I invite all 'yall to go to this here convention.
I went to HOPE 5 back in '04 and it was awesome - and this might be the last one in the Hotel Penn (due to Vornado being a bunch of douches).
http://hope.net/talk.hope.net
Here's HOPE 6's webpage:
http://www.hopenumbersix.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_On_Planet_Earth