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{{Infobox recurring event
| name               = HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)
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| caption            = The Last HOPE, 2008
| genre              = Hacker convention
| frequency          = Biennially
| venue              = [[New York City]], U.S. (was typically [[Hotel Pennsylvania]])
| location           = [[Queens]], New York City, U.S.
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| first              = August 13–14, 1994
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| organized          = ''[[2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]''
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| people             = [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]]
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| website            = {{URL|https://hope.net}}
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{{Computer hacking}}
The '''Hackers on Planet Earth''' ('''HOPE''') [[Computer security conference|conference]] series is a hacker convention sponsored by the [[security hacker]] magazine ''[[2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]'' that until 2020 was typically held at [[Hotel Pennsylvania]], in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]].<ref name="2600 magazine">{{cite web|url=https://www.2600.com/ |title=2600: The Hacker Quarterly |publisher=2600.com |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> 

Usually occurring biennially in the summer, there have been fourteen conferences to date.<ref name="forums">{{Cite web |url=https://radio.hope.net/index.html |title=Radio Statler HOPEX |access-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925083703/http://radio.hope.net/index.html |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.2600.com/content/announcing-hope-x-and-100-more-hours-hope-video-are-now-online |title=Announcing HOPE X (2600 News) |publisher=2600.com |access-date=December 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105141440/http://www.2600.com/?q=content%2Fannouncing-hope-x-and-100-more-hours-hope-video-are-now-online |archive-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> HOPE 2020, originally planned to be held at [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]],<ref name="HOPE at St. John's">[https://www.hope.net/ The Latest News on HOPE]</ref><!-- https://www.2600.com/content/latest-news-hope --> was instead held as a nine-day virtual event from July 25 to August 2, 2020.<ref name="HOPE 2020 Update">{{cite web|url=https://www.2600.com/content/hope-2020-update |title=HOPE 2020 UPDATE |publisher=2600.com |date=May 19, 2020 |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> The most recent conference, "HOPE XV", was held at St. John's University in Queens from July 12 to 14, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[HOPE XV] Welcome to Hackers On Planet Earth! |url=https://xv.hope.net/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=xv.hope.net}}</ref> HOPE features talks, workshops, demonstrations, tours, and movie screenings.

HOPE was significantly inspired by the quadrennial [[Hack-Tic]] events in the Netherlands which also inspired the annual [[Chaos Communication Congress]] (C3) held in Germany. [[Summercon]] was an additional influential predecessor.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

== Structure ==
HOPE has been held at Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City every time except once since 1994. The event is always structured in a similar way. It consists of three days and three nights of activities, including talks, workshops, and performances. It also features ''hackerspace villages'', a film festival, [[lock picking]] villages, a wide variety of vendors, art installations, live video, [[Retrocomputing|vintage computers]], robots, an [[Amateur radio|amateur/ham radio station]], electronics workshops, and book signings.<br />{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

The ''closing ceremony'' is a regular part of the event, celebrating the event, the organizers, and volunteers, but also features performances. Since 2006, [[monochrom]]'s [[Johannes Grenzfurthner]] is a regular performer at the closing ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikileaks: The Ballet |url=https://boingboing.net/2010/07/22/wikileaks-the-dramat.html |website=Boing Boing |date=July 22, 2010 |access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Next HOPE Conference Wrap Up |url=http://controlgeek.net/blog/2010/7/18/the-next-hope-conference-wrap-up.html |website=Control Geek |access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>

== Conferences ==
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=== HOPE: Hackers on Planet Earth ===
Held August 13–14, 1994 at the Hotel Pennsylvania, the first HOPE conference marked ''2600: The Hacker Quarterly'''s 10th anniversary. Over 1,000 people attended, including speakers from around the world. Access to a 28.8&nbsp;kbit/s local network was provided.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hope94.hope.net/ |title=hope94.hope.net |publisher=Hope94.hope.net |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> This conference was visited and covered in the second episode of the "Your Radio Playhouse" show, later renamed ''[[This American Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/2/small-scale-sin |title=Small-scale stories on the nature of small-scale sin. |publisher=Chicago Public Media |date=November 24, 1995|access-date=May 13, 2015}}</ref>

