We’re still processing the many entries we received for HOPE talks ahead of our early deadline last month. We will be announcing some of the first amazing talks in the next week. We think you’ll be impressed.

Our final deadline for both speaker slots and workshops is Monday, June 1st. If you want to give a talk or panel discussion, all of the details can be found at www.hope.net/call-for-speakers/ or email speakers@hope.net. If you are interested in hosting a workshop, visit www.hope.net/call-for-workshops/ to get more details or email your entry to workshops@hope.net. Remember the deadline!

Information will also be posted in the next week on how to get a vendor table as well as how to participate in our hacker village area. Stay tuned!

Ticket sales are what make all of this possible. We can do much more with the funds received from selling tickets in advance. Please buy your ticket(s) today and help us spread the word! To do this, visit https://store.2600.com/products/tickets-to-hope-26 – if you’re unable to attend in person, check out our virtual ticket option!

Our hotel block continues to grow! The hotel is adding rooms as needed to the special rate they’re offering. What this means is that the block will occasionally “sell out” but if you check back in a short while, you will be able to take advantage of the special rate once it’s replenished. It’s an incredibly good price for a room in midtown Manhattan. The link is newyorkerhotel.book.pegsbe.com/promo?offerCode=08132026HO – please let us know if you have any problems.

The early deadline for HOPE talk and workshop submissions is only two days away! If you want to give a talk or workshop at this year’s HOPE conference, please consider taking advantage of early submission by April 30.

Early submissions help us plan better. Also, if your talk or workshop is
accepted, you will be assured of a spot on our schedule, no matter how many more submissions are received after then.

Please send your talk or panel proposals to speakers@hope.net, and your
workshop proposals to workshops@hope.net.

We’re looking for all kinds of interesting and diverse subject matter pertaining to technology, hacking, privacy, and more. Presenters get free
admission to the conference and a chance to share ideas with a unique and
enthusiastic audience.

We have pages with tips for good proposals – guidelines for talks and
workshops can be found at https://www.hope.net/call-for-participation/ .

Also, please know that we need volunteers to help make HOPE happen. There is much to be done, before, during, and after HOPE. If you want to help, just click on the Volunteer tab at https://hope.net and fill out the form
letting us know how you’d like to participate! You will meet new people,
learn, and get a free volunteer t-shirt.

Finally, this Thursday is also the deadline for our EFF fundraiser, where
10% of every ticket sold will be donated to the Electronic Frontier
Foundation as they continue to fight for our digital freedoms. Just click
on the Tickets tab at https://www.hope.net. (We have both in-person and
virtual tickets.)

If you want to give a talk at this year’s HOPE conference, the deadline for early submissions is Thursday, April 30. Please have your proposals sent to speakers@hope.net by then. If your talk is accepted, you will be
assured of a spot on our schedule, no matter how many more submissions are received after then. Note that this is NOT the final deadline, but that
submissions received before this date will be given first priority.

We’re looking for all kinds of interesting and diverse subject matter
pertaining to technology, hacking, privacy, and more. Speakers get free
admission to the conference and a chance to share ideas with a unique
and enthusiastic audience.

Specific guidelines can be found at https://www.hope.net/call-for-speakers/.

As is our tradition, the HOPE conference will be running a fundraiser for the Electronic Frontier Foundation during the month of April. For every ticket sold, 10 percent of the total price will be donated to EFF!

This is a great way to be a part of this year’s historic HOPE conference and also become more aware of what EFF is involved in – digital rights, fighting threats from big tech, spreading the word on government overreach, developing helpful innovations, teaching the facts about surveillance, and so much more. You can get your ticket and support EFF here.

HOPE is now back in Manhattan, at the New Yorker Hotel in midtown! This will be a momentous gathering of some of the greatest minds in the tech world. Details on the program will be coming soon. We encourage you to secure your heavily discounted hotel room by following the link here.

Be sure to look for EFF in the vendor area at HOPE and on stage with a bunch of timely and important talks!

Miracles are indeed possible. After last holding a HOPE conference in Manhattan in 2018, it seemed inconceivable that we would ever find another venue after the destruction of the Hotel Pennsylvania. But thanks to our team’s hard work and stubbornness, we’ve got some really good news.

HOPE 26 will mark our return to Manhattan. The conference will be held
from August 14th through 16th at the New Yorker Hotel, which is literally one block away from Penn Station, much like our previous venue. It was built in 1930, has over 1,000 rooms, and was the home of Nikola Tesla. We are beyond thrilled.

Tickets for HOPE 26 will go on sale Tuesday, March 24 at noon EDT at
https://store.2600.com/products/tickets-to-hope-26. Virtual tickets will also be available at that time. We are moving at an accelerated pace since we had to spend a few months putting all of this together. But we believe you’ll be extremely pleased with this next chapter in HOPE conference history.

There’s plenty of space for the conference, plus a discounted room deal for attendees at https://newyorkerhotel.book.pegsbe.com/promo?offerCode=08132026HO. HOPE attendees will be able to make unlimited domestic and international phone calls from their rooms for free! (This would have been inconceivable at Hotel Pennsylvania.) There is also free Wi-Fi and around the clock free access to the hotel’s fitness center, as well as the business center. It’s all part of the daily $40 facility fee – which is being waived for all HOPE attendees! We encourage you to book your rooms early – you won’t be charged until checkout.

There is so much nightlife around the New Yorker Hotel that we can’t
possibly sum it all up here. There are several restaurants attached to the
hotel including, of course, the infamous Tick Tock Diner, open 24 hours a
day with a full liquor license. But if you choose to step outside, we guarantee you’ll be able to find a huge variety of activities around the
clock in one of the most lively areas in the entire country.

We’ve opened up speaker submissions as well as workshop submissions. We will be processing them quickly and we have some great presenters already on tap. All of the instructions on how you can be part of this are on our website (https://www.hope.net/).

And, of course, HOPE would be nothing without its many volunteers. Whether it’s speaker management, A/V work, stage announcements, or any of the dozens of tasks that are essential to a successful conference, they are all accomplished by volunteers – which includes everyone in this organization. We all believe in HOPE and, after all of the challenges we faced getting this year’s conference together, this could be the best one yet, and you can help! Please email volunteers@hope.net expressing your interest. And please help us spread the word about this historic rebirth of the Hackers On Planet Earth conference.

There is such potential at our new venue and we have been met with a
great deal of enthusiasm from everyone who has seen the space. It’s
a real turning point – and the first chapter in this new location. We hope you’re a part of it.