let us know. We have early access to the con areas and may be able to arrange quite areas to escape to
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Just got home to this. We asked for a few stickers,
@detectify
went above and beyond with this package!
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The 2017 video playlist is up
Enjoy!
Missing
@TheKenMunroShow
as needs a little more editing.
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The 2019 CFP is now officially open, you have till April 22nd to get your submissions in.
Any questions, get in touch.
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Have to say, it is really humbling to have all this love from everyone.
We put the event on but it is the attendees and crew that make the day so special.
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Provisional dates for 2024.
July 5-7
Still got to talk to the uni and stuff like that, but it is the management consensus.
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Finally counted up all the cash from the
@stickerstalluk
and it came to £626.72. We've rounded that up to £650 and added it to the £400 already donated then split it between Bees and
@Blisscharity
giving them both £525 each.
Thanks for all your generosity.
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Provisional dates for next year:
July 7-9
Tramlines is 21-23 so no clash there.
May still change, don't go booking anything non-refundable on it yet, but looking likely.
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@ZephrFish
@myexploit2600
@brianwhelton
@AtomicMaya_
Beyond Microsoft IIS Short File Name Disclosure by
@irsdl
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Ticket sales will open tomorrow.
First round, three drops:
8 am - 60 tickets
12 pm - 80 tickets
7 pm - 60 tickets
These are being sold before the talks are announced, there will be more after they are selected and published.
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As promised, the first drop of tickets is locked and loaded for tomorrow.
Three batches, 8am, 12:30pm and 7pm
If you want to wait to see our speaker line up, the second drop will be at the start of May once the speakers have been announced
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Call for crew. If you are interested in getting on board as crew drop us a mail on crew
@steelcon
.info
Duties include reg desk, room monitors, AV team and general helping out.
In return you get free entry including goody bag, the gratitude of all attendees and likely party perks
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A very long post on why we can't easily increase ticket numbers and why we won't put prices up to lower demand.
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Officially calling it on this year's event. Pizza hut empty, room cleared and heading home. See you all next year if not before
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Just had a meeting to sort out the after party. Food and drink all sorted.
Going for similar to last year, buffet food, some real ale pumps on at the bar.
Nice high bar tab thanks to
@Nettitude_Labs
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.
@Ministraitor
has battled his way through hours of footage, patching things up where needed, and the videos are almost ready.
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Rough cash total from charity bucket is £400 making total so far £2400. Got card payments to add to that
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The 2018 CFP is officially open. Submit your details here:
Any questions, please get in touch.
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We've unfortunately lost our main sponsor. It's not going to affect this year's event as we have reserves, but if there is anyone with some spare sponsorship money in the kitty, please get in touch.
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Just had notice that "1000 water balloons" are about to be delivered for the kids track.
Adults may want to bring their waterproofs!
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Steeping up from Food to Main sponsor this year, please welcome back MWR. Thanks for your continued support.
@mwrinfosecurity
@mwrinfosecurity
,
@mwrlabs
,
@countercept
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We've got the first main ticket drop happening tomorrow, 9am, 1pm and 6pm. Get your clicking fingers ready.
And remember, we aren't sold out till it says sold out. It it says anything else, keep refreshing.
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A very special mention to Reese from the local
@Tesco
who gave up his break to push a cage full of food from the store to the venue for us
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We are currently thinking about our options due to COVID19. If we were to cancel the physical con, what, if anything, would people like to see in its place?
Is a virtual con worth doing? Anyone got any other fun options?
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Probably the only bit of swag we can show you ahead of time, the lanyards thanks to badge sponsor
@EgressSoftware
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The sticker stall has been open for under 2 hours and has so far raised over £500
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For anyone who thinks running a con takes a few weeks setup time before hand and then is all over when the last people leave the venue, it isn't.
There is always stuff needs doing behind the scenes.
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Just back from the last prep meeting with
@sheffhallamuni
. Everything seems ready to go. We have rooms, power, AC, food and drink. Anything else we can probably wing on the day
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It's been a long time coming, but finally it is time to launch our Call for Papers, Workshops and Training.
Talks/Workshops:
Training:
You've got till the 10th April, so get going!
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Today should have been workshop day.
When we cancelled we said we hoped that, in hindsight, the decision would be the wrong one. But it wasn't. Hallam is still closed and while the pubs are reopened, but the atmosphere would not be the same.
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And as all good deeds need balancing out, a very mischievous idea has just come floating in the window.
The physical event might not happen, but I think we can all still have some fun!
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The badges just got even better. They came with extras I wasn't expecting.
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Call for sponsors.
If you want to give us some cash to get this year's event off the ground contact us on sponsors
@steelcon
.info
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Just got an email to say delivery arriving today.
By pallet
By a truck that must have a tail lift
This is a big one!
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Bag and badge orders just started.
Going a little less practical this year, but more fun.
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We've had car hacking, plane hacking, and next year hopefully railway hacking thanks to
@hackforfood
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And our community sponsors. It is odd to think that in some industries, these would be our competitors, but here they are our friends.
@bsidesbelfast
@BSidesScot
@issauk
@BSidesMCR
@44CON
@BSidesLondon
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As everyone is RT'ing last year's announcement of
@Ministraitor
doing AV for us in 2017, take this as the announcement that he is also doing 2018. More cool stuff and getting bigger and better every year
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The mighty
@Ministraitor
has the streaming links all setup and ready to for Saturday morning. Get these bookmarked if you aren't going to be able to get along.
Track 1:
Track 2:
Track 3:
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More swag just arrived and other boxes being delivered later today.
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