Well, LayerOne 2008 is behind us. Overall, the event was a huge success! We have video of the conference that is being ripped and edited as we speak. I expect to have video and slides up by the end of this upcoming weekend. Till then, here’s some links to check out:

If you’re around Friday night, feel free to join us at Lucky Baldwin’s from 8pm till closing. Come down, hang out, and meet some of the crew.

Lucky Baldwins
17 S Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 795-0652

As those of you who have attended L1 before can attest to, we strive to bring you top quality entertainment at the Saturday night reception. Two years ago we had the gal’s of Burning Hearts Burlesque. Last year we had the lovely ladies of Sinners & Saints Burlesque come and entertain you. This year we’ve decided to do something different, yet equally cool. We’re not going to tell you what it is, but we think you will enjoy. At this point I think it needs to be mentioned that the only reason this is happening at all is as a result of some very hard work on the part of our staffer Evil and a very generous contribution from the Network Ninjas. Anyone who’s attended DEFCON knows that the Ninja’s put on an awesome party and are huge contributors to the community. Show your thanks by buying them drinks at the conference!

Pre-Registration for LayerOne 2008 is now closed. Tickets will be available at the door next Saturday at a cost of 100 dollars per ticket. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

We’re less than a month out from the event and we’re starting to make final preparations for the con.

Speakers and Scheduling:
The speaker line-up is full and we have some pretty amazing talks lined up. Check out our speaker page for all of the details, also the preliminary schedule has been released for this year.

Hotel Discount:
We managed to get a block of rooms set aside for LayerOne attendees. Mention LayerOne when booking a room at the Pasadena Hilton to get the 149/night rate UPDATE: We have filled our hotel block. The Hilton has rooms still, and tell them you are with LayerOne when you book (this will help us get more rooms next year), but the room deal is sadly over.

Contests:
Check out our contests page for details, but we are bringing some old favorites and some new ones to the event this year. Deviant Ollam is bringing us the Lockpicking Village thats been such a hit at Defcon and Shmoocon in the past, as well as his newly devised Gringo Warrior contest that pits your lockpicking skills in a ‘real life’ situation. Nkryptr and Nous are also joining us with the Phreaking Challenge. Come try out your phone phreaking skills and see how you measure up

Sponsors/Vendors:
Huge thanks to ASG, Microsoft, and William Knowles from ISN for sponsoring us this year. Our vendor room will also feature t-shirts from Ghetto Geeks, tunes from Miss DJ Jackalope and possibly a few others.

Registration:
Pre-Registration is still open, and still just 80 dollars. We will be closing registration on May 9th. Tickets will still be available at the event but the cost will be 100 dollars.