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ToorCon
Three-day event held annually in San Diego, California, U.S that features lectures and a competitive game involving simulated network penetration.
http://toorcon.org/

International Computer Security Audit and Control Symposium
This annual conference held in Ireland is for I.T. security professionals. Also a venue for the CISSP examinations.
http://www.cosac.net/

CanSecWest/coreXX
Annual conference held in Canada that focuses on newly emerging information security research, and topics such as auditing and penetration testing.
http://www.cansecwest.com/

Chaos Communication Camp
Celebrating the arrival of the Heart of Gold spaceship, the Chaos Computer Club organizes a big meeting at the estimated landing zone near Berlin, Germany.
http://www.ccc.de/camp/

MiniCon and ShadyCon
A convention in Las Vegas.
http://www.tprophet.org/minicon.htm

PhreakNIC
A convention for hackers, phone phreaks, cypherpunks, programmers, civil libertarians, ham/scanner enthusiasts, security experts, feds, and culture jammers.
http://www.phreaknic.info/