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2026 Schedule

We're looking forward to having you join us at Hackcon. Below you can find our schedule for 2026. We'll add more details as we get closer to the conference!

Outside of the activities listed here, you'll have the opportunity to tie dye, participate in arts and crafts, go for a swim, send mail to a friend, and so much more.

Friday

Friday

August 21st 2026

12:00pm

First Shuttles Depart

@

Manhattan - Bella Abzug Park

Bus Pickup is at 34th Street and Hudson Boulevard East (Between 10th and 11th Ave)

3:00pm

Registration Opens

@

Info Desk

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Camp Activities

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Tie Dye with your HCMs

@

Arts and Crafts

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Dinner

@

Dining Hall

TBA

8:00pm - 9:30pm

Welcome & Opening Activity

@

Playhouse

Kick off Hackcon and get to know your cabinmates at our Opening Ceremony!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Working at MLH Campfire

@

Upper Campfire

Meet outside the Playhouse at 9:30 PM to walk together to the Upper Campfire!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Campfire

@

Lower Campfire

Enjoy s'mores and tell stories with other Hackcon attendees

11:00pm - 11:59pm

Karaoke

@

Movie Theater

Saturday

Saturday

August 22nd 2026

8:15am - 9:00am

Breakfast

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:00am - 10:15am

The State of the League

By

MLH CEO and Co-Founder Swift

@

Playhouse

10:30am - 11:00am

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

Organizing Your Organizers

By

Kris Yun

@

Playhouse

Organizing Your Organizers

By

Kris Yun

@

Playhouse

Hackathon Budget Hacks

By

Adrian Osorio

@

Movie theater

11:30am - 1:00pm

Lightning Talks and Workshops

Lightning Talks: Get ready for a rapid-fire showcase of ideas Workshops: Deep dive into the nitty gritty of these topics

11:30-11:40

Building Your Sponsor Portfolio

By

Alan Roybal

@

Playhouse

11:40-11:50

Let's Find Your People

By

Wallace Tang

@

Playhouse

11:50-12

Building Your Hackathon Identity Through Merch

By

Faith Omoye

@

Playhouse

12-12:15

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

12:15-12:25

Beginner Support

By

Michelle Akem

@

playhouse

12:25-12:35

Being Okay When Everything Isn’t

By

Arya Patel

@

Playhouse

12:35-45

It's a secret!

@

playhouse

12:45-1

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

11:30-12

Surviving 500+ Hackers in One Discord Server

By

Julia Da Silva

@

Movie Theater

12:30-1

They Paid $2k... Now What?

By

Lakshita Madhavan

@

movie theater

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Camp Activities

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Crochet 101

By

Mary Siebert

@

Canteen

2:30pm

Friendship Bracelets!

By

Christine Kim

@

Canteen

3:15pm

Sticker Exchange

By

Maria Dunning

@

Canteen

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Lightning Talks and Workshops

@

Playhouse

4-4:10

High Stakes, Low Fear

By

Harshita Jain

@

playhouse

4-4:10

High Stakes, Low Fear

By

Harshita Jain

@

playhouse

4:10-4:20

Your Sponsor Strategy Is Backwards

By

Nikita Jotwani

@

Playhouse

4:10-4:20

Your Sponsor Strategy Is Backwards

By

Nikita Jotwani

@

Playhouse

4:20-4:30

Helping Hackers Find Hacking Homies

By

Roselyn Chin

@

Playhouse

4:20-4:30

Helping Hackers Find Hacking Homies

By

Roselyn Chin

@

Playhouse

4:30-4:45

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

4:30-4:45

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

4:45-4:55

Building a hacker economy, literally

By

Lowell Monis

@

Playhouse

4:45-4:55

Building a hacker economy, literally

By

Lowell Monis

@

Playhouse

4:55-5:05

Immersing Hackers and Learning What They Need

By

Darwin Tran

@

Playhouse

4:55-5:05

Immersing Hackers and Learning What They Need

By

Darwin Tran

@

Playhouse

5:05-5:15

AI at hackathons

By

Justin Zhang

@

playhouse

5:05-5:15

AI at hackathons

By

Justin Zhang

@

playhouse

5:15-5:30

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

5:15-5:30

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

4-4:30

The HBCU Hackathon Playbook

By

Stephanie Adeoye

@

Movie Theater

4-4:30

The HBCU Hackathon Playbook

By

Stephanie Adeoye

@

Movie Theater

5-5:30

It's a secret!

@

movie theater

5-5:30

It's a secret!

@

movie theater

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

How To Execute on Crazy Ideas Well

By

Alex Aumais

@

Playhouse

Data-Driven Hackathons: Designing Around Hacker Experience

By

Asmi Kawatkar

@

Movie theater

Data-Driven Hackathons: Designing Around Hacker Experience

By

Asmi Kawatkar

@

Movie theater

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

Using Devpost at your Hackathon

@

Playhouse

Pure Imagination: Inspiring engagement

By

Aditi Koratpallikar and Nikita Agnihotri

@

Movie theater

Pure Imagination: Inspiring engagement

By

Aditi Koratpallikar and Nikita Agnihotri

@

Movie theater

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Dinner

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:00pm -11:00pm

Scavenger Hunt

By

Maria Dunning

@

Info Desk

10:00pm-11:00pm

Regional Meetups!

