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.

We are currently accepting proposals for main track talks only.

The conference language is English. All content must relate to Free and Open Source Software. By participating in the event, you agree to the publication of your recordings, slides and other content provided under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). You must also adhere to our Code of Conduct.

Be reasonable with the number of submissions you make: don't submit too many, or the same proposal to multiple tracks.

You can enter proposals until 2025-11-16 22:00 (Europe/Brussels), 1 month, 1 week from now.