Summercon has been bringing hackers together since 1987, making it America’s oldest hacker conference. The talks matter, but Summercon has always been about more than a stage and a schedule. It is where people exchange ideas, argue about technology, meet future collaborators, reconnect with old friends, and become part of a tradition that has lasted nearly four decades. We have kept it intentionally small, personal, and social — even as the hacker-conference world grew around us.
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- WE GOT MERCH TO PURCH
Summercon may be over, but you can still dress like a 39-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPION. We have the shirt to prove it, which is universally approved as sufficient evidence.
The Summercon swag store also features our PANIC FASTER t-shirt — appropriate attire for responding calmly, thoughtfully, and proportionately to the relentless advance of frontier AI.
And do not overlook our award-winning* Summercon posters, available framed or unframed for your home, office, bunker, or executive AI crisis center.
Shirts. Hoodies. Hats. Towels. Flip-flops. Posters. Drip, as the children may or may not still call it.
https://summercon-swag-store.printful.me
Conference over. Merch eternal.
* Award determined by a highly respected and entirely non-independent panel consisting primarily of our mom.
- Day 2: GO GO GO with VIDEO
We’re live on YouTube with Day 2 presentations!
- In Memoriam
Each year, Summercon pauses to remember the people whose ideas, work, teaching, friendship, and occasional acts of inspired chaos helped build the world and community we share. Some changed computing for everyone; others changed it for the people fortunate enough to know them.
Summercon 2026 Roll of Honor:
- Raymond Bird
- Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley
- Rod Burstall
- Sir Tony Hoare
- Michael O. Rabin
- George F. Coulouris
- Cleve Moler
- Margaret A. Boden
- Richard A. Tapia
- Vicki L. Hanson
- David J. Farber
- James S Gable
- Dr. Eric Cole
- Roy Davis – Hack_All_Things
- Jonathan Katz – Homyesan
- Terry Leifeste – phliKtid
- Jason Snitker – parmaster
- Tim Skorick –Timmah
- Felix Lindner – FX
- Arthur Philip Delchi – AP Delchi
- Aaron E. Kondziela – xres0
We remember what they built, what they taught us, and the communities they left behind.
- Day 1: Video Stream is LIVE
Join us for our live video strream of Day 1 of Summercon
- The Unwritten Book of the Road
Since we’re right on top of the Summercon festivities, we thought it would be a good idea to give a quick refresher on our code of conduct, or, as we call it, The Unwritten Book of the Road. We’re hackers and we are all about testing the boundaries, but we also believe in empathy, so do your part to make the Summercon world a better place.
1. Don’t harass people.
2. Respect the humans.
3. No means no. Stop means stop.
4. Don’t threaten, stalk, abuse, or intimidate.
5. Don’t make the room worse.
6. Breaking the law is still illegal.
7. Don’t make official spaces creepy, gross, or uncomfortable.
8. Staff in red shirts are empowered to maintain order.
9. Report problems early: 720-586-HACK.
10. Organizers have the final call. No refunds. No drama.
Thanks. Have a fun time at Summercon!