=== Beyond HOPE ===
The August 8–10, 1997 Beyond HOPE conference was held at the [[Puck Building]], in Manhattan, New York City. Attendance doubled, with 2,000 attendees. [[Bell Technology Group]] helped to support the hackers. The hacker group [[L0pht|L0pht Heavy Industries]] presented a panel discussion that covered some of their recent projects, accomplishments, emerging trends and shortcomings in technologies, and a deep dive into Windows NT password internals. A TAP reunion and a recorded live broadcast of ''[[Off the Hook (radio program)|Off the Hook]]'' took place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/1997/0897.html |title=Off The Hook August 1997 |publisher=2600 |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> 
A 10&nbsp;Mbit/s local network was provided to attendees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beyond.hope.net/ |title=beyond.hope.net |publisher=Beyond.hope.net |date=August 10, 1997 |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

=== H2K ===
The July 14–15, 2000 HOPE returned to the Hotel Pennsylvania, where subsequent conferences have been held. The conference ran 24 hours a day, bringing in 2,300 attendees. [[Jello Biafra]] gave a keynote speech. In a cultural exchange between the [[punk rock]] icon/free speech activist and the hacker community, Jello drew connections between the two communities, despite his lack of computer experience. The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]] also raised thousands of dollars. The conference provided a working [[Ethernet]] and a [[Digital Signal 1|T1]] link to the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h2k.net/ |title=h2k.net/ |publisher=H2k.net/ |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

=== H2K2 ===
H2K2, July 12–14, 2002, had a theme focused on U.S. [[Homeland Security Advisory System]]. H2K2 included two tracks of scheduled speakers, with a third track reserved for last-minute and self-scheduled speakers, a movie room, [[retrocomputing]], musical performances, a State of the World Address by Jello Biafra, keynotes by [[Aaron McGruder]] and [[Siva Vaidhyanathan]] and discussions on the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] and [[DeCSS]]. ''[[Freedom Downtime]]'' premiered on Friday evening (July 14). The conference provided wireless 802.11b coverage and wired Ethernet, an open computer area for access to a 24-hour link to the Internet at "T-1ish" speeds, made available by the DataHaven Project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhp.com/ |title=dhp.com |publisher=dhp.com |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> and an internal network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h2k2.net/ |title=h2k2.net |publisher=H2k2.net |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

=== The Fifth HOPE ===
The Fifth HOPE, July 9–11, 2004, had a theme on propaganda, and commemorated the anniversaries of both the H.O.P.E. conferences and ''Off the Hook'' (with a live broadcast of the show from the conference, Beyond H.O.P.E.). Keynotes speakers were [[Kevin Mitnick]], [[Steve Wozniak]], and Jello Biafra. There was also a presentation by "members" of the [[Phone Losers of America]] who celebrated their tenth anniversary. The [[Cult of the Dead Cow]] hacker collective celebrated its twentieth anniversary at the conference. The conference provided access to a four-layer public network with two T1 lines, plus backup links to the internet via a public terminal cluster, various wired connections, a WiFi network on three floors and a video network.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/PublicTerminalCluster |title=PublicTerminalCluster - the Fifth HOPE Wiki |access-date=July 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014441/http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/PublicTerminalCluster |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/WiFi |title=WiFi - the Fifth HOPE Wiki |access-date=July 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014505/http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/WiFi |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/VideoNetwork |title=VideoNetwork - the Fifth HOPE Wiki |access-date=July 2, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014521/http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/5hwiki/VideoNetwork |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-fifth-hope.org/hoop/ |title=The Fifth HOPE |publisher=The Fifth HOPE |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

===HOPE Number Six===
[[File:Fyodor Hope6 Appelbaum 1100x1100.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gordon Lyon|Fyodor]] (Insecure.Org) in a picture taken by [[Jacob Appelbaum]] at the HOPE Number 6 conference.]]

