Guests of Honor
Every city runs on the people who build it. In Night City, they’re the ones writing the code, drawing the maps, and imagining the futures the rest of us end up living in. BayCon 2027 is proud to welcome this year’s Guests of Honor: creators whose work has shaped how we think about technology, power, and what it costs to be human in the middle of both. You’ll find them on panels, at signings, and in the late-night conversations that make a convention worth the trip. Meet the people lighting up the skyline.
Eva Galperin
Electronic Frontier Foundation's Director of Cybersecurity
Eva Galperin is EFF's Director of Cybersecurity. Prior to 2007, when she came to work for EFF, Eva worked in security and IT in Silicon Valley and earned degrees in Political Science and International Relations from SFSU. Her work is primarily focused on providing privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world. To that end, she has applied the combination of her political science and technical background to everything from organizing EFF's Tor Relay Challenge, to writing privacy and security training materials (including Surveillance Self Defense and the Digital First Aid Kit), and publishing research on malware in Syria, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Kazakhstan. Since 2018, she has worked on addressing the digital privacy and security needs of survivors of domestic abuse. She is also a co-founder of the Coalition Against Stalkerware.
Mega Ran
BAYCON'S MUSIC GUEST OF HONOR!
Mega Ran (Raheem Jarbo) is a GRAMMY-nominated rapper, author, and former teacher known for blending hip-hop with video games, comics, wrestling, and education. A nerdcore pioneer, his work has appeared in major games, TV, and film, and his children’s albums have topped Billboard and iTunes charts. Whether performing for kids, gamers, or wrestling fans, Mega Ran’s mission is the same: entertain, educate, and encourage.
“Move Something, Learn Something, Feel Something.” Enter The Mega Ran Experience.
