Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

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Day Start End Track(s)
Saturday 09:30 18:50 Main Track
Sunday 09:00 18:15 Main Track
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Saturday Welcome to FOSDEM 2026
FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI
Evolving Git for the next decade
Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking?
An Efficient Git Workflow For High-Stakes Projects
Pull requests maintainers will love to review
How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats
What do we mean when we say Sovereign AI?
Lightning lightning talks 1
Adversarial Interoperability - Writing a Microsoft Bob application
raylib: a 12-year adventure as a solo-maintainer
The Big FOSDEM Quiz of the Year
Sunday Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source?
Strategy for Trusting your Employer in Open Source: a Historical Approach
Who Pays Your Bills? Sustainability, Community and Business: The Open Source Triangle
Who Funds the Egg? Cracking the FOSS Funding Paradox
Building the next generation of open source contributors – Lessons from 30 years of Postgres
CRA Integration – How FOSS compliance measures support CRA obligations, especially regarding documentation, security updates, and traceability.
Implementing the Cyber Resilience Act - engaging with open source
The Geopolitics of Code: From Digital Sovereignty to Global Fragmentation
The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Code
Lightning lightning talks 2
Open Source Security in spite of AI
Closing FOSDEM 2026

Events

Title Speakers Track Start End

Saturday

  Welcome to FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM Staff Main Track 09:30 09:50
  FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI
Michiel Leenaars Main Track 10:00 10:50
  Evolving Git for the next decade
Patrick Steinhardt Main Track 11:00 11:50
  Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking?
Raphaël Gomès, Pierre-Yves David Main Track 12:00 12:50
  An Efficient Git Workflow For High-Stakes Projects
Vladislav Shpilevoy Main Track 13:00 13:50
  Pull requests maintainers will love to review
Alya Abbott Main Track 14:00 14:50
  How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats
Quintessence Anx Main Track 15:00 15:25
  What do we mean when we say Sovereign AI?
Katharine Jarmul Main Track 15:30 15:55
  Lightning lightning talks 1
Main Track 16:00 16:50
  Adversarial Interoperability - Writing a Microsoft Bob application
HP van Braam Main Track 17:00 17:25
  raylib: a 12-year adventure as a solo-maintainer
Ray Main Track 17:30 17:55
  The Big FOSDEM Quiz of the Year
Steven Goodwin Main Track 18:00 18:50

Sunday

  Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source?
Marga Manterola Main Track 09:00 09:50
  Strategy for Trusting your Employer in Open Source: a Historical Approach
James Bottomley Main Track 10:00 10:50
  Who Pays Your Bills? Sustainability, Community and Business: The Open Source Triangle
Marco Bernasocchi Main Track 11:00 11:25
  Who Funds the Egg? Cracking the FOSS Funding Paradox
Deborah Udoh Main Track 11:30 11:55
  Building the next generation of open source contributors – Lessons from 30 years of Postgres
Claire Giordano Main Track 12:00 12:50
  CRA Integration – How FOSS compliance measures support CRA obligations, especially regarding documentation, security updates, and traceability.
Florian Hackel, Annika Niemann Main Track 13:00 13:25
  Implementing the Cyber Resilience Act - engaging with open source
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, Filipe Jones Mourao Main Track 13:30 13:55
  The Geopolitics of Code: From Digital Sovereignty to Global Fragmentation
Daniel Izquierdo Main Track 14:00 14:50
  The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Code
Daniel Temkin Main Track 15:00 15:50
  Lightning lightning talks 2
Main Track 16:00 16:50
  Open Source Security in spite of AI
Daniel Stenberg Main Track 17:00 17:50
  Closing FOSDEM 2026
Main Track 17:50 18:15