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

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​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)

• ​3:30pm — Ossie Amir - Wormhole (Core Contributor)

• ​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!

​Previous London Events

​Previous London Partners

​Society Partners

​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.