HackFax
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PatriotHacks
February 13-15, 2026
Event Schedule
Day 1
Friday, Feb 13
5:00 PM
Check-in
Front of Dewberry (until 8pm)
5:00 PM
Henna Station
Dewberry (until 5:30pm)
6:00 PM
Opening Ceremony
Dewberry
7:00 PM
Hacking Begins
7:00 PM
Team Matchmaking
Dewberry
7:30 PM
Walk-in / Check-ins
Horizon Floor 1 (until 10pm)
9:00 PM
Intro to Hackathons
Virtual via Zoom
9:00 PM
Capture The Flag (CTF) Info Session
Dewberry
9:30 PM
Cloudforce Workshop
Johnson Center Room A
10:00 PM
AI Club: Demo & Promote with AI
Johnson Center Room B
10:00 PM
BreakFamous: Intro to Break Dancing Workshop I
Johnson Center Gold Room
11:00 PM
Closing
Day 2
Saturday, Feb 14
9:00 AM
AWS 101
Horizon 3008
9:30 AM
Breakfast
Desi Breakfast Club + Dunkin in Dewberry
10:00 AM
LeetCode Club: Brain Break
Horizon 1010
11:00 AM
Capture The Flag (CTF) Deployed
11:00 AM
Microsoft: Women in STEM Panel
Horizon 3008
2:00 PM
Lunch
Desi Breakfast Club in Dewberry
1:30 PM
Ernst & Young (EY): Smash Tourney
Dewberry (until 2:30pm)
1:00 PM
Peraton: UI/UX Design
Horizon 2017
2:00 PM
Microsoft: Early Career Panel (EiC Group)
Horizon 2001
2:30 PM
Ernst & Young (EY): Mario Kart Tourney
Dewberry (until 3:30pm)
3:00 PM
ColorStack: Pitching Ideas
Horizon 1011
4:00 PM
MLH: Hacking with GitHub Copilot
Horizon 3010
4:30 PM
MLH: Experiment with Google AI Studio
Horizon 3010
5:00 PM
Engineering and Computing Student Council Event
Horizon 2017
5:30 PM
Society of Women Engineers: AI as an Assistant Workshop
Horizon 4008
6:00 PM
Capture The Flag (CTF) Closed
7:00 PM
Dinner
Domino's in Dewberry
7:00 PM
NSBE: Beyond Base Salary, Maximizing Total Compensation
Horizon 2014
8:00 PM
MLH TechTogether Meetup
JC Gold Room
8:00 PM
GMU AWS Club: Serverless Computing
Horizon 1007
9:00 PM
HackFax x PatriotHacks Exec Surprise Workshop
10:00 PM
Closing
Day 3
Sunday, Feb 15
8:00 AM
Breakfast
Dunkin in Dewberry
10:00 AM
Ernst & Young (EY): The Client Journey
Horizon 1010
11:00 AM
BreakFamous: Intro to Break Dancing Workshop II
Horizon 1008
12:00 PM
Lunch
Stone Hot Pizza in Dewberry
12:30 PM
Devpost Submission Deadline
2:00 PM
Judging
(until 4:45pm)
3:00 PM
Capture The Flag (CTF) Challenge Walkthroughs
Horizon 1008 (until 5:30pm)
3:00 PM
LinkedIn Headshots Booth
MIX Media Lab (until 5:30pm)
6:00 PM
Dinner
Blazin in Dewberry
7:30 PM
Closing Ceremony
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