The Hack Dearborn castle on a floating island

October 3-4, 2026

University of Michigan, Dearborn

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Hack Dearborn is the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s largest hackathon, hosted by the Google Developer Group on Campus. For its fifth year, Hack Dearborn: Conjure Reality brings hundreds of students together for 24 hours of building, learning, and a little magic. Teams arrive with an idea and leave with something they have built, backed by mentors, workshops and a campus that stays awake with them.

Hack Dearborn is the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s largest hackathon, hosted by the Google Developer Group on Campus. For its fifth year, Hack Dearborn: Conjure Reality brings hundreds of students together for 24 hours of building and learning.

Conjure a world where innovation reshapes reality itself, and turn imagination into something people can use. Four tracks point the way: Enchanted Transit, Mindscapes, Shaping Society and Ideation Matrix.

Four tracks, one theme: reshape reality.

Hack Dearborn organizers and winners gathered for a group photograph
Photographs from past Hack Dearborn events, cycling inside the painted cloud portal.

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