@

Lower Campfire

The stars at night are big and bright... deep in the heart of Texas Oh Canada And more!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Campfire

@

Upper Campfire

Enjoy s'mores and tell stories with other Hackcon attendees

11:00pm - 11:59pm

Family Feud

@

Movie Theater

Sunday

Sunday

August 23rd 2026

8:30am - 9:30am

Breakfast

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:30am - 10:30am

Unconference Discussion Groups

Join our final Unconference Discussions! Post or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

10:45am - 11:15am

Closing Ceremony

@

Playhouse

11:15am - 12:00pm

Group Photos

@

Lower Campfire

12:00pm - 1:15pm

Sticker book signing and Pack up

@

Info Desk

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

1:15pm-2:00pm

Load up and All Buses Depart

2026 Schedule

We're looking forward to having you join us at Hackcon. Below you can find our schedule for 2026. We'll add more details as we get closer to the conference!

Outside of the activities listed here, you'll have the opportunity to tie dye, participate in arts and crafts, go for a swim, send mail to a friend, and so much more.

Friday

August 21st 2026

12:00pm

First Shuttles Depart

@

Manhattan - Bella Abzug Park

Bus Pickup is at 34th Street and Hudson Boulevard East (Between 10th and 11th Ave)

3:00pm

Registration Opens

@

Info Desk

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Camp Activities

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Tie Dye with your HCMs

@

Arts and Crafts

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Dinner

@

Dining Hall

TBA

8:00pm - 9:30pm

Welcome & Opening Activity

@

Playhouse

Kick off Hackcon and get to know your cabinmates at our Opening Ceremony!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Working at MLH Campfire

@

Upper Campfire

Meet outside the Playhouse at 9:30 PM to walk together to the Upper Campfire!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Campfire

@

Lower Campfire

Enjoy s'mores and tell stories with other Hackcon attendees

11:00pm - 11:59pm

Karaoke

@

Movie Theater

Saturday

August 22nd 2026

8:15am - 9:00am

Breakfast

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:00am - 10:15am

The State of the League

By

MLH CEO and Co-Founder Swift

@

Playhouse

10:30am - 11:00am

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

Organizing Your Organizers

By

Kris Yun

@

Playhouse

Hackathon Budget Hacks

By

Adrian Osorio

@

Movie theater

11:30am - 1:00pm

Lightning Talks and Workshops

Lightning Talks: Get ready for a rapid-fire showcase of ideas Workshops: Deep dive into the nitty gritty of these topics

11:30-11:40

Building Your Sponsor Portfolio

By

Alan Roybal

@

Playhouse

11:40-11:50

Let's Find Your People

By

Wallace Tang

@

Playhouse

11:50-12

Building Your Hackathon Identity Through Merch

By

Faith Omoye

@

Playhouse

12-12:15

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

12:15-12:25

Beginner Support

By

Michelle Akem

@

playhouse

12:25-12:35

Being Okay When Everything Isn’t

By

Arya Patel

@

Playhouse

12:35-45

It's a secret!

@

playhouse

12:45-1

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

11:30-12

Surviving 500+ Hackers in One Discord Server

By

Julia Da Silva

@

Movie Theater

12:30-1

They Paid $2k... Now What?

By

Lakshita Madhavan

@

movie theater

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Camp Activities

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Crochet 101

By

Mary Siebert

@

Canteen

2:30pm

Friendship Bracelets!

By

Christine Kim

@

Canteen

3:15pm

Sticker Exchange

By

Maria Dunning

@

Canteen

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Lightning Talks and Workshops

@

Playhouse

4-4:10

High Stakes, Low Fear

By

Harshita Jain

@

playhouse

4:10-4:20

Your Sponsor Strategy Is Backwards

By

Nikita Jotwani

@

Playhouse

4:20-4:30

Helping Hackers Find Hacking Homies

By

Roselyn Chin

@

Playhouse

4:30-4:45

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

4:45-4:55

Building a hacker economy, literally

By

Lowell Monis

@

Playhouse

4:55-5:05

Immersing Hackers and Learning What They Need

By

Darwin Tran

@

Playhouse

5:05-5:15

AI at hackathons

By

Justin Zhang

@

playhouse

5:15-5:30

Q&A

@

Playhouse

Ask questions for our lightning talk speakers!

4-4:30

The HBCU Hackathon Playbook

By

Stephanie Adeoye

@

Movie Theater

5-5:30

It's a secret!

@

movie theater

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

How To Execute on Crazy Ideas Well

By

Alex Aumais

@

Playhouse

Data-Driven Hackathons: Designing Around Hacker Experience

By

Asmi Kawatkar

@

Movie theater

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Workshops and Unconference Discussions

Choose from a workshop below or start an unconference discussion - post a topic or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

Using Devpost at your Hackathon

@

Playhouse

Pure Imagination: Inspiring engagement

By

Aditi Koratpallikar and Nikita Agnihotri

@

Movie theater

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Dinner

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:00pm -11:00pm

Scavenger Hunt

By

Maria Dunning

@

Info Desk

10:00pm-11:00pm

Regional Meetups!

@

Lower Campfire

The stars at night are big and bright... deep in the heart of Texas Oh Canada And more!

10:00pm - 11:00pm

Campfire

@

Upper Campfire

Enjoy s'mores and tell stories with other Hackcon attendees

11:00pm - 11:59pm

Family Feud

@

Movie Theater

Sunday

August 23rd 2026

8:30am - 9:30am

Breakfast

@

Dining Hall

TBA

9:30am - 10:30am

Unconference Discussion Groups

Join our final Unconference Discussions! Post or vote on a topic by the Gazebo next to the Dining Hall

10:45am - 11:15am

Closing Ceremony

@

Playhouse

11:15am - 12:00pm

Group Photos

@

Lower Campfire

12:00pm - 1:15pm

Sticker book signing and Pack up

@

Info Desk

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

@

Dining Hall

TBA

1:15pm-2:00pm

Load up and All Buses Depart