We’ll just cut right to it; We want you to sponsor SecretCon 2026. Join other organizations that support Minnesota’s Hacker & Cybersecurity Community! We are just a mom & pop conference, we are here for you and listen! We want Win/Wins! Tell us what your goals are. Looking to get your brand out there? Looking to showcase your services? Want to meet executives or red teamers? Want to hire amazing local talent? We offer high traffic sponsor tables in the hallways. We are seeking companies interested in sponsoring SecretCon to help create an amazing environment and help elevate and socialize the industry here in Minnesota. We customize! SecretCon loves sponsors willing to offer hands-on activities beyond just sales, as well as offering interesting and innovative solutions to our attendees.
Become a speaker
Our 2026 Call for Speakers current status is CLOSED. Meaning, We want you to consider submitting something next year for SecretCon 5 (2027) to share with our community. Our 2026 theme is “Hypnotized!”, Next year it will be something cool too. If accepted, You get free speaker entry into SecretCon and likely some other interesting things yet to be announced, trust us, we take care of you! First time speaker? Awesome!!! Apply! Returning speaker? Awesome!! Apply!
SecretCon seeks proposals on interesting content from diverse backgrounds to make this an exciting event for our attendees. Thanks for considering getting involved!
Call For Artists
The SecretCon 4 (2026) Call for Artists is OPEN! Interested in creating unique and creative pieces? Physical or Digital Art? Make Music? Create Video? We offer free badges for 2026. Contact us on how to get involved.
We are seeking all types of hacker related art. Grants available.
Become a Volunteer
Have you been to two or more SecretCon events and want to get more involved? Be forewarned, by volunteering, you WILL have to work long hours during the conference dates and miss out on lots of the fun. A ton of effort goes on behind the scenes to ensure everyone has a great time. That sounds rewarding, doesn’t it? Give back & enrich the Minnesota hacker community by helping run the show! We need talent of all types! We do not have generic volunteers, so help us fill in this blank canvas! How can you help? Is SecretCon missing something? Know how to code? Are you a writer? Want to be part of a hub? Have an idea or project that SecretCon should take on? We are community. Don’t just ask if you can volunteer, tell us how you want to get involved!
If you have not been to a SecretCon. We recommend starting by getting involved in a specialty, perhaps with a ward! Into lock-picking, AI, or bio-hacking? There is a place for you! Into hardware and firmware? Also a place for you! We are happy to give you an introduction.
Create a puzzle or cypher
You made it this far down the page. You must enjoy diving into details. Maybe you enjoy codes and puzzle creation? Interested in filling in part of our blank canvas by sharing a “hacker related” puzzle with the community? We’d love to see what you have in mind and help you publish your content. We include hundreds of puzzles during, before, or even after the event!
Our most devoted attendees seek out a deeper layer of our annual hacker event. Right in the name of the conference is “Secret” denoting “a secret or disguised way, of writing; encoding, of codes.” Since the birth of SecretCon there has been something deeper going on beyond the top layered glamour of our hacker culture full of art and music, the many social interactions and friendships, the presentations, the wards/security specializations, competitive and tricky contests. Found throughout the SecretCon events are various storylines of puzzles series revealing themselves in slightly disguised anomalies at every direction.
Those devoted attendees beg you to help us display your ingenuity in puzzles. Join us =)