The year in one chart.
Two weekends light up cleanly. The rest of Hamburg's 2026 tech calendar runs mid-week. Read the amber stripes.
dev / cloud / arch
AI / agents
security
product / leadership
HPC / science
music / marketing fest
community / health
job fair / festival
Sat – Sun
today
2026 — Chronogram
Day 1 → Day 31 per row · weekends in amber
Jan01 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
Cursor Hackathon 31 → Feb 1
Feb02 / 12
1
8
15
22
no Hamburg tech events
Mar03 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
Agentic Conf 22 Sun · sold out
Apr04 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
Future Leader Summit 10–11
PAH Leadership 20–21
May05 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
OMR Festival 5–6 · 67k visitors
AWS Summit 19–20 · 4.4k regd
Jun06 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
HLS Venture 2
Elbsides 4–5 · cyber
HHIS 18 · free
ISC High Performance 22–26 · HPC/AI/quantum · 3.5k
Product at Heart 25–26 · Kampnagel
CollabDays 27 SAT · free
ITCS Hamburg 26 FRI · free · Messe
Jul07 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
summer pause — big devs go to Berlin (WeAreDevelopers, 8–10 Jul)
Aug08 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
techcamp 25–26 · 9th ed · ~50 talks
Sep09 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
ContainerDays 2–4 · Schuppen 52
KI-SUMMIT 8
Reeperbahn Festival 16–19 · ~70 venues · weekend!
bit summit 23–24
Oct10 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
DevFest Hamburg 16–17 · Fri+SAT · GDG
Nov11 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
code.talks 4–5 · KINOPOLIS · €729 · 3.5k devs
AI Media Leaders 12
Dec12 / 12
1
8
15
22
29
The Principal Dev 3–4 · masterclass
Clean Architecture 10–11 · Java
Four weekends ranked.
Fri/Sat overlap qualityBest of 2026★ ★ ★ ★
Jun 26–27
Fri + Sat · triple anchor
Pure-developer★ ★ ★
Oct 16–17
Fri + Sat · full both days
DevFest HamburgFri+Sat · GDG
Google-stack — Android, Web, Cloud, Flutter, Firebase, GCP. Community-organised by GDG Hamburg. Both days are conference days; no overflow into Sunday needed.[3]
K8s-only Fri★ ★ ★
Sep 4
Fri · ContainerDays day 3
ContainerDays final dayFri · Schuppen 52
Europe's largest container/Kubernetes conference, held in an Imperial-era waterfront warehouse with Hamburg-skyline views. Arrive Tue for the full show, weekend is yours after.[12]
Niche Fri★ ★
Jun 5
Fri · cybersecurity day
Elbsides 2026Fri · Hotel Hafen
Community-driven cybersecurity at Hotel Hafen Hamburg's Elbkuppel with harbor views. 2026 emphasises quantum threats ("harvest now, decrypt later") and NIS-2 directive implementation.[7]
Aftermath★
Nov 6–7
Fri + Sat · code.talks ended Thu
code.talksWed–Thu · sold-out vibe
Hamburg's flagship dev conference (3,500+ devs at KINOPOLIS HafenCity) ends Thursday — the Friday/Saturday are quiet but the city is still buzzing with after-party residue. Tickets €729 regular.[4]
Full schedule.
17 events · 6 months remain| Date | Event | Focus | Day(s) | Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2 | Health & LS Venture Day | Biotech / medtech / digital health networking | Tue | — |
| Jun 4–5 | Elbsides 2026 | Cybersecurity · workshop + conference | Thu–Fri | — |
| Jun 18 | Hamburg Innovation Summit | Innovation, AI, climate, mobility, startups | Thu | free |
| Jun 22–26 | ISC High Performance | HPC · AI · quantum · 3,500 attendees @ CCH | Mon–Fri | — |
| Jun 25–26 | Product at Heart | Product mgmt · theme: change through AI | Thu–Fri | — |
| Jun 26 | ITCS Hamburg★ ANCHOR | Tech conf + IT job fair + festival · after-party 16:00 | Fri | free |
| Jun 27 | CollabDays Hamburg★ ANCHOR | Microsoft 365 · SharePoint · Power Platform · AI | Sat | free |
| Aug 25–26 | techcamp Hamburg | Community barcamp · ~50 talks @ Klubhaus St. Pauli | Tue–Wed | — |
| Sep 2–4 | ContainerDays Hamburg | Kubernetes · containers · DevOps · platform eng | Wed–Fri | — |
| Sep 8 | KI-SUMMIT Hamburg | Practical AI for German Mittelstand | Tue | — |
| Sep 16–19 | Reeperbahn Festival | MusicTech · EventTech · startup contest debuts | Wed–Sat | €85+ |
| Sep 23–24 | bit summit | Cloud-native · architecture · security · AI/ML | Wed–Thu | — |
| Oct 16–17 | DevFest Hamburg★ ANCHOR | Google stack: Android · Web · Cloud · Flutter · Firebase | Fri–Sat | — |
| Nov 4–5 | code.talks 2026 | GenAI · arch · cloud · security · 13 tracks · KINOPOLIS | Wed–Thu | €729 |
| Nov 12 | AI Media Leaders Conference | AI × media decision-makers + tech + politics | Thu | — |
| Dec 3–4 | The Principal Dev masterclass | Certification masterclass for tech leads | Thu–Fri | — |
| Dec 10–11 | Clean Architecture masterclass | Certification masterclass for senior Java engineers | Thu–Fri | — |
Year-round community.
For a top-up eveningNot in Hamburg 2026.
Don't plan around theseNot running
Historically Hamburg in September during Reeperbahn week. Strategic realignment — skipped in 2026.
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