Ela, the hacker formerly known as andreasdotorg, celebrates her 50th birthday as well as her new name and gender, with four days of open air hacker con. This will take place May 1st through May 4th at Alte Hölle.

Alte Hölle, literally "old hell", has been the name of the place for eternity. Despite its name, it's actually a beautiful place in a nature preserve, an old country inn, which is now run by an association dedicated to provide a community place for sustained living, cultural exchange, craftsmanship and arts. Find them here: https://alte-hoelle.de/

The money goes directly to Alte Hölle, for the location itself and for the food - we'll be cooking ourselves though. Extra donations are welcome, just edit the price, but the principle is "pay what you can".

Bring camping gear, this is an outdoors event. We will have an indoor stage for talks during the day and music during the night though.

Call for Participation is open until April 14th, contributions are welcome: https://pretalx.com/elacon2025/cfp