hackNY Spring

10am-5pm, April 27th, 2025

A one-day conference for early to mid career developers to become the next generation of technology leaders in NYC.

The hackNY Spring Conference is a one-day professional development opportunity for developers in the first 10 years of their careers who are looking to level up in the tech industry. Leveraging our 16-year track record empowering the NYC tech community, organizing hackathons and speaker series as part of our Fellowship program, we’re launching a public conference for 250 attendees. The hackNY Spring Conference will cover topics across two themes – equipping emerging tech leaders and engineering with intention.

Conference Topics

Engineering with Intention

Technology has a profound impact on the world. Every line of code has consequences. We believe it’s imperative for developers and leaders to understand how to ask the questions that lead to the best results. Attendees will be equipped with the framework to evaluate the impact of their work, identify potential risks, and make informed decisions to build technology that truly makes a difference.

Equipping emerging tech leaders

The modern tech landscape, marked by remote work and evolving hiring practices, demands intentional career development. Just as code requires intention, so too does a successful career. This session empowers emerging leaders with the essential non-technical skills – including communication, collaboration, and navigating organizational dynamics – that can be immediately applied to improve performance.

Conference Speakers

  • Heidi Waterhouse

    Heidi is an advocate for progressive delivery, organizational transformation, technical communication, and marketing you hate slightly less. She is a nerd about industrial psychology and patterns of progress. One of her favorite hobbies is talking to developers about things they already knew but had never thought of that way before. She sews all her conference dresses so that she's sure there is a pocket for the mic.

  • Chris Wiggins

    Chris Wiggins

    Chris is the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times and an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University. At Columbia he is a founding member of the executive committee of the Data Science Institute, and of the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics as well as the Department of Systems Biology.

  • Mackenzie Burnett

    Mackenzie Burnett

    Mackenzie Burnett is the CEO and cofounder of Ambrook, a company building financial management software that helps family-run businesses become more profitable and sustainable. She has prior experience working in community nonprofits, water asset management and open source software infrastructure. She holds an M.A. in international policy and climate security from Stanford University, and a B.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

  • Randall Hunt

    Randall Hunt

    Randall Hunt is the Chief Technology Officer at Caylent, a technology leader, investor, and hands-on keyboard coder based in Los Angeles, CA. Previously, Randall led software and developer relations teams at Facebook, SpaceX, AWS, MongoDB, and NASA. Randall spends most of his time listening to customers, building demos, writing blog posts, and mentoring junior engineers. Python and C++ are his favorite programming languages, but he begrudgingly admits that Javascript rules the world. Outside of work, Randall loves to read science fiction, advise startups, travel, and ski.

  • Shreya Murthy

    Shreya Murthy

    Shreya is Cofounder & CEO of Partiful, the modern social events platform that makes it effortless to make plans in the real world. With millions of users across the U.S. and around the world, Partiful has been recognized by Google as its "Best App of 2024," and by Apple as its Editor’s Choice app, App of the Day, and a Cultural Impact Finalist for 2024. Prior to Partiful, Shreya held leadership roles building enterprise software at high-growth startups. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University.

  • Deepak Shrivastava

    Deepak Shrivastava

    Deepak Shrivastava is a serial entrepreneur and operator with a background spanning investment banking, startups, and AI. He began his career at Morgan Stanley, covering casino gaming and debt capital markets before transitioning into tech at Dropbox, where he helped scale enterprise sales. He later founded and sold two venture-backed companies in travel tech before joining AI Fund, the venture studio led by Dr. Andrew Ng, to focus on AI applications. Now, as the CEO of Sunrise AI, he is pioneering AI-native solutions for post-sales teams, helping enterprises unify customer data and drive revenue growth through intelligent automation.

More speakers to be announced.

Hosted by Newlab

19 Morris Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11205

Newlab is home to more than 250 deep tech startups and over 1,000 entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, and optimists working together to address critical challenges in energy, mobility, and materials.

 

Become a Sponsor

The hackNY Spring Conference is the best place for you to get in front of developers. If you’re looking to hire or share your technology with the emerging leaders of the future, the hackNY Spring Conference is the best place for you to connect.

What attendees say about hackNY talks

Teresa Mondria h`24

“[hackNY talks provided the] opportunity to have conversations in real life that you couldn't have otherwise. Like these couldn’t have been a series of videos on YouTube. Being able to get people’s personal stories, hearing their journeys, hearing their mistakes – all of that was great.”

Diya Shah h`24

“[hackNY’s speaker series] was a huge eye opener for me. Before the talks, I had really never thought about joining a startup or even creating my own. It was just unknown territory to me. However, after meeting so many founders and learning about all the niche fields that can be intersected with technology, I really started considering joining a startup post-grad. ”

Registration

The hackNY Spring conference takes place April 27th at New Lab at 10am and runs until 5pm. Tickets range from $200-300 depending on when you buy, so we encourage you to purchase early. Tickets are on sale right now.

We encourage you to reach out to your employer to see if they provide an education budget or stipend to cover professional development. The hackNY Spring conference is a great chance to take advantage of this common tech industry perk.

Need help convincing your manager or HR department? Use this customizable letter to help make the case.

Ticket Type Price Amount Avaliable Last date to purchase
Early Bird Discount $200 50 March 15th, 2025
Standard Ticket $300 180 April 25th, 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

  • A common tech perk includes stipends or reimbursements to help employees with education or professional development. A tech conference absolutely qualifies for this type of perk. Here is a basic email template you can send your manager to get you started.

  • The conference is taking place at Newlab (19 Morris Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205) in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Doors open for attendees at 10am April 27th 2025.

  • We’ll be announcing speakers after we’ve closed and reviewed our speaker applications. You can apply to be a speaker until March 15th.

  • Bus

    • MTA Bus Lines B67, B48, B57, B62, B69 all stop within or near the Yard.

    • The B67 bus stops inside the Yard at the Sands Street gate (near Wegmans), on Market Street (across from Building 77 and at the Clymer Street/Kent Ave gate.

    • The B57 and B69 stop outside the Yard at Cumberland Street and Flushing Avenue.

    • The B62 stops outside the Yard at Vanderbilt & Park Avenues and is a one-block walk to Flushing Avenue.

    • The B48 stops outside the Yard at Flushing and Classon Avenues.

    Bike

    • The Yard has created a bike-friendly environment with bike racks throughout for registered visitors.

    • Citi Bike stations are located both inside and outside of the Yard.

    NYC Ferry

    • The Astoria Route stops at the Yard’s Dock 72.

    Car

    • Use 19 Morris Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205 for GPS navigation to the Yard. Parking inside the Yard is limited. On-street and metered parking are available outside of the Yard on Flushing Avenue and on many of the adjacent streets. Non-metered parking is available underneath the BQE along Park Avenue.

    Subway

    • The Brooklyn Navy Yard is close to multiple stations on the subway. Visitors can take the F, G, A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R lines to reach nearby stations and then walk or catch a bus to the Navy Yard.

  • hackNY is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and supportive space for everyone. For all our events we ask that you abide by our Code of Conduct.