Encode London 2026

About Encode London 2026

Encode Hub, 41 Pitfield St, London N1 is the venue for a hackathon day on Monday, October 12, 2026. Encode Club Education Limited organizes the in-person event, with ESCP Business School as partner. It is pitched at beginners and names ESCP students, including MSc Digital Transformation Management and Leadership students, and the wider ESCP London community.

Eleven sessions are listed in running order: an opening keynote from Julien Decot, an AI Ethics & Responsible Usage workshop led by Prof. Alara Tascioglu, a hackathon introduction with an AI tool walkthrough, hacking, a submissions cut-off, 60-second elevator pitches from every team, and final judging with Markus Leutert as Head Judge. Team formation and networking are part of the day. Cost is not stated on the official site.

Location

41 Pitfield St, London, 6DA, United Kingdom

Venue: Encode Hub

Agenda

Monday, October 12

• 09:00–10:00 · Arrival, registration, networking and team formation
• 10:00–10:30 · Opening keynote - Julien Decot
• 10:30–11:00 · AI Ethics & Responsible Usage workshop - Prof. Alara Tascioglu
• 11:00–11:30 · Hackathon introduction, rules and AI tool walkthrough
• 11:30–13:00 · Hacking begins
• 13:00–16:30 · Lunch
• 16:30–16:45 · Submissions close
• 16:45–17:00 · 60-second elevator pitches - every team
• 17:00–18:00 · Final judging and shortlisted full pitches
• 18:00–19:00 · Winner announcement and 500 GBP prize
• 19:00–20:00 · Close and networking

Audience

• ESCP students
• MSc Digital Transformation Management and Leadership
• Blue Factory
• wider ESCP London community

Level: beginner

Speakers

• Julien Decot
• Prof. Alara Tascioglu
  Workshop Leader
• Markus Leutert
  Head Judge

Sponsors

• ESCP Business School

Networking & recordings

registration; networking; team formation

Social

• linkedin

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