Hackaday Supercon 2022 is on! And the call for proposals is open

After two years in remote mode, we are very excited to announce that this year's Hackaday Supercon will return live! Join us on November 4, 5, and 6 in sunny Pasadena, California for three days of hacking, talking, and socializing with the Hackaday community. And we'd love to see and hear in person what you've been up to over the past two years. So start thinking about what you're going to talk about now and fill out the call for proposals.

Supercon is on!

We'll start Friday, November 4 with early bird registration, a leisurely afternoon of badge hacking and workshops, and a party to kick off the scam. Saturday and Sunday will be the full enchilada: two talk tracks, hack stations and food set up in the driveway, and workshops galore. (Just thinking about hacking down the aisle and sharing tacos afterward brings me tears of joy again.) We'll wrap up Sunday night with Hackaday 2022 prizes and a chance to demo badge hacking. of the weekend on stage.

If you've never been to a Supercon before, it's Hackaday in real life. People bring hacks to show and share, projects to work on, and their ideas that are too big to fit in the overhead compartment anyway. The crowd is awesome. There are seasoned pros, famous YouTubers, and new hackers to boot. But it's not overwhelming - Supercon is too big to fit in your living room, but it's still comfortable nonetheless. The people present are all fantastic and you will come across the most impressive conversations.

This is one weekend you don't want to miss, so start planning now how you're going to get to Pasadena.

We'll be putting tickets on sale soon, and while we can't predict the future, they've sold out every year, so keep an eye on Hackaday to get yours. And of course, speakers don't need stinky tickets.

Call for proposals

Supercon has two stages and two discussion tracks: one for shorter 20-minute presentations in the small design lab and one for longer 45-minute discussions on the much larger central stage. We absolutely loved that the "smaller" format brought out a group of speakers in 2019 who might not have engaged in the full presentation, but who nevertheless gave some of the most interesting talks of all the Supercon. It's great for beginners, or just getting back into the real-world presentation waters after a two-year hiatus - and it helps us do more talking in the limited time we have this weekend. And if you have more to say or show, there is of course the main stage.