2026 Agenda
Saturday
July 18 · Day 1
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Welcome to Open Sauce!
Safety Third welcomes everyone to the fourth annual Open Sauce!
PANEL: Vroom Vroom
A panel about cars: the people who fix them, the people who break them, and the people who drive them really far.
PANEL: Making Content About Making Projects
Making stuff is hard. Making content is hard. Making content about making stuff is even harder. Creators discuss the intersect of storytelling, education, entertainment, and the algorithm.
PANEL: It's Alive?
These creators may make robots, but they're anything but robotics. From wearables to walking coffee tables, this panel digs into the robotics projects that worked and the ones that never came to life.
Ask Hank Anything Live
Ask Hank Anything Live
PANEL: Knives, Screwdrivers, and Frisbees, Oh My!
Creators are no longer just selling t-shirts and hoodies, they're shipping real products. This panel brings together creators who've built physical products to talk about what it actually takes: from finding the right manufacturers, to endless product testing and learning what people actually want.
PANEL: The Sky Isn't The Limit - AMA
We're all looking up at the stars, but these creators are looking up the engineering. Ask them your burning rocketry questions before they leave the atmosphere.
2,000 People Play a Video Game
Build a bot with 500 of your closest friends and have them fight it out on stage, live.
PANEL: The State of 3D Printing
3D printing in 2026 looks nothing like it did even two years ago. A conversation about where the industry actually is right now, what's changing when nobody's looking, and what's coming next.
Fireside Chat: Jason Fischer
Jason Fischer is executive director of virtual integration at General Motors, where he works on virtual-first vehicle development, simulation, and AI-enabled engineering workflows. Previously, he served as executive chief engineer for autonomous technology, leading cross-functional teams working on Cruise and future personal autonomous vehicles.
The Kevin Show Live
We pulled Kevin out of his garage and onto the stage to answer your questions LIVE! Join him (and friends) for extremely educational content and perfectly executed demos.
PANEL: Uh Oh! It's an AI Panel
AI is hitting every niche differently. It's writing essays, generating code, and faking science. Creators from tech, education, video essays, and more talk about what AI is actually doing in their corners of the internet. What it's getting wrong, what it's getting right, and what it means for the future of their industries.
A new era of BattleBots has begun!
BattleBots newest season, Pro League, will exclusively air on YouTube. Hear from the builders who competed and learn about the new competition format.
PANEL: This Panel is Electric.
How many car batteries can one panel have? Feel the energy of this absolutely electric group of creators as they discuss lasers, lightning, and high-voltage experiments.
PANEL: When Is a Bad Idea A Good Idea?
These creators tried everything so you don't have to. Join them to talk about the projects nobody else would attempt, the lessons learned from doing them anyway, and how to tell when a bad idea is actually a great one in disguise.
PANEL: When Art Becomes a Business
These creators took their toontown and made it a boomtown. Somewhere along the way, an animation channel stops being a solo project and starts being a studio. How do these creators keep a personal voice in their art when there's more pressure and more hands?
PANEL: The Art Of Electronics
Creators who design, build, and document electronics talk about the tension between form and function, the beauty of simplicity, and why showing the inside of a thing is sometimes more interesting than hiding it.
GAME: Carp Tank
Carp Tank is back and better than ever. Join our four ruthless business carp as they are pitched a variety of investment opportunities by real Open Sauce exhibitors. Will they give them their REAL MONEY? (they won't)
PANEL: Making For Fandom
Building from fandom comes with a built-in audience and a built-in critic. Creators discuss what it's like to bring fictional worlds into physical reality, how they navigate the expectations of deeply passionate communities, and how to actually make something work when science fiction is ahead of science.
PANEL: Dangerous People v The Law
In past iterations of the Dangerous People panel, our panelists have questioned the legality of their projects. And so have the FBI. We decided it was time that they speak to someone who knows. Join these creators as they receive live 'legal counsel' about their dangerous project ideas. **Legally this is a joke**
PANEL: Making in Short Form
Long projects, Short stories. Even shorter panel description.
PANEL: Where YouTube Engineering is Headed Next
Engineering YouTube didn't always look like this. Before the eight-figure budgets, brand deals, and squid game sets, it was someone in a garage with a tripod and a curiosity problem. Creators who've been here through it all talk about how the platform has changed, how the audience has changed, and what they think the future holds.
PANEL: The Mythical Algorithm
How do social media algorithms work? No one really knows. But these creators have broken through the noise. Join them as they discuss what they've learned through years of content creation, how they deal with constantly changing best practices, and which algorithm myths may be true.
