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BornHack 2024 is over. It was a fantastic event full of all the wonderful, weird, talented, amazing and inspiring people and projects that we've gotten used to (but never tire of). 2024 was in many ways the best BornHack yet:

• We had a record number of visitors – 2024 was the biggest BornHack yet by some margin. We checked in just under 350 full week tickets from the webshop, and on top of that maybe 70 more as a mix of sponsor tickets, one day tickets, child tickets and such.
• We saw more new faces than ever before. Especially big groups of dutch and german people continue to invade BornHack (in the nicest possible way).
• The number of volunteers during buildup, event and teardown has never been higher. Consequently the workload on orga continued the downward trend this year.
• The economy is looking healthy, largely thanks to more participants joining us this year.

All in all it was a great event with very few mishaps and accidents. Buildup was a bit rough due to a double booking at the venue but we worked around it and the event turned out great. We are also expecting a smooth teardown.

While we are proud of our Code of Conduct and the photo policy in it, we still love to see photos from BornHack! Until the new BornHack Media Archive is ready please find other ways to share the pictures and send us a link to info at bornhack.dk. The Photo Team are working on getting their pictures online while recovering from BornHack.

2024 was the ninth BornHack, and we chose the tagline Feature Creep for this year. As usual we leave it up to the participants to interpret any deeper meaning (intentional or not) in the tagline. So many amazingly clever and creative features were added to everything as the event progressed.

Our popular food vendor Oriental Express was back again this year serving delicious Asian food. The Food Area worked well again this year. There was almost constant activity with people cooking and eating at weird hours. Like the previous years we sold out all the fridge shelves we had available for rent.

We have two ways you can submit feedback about BornHack. The general feedback form can be used for any feedback about BornHack, good or bad. We've already had some participants leave feedback, but we want more. If you can spare five minutes please go submit some feedback – we want both your positive and negative feedback, it all helps to make the next BornHack better.

Please also remember to submit program feedback by pressing the feedback button on each individual event page. It helps the Content Team make informed decisions about what content worked and what didn't.

The next BornHack will be from the 16th to the 23rd of July 2025. Tickets for BornHack 2025 will go on sale as soon as we get around to it.

Thank you to everyone who was a part of BornHack 2024, both participants and volunteers. A special thanks to the volunteers who stayed on site until we were completely done with teardown. You know who you are. <3

Until next year, take care and all the best from Orga!

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As of yesterday, July 17th 2024 at noon Danish time (12:00 CEST) BornHack 2024 is finally underway!

Preceeding the opening we've done a week of build-up with between 20-50 volunteers to get everything ready for you. The volunteers have been nothing short of amazing during build-up, we are extremely grateful for all the help. We will pay back the kindness by continuing to organise the best event we can.

We are ready:

• We have running water. Toilets and showers are clean and working well, they will be cleaned twice daily.
• The Food Area is operational. It has gas powered barbeques as well as regular gas cookers (for pots and pans) available. We have fridge shelves available to keep the food cold, but there are only a few left in the webshop.
• The food vendor is open every day from 10:00 to 20:00. They are called Oriental Express and will be serving a combination of Asian and Danish foods. They accept HAX, cash (DKK) and MobilePay.
• The program starts today (apart from the Hello World talk yesterday). Streams are available on live.bornhack.dk.
• Network and power is operational
• The bar is open! Please support it.

If you have questions the infodesk or the Info Page can probably answer them.

If you want to help out by doing a couple of shifts during the event it would be appreciated. The teams that still need members are:

• Bar
• CERT
• Info
• Video

See the teams page for more info.

We have been looking forward to this moment for months. We can't wait to see everyone! Welcome!

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We are now ready to take preorders for this years merch clothing in the shop.

As the merchandise is produced to order, be sure to complete and pay for your order, as you won't have a reservation until payment is registered.

If you chose to pay in cash on site, please do so as soon as you arrive, and be aware that your merch order will not be ready in the first production batch.

The clothing model and sizes are almost the same as the previous years, though there has been a small revision change in the slim fit t-shirts from our supplier. It's the same series, but has gotten a new product number, though it looks very similar.

All the merch will feature this years logo on the back and a smaller one on the left chest, like the visualisations below:

If you are interested in making your own "special edition" BornHack merch, keep an eye out for an upcoming workshop on the subject and bring your own t-shirt or similar. The transfers stick best to new and unwashed clothing, and stuff with a lot of synthetic materials can be tricky as they tend to melt easily.

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The last chance to order tents, tables, chairs and other village gear is Thursday 4th of July at 20:00 CEST / 18:00 UTC!

We had to move the deadline a day up, in order for our supplier to be ready with the tents, so be sure to order as soon as possible.

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A participant suggested we make it possible to rent tent floors in the webshop without getting the tent itself, for people who have their own village tents but need a floor.

This is a good idea and we have today added individual 1x2m floor boards to the shop. It is up to you to figure out the right number to cover the area of your tent.

Please include in the order comments where you want the floor placed if you want it to be built when you arrive.

