FBZ sez, "The 24c3 (annual congress of the Chaos Computer Club) is going steampunk! The theme this year is 'Volldampf voraus!' ('Full steam ahead' in German). Any steampunk creator, other maker type people, robot builders, hardware hackers, and other such creative types are encouraged to answer this year's call for participation, as well as more traditional hacker themed talks and presentations."
The 24th Chaos Communication Congress (24C3) is the annual four-day conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Berlin, Germany. First held in 1984, it since has established itself as "the European Hacker Conference". Lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics attract a diverse audience of thousands of hackers, scientists, artists, and utopists from all around the world. The 24C3s slogan is Volldampf voraus! – the German equivalent of "full steam ahead" – a particular request for talks and projects featuring forward looking hands-on topics. The Chaos Computer Club has always encouraged creative and unorthodox interaction with technology and society, in the good tradition of the real meaning of "hacking".
(Thanks, FBZ!)
(A useful and curious collection of previous steampunk links
