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{{Short description|American hacker convention}}
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'''ShmooCon''' was an American [[Hacker conference|hacker convention]] organized by The Shmoo Group. There were typically 40 different talks and [[Presentation|presentations]] on a variety of subjects related to [[computer security]] and [[cyberculture]]. Multiple events were held at the convention related to [[cryptography]] and [[computer security]] such as Shmooganography, Hack Fortress, a [[locksport]] village hosted by [[TOOOL]] DC, and Ghost in the Shellcode. 

The first event was held in 2005, with its last year was in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShmooCon to take its final bow in 2025 |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/1291036/shmoocon-to-take-its-final-bow-in-2025.html |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=CSO Online |language=en}}</ref> 

== Venues, dates, and attendance ==
Each conference venue and date has been included for easy reference. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Conference Name
!Venue
!Duration
!Year
!Attendance
|-
|ShmooCon I
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|February 4–6
|2005
|~400 attendees
|-
|ShmooCon II
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|January 13–15
|2006
|~700 attendees
|-
|ShmooCon III
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|March 23–25
|2007
|900+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon IV
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|February 15–17
|2008
|1200+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon V
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|February 6–8
|2009
|1600+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon VI
|[[Marriott Wardman Park]]
|February 5–7
|2010
|~1600 attendees
|-
|ShmooCon VII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 28–30
|2011
|1600+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon VIII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 27–29
|2012
|1800+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon IX
|Hyatt Regency
|February 15–17
|2013
|1600+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon X
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 17–19
|2014
|1900+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon XI
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 16–18
|2015
|1900+ attendees
|-
|ShmooCon XII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 19–21
|2016
|1500+ attendees<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Ticket Stats – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2015/12/16/end-of-year-ticket-stats/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref>
|-
|ShmooCon XIII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 13–15
|2017
|~2200 attendees<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShmooCon 2017 – Ticket Sales Stats – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2016/12/10/shmoocon-2017-ticket-sales-stats/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref>
|-
|ShmooCon XIV
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 19–21
|2018
|~2200 attendees<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Ticket Stats – 2018 – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2017/12/16/end-of-year-ticket-stats-2018/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref>
|-
|ShmooCon XV
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 18–20
|2019
|2091 out of 2179 attendees checked in<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yearly Ticket Sales Stats – 2019 – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2019/01/03/yearly-ticket-sales-stats-2019/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref><ref name="Closing2019" />
|-
|ShmooCon XVI
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 31–February 2
|2020
|2097 out of 2170 attendees checked in<ref name="Closing2020" />
|-
|colspan=3 {{N/A}}
|2021
|Con not held
|-
|ShmooCon XVII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|March 24–26
|2022
|1676 out of 1995 attendees checked in<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Ticket Sales Stats – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2021/12/19/end-of-year-ticket-sales-stats/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref><ref name="Closing2022" />
|-
|ShmooCon XVIII
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 20–22
|2023
|2020 checked-in attendees<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Ticket Sales Stats – 2023 – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/2023/01/07/end-of-year-ticket-sales-stats-2023/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref><ref name="Closing2023" />
|-
|ShmooCon XIX
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 12-14
|2024
|2024 out of 2171 attendees checked in<ref name="Closing2024" />
|-
|ShmooCon XX
|[[Washington Hilton]]
|January 10-12
|2025
|TBA
|}

==Research presented at ShmooCon==
ShmooCon seeks to select talks that are original research and have not been presented at other conventions.

