Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

Main Track


Room 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Saturday Janson 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
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) Wayland compositors for fun and profit
KDE at 30: Still looking ahead
Linux on the Desktop – Why Digital Sovereignty Starts Here
The Great Migration
The challenges of FLOSS Office Suites
Libreboot: Free Your BIOS Today!
Running Wikipedia on Bare Metal, Open Source, and a Healthy Dose of Caching
What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn?
Zero-Downtime Upgrades: PostgreSQL and OS/glibc at Global Scale
How to Make Package Managers Scream
Code, Compliance, and Confusion: Open Source in Safety-Critical Products
Sunday Janson 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
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) Know Your Enemies: Live Exploit of a PHP Engine Security Breach
The Hidden Life of Infrastructure: How Control Moves Through Code, Chips, and Nations
Reverse Engineering the World's Largest Music Streaming Platform
Fear and Loathing in the App Stores: when FLOSS principles collide with the Gatekeeper interests
Open Source Design, the wake up call for developers!
FreeSewing: How to buy less, create more, and feel great about it
Automating translation of a bestseller to spark children's interest in coding
From Drones to Data: Building an Open Mapping Ecosystem for All
The Filesystem Diaries: Scaling Btrfs in an Enterprise
The Meshiverse OR The Revolution of the Little Radios
Event Speakers Room Start End

Saturday

  Welcome to FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM Staff Janson 09:30 09:50
  FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI
Michiel Leenaars Janson 10:00 10:50
  Wayland compositors for fun and profit
Erin Kalousková K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 10:30 10:55
  Evolving Git for the next decade
Patrick Steinhardt Janson 11:00 11:50
  KDE at 30: Still looking ahead
Aleix Pol K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 11:00 11:50
  Linux on the Desktop – Why Digital Sovereignty Starts Here
Holger Dyroff K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 12:00 12:25
  Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking?
Raphaël Gomès, Pierre-Yves David Janson 12:00 12:50
  The Great Migration
Patrick Fitzgerald K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 12:30 12:55
  An Efficient Git Workflow For High-Stakes Projects
Vladislav Shpilevoy Janson 13:00 13:50
  The challenges of FLOSS Office Suites
Michael Meeks K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 13:00 13:50
  Libreboot: Free Your BIOS Today!
Leah Rowe K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 14:00 14:50
  Pull requests maintainers will love to review
Alya Abbott Janson 14:00 14:50
  How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats
Quintessence Anx Janson 15:00 15:25
  Running Wikipedia on Bare Metal, Open Source, and a Healthy Dose of Caching
effie mouzeli K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 15:00 15:25
  What do we mean when we say Sovereign AI?
Katharine Jarmul Janson 15:30 15:55
  What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn?
Mike McQuaid K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 15:30 15:55
  Lightning lightning talks 1
Janson 16:00 16:50
  Zero-Downtime Upgrades: PostgreSQL and OS/glibc at Global Scale
Alexander Sosna K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 16:00 16:50
  Adversarial Interoperability - Writing a Microsoft Bob application
HP van Braam Janson 17:00 17:25
  How to Make Package Managers Scream
Kenneth Hoste K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 17:00 17:50
  raylib: a 12-year adventure as a solo-maintainer
Ray Janson 17:30 17:55
  Code, Compliance, and Confusion: Open Source in Safety-Critical Products
Philipp Ahmann K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 18:00 18:50
  The Big FOSDEM Quiz of the Year
Steven Goodwin Janson 18:00 18:50

Sunday

  Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source?
Marga Manterola Janson 09:00 09:50
  Know Your Enemies: Live Exploit of a PHP Engine Security Breach
Alexandre Daubois K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 09:00 09:50
  Strategy for Trusting your Employer in Open Source: a Historical Approach
James Bottomley Janson 10:00 10:50
  The Hidden Life of Infrastructure: How Control Moves Through Code, Chips, and Nations
Sal Kimmich K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 10:00 10:50
  Reverse Engineering the World's Largest Music Streaming Platform
devgianlu K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 11:00 11:50
  Who Pays Your Bills? Sustainability, Community and Business: The Open Source Triangle
Marco Bernasocchi Janson 11:00 11:25
  Who Funds the Egg? Cracking the FOSS Funding Paradox
Deborah Udoh Janson 11:30 11:55
  Building the next generation of open source contributors – Lessons from 30 years of Postgres
Claire Giordano Janson 12:00 12:50
  Fear and Loathing in the App Stores: when FLOSS principles collide with the Gatekeeper interests
Marc Prud'hommeaux K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 12:00 12:25
  Open Source Design, the wake up call for developers!
Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 12:30 12:55
  CRA Integration – How FOSS compliance measures support CRA obligations, especially regarding documentation, security updates, and traceability.
Florian Hackel, Annika Niemann Janson 13:00 13:25
  FreeSewing: How to buy less, create more, and feel great about it
Joost De Cock K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 13:00 13:50
  Implementing the Cyber Resilience Act - engaging with open source
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, Filipe Jones Mourao Janson 13:30 13:55
  Automating translation of a bestseller to spark children's interest in coding
Nico Rikken, Matthias Kirschner K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 14:00 14:50
  The Geopolitics of Code: From Digital Sovereignty to Global Fragmentation
Daniel Izquierdo Janson 14:00 14:50
  From Drones to Data: Building an Open Mapping Ecosystem for All
Petya Kangalova K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 15:00 15:25
  The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Code
Daniel Temkin Janson 15:00 15:50
  The Filesystem Diaries: Scaling Btrfs in an Enterprise
Motiejus Jakštys K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 15:30 15:55
  Lightning lightning talks 2
Janson 16:00 16:50
  The Meshiverse OR The Revolution of the Little Radios
Davide Gomba K.1.105 (La Fontaine) 16:00 16:50
  Open Source Security in spite of AI
Daniel Stenberg Janson 17:00 17:50
  Closing FOSDEM 2026
Janson 17:50 18:15