33C3 Opening Ceremony (33c3)

https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8429-33c3_opening_ceremony

['anna', 'elisa']

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Anna: Hi, everyone and welcome to the 33rd
Chaos Communication Congress.

It's great that you all made it here and
joined us for this huge event.

Elisa: And of course we also want to say
hi to everybody who is watching the stream

today whether you are at home with friends
at your local Erfa or at the hackspace of

your choice. I've got a question to the
people who are here in the room today.

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Like him, obviously. So, everybody in the
room, also people in this wonderful police

box, who is at their first Chaos
Communication Congress ever? Please wave.

Wow! That's a lot. Wow! Big applause! So
they are the Chaos mentees Wow, welcome

to all of you it's great that you found
your way here.

Anna: When I came to Congress first I had
mixed feelings before like my first

feeling was nervousness. Like, it was
like, wooo! What should I do here? And

there were many questions like the first
question was like could I connect to

people or would I stand, like, in the
corner hiding because I'm intimidated by

all the cool stuff people are doing. Will
people look down on me because I'm not

like the leet hax0r or because I'm not
fluent in Perl? But, like, yeah the

following years it was okay, but like,
today, the nervousness came back because

like, something to do with the stage. But,
yeah, we'll get better.

E: Before I came to my first Congress I
had a similar feeling. But as soon as I

arrived, all my worries and fears were
gone. I was so fascinated by all the

blinking lights by the awesome projects
and by the openness with which people

talked to each other and worked together.
I was really overwhelmed by how Congress

is an event that is shaped by all its
participants that is made by all of us for

all of us.

A: First to mention...
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First to mention the Angels like, all
those volunteers who make Congress work

for us who work for us and who can't be
thanked enough. Like, they do a lot of,

lot of tasks.

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They do a lot of tasks, and some of them
you see some of them you don't. For

example, they collect bottles and you
really help them by dropping your bottles

at the bottle drop points when you exit
those halls through the exit.

E: In this hall, there are 16 emergency
exits that are marked with a green exit

sign. There are 10 main doors, 4 left,
4 right, and 2 central. 6 doors at the

rear of the hall, 3 left and 3 right.
Please note that the exit nearest to you

could maybe behind you.

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A: Angels do a lot of other tasks too, for
example, they watch the doors so the halls

don't get overcrowded.

E: They announce speakers.

A: They do translations and subtitles.

This year, also in French, sometimes.

E: They help you if you should get lost.

A: And they care for a constant supply of ice
cubes and limes behind the scenes at the

bar so there's always enough tschunk to go
around.

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To list all their tasks would take us a
lot of time. So let's thank all the Angels

even those we couldn't mention here with a
thundering round of applause again.

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E: And, becoming an Angel is really easy
all you have to do is register in the

angel system which is on the Internets.
Go to Heaven, which is in this building,

and find a job that suits you. Even as a
first-time attendee of Congress you can be

a part of it, with the positive side
effect that you will get to know new

people. And if you are shy, maybe you
should take the night shift and watch the

entrance because then you will have to
talk to your co-Angels in order to avoid

falling asleep.

A: When I first went to Congress I was
also fascinated by all the people who

seemed to be living in this Congress
building for days to build up this huge

event. And to bring us all the
infrastructure; for example, they brought

us the Internet.

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But they also bring us couches they bring
us a DECT phone infrastructure and they

bring us a giant snow globe to dance in.

E: All this is only possible because
people have incorporated one guiding

principle which of course all of you know
"Be excellent to each other."

For sure..
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Yeah.

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For sure, Congress is not the island of
the blessed. Conflicts exist here as they

do everywhere. But you and we and so many
people in the past years and even decades

have been trying hard to make it work to
make it better, step by step, and I think

we've come a long way in doing so. After
only a few days at my first Congress,

I was sure, Congress works for me. This
would not have been my last Congress.

A: But certainly, as every year, Congress
was over, I left the building that was not

blinking anymore. I went to the train
station and I got kind of sad. People

weren't excellent to each other anymore.
People were just rushing into their

overcrowded trains. There was no mutual
consideration. And I fell into kind of a

post-Congress depression, I think some
people know that. And I asked myself,

where are all the people that are inspired

and enthusiastic, and where's like the
respect towards each other not

considering, like anything, like features
or appearance.

