Jello Biafra has decided to speak at the fifth HOPE conference, sponsored by the infamous 2600 magazine. The event takes place from July 9th to 11th in New York City. He is returning after being the sole keynote speaker at the event in 2000, and speaking at the 2002 edition of the conference. He will be speaking on July 11th at 2:00pm, though no abstract of his speech has been announced yet. It has been said that "despite his admitted lack of technical prowess, manages to see the big picture and how it relates to the hacker culture. " which is likely the theme of his presentation. Other notable keynote speakers include the notorious Kevin Mitnick and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.