Here is a list of some of the Hacking, Security and programming conferences that may interest you now or in the future, please help build this list by submitting conferences that arent up here. Defcon http://www.defcon.org/ DEF CON is one of the oldest continuous running hacker conventions around, and also one of the largest.
ShmooCon http://www.shmoocon.org/ Different - ShmooCon is an annual east coast hacker convention hell-bent on offering three days of an interesting atmosphere for demonstrating technology exploitation, inventive software and hardware solutions, and open discussions of critical infosec issues. The first day is a single track of speed talks called One Track Mind. The next two days bring three tracks: Build It, Break It and Bring It On.
Blackhat http://www.blackhat.com/ The Black Hat Briefings have become the biggest and the most important security conference series in the world by sticking to our core value: serving the information security community by delivering timely, actionable security information in a friendly, vendor-neutral environment.
Hacker Halted http://www.hackerhalted.com/ EC-Council's Hacker Halted Conference 2010 in Miami is the ultimate white hat hacker con in the US. With hacker events all over the world, Hacker Halted is slated to be the world’s largest reunion of Certified Ethical Hackers to date. If Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Hacking, and black hat techniques with white hat professionalism sounds enticing to you, Hacker Halted 2010 in Miami, Fl is the IT Security Conference to attend.
Malcon http://malcon.org/ Malcon is the world’s first platform bringing together Malware and Information Security Researchers from across the globe to share key research insights into building and containment of the next generation malwares.
Toorcon http://www.toorcon.org/ ToorCon, now in its 12th year running, is San Diego's hacker conference bringing together the top security experts to present their new tricks of the trade and have fun in the sunny and beautiful city of San Diego. This year ToorCon Conference will be taking place again at the San Diego Convention Center on October 22th-24th, 2010. We will also be holding our Workshops and Deep Knowledge Seminars at the Hotel Solamar October 20th-22th, 2010. Hackers on Planet Earth http://thenexthope.org/ http://www.2600.com/
Source Conference http://www.sourceconference.com/ SOURCE Boston is the original SOURCE Conference. Launched in 2008, SOURCE Boston is our flagship event. SOURCE Boston is a two and a half day event that is generally larger than our other events. It also includes a our Security Start-up Competition, Evening with Entrepreneurs series, our largest exhibit space, more opportunities to participate in contests and challenges for prizes.