Two interesting conferences/gatherings coming up on opposite ends of the US of A:

Hope 6

HOPE 6: July 21, 22, 23 2006
New York City, NY
Hotel Pennsylvania

“HOPE” stands for “Hackers On Planet Earth” and their conference is once every two years. I went to the last one with my wife and it was the best 50 bucks I ever spent. It all starts Friday evening and goes non-stop, 24-7 till Sunday night. With two main conference rooms and a third for spontaneous events, as well as workshops mixed in wherever there’s carpet space, this conference is a must for anyone interested in computers, phones, technology, and most other things too.

For something completely different:

Feral Visions

Feral Visions: August 4th - 13, 2006
Either in Arizona or New Mexico (site still being determined…)

Our goal is to help bring people into a wild environment, to break down mediation between oursleves and our world, and to encourage active participation with it. As in the past, the gathering will provide an introduction to the various strands of anti-civilization thought, as well as being an in-depth forum for discussing and developing theoretical and practical aspects of green anarchy.