HOPE Number Six, July 21–23, 2006, included talks from [[Richard Stallman]] and Jello Biafra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenumbersix.net/speakers.html |title=HOPE Number Six |publisher=HOPE Number Six |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> 
Kevin Mitnick was scheduled to be at the conference but was unable to appear: while on vacation in [[Colombia]] an illness prevented his timely return to the U.S. HOPE Number Six had a 100-megabit Internet connection; the conference organizers claimed it was the fastest Internet connection to-date at any U.S. hacker conference. The event's theme was based on the number six and ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (a designation shared by the titular "prisoner,").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenumbersix.net/ |title=hopenumbersix.net/ |publisher=Hopenumbersix.net/ |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>
Notable occurrences:
* ''Steve Rambam'', a private investigator heading Pallorium, Inc., an online investigative service, was scheduled to lead a panel discussion titled "Privacy is Dead... Get Over It." A few minutes before the start of the panel, Rambam was arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] on charges that he unlawfully interfered with an ongoing case Federal prosecutors filed against a former Brooklyn assistant New York district attorney indicted in January 2003 on a count of money-laundering.<ref>{{cite web |last=Krebs |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/fbi_charges_hope_speaker_with_1.html |title=FBI Charges HOPE Speaker with Witness Tampering, Obstructing Justice |publisher=Washington Post - Security Fix |date=July 24, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110134517/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/fbi_charges_hope_speaker_with_1.html |archive-date=November 10, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Krebs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/24/AR2006072401196.html |title=Agents Arrest Background Specialist at Hackers Forum |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 25, 2006 |page= D05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Krebs |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/fbi_arrest_private_eye_speaker.html |title=HOPE Speaker Arrested by the Feds |publisher=Washington Post - Security Fix |date=July 22, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110134513/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/fbi_arrest_private_eye_speaker.html |archive-date=November 10, 2006}}</ref> The charges were eventually dropped<ref>''United States of America vs. Steven Rombom'', Order of Dismissal of Magistrate's Complaint; October 13, 2006.
</ref> and the talk was subsequently held in November 2006, long after the conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/3975 |title=Final HOPE talk held |publisher=2600 News |date=November 17, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117173525/http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/3975 |archive-date=January 17, 2007}}</ref>
* Jello Biafra began his talk by referring to the arrest of Steve Rambam, noting the convention had been more "spook heavy" than usual.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001988 |title=Hacker event closes with social engineering, Jello |publisher=Computerworld.com |date=July 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031032406/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001988 |archive-date=October 31, 2007}}</ref> He then announced a "special message" to "any Federal agents that may be in the audience", and [[:File:Jello biafra mooning.jpg|mooned]] the convention.

=== The Last HOPE ===
"The Last HOPE" took place July 18–20, 2008 at the Hotel Pennsylvania. A change from past years was the use of an [[Internet forum]] to facilitate community participation in the planning of the event.

The conference name referred to the expectation that this would be the final H.O.P.E. conference due to the scheduled demolition of its venue, the Hotel Pennsylvania. The Save Hotel Pennsylvania Foundation was created to work toward keeping the building from being demolished by its then-new owner, [[Vornado Realty Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savethehotelpenn.blogspot.com |title=Savethehotelpenn.blogspot.com |publisher=savethehotelpenn.blogspot.com |date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>
The "Next HOPE" was scheduled for Summer 2010. At the closing ceremony it was revealed that the use of the word "last" could also refer to the previous event, or one that had ended (referring to The Last HOPE itself).

