​​Join us for a Drafts&Demos weekend for 3 days at Edge Esmeralda, the pop-up village 1h away from SF.

​Edge Esmeralda is a month-long gathering for people building at the frontiers of their fields. Learn more here.

​This weekend takes place halfway through the month. Inspired by Socratica, we'll host intense co-working sessions, leading to a demo on Sunday and office hours with mentors.

​​Transportation: Edge Esmeralda is in Healdsburg (1h from SF). Once you are admitted, you can organize carpooling or share an Uber with other builders.

​​Accommodation: we have booked rooms in a hotel for you at a very discounted rate, hacker house style. Bring your sleeping bag!

​Applying: you're welcome to hack individually or sign up with your team (each person on your team has to apply). You can apply until June 12th, 11:59pm PT.

​​Hacking: builders can tap into our tracks (see below) or build in their own focus area.

​Schedule highlights:

​Friday

​Between 3 and 5pm: settle down & attend talks
5:30pm: Drafts&Demos kickoff
6:30pm: dinner
7:30pm onwards: evening work session

​Saturday

​9:30am: day kickoff
11am: brunch
1:30-3:30pm [optional]: CyberAnimism, a talk by Joscha Bach
6:30pm: dinner

​Sunday

​10am: day kickoff
11am: brunch
5pm: demos
6pm: dinner before heading back to SF

​We're also hosting a final hackathon on the 27th-29th (including judges like Ivan Zhao, the founder & CEO of Notion). Check it out! The work that you do during the Drafts&Demos weekend will build up to the final hackathon.

​​Tracks

​​1. Human organization

​​Evolution of education & parenting • New towns & cities • Collective intelligence • Governance • Culture

​​2. Artificial intelligence

​​Compute & geopolitics • AI & identity • Alignment • Decentralized AI • Practical applications • Art

​​3. Real-world crypto

​​Practical, real-life applications • Zero-Knowledge tech • Protocol research • Scalability

​​4. Health, longevity & bio

​​Neurotech • Nutritional science & tech • Biohacking • Practical & philosophical aspects of well-being

​​5. Hard tech

​​Geoengineering • Nanotech • Space exploration • Materials science • Transportation • Renewable energy

​We're also hosting a final hackathon on the 27th-29th (including judges like Ivan Zhao, the founder & CEO of Notion). Check it out! And finally, if you have more unanswered questions about this event, we suggest you have a look at our blog post.