We're 205 days away from DistrictCon Year 2! We've been so lucky to grow our community and team over the last few years - make sure you're following us on all platforms to keep informed of CFP deadlines, ticket drops, and more!

Happy Treadmill Thursday!

In case you needed an excuse to stay inside from this heatwave 🥵

DistrictCon@districtcon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submit! www.districtcon.org/junkyard

Submit! www.districtcon.org/junkyard

It's basically summer which means you should be thinking about what video games you should be playing. We submit into record Command & Conquer Generals

The Junkyard Call for Bugs is officially open! 👾 www.districtcon.org/junkyard For additional information, please reference our Disclosure Guidance doc: lnkd.in/ewjswJyf And if you missed last years presentations, check them out on YouTube now: www.youtube.com/@DistrictCon...

Feb. 6-7, 2027 | See you there 🪩✌️

DistrictCon Year 1 Talks are officially live on our YouTube Channel! Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=RDqX... A HUGE shoutout to our incredible speaker line up that came out through the snow to share their amazing content with us.

Ian Levy (Keynote) : From protecting a country to security guard in a bookshop

YouTube video by DistrictCon

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Want to hack away at your @districtcon.bsky.social badge? I made a “hackable” version of the code available for those of you who want to write your own firmware, this should get you started: github.com/bigtarobadge...

I am so honored that I got to be a part of junkyard! Such an exciting idea to encourage hacking for the sake of hacking and revel in the fun and curiosity. Being a judge went by so fast! But I am happy I got to be on stage with my friends and that I was trusted to adjudicate such awesome research.

DistrictCon@districtcon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Junkyard is Live! Don’t miss out! Catch it on our Track 1 Livestream!

Some stats for the @districtcon.bsky.social Year 1 badge challenge ( game.districtcon.org ): - 410 registered users (out of ~1200 attendees) - 5.4 average puzzles solved (of 38 total puzzles) - A high score of 469 by "chef" (of 620 possible) 🧵

Check out this great coverage of a @districtcon.bsky.social roundtable on the Pall Mall Process by @timstarks.bsky.social

CyberScoop@cyberscoop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The weekend discussion about the next step of the Pall Mall Process revealed some of the topics rules-writers will have to weigh. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/industry-gov...

Thanks to those that played our badge challenge this year! If you want to unlock all that sweet bling, try the konami code, then enter our S3CR3T B4TT3RY UNL0CK code.

Jordan Kasper@jordankasper.com · 6mo ago

With @districtcon.bsky.social over, I can finally breathe. If you attended and are crazy enough to like these sorts of puzzles, feel free keep playing, the server will stay up for now. (If you didn't attend, you can play, just might be a little trickier to know what to do.) game.districtcon.org

The baron has gone home but he seemed to leave a Fez behind. Suspicious hmmm? @districtcon.bsky.social #badgelife

The Junkyard is Live! Don’t miss out! Catch it on our Track 1 Livestream!

Here @districtcon.bsky.social - despite the snow - and we've got some amazing content on deck today INCLUDING a session from @timstarks.bsky.social @kimzetter.bsky.social and Mary Brooks (our DisCo Press Lead) in 5 minutes.

Snow(sun) Day is officially a go! Join us now for our opening keynote with Dan Ridge! mailchi.mp/districtcon/...

Hacker DisCo in full swing 😎🪩 (courtesy of Blue Sky Innovators)

Have you checked out our Village of Villages yet? They’re here ready for you! Come say hi, do some hands on activities, check out the CTF, and maybe even score some badge challenge points!

DISTRICTCON YEAR 1 is in full swing! We heard from Winnona DeSombre, our Founder & Director, and Opening Keynote Ian Levy 🪩

Vibes are high for DistrictCon! We’ll see you tomorrow 😎

DISTRICTCON IS STILL A GO! We are excited to see you all on Saturday, January 24 as we are still going through our normal programming! While we are unable to process refunds, we are adding virtual components to Saturday AND Sunday including a livestream for public sessions for ticket holders.

We are planning to proceed according to schedule on Saturday, January 24. Given the developing weather situation, we are evaluating adding a virtual component to Sunday, Jan 25.

DistrictCon@districtcon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are aware of the developing weather situation in D.C. on January 24-25 (during our conference). We are planning to proceed and are continuing to monitor the situation. We encourage attendees to use caution transiting to and from the conference in the case of inclement weather.

We're really excited to present our Sponsors Job Board! If you are in the market for a new role, check out the listings on our page. These roles are curated by our sponsors and they'll be at DistrictCon Year 1 ready to chat about the roles! T-3 days! 😎 www.districtcon.org/job-board

Job Board — DistrictCon

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We're heading to D.C. for @districtcon.bsky.social this weekend and would love to connect. We're ready to discuss content collaborations, and gain product feedback, user insights, and more. Book a few minutes with us during the conference: meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/justine-benj...

We are aware of the developing weather situation in D.C. on January 24-25 (during our conference). We are planning to proceed and are continuing to monitor the situation. We encourage attendees to use caution transiting to and from the conference in the case of inclement weather.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Our Agenda is now live! Check it out! Check it out: www.districtcon.org/speakers

We still have seats open for @blackhoodie.bsky.social at @districtcon.bsky.social on January 23rd in Washington DC! The class will be reverse engineering their way through an integer overflow bug in libpng 🤓 blackhoodie.re/DistrictCon2...

Happy New Year, fellow DisCo goers! We hope 2026 brings you everything you want and more. Our official con countdown starts now - we'll be seeing you in 23 days... 😎 www.districtcon.org

We are extra thankful for our incredible lineup of Year 1 Sponsors for DistrictCon! www.districtcon.org/sponsorships