[[Steven Levy]] gave the keynote address. Kevin Mitnick, Steve Rambam, Jello Biafra, Marcia Wilbur and [[Adam Savage]] of ''[[MythBusters]]'' were featured speakers. Descriptions and audio of the talks can be found at thelasthope.org<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelasthope.org/talks.php |title=July 18-20, 2008 - Hotel Pennsylvania - New York City |publisher=The Last HOPE |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.hope.net/TheLastHOPE/Talks |title=TheLastHOPE/Talks - HOPE |website=wiki.hope.net |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502143811/http://wiki.hope.net/TheLastHOPE/Talks |archive-date=2 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelasthope.org/ |title=thelasthope.org |publisher=thelasthope.org |date=July 20, 2008 |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Adam Savage HOPE.jpg|thumb|Adam Savage at The Last HOPE]]

=== The Next HOPE ===
The 8th HOPE convention, "The Next HOPE", took place on July 16–18, 2010.<ref name="thenexthopeorg">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenexthope.org/ |title=The Next HOPE |publisher=The Next HOPE |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> The Next HOPE was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania,<ref name="thenexthopeorg" /> as the plans by [[Vornado, Inc.|Vornado]] to demolish the hotel are on hold.

=== HOPE Number Nine ===
[[File:Vermin Supreme, The Yes Men and monochrom's Johannes Grenzfurthner at HOPE 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Vermin Supreme]], [[The Yes Men]] and [[monochrom]]'s [[Johannes Grenzfurthner]] at HOPE 2012|alt=]]HOPE Number Nine occurred July 13–15, 2012 at Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan.<ref name="Twitter-Hope9">
[https://twitter.com/hopenumber9 HOPE Number 9 on Twitter]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hopenumbernine.net/ |title=hopenumbernine.net |publisher=hopenumbernine.net |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

Keynote presentations for HOPE Number Nine were given by [[The Yes Men]] (with [[Jacques Servin|Andy Bichelbaum]] as principal speaker and [[Vermin Supreme]] also participating) and NSA whistleblower [[William Binney (U.S. intelligence official)|William Binney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenumbernine.net/speakers/ |title=Speakers |publisher=HOPE Number Nine |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> [[Chris Kubecka]], principal speaker of a presentation about internet censorship was served a cease and desist letter in an attempt to censor the presentation by [[Unisys]] and threatened with termination<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webwereld.nl/beveiliging/57397-unisys-nederland-verbiedt-lezing-over-censuur---update |title=Unisys-medewerkster krijgt toch fiat censuurlezing---update |publisher=WebWereld |access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> for a presentation titled "The Internet is for Porn! How High Heels and Fishnet Have Driven Internet Innovation and Information Security".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bNzxYDnfLg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4bNzxYDnfLg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=HOPE Number Nine (2012): The Internet is for Porn! Internet Innovation and Information Security|website=[[YouTube]]|date=July 13, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Unisys demanded all information regarding the presentation be removed from the internet, but the [[Streisand effect]] occurred, with the censorship attempt posted on thousands of websites instead. A first for the conference, a ghost speaker @JK47theweapon had to deliver most of the presentation due to legal threats against Kubecka. Prior to beginning, the MC invited "any hangers on or associates of the law firm of Baker & McKenzie" to speak to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/45761735 |title=Presentation Video |publisher=Vimeo.com |date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> [[Baker & McKenzie]] is the law firm of [[Unisys]] Netherlands which threatened to terminate its employee by letter for giving a presentation about internet censorship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vrritti.com/2012/07/12/it-company-unisys-prohibits-employee-from-presenting-on-the-topic-of-censorship-presentation-shows-just-how-the-internet-economy-relies-on-pornography-and-how-censorship-would-affect-that/ |title=IT Company Unisys Prohibits Employee From Presenting On The Topic Of Censorship. Presentation Shows Just How The Internet Economy Relies On Pornography And How Censorship Would Affect That, 12 July 2012 |publisher=Vrritti.com |date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213113822/http://vrritti.com/2012/07/12/it-company-unisys-prohibits-employee-from-presenting-on-the-topic-of-censorship-presentation-shows-just-how-the-internet-economy-relies-on-pornography-and-how-censorship-would-affect-that/ |archive-date=December 13, 2013 }}</ref>

