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@5ecurityChemist@infosec.exchange @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange Anywhere in the greater Boston area, possibly in most of eastern MA, you run into the problem that hotel rates are pretty exorbitant so it's going to be challenging for anything where a good chunk of your audience might not be expensing it. Even if you start looking at areas around here when you're willing to sacrifice public transport accessibility, it's still pricier than other cities of the same size. I do think there's an untapped opportunity for small scrappy events around here - there was some small one-day infosec conference in the past year or so at the Arts at the Armory building in Somerville - that's a big room with a balcony that will hold, I think, like 300 or 400 people? Obviously, if you can get event space at a local college you could do it on the cheap, too. Minutecon looks like it might be cool - I've actually not been at an event at the venue they're using so I can't speak to how the the event space is there. Hopefully they do well. Layer 8 has done well in Providence, I think, for a few years, which is not Massachusetts but also not far from it. :)