HackSummit 2026

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Day 1 · Apr 22 · Industrial Renaissance

****Day 1 is built around the thesis that Europe's physical infrastructure needs rebuilding and hard tech founders are the ones doing it.

Expect candid conversations on capital architecture, narrative, and what policy actually means on the ground. If you're pre-Series A, this is the room to be in.

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• Day 1 Must-attend sessions
• Hackathon
• Side Events

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Day 2 · Apr 23 · Food Sovereignty, not your day, but don't disappear

Day 2 is food-focused, but three sessions are directly relevant regardless of sector. And if none of those land, the April 23 side events below were built exactly for hard tech founders sitting out the food stage.

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• Day 2 Must-attend sessions
• Apr 23 side events - if the food stage isn't for you

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Apr 24 · Hack Pilot Day · Halle 18

If you're at TRL 6+ and looking for your first or next real-world deployment, this is the most operationally useful day of the three. With Swiss SMEs, a Pilot Clinic with funders and advisors, and an IP workshop that saves you from classic collaboration mistakes.

Built for SMEs and startups, TRL 6 and above.

It’s not too late to register here.

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9:45 I Collaboration case studies — Circea × La Nébuleuse · Dyneo × SIL

11:00 I 1:1 meetings with pre-matched SMEs

12:10 I Pilot Clinic — meet funders & ecosystem advisors over lunch

13:45 I IP Workshop: who owns what in SME–startup collaborations

Tip: Arrive at 9:15 for the case study panel — the most honest pre-brief on what SME-startup collaboration actually looks like in practice before the 1:1s begin.