Greetings to you from incoming 2026! 😀
We hope you are in the middle of a nice restful, relaxing and recharging period. Whilst we are also enjoying the downtime, we still can’t help ourselves but keep the DC4131 wheel rolling with new meetups being planned, as well as much more in the pipeline for 2026 (more of that below 😉 ) We look forward to catching up with you again with a fresh, new year slate!
❄️ January Meetups
- Chur: January 06 – 18:30 CET – Sunshine Pub
– Best drinks in the mountains! - Geneva: January 06 – 18:30 CET – Les Brasseurs
– Our most southerly, Frenchy patrons, who sometimes mistake beer for wine.. - Zurich: January 13 – 18:30 CET – Schiffbau Bar
– Our home from home… - Bern: January 20 – 18:30 CET – Restaurant Beaulieu
– Best beverages with the bears…. Don’t forget to pour one out for them….
Mandatory pre-sign up: bot-bern[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org - Basel: January 20 – 18:00 CET – Bierrevier
– The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around.
Mandatory pre-sign up: bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org - Lucerne: January 20 – 18:30 CET – Magdi Beiz/Bar
– Holding it down for the middle of our nation. - Lausanne: January 20 – 18:30 CET – Les Brasseurs Lausanne
– Our best friends to the west! – Sign up via Discord appreciated! - Zug: January 27 – 18:30 CET – Freiruum
– The tech-progressives within our borders.
All our events can also be found on MeetUp!
When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our virtual environments, on X or our Discord Server!
Not a DC4131 member yet? Take a look at the bottom of this page and drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org for all the juicy details.
Additional Infos
We have so much lined up and bubbling under the surface for you guys, we can’t wait to reveal it all! 😀
New rounds of Dojos, from our classic (and now arguably infamous) Lockpicking & Soldering sessions, to topics such as API hacking, LLM hacking, how to land a job in today’s market, plus much much more! Watch this space 🙂
We are also now officially in an Area41 year, which means we are full steam ahead to making this one of the best editions yet. If you haven’t already, make sure you sign up to the con newsletter on the website to ensure you don’t miss out on critical updates, such as the upcoming Call For Papers (CFP), now announced happening from March 1st 2026, announcement of speakers and villages, as well as ticket pricing and purchase availability 😉
🛒 SWAG
Did someone say SWAG?! That’s right baby, we have our swag shop where you can get the latest DC4131 merch here: DC4131 Swag Shop
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Your DEFCON Switzerland Team
