We've finally got up our planning wiki. We've just started posting up info on some of the campsites that have been submitted and have published a bunch of new information on the camp including an FAQ, Volunteer coordination page, and other important schedule information. Please check here if you have any questions about the camp and to see what campsites are available to join!

Hey guys, we're in the middle of getting the wiki up with a list of all of the campsites and activities so please bear with us. You may have noticed that we just increased the registration price to $200. The price will be going up to $250 at the end of the month, so you should definitely register soon before the price continues to jump.

We've also been getting an amazing amount of workshop and talk submissions and various events that people want to throw. We've updated our preliminary list of workshops on the Workshops page. The first round of selection will be done May 1st so please submit your talk/workshop before then.

Also, here's some recent posts about the camp around the interwebs to read up on:

- Hack-A-Day Announcement
- Hack-A-Day CFP Announcement
- Infosecurity.us Announcement

We're proud to announce that renowned maker Bre Pettis will be doing a Makerbot workshop at ToorCamp. Here's a blog post that he made recently with a picture we took this weekend while out at the site.

Unfortunately the area pictured will probably not be fully usable by the time the camp rolls around but the acoustics are incredible and we're in the process of trying to find some musicians that can do a short performance in the space sometime during the camp. Obviously it'd have to be something fairly simplistic to make use of the echo and amplification effects of the space. Interested parties should contact me at h1kari@toorcon.org.

ToorCamp is the United State's first ever full-scale hacker camp. Modelled after the camps in Holland and Germany, ToorCamp will focus on all of the technology topics that ToorCon has become famous for but will expand out into other areas of society. ToorCamp will offer 2 days of talks on many different topics -- Security, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Hardware Hacking, and Privacy are just some of the areas we will be covering. ToorCamp will also feature 2 days of hands-on workshops on a multitude of different skills that you may have never found yourself interested in learning about before. Blacksmithing, Lock Picking, Orienteering, Logic Design, Archery -- these are just a few of the topics you can expect.

ToorCamp is run by the same group that runs ToorCon and will also be heavily supported by many other hacker conferences in the US. ToorCamp will be organized as a bunch of different campsites which will be fully run by autonomous groups. We will provide the power and internet -- you provide the rest. We're heavily encouraging groups to build structures, setup art projects, throw parties, and generally do things that will show to the world that US hackers can throw a kickass hacker camp too!

Oh, and did we mention it'll be at a Titan-1 Missile Silo? We've managed to find one of the best locations in the northwest to throw this event. We've partnered with a group of people who are currently retrofitting the Silo into an ultra-secure datacenter so internet connectivity won't be a problem. ToorCamp will be situated in central Washington roughly 3 hours driving distance from Seattle and within 15 minutes drive of a private international airport. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to make history with us and help launch the first public US hacker camp!

Update: We've posted the Call for Participation and Call for Papers!

ToorCamp is slated to happen on 4th of July weekend 2009 starting on Thursday, July 2nd and going until Sunday, July 5th. 2 days of talks, 2 days of workshops, and 4 nights of music, art, technology, and good times.