We are excited to say we will be sponsoring and attending:
Hackaday Europe
16th - 17th May 2026
Lecco, Italy
Who is attending from element14 Community and element14 presents :
Phil Hutchinson e14phil (Head of e14 Presents)
Clem Mayer mayermakes (e14 Presents Host)
Lorraine Underwood lorrainbow (e14 Presents Host)
Milos Rasic milosrasic98 (e14 Presents Host)
Pat Deegan psychogenic (e14 Presents Host)
element14 Community will be there!
element14 Community and the element14 presents team will be in attendance!
Come say hello, you will also get an exclusive achievement for attending this event.
Show us your projects, learn about our activities and get some swag!
Event:
Join us for Hackaday Europe 2026! A weekend of hardware talks, badge-hacking, and celebrations!
We're back! We are thrilled to announce the return of Hackaday Europe, a hardware conference on Saturday, May 16th in Lecco, Italy, just outside of Milan.
Plus extra festivities on the 15th and 17th!
Join us to experience talks and workshops exploring the most unique, cutting-edge, and world-changing topics around hardware creation. You'll hear talks, see demos, and take workshops on topics ranging from learning new tools or techniques to fabrication adventures, from code-wrangling that firmware project to your giant LED design project, and everything in between.
The demos, badge hacking, food and drink, DJ sets, and a warm and welcoming village of great people make this an event you don't want to miss.
This will sell out, get your ticket now!
Lightning Talks:
We will have two sessions for 7-minute lightning talks. To participate fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/TLuBC36wofbXXYCP8
Workshops:
When workshop tickets sell out, attendees can join the waitlist by emailing their name, conference ticket number, and workshop choice to prize@hackaday.com.
You must be a conference ticket holder to participate in a workshop.
Conference Events:
This is the seventh Hackaday Europe. We hosted the first Hackaday Belgrade in 2016 to an enthusiastic, sold-out hall and the second in 2018. In 2023, 2024, and 2025 we brought the event back to Berlin again to a sold-out audience and we are very excited to bring this event to an all new location!
Here's what we have in the works:
Talks and Workshops will cover hardware, engineering, creativity in technical design, product design, prototyping, etc. from 10AM to 9PM.
Badge Hacking goes all day and will be extended into the wee hours of the morning. Every attendee of Hackaday Europe will receive one of these amazing custom electronic badges. The badge demo presentations will take place at 11 pm.
There's More:
We're keeping the costs low to offset your travel costs. The cost of admission includes the cost of the badge, excellent food and drinks during the conference, and a Hackaday party late into the night on Saturday.
Keep an eye out for more details on Friday night's pre-party!
We can't wait to see you all there!
LOCATION: Politecnico di Milano Lecco Campus, Via Gaetano Previati, 1/c, 23900 Lecco (LC), Italy
