Technical depth first
Morning tracks emphasize protocol engineering, security, infrastructure, research, and maintainable open-source work.
Panama City · April 2026 · Year-round follow-through
Ethereum builders, operators, and educators converge in Panama.
ETH Canal brings together conference programming, a builder-focused hackathon, and year-round collaboration paths that keep useful work moving across LATAM and beyond.
- Conference
- April 2026
- Hackathon
- April 2026
- Venue
- La Manzana, Casco Viejo
- Runway
- Year-round programs and follow-through
Program Cycle
A year-round rhythm with real staying power.
ETH Canal is designed to carry momentum from April into the rest of the year, giving builders and partners a clearer sense of what comes next.
April
Hackathon build sprint
Teams ship with mentors, checkpoints, and demo expectations designed around credible technical output.
April
Conference and strategy tracks
Protocol engineering, security, RWA day, ecosystem alignment, and practical sessions that connect directly to builder outcomes.
After April
Incubator follow-through
Promising work moves into milestone reviews, partner intros, contributor pathways, and sustained execution support.
Q4
Onramps and next-cycle prep
Education, workshops, and contributor intake strengthen the pipeline into the following April cycle.
What ETH Canal Is
A focused platform for serious builder work.
ETH Canal is for people who care about technical depth, practical collaboration, and outcomes that continue beyond event week.
Execution over spectacle
Afternoons connect builders to partner integrations, product pathways, policy conversations, and post-event operating support.
Panama as a crossroads
Casco Viejo enables walkable programming, high-signal side meetings, and pragmatic access for LATAM and global ecosystem teams.
Why Panama
Panama City is a practical ecosystem crossroads.
Casco Viejo supports walkable collaboration, partner meetings, and calmer transitions between sessions, demos, and technical side conversations.
Panama City works for ETH Canal because it is logistically sensible, globally reachable, and grounded enough to keep the week useful rather than diffuse. That matters more than generic conference scale.
The venue and surrounding district support high-signal scheduling: technical sessions in the morning, working meetings in the afternoon, and side conversations that do not require participants to scatter.
Community Snapshot
A growing network with real depth behind it.
ETH Canal already attracts contributors, collaborators, and partner organizations across the ecosystem. This snapshot makes that momentum visible at a glance.
- 30+
- public expert profiles in the source archive
- 12+
- named collaborator organizations
- 1
- walkable venue hub in Casco Viejo
- 7
- legacy trust and policy pages mapped into the new structure
FLOSS-PAWeb3 FamiliaETH-KIPUEnterprise Ethereum AllianceCAPATECLa Manzana
Sponsor Value
Partnership pages should make the case without publishing negotiations.
Public sponsor pages explain why ETH Canal matters, who it reaches, and what outcomes partners can expect. Commercial packaging stays private by design.
What partners buy into
- Year-round brand and ecosystem presence across conference, hackathon, and follow-on programming
- Direct access to builders, maintainers, educators, and infrastructure operators in LATAM
- Outcome framing around commits, demos, mentor activity, contributor conversion, and follow-on collaboration
Default stance
ETH Canal uses public pages to qualify partner fit, not to collapse the conversation into visible pricing tiers that will change anyway.
Trust + Next Steps
Clear information and simple ways to connect.
ETH Canal should feel easy to understand, easy to trust, and easy to engage with as the site keeps improving.
- Public pricing is intentionally kept out of the website
- Hackathon rules, conduct, FAQs, and contact paths live in one resource surface
- The public site stays clear, current, and easy to navigate as new member features arrive