Tech Events by Solana Foundation

Closing day of Hacker House London, hosted by the Solana Foundation and Superteam UK. Teams from across the Solana ecosystem demo live to founders, investors and the community from 10am to 6:30pm, and the day is streamed for anyone who can't get to London. It sits in Breakpoint week, alongside Scale or Die and the Intelligence Summit. Registration is approval-only: the organisers say approved guests only, and doors open at 9am. The address goes to approved guests. Teams that want to present can apply through the Solana Foundation form, with priority for teams not already on the Breakpoint or Scale or Die bills. Why go: the quickest way to see what Solana teams have shipped, with investors in the room. Best for Solana builders and crypto investors who are already in that world.

The Solana Foundation's AI day at Somerset House, in Breakpoint week. Workshops run 10am to noon downstairs, talks on the main stage from 1pm to 4pm, and an AI papers discussion downstairs from 1pm to 4pm, one an hour. The line-up also lists live demos, panels and interactive AI experiences, with a happy hour after the mainstage. Space is limited and you apply to attend. Registration currently shows sold out. Detailed programming was still marked as coming soon when we looked. Why go: an in-person mix of AI and Solana builders in a landmark venue. Best for engineers working on AI agents and onchain infrastructure. Check the speaker list once it's published.

The Solana Foundation's engineering-only summit, in London on 14 November and running straight into Breakpoint the next day. Application-only, 09:30 to 18:30, with the exact address shared on registration. It is explicitly not a general crypto event - no marketing decks, no sales pitches. The programme covers validator performance, consensus, transaction landing, RPC, Firedancer, post-quantum readiness, agentic infrastructure and high-performance onchain applications, with hands-on workshops. A DevCave space runs all day for debugging and direct access to the teams shipping the code. Free, but applications are screened: it is aimed at engineers, validators, protocol developers, infrastructure teams and researchers. Why go: this is the technical half of Breakpoint week, filtered down to people who actually run Solana infrastructure. Best for protocol and infra engineers - if you are going for business development, Breakpoint is your event and this is not.

Breakpoint-week live trading final, presented with Phantom: eight traders, three rounds, one world champion, then DJ and networking. Approval-gated for traders, funds and market builders; London location shared on approval.

Solana's flagship annual conference, three days at Olympia London from Sunday afternoon 15 November to Tuesday 17 November: keynotes, lightning talks, debates and workshops, plus the product and protocol announcements the ecosystem saves for this week. The Solana Foundation is pitching London for its capital base - family offices, sovereign wealth, hedge funds, private credit, commodity desks - so the room skews further towards institutions and investors than Breakpoint usually does. General admission is US$550, priced in dollars, so check the conversion before booking. The Solana Hacker House runs in London in the fortnight beforehand and Scale or Die, the Foundation's engineering-only summit, is on 14 November. Why go: the largest crypto-infrastructure conference landing in London this year, and the only point in 2026 when the Solana core teams, validators and their institutional money are all in one building here. Best for protocol engineers, crypto-native founders and investors.

Solana's Hacker House returns to London for a thirteen-day edition in the run-up to Breakpoint 2026: a working space rather than a conference, open daily from 10:00 to 20:00, with workshops and deep dives across DeFi, security, infrastructure and applications. On site there are dedicated build zones, power and WiFi, food and lounges, plus hands-on guidance from Solana Foundation DevRel, Superteam UK and ecosystem experts. Attendance is approval-only and space is limited; the registration desk is open 10:00 to 17:00 each day and the address goes to approved guests. Sessions can be proposed through the organiser's form. Why go: thirteen consecutive days with core protocol people in the building is a different proposition from an evening meetup, and teams reliably form here. Best for developers shipping on Solana and for founders who want concentrated time with the ecosystem before Breakpoint.