Villages at HOPE 26

Village Locations

All Villages at HOPE 26 will be located in Herald Square, on the 3rd floor.
Come by and see what the diverse Villages have to offer!

Village Hours

HOPE 26 will run from 10:45am on Friday 14-August through 7:00pm on Sunday 16-August.
Villages will be available throughout that entire time, but Village presenters may not be awake the entire time.

Activities at Villages

Some Villages will have workshops and other activities.
Please see the Village's wiki page for detais.

HOPE 26 Villages in Alphabetical Order

Anarchist Hacker Village

A space for anarchists, abolitionists, anti-authoritarians, other like-minded folks, with friendly faces to meet and socialize with. Where hacking and technology are tools for total liberation. We'll have freely available swag like zines and stickers, and a place to find out about related ad-hoc events like assemblies.

Hackerspace Village

Come check out the local NYC hackerspaces at the Hackerspace Village. It is organized by some of New York City’s local hackerspaces. You are invited to join them for lots of cool activities throughout HOPE 26. They are all nonprofit and 100 percent volunteer-run and would love to have you visit on their open nights!

Ham Radio Village

Our mission is to deliver high-quality and innovate amateur radio related educational content, hands-on experiences, and license testing sessions online and in-person through events. We believe that the more people know about amateur radio, the more safe, secure, functional, and innovative our wireless products, services, and experiments will be. Our team of dedicated volunteers is responsible for generating all new research, giving talks and demonstrations at events, building and testing experiments, as well as offering support to the general ham radio community.

Lockpick Village with Lockpick Extreme

Locks are puzzles you can solve without the key! Explore the fun world of locksport with Lockpick Extreme. Learn to lockpick from friendly instructors or practice what you already know with their assortment of locks and picks. Lockpick Extreme will host a Lockpick Village all three days of HOPE. Everyone is welcome to discover the joy of lockpicking with us. Lockpick Extreme provides fun, informative remote and in-person lockpicking workshops for team building and marketing events. This is Lock Pick Extreme's tenth year hosting lockpick villages for security conferences, trade shows, and nonprofit organizations that they believe in. They love to spread the joy of discovery and accomplishment that comes with learning how to pick locks.

Paper Popup Village

Explore the world of pop-ups! How can something 2D become 3D? Learn both the math and magic behind these folding paper sculptures. Take a break and build out a HOPE pop-up book. Participants will be empowered to set off into the exciting world of paper engineering.

ScriptKitty Village

ScriptKitty Village provides a cat-themed introduction for anyone interested in electronics, ethical hacking, and mesh networking! We'll host classes taught by content creators from the Null Byte and Hak5 YouTube channels, focusing on Wi-Fi self defense, soldering, and mesh networking for beginners! Join us to build your own cat-themed hacking tools, join your local community mesh net, and learn to hack!

Toilets on the Air (TOTA) Village

Toilets on the Air (TOTA) is a radio contest at HOPE 26. Compete to make the most voice, CW, and SSTV contacts with other attendees for points and awards like "Worked All Toilets", "The Plunger", "Straight Flush", and "Inside the Bowl".