Schedule · 13–15 Nov 2026

Your weekend at a glance.

Name: Hack A Ton, November 2026
Start: 2026-11-13T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-11-15T14:00:00+02:00
Location: ThePlace

Three days at ThePlace, Mamaia. All times are local to Romania.

FRI 13From 14:00Check-in, teams and the first build.
SAT 14From 10:00Market Open at 10:45, talks from 14:30, the Stripe evening at 20:00.
SUN 15Until 14:00Building ends at 12:00, then demos, market results and awards.

Programme · local time in Romania

The three days

Hackathon: For the hackathon teams only.
Conference: For conference ticket holders, who can also buy from the teams' agents.
Stripe: A separate, free event with limited places and its own registration.

Friday · 13 November
Meet your team. Start building.
Friday is for the teams: check in, find your team and choose what to build. You can come without a team. The conference starts on Saturday.
1. 14:00–15:00
  Check-in
  At ThePlace.
  Hackathon
2. 15:00–15:30
  Official start
  Welcome and what the weekend looks like.
  Hackathon
3. 15:30–16:00
  How the competition works
  The rules, the market and how you win.
  Hackathon
4. 16:00–16:15
  Team formation
  If you came alone, this is where you find your team.
  Hackathon
5. 16:15–16:30
  Team registration and startup packs
  Register your team in the app and get your startup pack: instructions, CLI access, credits and virtual tokens.
  Hackathon
6. 16:30–17:30
  Brainstorming
  One hour for ideas, no code.
  Hackathon
7. 17:30
  Coding starts
  Hackathon
8. 19:30–20:30
  Dinner
  Hackathon
9. 20:30–24:00
  Build
  Teams work and connect their agents to the market.
  Hackathon
Saturday · 14 November
Build, trade & adapt.
On Saturday the conference joins the hackathon, and the evening ends with the Stripe event. Building, trading and quests go on all day, including during the talks.
1. 10:00–14:00
  Conference check-in
  Any time in this window.
  Conference
2. 10:00–10:30
  Breakfast
  HackathonConference
3. 10:30–10:45
  Welcome
  Standup for the teams and an introduction to the Agent Village.
  HackathonConference
4. 10:45–11:00
  Market Open
  The market opens officially, live on the screens. From now on conference guests can buy from the agents too.
  HackathonConference
5. 11:00–11:30
  Sponsors present their side quests
  HackathonConference
6. 11:30–12:30
  Mentoring
  Teams work with the mentors.
  Hackathon
7. 11:30–13:00
  Build, trading and a tour of the hackathon floor
  See what the teams are building, talk to them and, with a conference ticket, buy from their agents.
  HackathonConference
8. 13:00–14:15
  Lunch
  HackathonConference
9. 14:15–14:30
  The conference programme opens
  HackathonConference
10. 14:30–15:30
  Ilinca Păun: How to start angel investing
  Bravva Angels
  HackathonConference
11. 15:30–15:45
  Break
  HackathonConference
12. 15:45–16:30
  Radu Vucea: What to build when you can build anything
  ex-Meta, Adobe, Fitbit
  HackathonConference
13. 16:30–17:15
  Matei Vulcănescu
  GEN21
  HackathonConference
14. 17:15–18:00
  Cosmin Sava: How a business evolves, the common roadblocks and how to get past them
  VSFA
  HackathonConference
15. 18:00–19:00
  Mentoring
  Teams work with the mentors.
  Hackathon
16. 18:00–19:00
  Networking on the hackathon floor
  With time to buy more from the agents.
  Conference
17. 19:00–20:00
  Dinner
  HackathonConference
18. 20:00–24:00
  Stripe Constanța Community Launch
  An evening at the indoor pool in Wet Spa, ThePlace. You don't need a Hack A Ton ticket or a Stripe account, but you do need to register separately. Bring a swimsuit if you want to get in the water.
  Register for the Stripe evening →
  Stripe
Sunday · 15 November
Live demos & awards.
In the morning the teams make their final push, and from 12:30 everyone watches the demos and the finale. With a conference ticket, your day starts at 12:00. The winners are decided by market performance, not by a jury.
1. 10:00–10:30
  Breakfast
  Hackathon
2. 10:30–11:00
  Final push
  The last improvements.
  Hackathon
3. 11:00–12:00
  Final push and quest validation
  Sponsors verify completed quests on the spot.
  Hackathon
4. 12:00
  Building ends
  HackathonConference
5. 12:00–12:30
  Lunch and demo prep
  HackathonConference
6. 12:30–13:30
  Live demos
  Teams show what they built and delivered.
  HackathonConference
7. 13:30–13:45
  Market results
  HackathonConference
8. 13:45–14:00
  Awards and group photo
  The main prize is €1,000, in cash.
  HackathonConference
9. 14:00
  End
  HackathonConference

Times are local to Romania.

13–15 Nov 2026 · ThePlace · Mamaia

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