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DCT DC | June 27-28 2024
DCT Vegas | Aug. 12-13, 2024
DCT Seattle | Nov. 2-3, 2024
DCT Paris | Coming in 2025


Save yourself! Book at The RIO!

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DEF CON 32 #protip: On the desert planet of Las Vegas, door to door AC is worth its weight in water.

When choosing a hotel, don’t overlook our deeply discounted room block in the Rio. All our reserved Rio rooms are fully remodeled suites, and there’s a FREE shuttle right to DEF CON’s main entrance. No wasting your precious moisture on the burning sidewalks.

Also, we have it on good authority the the shuttle moves without rhythm so as not to attract the worm.

Check out the Rio room link now!

Congrats to CTF Qualifying teams!

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Thanks to the fine folks at Nautilus Institute the DEF CON 32 CTF quals are in the books - you can read all about it at https://quals.2024.nautilus.institute/. There's also a veritable feast of JSON dumps for the curious. Congrats to the winners, thank you to everyone who suited up and we'll see you in Las Vegas!

CTF Quals are Coming!

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Attention packet wizards - the DEF CON 32 CTF Quals Begin May 3!

Our friends at the Nautilus Institute have created a fiendish test of skills that lasts a whole weekend, and the winner gets to compete for everlasting glory in the main event at DEF CON 32.

Will your team rise to the challenge?

You can get your hat in the ring by registering at https://quals.2024.nautilus.institute/

Godspeed to every mad genius who answers the call.

Another new room block - The RIO!

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We’ve secured a block of deeply discounted rooms at the fabulous Rio, with FREE shuttle service to and from the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center! In addition to the door-to-door shuttle service, they’re giving us a big break on the room rate AND the Resort Fee. Rio also offers additional discounts for government employees

We love the Rio - it was home base for DEF CONs 19-22 - and you should see it now. It’s had a massive multi-year renovation and it’s new all over. New all-suites accomodations, new restaurants, new food hall, even a redesigned 5-acre pool complex. It’s a whole new experience at a steal of a price.

We expect these to fill quickly, so you should act accordingly and book now!

New Room Block! Resort World!

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Spring has sprung. That means laughter in the air, flowers everywhere, and DEF CON right around the corner. In the spirit of new growth we’ve got another discounted room block for DEF CON 32 attendees - this time it’s at Resorts World. You can check the selection and book at this link.

Resorts World is the very large, very new hotel-casino complex that sits on the lot once occupied by The Stardust. It sports a location convenient to the LVCC, the very latest in accommodations and (so far as we can tell) no relation to Michael Crichton’s WestWorld and FutureWorld.

It’s all happening, people. Just a few more months till the big event. Prepare accordingly.

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