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HammerCon 2025 Theme:

Winning Together

Innovation - Inspiration - Initiative

That's a wrap! Please watch the recap vid below, be on the lookout for pics/vids of talks/awards, and see you at HammerCOn 2026 (date to be published)

SOLD OUT

(except for US military personnel)

Location: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory - Kossiakoff Center (K Center)

11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723

From Johns Hopkins Road, turn right onto Pond Road. The Kossiakoff Center is located on the left; parking is to the lower right, off of Pond Road.

There's a big pond next to the K-Center.

HammerCon is the national convention of the

Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA)

and serves as the premier gathering of/by/for the

American military cyber community.

More than just another event with a bunch of

speakers, this is truly an experience.

Free attendance for US military and MCPA members.

HammerCon Tickets

Check out photos, videos, and other archival information about HammerCon 2022 here, 2023 here, and 2024 here (video playlists also linked below).

HammerCon Tickets

HammerCon 4.0 is scheduled for Thursday 26 June 2025 at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel! On-site check-in/registration opens at 0800, opening ceremony kickoff at 0830, Mission BBQ lunch available beginning at 1200, closing ceremony at 1630, and post-event reception with ice cream and live music at 1700.

Pre-registered attendees are invited to a pre-HammerCon Social at TheLink (formerly DreamPort) in Columbia, MD. We thank the Technology Advancement Center (TAC) for the support! There are no other official/authorized HammerCon pre-parties or after-parties.

Information about the Enlisted Scholarship, to be awarded at HammerCon, can be found here.

Pre-orders of Cyber Single Barrel Bourbon for pickup at HammerCon can be made here.

For ethics purposes, know HammerCon is a "Widely Attended Gathering" (WAG) that clearly supports the interests of the US government and its agencies.

Are you in a leadership role within a military cyber unit/org and want to bring your personnel to HC25 for their PD/training? We're happy to take them up to our max capacity.

Nominate someone deserving to be recognized with the Order of Thor medal as part of the HammerCon closing ceremony (see nomination/ordering guidance here and on the member-only intranet).

Remember that by attending HC25, you can earn continuing professional education (CPE) to maintain your certs (documentation form on the MCPA member intranet).

The event organizers do not have any uniform guidance. You may come in your service dress uniform, hacker casual, business professional, cosplay, duty uniform, etc. It's up to you. We want you to be comfortable at your convention.

Planned Activities: similar scope as last year, but more!

3 Tracks: main, academic, and commercial
Speakers, panels, and fireside chats on a diverse array of topics
Villages: IOT, RF, Packt Hacking, Hiring, and Soldering
Exhibitors: info tables from orgs across this community and beyond
VIP Lounge: GO/FO/SES, speakers, Advisors, and other special guests
Consumables: food, drink, and other free stuff
Cyber Single Barrel Bourbon pre-order pickup and real full-sized wooden barrel raffle

Tickets

Free for US military personnel (active, reserve, guard, and academy/contracted cadets) and MCPA members (which is free for US military, US government, and honorably discharged US military veterans). Small fee for US Government Civilian Employees. Larger/normal fee for others. Register ASAP before space fills up! Registration link is live here until we run out of space.

Speakers

Get ready to hear, meet, and interact with leaders and practitioners from across the broader military cyber community of interest. Find info about the speakers in each track.

Track Agenda: CORE

Track Agenda: NERD

Track Agenda: GIT

Exhibitors

We are welcoming a limited number of exhibitors that can provide information useful to American military cyber professionals. These exhibitors include military units, government offices, schools, industry, and/or nonprofits. If interested in exhibiting please contact christine at milcyber dot org.