E: Any day that is not a day of Camp or
Congress or another Chaos event leaves

something to be desired. I guess most of
us will agree on that. But the last 12

months provided us with even more reasons
to be subdued, and to yearn for another

world. For a few days, we will now have
that. We can live another life in another

world. We can do what we love and share
all this with like-minded people, which is

great. But when you take this year's
motto, "Works For Me," there could not be

a stronger contrast to my feelings towards
the world out there. There, nothing seems

to work. And I've got a lot of
bug reports to file.

A: Not all of those bug reports are
technical, and not all of them might be

ours to fix. But they all make the world
out there not work for me. Do you think

it's not that bad? Then let's look at a
few examples. Our freedoms are cut back

more and more. In the nineties, people
fought the crypto wars to make strong

encryption accessible for everyone. Today,
state actors call for laws that

- to build backdoors into products leaving
every single person less secure.

E: Secret services all around the world
infiltrate standards and software to get

access to the communication of simply
everyone. Didn't we learn anything since

the groundbreaking revelations of Snowden?
And now we rely on a few big corporations

to withstand these developments, which of
course they only do to keep their unique

selling point? This doesn't work for me.

A: But it's not just about the digital
world which might be a focus for many of

you. Violation of human's rights are the
order of the day. People all around the

world face repression if they stand up
against totalitarian systems and

injustice. Free speech is censored and
persecuted. People are facing years in

prison face being tortured or worse if
they speak up and stand up against the system.

E: All across the world, right-wing
populists now dare to act in the open and

in some - in some places they
even [?] seize power.

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From the idea of a connected world we now
face a shift towards parochialism, towards

isolationism, and from there also to
national supremacy. In this climate,

aggression and hate towards perceived
minorities flourish. Houses burn, people

get chased through the streets,
and people die.

A: These are only like a few prominent
examples. Many people on this place face

existential threat every day. We don't see
them or we don't feel them, yet. Droughts

caused by overexploitations causes wars
and causes death. Just because a problem

doesn't happen in our backyard mean that
it's not terrible or that it doesn't

affect us any more. But how long do we
dare - and I include myself - to look away

and to ignore this? Does this really work
for us? I know my answer, and I believe

many of you share the will to make
things better step by step.

E: All those problems - and there are
many - big and small, can easily make us

feel helpless. So, how can a single person
change anything at all? Well, there's one

good message. There is no need to travel
alone. Just take a moment and look around

you; look at your seat neighbours. There
are 3,000 people in this room alone. And

there will be 12,000 people at Congress
which is amazing. 12,000 people for you to

get to know to make friends with or to
meet again. And all of you have unique

skills, big ideas, and all of you
can do great stuff.

A: It's up to us not to just make Congress
work for us but to use this Congress to

connect, to share ideas, skills, and
knowledge to work on projects, start new

projects, and connect to people. It is up
to us not to stay in the gated communities

that evolved and transport what we do here
in Congress and what we start here to the

outside world. We cannot hide under a cozy
blanket and wait until the world magically

gets better again. Now more than ever it's
time to take action. This is not a game.

There is no game.

E: You can start right now. Gather into
gangs and practice for the coming year.

After you got your wristbands, you have
the opportunity to get - wait, where do I

have it - one of these cards. Who got one
already? Yeah, that's a few, that can be

improved. Okay, you know what to do. So,
maybe those of you already got one, named

yourself and selected your special skill
that is your own. If you did not grab a

card, don't worry, you can still get one.
To start, no game, but action, you need to

form a gang with other people with
different skills. 9 skills, which you can

combine to solve tasks and to succeed. You
can move and act together. You don't have

to travel alone.

A: There is no game. There is action. And
now let Congress begin! Work, have fun,

enjoy, get to know each other, and try to
make the next year a bit better than this

year. And, by the way, don't forget to
wash your hands.

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Wash your hands, take a shower from time
to time, and don't forget to sleep and eat.

Thank you!

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