Summercon 2026
Two days of technical talks, hacker culture, late-night conversations, and Brooklyn chaos.
Summercon returns to Gowanus on July 10–11, 2026, bringing together the information security and hacker communities for a weekend that is technical, social, irreverent, and unmistakably Summercon.
This is not a hotel ballroom conference. It is a walkable hacker village centered around Littlefield, Lucky 13 Saloon, Ornate Studios, and the surrounding neighborhood.
Tickets include admission for both days and the always amazing Summercon t-shirt.
What your ticket includes
Your Summercon 2026 ticket gets you more than a seat in the room. It gets you into the whole weekend: the talks, the parties, the neighborhood, the shirt, the side quests, and the conversations that make Summercon feel like Summercon.
Two days of technical talks
Summercon is a single-track conference built around serious technical content and the hacker spirit. Expect research, stories, strange discoveries, strong opinions, audience participation, and talks that respect your intelligence.
The official Summercon 2026 t-shirt
Every attendee gets the one-of-a-kind Summercon t-shirt, included with admission. Pick it up across the street at Ornate Studios, then feel free to wear it all weekend. Nobody will accuse you of “wearing the band’s shirt at the concert.”
Hacker Village at Ornate Studios
Ornate Studios becomes part of the Summercon footprint for the weekend, with sponsor tables, merch, giveaways, lounge space, and opportunities to meet people without having to shout over a PA system. Between talks, head across the street for hands-on activities, lock picking, exclusive conference merchandise, sponsor demos, swag, surprises, and whatever other strange little missions we manage to create before go-time.
Friday night at Littlefield
After the first full day of talks, we keep things moving with happy hour, live music, a DJ, and the official Friday night Summercon party at Littlefield.
Saturday closing ceremonies and flip cup
Saturday wraps with closing ceremonies, happy hour, and our traditional flip cup tournament: an event of questionable athletic merit but significant cultural importance.
Completely From Memory
Saturday night continues with a special performance by Completely From Memory, an improv troupe that performs an entire movie from memory, with the kind of accuracy, confidence, and narrative instability that feels spiritually correct for Summercon.
The unofficial After After Party
For the brave, the foolish, and the people who somehow still want to keep talking, the unofficial After After Party continues late at Canal Bar.
A walkable Brooklyn hacker village
Summercon 2026 centers around Littlefield, Ornate Studios, Lucky 13 Saloon, Canal Bar, and the surrounding Gowanus neighborhood. Talks, drinks, food, merch, parties, and late-night conversations are all close enough that the whole weekend feels like one shared space.
The people
The best part of Summercon has always been the people: researchers, builders, breakers, defenders, old friends, new friends, hallway-track philosophers, first-timers, lifers, and people who came for one talk and somehow ended up in a 2:00am conversation about RF, municipal infrastructure, and whether computers were a mistake.
The Neighborhood
Summercon 2026 takes over a small, walkable piece of Gowanus, turning a few blocks of Brooklyn into a hacker village for the weekend.
At the center is Littlefield, our main venue and home base for talks, ceremonies, happy hours, live music, DJs, and the moments that somehow become Summercon lore before the weekend is over.
Across the street, Ornate Studios becomes the daytime side quest: t-shirt pickup, sponsor tables, conference merch, lock picking, lounge space, and the place to wander when you need a break without leaving the event.
Next door, Lucky 13 Saloon gives attendees a nearby place to grab a drink, meet up between sessions, continue a hallway conversation, or quietly reconsider whether the previous speaker was joking.
A few blocks away, Canal Bar hosts the unofficial late-night continuation for people who are not ready to let the night end and are willing to make tomorrow’s decisions tomorrow.
The whole thing is intentionally compact. No shuttle buses. No conference-center carpet. No wandering through a casino trying to find Ballroom C. Just talks, drinks, food, merch, parties, side quests, and friends old and new, all close enough to feel like one shared space.
For one weekend, Gowanus becomes Summercon’s neighborhood.