==Charitable efforts==
Every year ShmooCon supported multiple [[charities]], such as the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] and [[Hackers for Charity]], by sponsoring T-shirt sales. Attendees were provided the opportunity to donate a fixed amount of money for a charity in exchange for a T-shirt. ShmooCon also had a long-standing program, Shmooze-A-Student, where attendees could opt to cover an undergraduate college student's ticket fee and stipend when purchasing their own ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shmooze-A-Student – ShmooCon |url=https://www.shmoocon.org/shmooze-a-student/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.shmoocon.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Answers to the Burning Question: What is a Shmoo? – Seidenberg School News |url=https://seidenbergnews.blogs.pace.edu/2015/02/13/2776/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=seidenbergnews.blogs.pace.edu}}</ref> 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! [[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]]!! [[Hackers for Charity|HFC]]!! Other !! Total
|-
| 2008 || $2,540 || $1,660 || $1,490 for [[One Laptop per Child]] || $5,690
|-
| 2009 || ~$2,500 || ~$2,500 || $3,290 for [[Covenant House]] from raffle || ~$8,290
|-
| 2010 || $2,704 || $3,324 || $2,284 for [[American Red Cross]] || $8,312
|-
| 2011 || $5,010 || $7,640 || || $12,650
|-
| 2012 || $6,215 || $6,175 || || $12,390
|-
| 2013 || $7,165 || $6,250 || || $13,415
|-
| 2014 || $5,600 || $6,700 || || $12,300<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ShmooCon2014_Closing_Remarks|title=ShmooCon 2014 - Closing Remarks|date=Jan 29, 2014|accessdate=Oct 29, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || $8,050 || $7,920 || || $15,970<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Closing_Remarks_SC2015|title=Closing Remarks [SC2015]|accessdate=Oct 29, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
|-
| 2017 || $4,185 || $4,010 || $3,490 for [[Child's Play (charity)|Child's Play]] || $11,685<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ShmooCon2017|title=ShmooCon 2017|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Jan 15, 2017|accessdate=Oct 29, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || $7,330 || $6,715 || $4,176 for [[The Planetary Society]] || $18,221<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Shmoocon2018|title=ShmooCon 2018|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Oct 29, 2018|accessdate=Oct 29, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || >$5,866 || >$5,314 || >$5,110 for [[No Starch Press Foundation]] ||>$16,290<ref name="Closing2019">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ShmooCon_2019/ShmooCon2019-Closing+Remarks.mp4|title=ShmooCon 2019 Closing Remarks|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Jan 20, 2019|accessdate=Jan 11, 2025|via=Internet Archive|time=27:00}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || >$6,800 || >$5,125 || >$4,135 for [[No Starch Press Foundation]] ||>$16,060<ref name="Closing2020">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ShmooCon_2020/Shmoocon2020-Closing_Panel_and_Ruminations.mp4|title=ShmooCon 2020 Closing Remarks|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Feb 2, 2020|accessdate=Jan 11, 2025|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 || $7,875 || {{N/A}} || $9,950 for [[Capital Area Food Bank]] ||$17,825<ref name="Closing2022">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Shmoocon-2022/Shmoocon2022-Closing_Remarks.mp4|title=ShmooCon 2022 Closing Remarks|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Mar 26, 2022|accessdate=Jan 11, 2025|via=Internet Archive|time=20:35}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || $11,640 || {{N/A}} || $9,495 for [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS|Broadway Cares]] ||$21,135<ref name="Closing2023">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/shmoocon2023/Shmoocon2023-Closing_Remarks.mp4|title=ShmooCon 2023 Closing Remarks|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Jan 22, 2023|accessdate=Jan 11, 2025|via=Internet Archive|time=56:56}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 || $8,385 || {{N/A}} || $10,380 for [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] ||$18,765<ref name="Closing2024">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/shmoocon2024/Shmoocon2024-The_Shmoo_Group-Closing_Remarks.mp4|title=ShmooCon 2024 Closing Remarks|first=various presenters|last=Shmoo Group|date=Jan 14, 2024|accessdate=Jan 11, 2025|via=Internet Archive|time=58:50}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.shmoocon.org/ ShmooCon website]
* {{webarchive |date=2013-01-19 |url=https://archive.today/20130119194933/http://news.com.com/Windows+weakness+can+lead+to+network+traffic+hijacks/2100-1002_3-6170229.html |title="Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks", ZDNet, March 26, 2007}}
* [http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/shmoocon-roommates ShmooCon "find a room" mailing list]

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