2600 Magazine is the oldest surviving hacker magazine and has spurned local chapters all over the US.  These chapters have monthly meetings and some of them even hold conferences.  The Nashville chapter is one of these.  Every year, the 615 chapter holds the Phreaknic conference in Nashville and the time is nearing for the 2008 conference.  Things are still getting setup and not much has been announced.  If you would like to speak at the conference, check out the Call for Papers page and submit your work for review.

The con will be October 24th and 25th at the Days Inn Stadium in Nashville.  Over 120 rooms have been reserved for the conference and a special rate has been cut for Phreaknic attendees.  Its $65 for a room for up to 4 adults.  The presentations will be broadcast over the hotel's CCTV system so if you're not able to get to the speaking floor for some reason (hangover), you can just lay in your room and watch.

Not only will there be speakers with interesting views on security, there are also some pretty cool contests and games.  Wifirace is a foxhunt with a mobile wifi target around Nashville that you must track down and compromise before your opponents.  Oh, and don't forget the G33k Shoot crew which will be bringing their arsenal of weaponry.

So if you're looking for a bitchin con to go to in the Southeastern US, come on down to Nashville, Tennessee at the end of October.  This conference should be a blast, and as an added bonus, you can meet me!