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Attendees should be aware of potential transportation disruptions in the days leading up to FOSDEM. Rail travel Railway unions have announced a strike notice from Sunday January 25th, 22:00 until Friday January 30th, 22:00. This may affect travel to Brussels for FOSDEM and related fringe events. While there will be a guaranteed minimum service in place, train frequency may be significantly reduced. Also note that international connections might be affected as well. Road travel From Saturday January 31st (evening) until Sunday February 1st (noon), the E40 highway between Leuven and Brussels will be fully closed. Traffic will be diverted via舰

10 Jan 2026 11:00pm GMT

We are pleased to announce the schedule for FOSDEM Junior. Registration for the individual workshops is required. Links to the registration page can be found on the page of each activity. The full schedule can be viewed on the junior track schedule page.

09 Jan 2026 11:00pm GMT

The room formally known as "Lightning Talks" is now known as /dev/random. After 25 years, we say goodbye to the old Lightning Talks format. In place, we have two new things! /dev/random: 15 minute talks on a random, interesting, FOSS-related subject, just like the older Lightning Talks New Lightning Talks: a highly condensed batch of 5 minute quick talks in the main auditorium on various FOSS-related subjects! Last year we experimented with running a more spontaneous lightning talk format, with a submission deadline closer to the event and strict short time limits (under five minutes) for each speaker. The experiment舰

09 Dec 2025 11:00pm GMT

With great pleasure we can announce that the following project will have a stand at FOSDEM 2026! ASF Community BSD + FreeBSD Project Checkmk CiviCRM Cloud Native Computing Foundation + OpenInfra & the Linux Foundation: Building the Open Source Infrastructure Ecosystem Codeberg and Forgejo Computer networks with BIRD, KNOT and Turris Debian Delta Chat (Sunday) Digital Public Goods Dolibar ERP CRM + Odoo Community Association (OCA) Dronecode Foundation + The Zephyr Project Eclipse Foundation F-Droid and /e/OS + OW2 FOSS community / Murena degooglized phones and suite Fedora Project Firefly Zero Foreman FOSS United + fundingjson (and FLOSS/fund) FOSSASIA Framework舰

15 Nov 2025 11:00pm GMT

Submit your proposal for the FOSDEM main track before it's too late! The deadline for main track submissions is earlier than it usually is (16th November, that's in a couple of days!), so don't be caught out. For full details on submission information, look at the original call for participation.

13 Nov 2025 11:00pm GMT

Proposals for FOSDEM JUNIOR can now be submitted! FOSDEM Junior is a specific track to organise workshops and activities for children from age 7 to 17 during the FOSDEM weekend. These activities are for children to learn and get inspired about technology and open source. We are looking for activities for children from age 7 to 17. These activities are for children to learn and get inspired about technology. Last year's activities included microcontrollers, game development, embroidery, python programming, mobile application development, music, and data visualization. If you are still unsure if your activity fits FOSDEM Junior, feel free to舰

08 Nov 2025 11:00pm GMT

We are pleased to announce the developer rooms that will be organised at FOSDEM 2026. Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. The individual developer room organisers will issue their calls for participation in the next few days. The list below will be updated accordingly. Topic Call for Participation AI Plumbers CfP Audio, Video & Graphics Creation CfP Bioinformatics & Computational Biology CfP Browser and web platform CfP BSD, illumos, bhyve, OpenZFS CfP Building Europe's Public Digital Infrastructure CfP Collaboration舰

30 Oct 2025 11:00pm GMT

Proposals for stands for FOSDEM 2026 can now be submitted! FOSDEM 2026 will take place at the ULB on the 31st of January and 1st of February 2026. As has become traditional, we offer free and open source projects a stand to display their work to the audience. You can share information, demo software, interact with your users and developers, give away goodies, sell merchandise or accept donations. All is possible! We offer you: One table (180x80cm) with a set of chairs and a power socket Fast wireless internet access You can choose if you want the spot for the舰

02 Oct 2025 10:00pm GMT

Proposals for developer rooms and main track talks for FOSDEM 2026 can now be submitted! FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer-oriented, the event brings together some 8000+ geeks from all over the world. The twenty-sixth edition will take place on Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2026 at the usual location, ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. Developer Rooms Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of舰

20 Sep 2025 10:00pm GMT

It's that time again! FOSDEM 2026 will take place on Saturday 31st of January and Sunday 1st of February 2026. Further details and calls for participation will be announced in the coming days and weeks.

17 Sep 2025 10:00pm GMT