Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

Social Web


09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Saturday 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
Increasing Long Term Stability of Relations Between Fediverse Identities using SSI
Unlocking development with ActivityPub Client to Server API
Federated Bookmark Sharing
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
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 (UTC+1) End (UTC+1)

Saturday

  Democratise the Fediverse
Matthias Pfefferle 10:40 11:10
  Tending the Herd: Community at Mastodon
Hannah Aubry 11:10 11:40
  Amplify Our Voices: Building Digital Sovereignty on the Fediverse
Benjamin Bellamy 11:40 12:10
  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 12:20 12:50
  tags.pub - following hashtags globally
Evan Prodromou 12:50 13:00
  Increasing Long Term Stability of Relations Between Fediverse Identities using SSI
Paul Fuxjäger 13:00 13:10
  Unlocking development with ActivityPub Client to Server API
Django Doucet 13:10 13:20
  Federated Bookmark Sharing
Rafael Epplée 14:00 14:10
  The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty: Building Social Advocacy Networks in and for Europe.
Sandra Barthel 14:10 14:30
  Building a sustainable italian fediverse: overcoming technical, adoption and moderation challenges
Fra - OpenForFuture, Filippo Della Bianca, Michele Agostinelli 14:30 15:00
  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 [zzepposs], Victoria Neumann [vishnee] 15:40 16:00
  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 17:10 17:30
  Fedify: Building ActivityPub servers without the pain
Hong Minhee 17:30 17:50
  Friendica - Hidden in plain sight since 2025
Tobias Diekershoff 17:50 18:10
  Fedi legacy
Ian Forrester, Samuel Margerison 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