Every summer, the hacker intelligentsia descends on Las Vegas like a swarm of thirsty locusts. Black Hat has grown from a small gathering of a few hundred researchers and hackers into a massive conclave of thousands of people involved in every aspect of security. Follow the crowds to the jam-packed talks by the Big Guys, which will be covered by every reporter in the industry. Only attend talks by big-name researchers, so don t waste your time going to a talk by some guy you ve never heard of.
Source: https://threatpost.com/how-to-fail-at-black-hat/101494/