[Dailydave] Ekoparty 2014

[Thomas Lim]

i do not know if my post will see daylight as Dave has not been posting
my reply to DD for a while ;)

Nico is spot on. Back in 2012 when i keynoted at Infiltrate, that was
the main message that i sent out. there is a gut of security conferences
and not enough good talks to go around. i can understand why people want
to organise a security con in their own cities. they do it for their
community. that's very admirable and should be supported. if someone
organise a con for their local community, i will do my best to support
it (if they ask for support).

small local security cons are awesome. sometime the talks may not be all
interesting but the atmosphere of the cons are wonderful. you can feel
the community spirit and the camaraderie. unlike some big bloodsucking
cons where you have to pay for everything, you feel cold and aloof, or
like some media-whoring cons where you are better-off gagging yourself
and be away from the spotlight unless you want to be misquoted
or....become famous.

i have been to Ekoparty twice and both times i enjoyed myself
tremendously. Buenos Aires is an awesome place and the people are very
friendly. there are also many talented people at the conference. its
very unfortunate that i cannot make it this year due to very personal
reason but do not cry for me Argentina......cos..i'll be back...hasta la
vista.

Thank you
Thomas Lim

On 27-Oct-14 9:29 PM, Nicolas Waisman wrote:
> For those who dont know, EKO stand for Electronic Knock Out. In 1992
> AD, back when people where painting their nails black, it used to have
> a darkest meaning but i swear with my life not to reveal it.
> 
> With the increasing amount of new conference, each of them are
> struggling to achieve that unique experience feeling but most of them
> fail. I think is a combination of the city, the venue, the people and
> the effort the organize put to make all of these happen (most of the
> time, presentation are secondary).
> 
> Ekoparty, like Kiwicon, Syscan, Pacsec, Infiltrate and a few others,
> archieve that and make you count your days until the next one.
> 
> This is also, one of the two times a year that you can see a big part
> of the Immunity team together. So if you are around, come by and said hi.
> 
> This year, we decide to move location for the Hack cup and we will do
> it at the Ekoparty instead of Vegas, i'm gonna expect some hardcore
> football and you are more than welcome to see how competitive its
> gonna turn. (Wednesday 18hs at - Salguero Futbol - Avenida Rafael
> Obligado 1221).
> And the same day, as part of a new born tradition there will be a BJJ
> Openmat at 14hs, we might not have a world champion like Infiltrate,
> but we are expecting way more brazilians :).
> 
> See you there
> Nico
> 
> 
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