Hackaday Europe is approaching, and we’re putting tickets on sale now. “But wait, you haven’t selected the talks yet!” we hear you saying. Indeed! And that’s why we discount the first round of entries for our True Believers™ – the hard core who know that it’s going to be a fantastic event and turn up regardless. So if you want to come to Hackaday Europe on the cheap, go snap up your ticket before they’re gone.
Call for Participation Extended
Of course, giving a talk is always the best way to attend a hacker gathering like this. And we know that we said that today was the deadline for talk submissions. But we also know that many of you have advanced degrees in procrastineering, so we’re giving you a week’s extension.
Selected speakers get in free, and we’ll reserve you an early-bird ticket for putting together a legit talk proposal either way. So if you’re a first-time presenter or a wizened pro, and you have something that you’d like to say to an audience of like-minded hackers, we’d all like to hear from you. We won’t extend the deadline twice, though, so get your proposal in before March 25.
(A few people have reached out to us, wanting to avoid the Google login that the above form requires. If you’re in the same camp, write to us directly and let us know!)
Hackaday Europe
In case you don’t know, Hackaday Europe started out as a bi-annual event that we first held a decade ago in Belgrade. It has been such a success that we’re now doing it every year, and leap-frogging around Europe to spread the love. The last two three events have been in Berlin, and this is our first time in Lecco, Italy. This year, it runs the weekend of May 16th and 17th, with a pre-event on the evening of the 15th, to be announced.
What stays the same? We have a fantastic crowd who bring their passion projects with them, a fun badge to hack on, and of course food, drink, music, and merriment all along. Oh, and the talks. (You are submitting your talk, right?)
We’ll have more details coming your way in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. After March 25th, we’ll get to selecting talks, and let you all know. Get your tickets now – we can’t wait to see you all in eight-and-a-half weeks!
Do you offer a free extra hour in the ball pit for those who sign up early?
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Yeah, it is happening! Good stuff!
Why don’t you pin this article in the “top 5” showcase at the top of the website? At least for a week … would be a shame if people miss it.
Done and done!
It was in Berlin three times – I have the 4-Bit computer badge, vectorscope and Simple Add-on badge with Berlin prints on to prove that! Actually I might have sold the 4-bit computer to a fellow hackspace member :D
Yeah, you’re absolutely right.
(It’s funny how counting the badges is easier than thinking of the years. We should change the year names from the non-memorable “2024” to something like “Vectorscope Badge Year”.)
Wouldn’t a European event use the European cultural date format with the day first rather than the US month-first date format?
As a European I can read “May 16” just fine, thank you. It gets weird when it’s all numbers and both are below 13, which this is also not :)
(repeating a necropost :-)) Fun fact: from Lecco it’s just a two hour drive to the place where Arduino got its name, if you fancy a pilgrimage :-) https://maps.app.goo.gl/N8mLoNs3JEV61qQc9 (apparently it’s no longer a coffee place but a bookstore instead).
The badge link in the article links to the 2025 badge…. will the 2026 conference be using the same 2025 Superconference Communicator badge?
When will we see the schedule?