Hackers on Planet Earth

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HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)
The Last HOPE, 2008
Genre	Hacker convention
Frequency	Bi-annually
Venue	New York City, U.S. (was typically Hotel Pennsylvania)
Location(s)	Queens, New York City, U.S.
Coordinates	40°44′59″N 73°59′26″W / 40.74972°N 73.99056°W / 40.74972; -73.99056
Inaugurated	August 13–14, 1994
Most recent	July 20–23, 2022
Organized by	2600: The Hacker Quarterly
People	Emmanuel Goldstein
Sponsor	2600
Website	hope.net

The Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference series is a hacker convention sponsored by the security hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly that until 2020 was typically held at Hotel Pennsylvania, in Manhattan, New York City.^[1]

Usually occurring biennially in the summer, there have been fourteen conferences to date.^[2][3] HOPE 2020, originally planned to be held at St. John's University,^[4] was instead held as a nine-day virtual event from July 25 to August 2, 2020.^[5] The most recent conference, "A New HOPE", was held at St. John's University in Queens from July 22 to 24, 2022.^[6] HOPE XV is scheduled for July 12-14, 2024 at St. John's University.^[7] HOPE features talks, workshops, demonstrations, tours, and movie screenings.

HOPE was significantly inspired by the quadrennial Hack-Tic events in the Netherlands which also inspired the annual Chaos Communication Congress (C3) held in Germany. Summercon was an additional influential predecessor.^{[citation needed]}