Submit your #FOSSY26 talk proposals by May 22

[Software Freedom Conservancy]

	Submit your #FOSSY26 talk proposals by May 22

URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/apr/23/fossy26-cfp/

The fourth edition of FOSSY -- the Free and Open Source Software Yearly
conference -- will be here before you know it. It's happening August
6th-9th in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

What makes FOSSY amazing is its genuine, dedicated community: the
speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and volunteers. That community is
getting a tremendous boost this year thanks to our organizing
partnership with IEEE Vancouver, and the enthusiastic support of
University of British Columbia faculty, staff, and students. This is a
year you'll want to be part of.

We invite you to submit talk proposals [0] by May 22 (anywhere on
Earth). We want to hear about your FOSS projects, communities, research,
and activism. You can see our current list of tracks (more may be added)
to which talks can be submitted at on the FOSSY site [1] -- covering
everything from AI to Wildcard. We welcome both first-time and
experienced speakers.

Most of the tracks are run by community experts (thank you, track
organizers!) who will decide the specifics of scheduling, but generally
FOSSY talks are 45 minutes long including time for audience Q&A.
Selected talks will be given in-person at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver. Talks will be recorded and streamed.

To submit a talk you must first register an account (see the button on
the CFP page [2], to make a speaker profile and then select the track
you want to submit to along with some additional information. If you
have any questions please don't hesitate to email us at .

We are also looking for your ideas about keynotes. We want our keynotes
to be lively, timely, and super relevant for the audience. To that end,
we'd love to hear your suggestions for topics, panelists, and speakers
on this form. [3] Ideas don't have to be fully formed -- just give us
the spark and we'll do the rest!

Stay tuned for additional conference information in the coming days
including how to apply for a booth, how to volunteer, and how to book a
room at the conference's dedicated affordable on-site lodging.

If you think your employer might be interested in supporting the event,
please share our sponsorship prospectus [4] with them -- as a nonprofit,
we depend on donations to make this event happen.

You can help make this the best FOSSY yet by sharing this call for
proposals and encouraging your friends and colleagues to participate! We
look forward to seeing you all in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

[0] https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/
[1] https://2026.fossy.ca/pages/tracks/
[2] https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/
[3] https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/PR8tqMaRYiABRwQizr236kY5
[4] https://sfconservancy.org/static/docs/2026-fossy-prospectus.pdf