Closing Ceremonies

The closing ceremony opened with thanks to attendees, the audio-visual crew and the volunteer security team, and with reflections on a weekend that ran later in the summer than any previous edition. The network team then gave a recap of the on-site connectivity. They reported about 1,700 devices, visitors from 104 countries, roughly 2.5 terabytes of transfer, and 847 flagged anomalies. The network was monitored but not filtered, and a live dashboard tracked activity during the event. Their findings included a large share of traffic still sent over unencrypted HTTP, several devices beaconing to external destinations, and weak default credentials on some services.

The organizers then covered the supporting work behind the event. They recognized the web and back-end teams, workshop coordinators, and a scholarship program funded by ticket donations. They also thanked the host university's IT and public safety staff, the three-part security model of volunteers, a code of conduct team and campus safety, and the vendors, sponsors and publisher whose support keeps the conference running. A longtime organizer who could not attend in person joined remotely for a short message of thanks.

The session closed with requests for written feedback, recruitment of volunteers for next year, and a call for help with teardown. Speakers encouraged attendees to keep discussing the event and its talks after returning home.