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Remember to get your tents, tables, chairs and other village gear in the webshop. If your village needs a big shared tent and you would like the tent to be built and ready when you arrive you can consider renting it.

We have also added hack packages to the webshop. As usual we have three diffent packages (small, medium, and large), and they all have some full week tickets, some one-day tickets (valid for any day), a tent, some tables and chairs, and some HAX (the local BornHack currency). Packages cost about the same as the sum total of the individual items they contain, so they are not a "deal" they are just an easy way to go to BornHack in style - sometimes useful when the employer is paying.

Village gear and packages must be ordered by Friday the 5th of July 2024. The tents will be ready for use no later than July 17th at noon (12:00 CEST, 10:00 UTC) when the event begins, probably a few days before. Rented tents must be clean, empty and ready for teardown on July 24th at noon (12:00 CEST, 10:00 UTC) when the event ends.

Tents will be placed in General Camping unless you want it somewhere else. You can help orga by communicating where you would like your village tent placed in good time before buildup. You can put the information in the comment of the order, or write to our info email and tell us your order number and where you want the tent built.

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We have added the first 50 fridge shelves to the webshop, some more will be added once we actually receive the fridges and see how many shelves each fridge has.

We have also added 10 additional caravan tickets to the shop. A regular car parking ticket is not included so remember to get one of those as well in case you are bringing a caravan and will be parking your car in the car park.

The CFP is still open, please submit your content as soon as possible. The program is already taking shape!

A bunch of villages have appeared on the website, remember to go register yours!

If you want to help building BornHack you can consider showing up a few days early for buildup or even better: staying a few days after the event for teardown. No special skills are needed and you only need to work as much as you want to. If you want to join a team you can check the list but you can also just show up and offer your help.

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We are again having the BornHack 2024 kickoff at our venue Hylkedam from Wednesday the 8th to Saturday the 11th of May. We hope that a lot of our volunteers will drop by to help shape the 2024 event. It will be a good opportunity for new volunteers to select which teams to participate on, and help get those teams started.

The main kickoff meeting will be on Thursday the 9th of May, we expect people to show up during the morning for meet'n'greet, then we'll have lunch and begin the kickoff. The 10th is for more planning of the years team activities, and extra hanging out/socialising. We plan on leaving the venue on 11th after cleaning. You are welcome to show up in the evening on Wednesday the 8th, but please let someone from Orga know if you plan to do so.

Tentative plan:

Wednesday the 8th of May:

• 16-18 Orga arrives
• 18-19 Dinner
• 19- Kickoff preparations

Thursday the 9th of May:

• 10-12 Arrive for meet'n'greet
• 12-13 Lunch
• 13-18 Kickoff
• 18-20 Dinner
• 20- Social / party

Friday the 10th of May:

• 10-12 Team breakout 1
• 12-13 Lunch
• 13-15 Team breakout 2
• 15-16 Break
• 16-18 Team breakout 3
• 18-20 Dinner
• 20- More socialising

Saturday the 11th of May:

• 10-12 Cleaning and leaving

Participating:

You can participate only in the actual kickoff on 9th of May, or you can grab a bed in one of the cabins (or bring a tent) and stay for a couple of nights. Expect the whole thing to be casual, but in particular the evening of the 9th and all of the 10th will have plenty of social and relaxation time.

Participating in the kickoff is free, but it is appreciated if you can chip in around 100,- DKK/HAX (around 14€) for food per day. We will do our best to make the kickoff available virtually, but the internet connection at Hylkedam is not very good between BornHacks, so no promises.

See you! Or follow the live-stream at http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/ or https://live.bornhack.dk/

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It is now possible to register your BornHack 2024 village!

Registering your village is an excellent way to make sure people can find you, advertise your interests, and attract new people to the village.

Villages are clusters of tents typically built by a group of friends, a hackerspace, a group with a shared interest (like the best programming language in the world, or the niche operating system you run that everybody else should switch to ASAP, and so on.) It is not a requirement to stay in a village when you place your tent at BornHack, but it can be an excellent way to meet new people.

You can see a list of villages from BornHack 2023 here.

Remember that our Code of Conduct applies to village names and descriptions.

You can register your village here.

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As some of you have already noticed, the webshop is now open for tickets for BornHack 2024!

The usual ticket types are available: full-week tickets for adults and children, one-day tickets, caravan tickets, car park tickets, and cabins. Tents, fridges, and other village gear are unavailable and will be announced later.

A standard ticket is 1337 DKK. If you can pay more than the standard 1337 DKK for a ticket, please do so; it is highly appreciated. It allows us to have cheaper tickets available in the shop for hackers with smaller budgets.

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The BornHack 2024 Call for Participation is open!

We are looking for talented, humorous, inspiring, and/or provocative speakers to host talks, workshops, and other events to make the official program at BornHack 2024 live up to the high expectations set by previous years. If you have something interesting to say, we want to hear it! Read our Call for Participation to learn more and submit your content today.

We prefer submissions as early as possible to have more time to plan the final program and coordinate with speakers. Please submit it sooner rather than later.

Please note that BornHack now takes place in July rather than August, as it has in recent years.

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