ETTIQUITE: How to approch people, talk with people, introduce yourself and how not to be a lamer. Example will include real life anecdotes, stories from past cons, and even things that happened the night before.
PHILOSOPHY: Why are you here, and what are you doing? What is your motivation to be here? Why do you hack?
Also included in this section is the concept of ethics: How your actions effect yourself, others, and the net at large, responcibility for your actions, and the differences of white/grey/black hat hacking, and why real hackers don't wear hats.
LEARNING: Where to go to learn, proper steps to true knowledge, and how to avoid the trappings of being a script kiddie. Knowing the difference from downloading a useful tool for your set and grabbing a script and wrecking havok.
REAL WORLD: What the media dosn't tell you, why hacking is easier on tv and the movies, and the you don't get 6 figure jobs by getting busted for hacking a .gov installation. Debunking some of the myths that the gov't and private sector look for the best hackers to hire from the lists of convicted hackers.
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: What you can get out of defcon, what you can learn, and where to go after you nurse a major hangover.
This is the general idea of the lecture, same overall concept from last year, but teh content is dynamic and updated to always remain current.