Hackers Champloo 2026
Overview
An annual engineers' festival run jointly by Okinawa's IT communities since 2013. Built around sessions and lightning talks, its hallmark is a "champloo" (stir-fry) culture where engineers from inside and outside the prefecture mix across specialties. The 2025 edition drew about 140 attendees, free to attend, with even sponsor sessions kept as pure tech talks. In 2026 it shifts from its usual summer slot to October 12 at Tedako Hall in Urasoe.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2013
- Founder
- Volunteers from Okinawa's IT user groups
Founded in May 2013 by Okinawan tech communities such as Java Kuche, JAWS-UG Okinawa, Okinawa.rb, and Okinawa.pm as a joint "summer festival." It invites guests from across Japan so hackers can mingle beyond their specialties.
Transition
- 2013 沖縄県内ITコミュニティ合同の夏祭りとして初開催
- 2025 8月2日に浦添市で開催、約140名が参加。生成AIを軸に多彩なセッションを展開
- 2026 10月12日（スポーツの日）のてだこホール開催を告知、7月にCFPを募集
Voices
A speaker's report praising the "usual champloo mix," where even sponsor sessions turned into hardcore tech talks, concluding it was "the best conference" (from anatofuz's report, in Japanese)
A first-timer struck by an atmosphere embodying Okinawa's champloo culture, mixing fields and backgrounds alike (from Shinji Akematsu's report, in Japanese)
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