=== HOPE X ===
[[File:HOPE X Badge.jpg|thumb|The badge used at HOPE X. It was a patch evocative of a police shield, with the ''2600'' logo prominent at the bottom.]]
HOPE X took place from July 18–20, 2014 at Hotel Pennsylvania. The keynote speakers were [[Daniel Ellsberg]] and [[Edward Snowden]]; also featured was noted former [[National Security Agency|NSA]] official and whistleblower [[Thomas Andrews Drake|Thomas Drake]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.dailydot.com/politics/best-speakers-events-hope-x-2014/
| title = The Hope X hacker conference sets its cursor on NYC this weekend
| publisher = The Daily Dot
| first = Dell
| last = Cameron
| date = July 17, 2014}}</ref> The theme of the conference was "[[dissent]]", and [[whistle-blowing]] was a topic of a good number of talks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.hope.net/ |title=HOPE X |publisher=2600.com |access-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref> But the conference also featured critical talks about the state of hackdom, for example [[Johannes Grenzfurthner]] of [[monochrom]] spoke about the problems of ''rockstar martyrdom'' within the hacker scene and the creation of hacker cult figures (like Snowden, Appelbaum or Assange) by unreflective members of the community or the media.<ref>[http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety2/hopex2/videos/57134850 Johannes Grenzfurthner"Fuckhacker's rant "Fuckhackerfucks" at HOPE 2014]</ref>

Notable changes included a massive increase in available bandwidth. Previous conferences had a 50 [[Megabit|Mbit]] connection; HOPE X had a 10 [[Gigabit|Gbit]] fibre optic connection provided by [[Hurricane Electric]]. This geometric increase in bandwidth made possible live streaming of all conference talks in real time. The Ellsberg/Snowden keynote was seen in over 120 countries. This also was the first year all conference areas were fully connected to the conference network, albeit with the Workshop floor with slightly limited connectivity (a 1&nbsp;Gbit connection, as compared to the 10&nbsp;Gbit [[Backbone network|backbone]] of the other conference spaces). Five different wireless networks were provided to conference attendees. The hammocks on the mezzanine level, which provided a place for some attendees to sleep if they were unable to procure a place to otherwise do so, were replaced by inflatable furniture in a dedicated "Chill Space" area. Mezzanine space was also explicitly dedicated to attendee meetups in the form of villages, similar to assemblies at Chaos Communication Congresses and villages at hacker camps, specifically "Village Zone A" (primarily a soldering and electronics workshop), "Village Zone B", "Lockpickers Village", and "Noisy Square". Workshop tracks were published in the schedule and the conference took nearly all the hotel's available meeting space.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

=== HOPE XI ===
HOPE XI (The Eleventh HOPE) took place from July 22–24, 2016 at Hotel Pennsylvania.<ref>[https://xi.hope.net/ HOPE XI]</ref> [[Cory Doctorow]] was the<ref>[https://xi.hope.net/cory-doctorow-to-keynote-at-the-eleventh-hope/ Cory Doctorow to Keynote at The Eleventh HOPE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317030857/https://xi.hope.net/cory-doctorow-to-keynote-at-the-eleventh-hope/ |date=March 17, 2016 }}</ref> keynote speaker. Like last time, HOPE XI was provided [[Internet transit]] by Hurricane Electric at [[111 Eighth Avenue]] over a fiber connection leased from [[RCN Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noc.hope.net/|title=HOPE 11 NOC NOC|website=noc.hope.net|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Aruba Networks]] sponsored 50 [[wireless access point]]s which were used to provide 3 [[wireless network]]s for attendees, two of which were secured with either WPA or [[Pre-shared key|PSK]], another network for the [[Network operations center|NOC]], and one for the press and speakers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://status.noc.hope.net/|title=HOPE XI Network Reports|last=panopta.com|website=status.noc.hope.net|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727122511/http://status.noc.hope.net/|archive-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Network connectivity was fully provided for in all areas, which came into use throughout the conference as many talks were filled to capacity and attendees either watched streams on their own devices or in designated overflow and viewing areas.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=== The Circle of HOPE (HOPE 12) ===
The 12th HOPE conference, "The Circle of HOPE", occurred July 20–22, 2018. Speakers included [[Chelsea Manning]], [[Barrett Brown]], [[Richard Stallman]], [[Jason Scott]], [[Matt Blaze]], [[Micah Lee]], and [[Steve Rambam]], among many others.<ref>[https://xii.hope.net/speakers.html The Circle Of HOPE Speakers]</ref> The conference was marked by protests from [[alt-right]] activists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/02/def_con_alt_right/|title=Dear alt-right morons and other miscreants: Disrupt DEF CON, and the goons will 'ave you|website=[[The Register]]}}</ref>

