🟢 TRY IT
100 XP
No experience needed. Staff-guided and designed to give anyone a successful first experience.
Flagship Annual Conference · April 24, 2027
TEKCON 27
WATCH IT. TRY IT. BUILD IT. BREAK IT. FIND YOUR JOURNEY.
Your Conference Becomes a Game
HOW TEKCON WORKS
Pick a Journey, explore every Village, tap your NFC badge, complete challenges, answer trivia, earn XP, unlock achievements, and climb the live TEKCON leaderboard.
1. CHOOSE🧭Journey
2. EXPLORE🏘️Villages
3. TAP📛NFC Badge
4. COMPLETE⚡Challenges
5. EARN⭐XP
6. CLIMB🏆Leaderboard
🟡 BUILD IT
250 XP
Use what you've learned to complete a hands-on technical mission with some problem-solving.
🔴 MASTER IT
500 XP
Advanced troubleshooting, timed challenges, and competitive missions. We give you the problem—not the answer.
🧠 TRIVIA
25–100 XP
Test what you know across networking, cyber, AI, hardware, coding, signals, careers, and general technology.
NFC-Powered Gamification
YOUR BADGE IS YOUR GAME CONTROLLER
TEKCON uses NFC badges to track completed activities and XP automatically. Explore more, attempt harder challenges, unlock hidden achievements, and compete throughout the day.
TAP. PLAY. EARN.
- Tap into activities with your NFC badge.
- Earn XP based on challenge difficulty.
- Answer trivia between activities for bonus points.
- Complete Journey requirements and Village achievements.
- Discover hidden achievements throughout TEKCON.
- Watch the leaderboard update during the conference.
Possible achievements: 📡 OFF THE GRID 🌎 FULL STACK HUMAN 🤖 AI PIONEER 🛡️ DEFENDER 🧠 BIG BRAIN 🤝 NETWORKING — THE OTHER KIND
> TEKCON_GAME_ENGINE --status
NFC SYSTEM........ ONLINE
TRIVIA ENGINE..... ONLINE
ACHIEVEMENTS...... ARMED
LIVE LEADERBOARD.. READY
TEKCON TOP PLAYERS
01 PLAYER_728 8,450 XP
02 PLAYER_314 8,250 XP
03 PLAYER_922 7,975 XP
> NEXT MISSION: FIND YOUR JOURNEY_
Eight Hands-On Technology Zones
THE VILLAGES
Journeys tell you where you might be headed. Villages are where you get your hands on the technology. Every Village offers TRY IT, BUILD IT, MASTER IT, and TRIVIA experiences.
🌐 CONNECTIVITY
KEEP TEKCON CONNECTED
Build EthernetFusion Splice FiberFind the Fiber BreakWiresharkVLANsNetwork Down!
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
🛡️ CYBER DEFENSE
PROTECT CYBER CITY
Lock PickingSpot the PhishHacker Tool ZooCryptographyLog DetectiveIncident Response
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
🤖 AI & CLOUD
HUMAN VS. MACHINE
Human or AI?Deepfake DetectionLocal LLMBuild an AI AgentDeploy to CloudAI Red Team
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
💻 SOFTWARE & AUTOMATION
MAKE THE COMPUTER DO IT
First Python ProgramCode the RobotSQL DetectiveAPI ChallengeGit ChallengeAutomation Race
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
⚙️ HARDWARE & OPS
KEEP IT RUNNING
PC AutopsyMineral Oil PCServer Rack TourBuild a PCDeploy a VMServer Down!
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
📡 SIGNALS & COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATE WITHOUT THE INTERNET
Tune an SDRFaraday CageMorse CodeMeshtasticHam RadioFox Hunt
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
🔧 MAKER & ROBOTICS
BUILD SOMETHING REAL
Solder a BlinkyLED Playground3D PrintingESP32 SensorRobot MazeRobot Race
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
🚀 CAREER LAUNCHPAD
TURN AN INTEREST INTO A CAREER
Career FitAsk an EngineerResume ReviewCareer RoadmapInterview PracticeEmployer Challenge
🟢 TRY IT🟡 BUILD IT🔴 MASTER IT🧠 TRIVIA
Featured Village Experience
📡 COMMUNICATE WITHOUT THE INTERNET
Signals & Communications gets a major TEKCON 27 upgrade.
Send a Meshtastic message across the conference. Tune an SDR. Find a hidden transmitter. Explore RF on a live waterfall. Talk with amateur radio operators. Make a supervised radio contact. Track satellites overhead.
TEKCON MESH MISSION: Tap your NFC badge, receive a secret code, route it across the TEKCON Meshtastic network, and earn XP when the destination node verifies delivery.
> TEKCON_COMMUNICATIONS_COMMAND_CENTER
MESH STATUSONLINE
MESHTASTIC NODES08
SDR WATERFALLLIVE
HAM STATIONON THE AIR
SATELLITE TRACKINGACTIVE
FOX STATUSHIDDEN
NEXT MISSIONTEK-749 → BRAVO
All Journeys of IT
TEKCON IS FOR YOU
Whether you're opening your first terminal or you've spent decades keeping production alive, TEKCON gives you something worth trying.
NEW TO TECH?
You don't need experience. Start with TRY IT activities and discover what sparks your interest.
STUDENT?
Try technology careers before choosing one, meet professionals, and build skills you can talk about later.
IT PROFESSIONAL?
Attempt MASTER IT challenges, experiment with emerging technology, compete, and meet vendors and peers.
CAREER CHANGER?
Explore real technology, meet people doing the work, and build a roadmap toward your next career.
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Scenes from TEKCON in action. TEKCON 27 is expanding the space, activities, challenges, and technology experiences.
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