Encode London Hackathon and Conference
We're thrilled to return to London for another round of innovation and hands-on building!
This year, we're bringing you an exceptional dual-track event, featuring a cutting-edge hackathon alongside a conference, with a special focus on AI and Web3.
Event structure
🛠️ Hackathon overview: 3 days of non-stop hacking to win bounties from our awesome partners!
📚 Conference: On Saturday, dive into the latest advancements and thought leadership in AI and Web3.
Event Themes
Event timeline
Get ready! We'll be dropping updates soon on our incredible partners, conference talks, and the challenges and prizes awaiting you.
🗓 Dates: 24th-26th October 2025
🛠️ Day 1 (October 24th) – Hackathon
10:00am — Doors Open
10:00am — Square Miles & Minor Figures Coffee Workshop
12:00pm — Lunch
1:00pm — Kickoff
1:30 PM — DFINITY (ICP): Moritz Fuller, DevRel Engineer
2:00 PM — The Innovation Game: Dr. John Fletcher, Founder & Chief Scientist
2:15 PM — Openfort: Jaume Alavedra, CTO & Co-Founder
2:30 PM — Dreamspace: Alejandro Lanaspa, Principal Software Engineer
3:00 PM — Break: Afternoon Snacks
3:00 PM — Concordium: Dragos Danciulescu, DevRel Engineer
3:30 PM — SuperTeam UK: Cap, UK Lead
3:45 PM — Envio: Jonjon Clark, Co-Founder
4:00 PM — Story Protocol: Tim Shen, Infra Partnership Lead
4:30 PM — OpenAI: Wulfie Bain, Applied AI Lead for Startups (EMEA & APAC)
5:00 PM — Arbitrum Foundation: Lorenzo Sicilia, Head of Technology
5:15 PM — Livepeer: Nick Hollins, Ecosystem Partnerships Lead
5:45 PM — NEO: Session
6:00 PM — Food Break
Overnight — Hackathon: Non-stop Hacking!
📚 Day 2 (October 25th) – Conference Day
24hr — Doors open
9:00am — Breakfast nibbles
10:00am — Founder Mode Comms: Building your personal brand Samantha Yap (YAP Global)
10:30am — When is a blockchain expensive to attack? Andrew Lewis-Pye (Mathmetician and Blockchain researcher, LSE)
11:00am — Intro to FHE: Possibilities, Limits, and Blockchain Applications - Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach(Senior Researcher, Flashbots)
11:30am — Create Apps Through Conversation - Elias Datler (Software Engineer, DFINITY)
1:00pm — Building AI Intuition - Tomer Amir (Technical Programme Manager, Google Cloud)
1:30pm — Lessons learned from building Euler - Micheal Bentley (Co-founder and CEO, Euler)
2:00pm — Can We Have Decentralised Social Media? - Andrea Bracciali (Blockchain & Decentralised Systems Researcher, University of Turin)
2:30pm — How and Why Start-Ups Raise Money? - Henry Humphreys (M&A and VC lawyer, Humphreys Law)
3:00pm — Taming the Double-Edged Sword: AI Risk and the Future of Cyber Defence - Vasilios Mavroudis (Principal Research Scientist, Alan Turing Institute)
All day & overnight: Non-stop hacking!
🏆 Day 3 (October 26th) – Final Submissions & Winner Announcements
24hrs: Doors open
9:00am: Breakfast nibbles
12:00pm: Submissions due
12:00pm: Lunch nibbles
1:00pm: Judging begins
4:30pm: Hackathon finale
6:30pm: Doors closes
Our Sponsors
Our Judges
Our Speakers
Venue: The Encode Hub
A vibrant coworking space in the heart of Shoreditch, it's perfect if you're looking for a place to work and connect!
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Want to be a judge? Apply here - https://forms.encode.club/encodejudgeapply
Interested in partnering with us for this event? Contact [email protected] for more details.