Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

Social Web

Room: H.2215 (Ferrer)
Calendar: iCal, xCal
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Saturday JSON Databases and Small ActivityPub Servers: A Perfect Combination
 Democratise the Fediverse
 Tending the Herd: Community at Mastodon
 Amplify Our Voices: Building Digital Sovereignty on the Fediverse
 Reaching out to the wider society: Why the open social web needs to matter to more people – and how we can achieve that goal
 tags.pub - following hashtags globally
 Unlocking development with ActivityPub Client to Server API
 Federated Bookmark Sharing
 Are digital rules a show stopper for the Fediverse?
 The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty: Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe.
 Building a sustainable italian fediverse: overcoming technical, adoption and moderation challenges
 How to level up the fediverse
 Fediverse Integration into (EU) Public Administration - A Fantastic FediVariety Circus
 ActivityPub at Scale: Institutional Entry Points into the Social Web
 The needs of civil institutions for The Next Socials
 A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers
 Decentralised Badges with BadgeFed: Implementing ActivityPub-based Credentials for Non Profits
 Splinter - Split long articles into Mastodon threads
 Bonfire: Building Modular, Consentful, and Federated Social Networks
 Fedify: Building ActivityPub servers without the pain
 Friendica - Hidden in plain sight since 2025
 Fedi legacy
 Mobilizon - share events on the fediverse
 Emissary and the Fediverse

Read the Call for Papers at https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/31/fosdem-2026-social-web-devroom-call-for-participation/.

Event Speakers Start End

Saturday
  JSON Databases and Small ActivityPub Servers: A Perfect Combination
 Darius Kazemi 10:40 11:00
  Democratise the Fediverse
 Matthias Pfefferle 11:00 11:30
  Tending the Herd: Community at Mastodon
 Hannah Aubry 11:30 12:00
  Amplify Our Voices: Building Digital Sovereignty on the Fediverse
 Benjamin Bellamy 12:00 12:30
  Reaching out to the wider society: Why the open social web needs to matter to more people – and how we can achieve that goal
 Björn Staschen 12:30 13:00
  tags.pub - following hashtags globally
 Evan Prodromou 13:00 13:10
  Unlocking development with ActivityPub Client to Server API
 Django Doucet 13:20 13:30
  Federated Bookmark Sharing
 Rafael Epplée 14:00 14:10
  Are digital rules a show stopper for the Fediverse?
 Rebecca Sieber 14:10 14:30
  The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty: Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe.
 Sandra Barthel 14:30 14:40
  Building a sustainable italian fediverse: overcoming technical, adoption and moderation challenges
 Fra - OpenForFuture, Filippo Della Bianca, Valentino Spataro 14:40 15:10
  How to level up the fediverse
 Christine Lemmer-Webber, Jessica Tallon 15:10 15:40
  Fediverse Integration into (EU) Public Administration - A Fantastic FediVariety Circus
 Peter Mechels 15:40 16:00
  ActivityPub at Scale: Institutional Entry Points into the Social Web
 Melanie Bartos 16:00 16:10
  The needs of civil institutions for The Next Socials
 Pepijn Lemmens 16:10 16:20
  A wild FASP appears! Integrating your app with Fediverse Auxiliary Service Providers
 James Smith 16:20 16:30
  Decentralised Badges with BadgeFed: Implementing ActivityPub-based Credentials for Non Profits
 Maho Pacheco 16:30 16:50
  Splinter - Split long articles into Mastodon threads
 Eyal Ron (Neiman) 16:50 17:00
  Bonfire: Building Modular, Consentful, and Federated Social Networks
 Mayel de Borniol, ivan minutillo 17:20 17:40
  Fedify: Building ActivityPub servers without the pain
 Hong Minhee 17:40 18:00
  Friendica - Hidden in plain sight since 2025
 Tobias Diekershoff 18:00 18:10
  Fedi legacy
 Ian Forrester 18:10 18:20
  Mobilizon - share events on the fediverse
 Stéphane, Alexandra 18:20 18:30
  Emissary and the Fediverse
 Ben Pate 18:30 19:00