=== HOPE 2020 ===
A conference was originally planned for July 31-August 2, 2020 at a new venue, [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]] in [[Queens]].<ref name="HOPE at St. John's" /> Due to the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] pandemic it was changed to a nine-day virtual event from July 25 to August 2, 2020.<ref name="HOPE 2020 Update" /> In addition to a longer schedule for talks, most of the originally planned events will be streamed, including workshops and musical performances. Keynote speakers are [[Libby Liu]] of the [[Open Technology Fund]] (OTF), Flavio Aggio of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), Idalin Bobé of TechActivist.org, Tiffany Rad of Anatrope Inc, [[Yeshimabeit Milner]] of Data for Black Lives, [[Jaron Lanier]], [[Cindy Cohn]], [[Cory Doctorow]], and [[Richard Thieme]]. Conference participants communicated primarily using the first year appearance of HOPE's own [[Matrix (protocol)|Matrix]] chat server.

=== 2021 canceled plan ===
An in-person HOPE conference was planned for summer 2021, breaking from the typical biennial conference interval, but was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="HOPE 2020 Update" />

=== A New HOPE ===
[[File:A New HOPE 2600 van.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A photo of the 2600 van, on the grounds of St John's University, on display during the A New HOPE conference|The 2600 van, on display at A New HOPE]]
The 14th conference, A New Hope, was held at St. John's University in Queens, New York City from 22-24 July 2022.<ref>{{cite web  |url = https://www.2600.com/content/new-hope-horizon-0  |title = A New HOPE is on the Horizon  |date = 24 January 2022  |publisher = 2600  |access-date = 2022-02-01 }}</ref> The event was a hybrid event, combining a virtual online event with the in-person event in New York, using [[Matrix (protocol)|Matrix]] combined with video streaming of the talks.

The keynote was a conversation between [[Facebook]] [[whistleblower]] [[Sophie Zhang (whistleblower)|Sophie Zhang]] and [[Yan Zhu]].

Further notable occurrences:
* Munira Mohamed & Chris Weiland, activist citizens: talk entitled "Hacking Local Politics: How We Banned Facial Recognition in Minneapolis"
* Cory Doctorow, author and EFF activist: talk entitled "Seize the Means of Computation"
* Marcia K Wilbur, developer, maker, advocate and author: Hosted "AIOT Village" complete with 3D printer, robotics materials (arduino), raspberry pi units and much more.

=== HOPE XV ===
The 15th conference was held at St. John's University in Queens, New York City from 12-14 July 2024.
* Cory Doctorow gave a talk on "[[enshittification]]"
* Marcia K. Wilbur gave a talk on “TLDR: Terms of Service – Privacy, Data Collection, and Coercive Agreements”
* Johannes Grenzfurthner hosted the US premiere of his documentary ''[[Hacking at Leaves]]'' at the conference.

== See also ==
* [[Chaos Communication Congress]]
* [[Chaos Communication Camp]]
* [[DEF CON]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://hope.net/ HOPE website]

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