Let's meet at FOSDEM 2026!

We are looking forward to go to FOSDEM 2026, the world’s largest gathering of free and open source software enthusiasts. That means it is a great place to meet fellow FOSS folk, so we hope to see you there. On this page we will be collecting all talks, meetups and activities of NLnet, NGI Zero and the projects we support. So the overview will become more complete as the FOSDEM program is being released. FOSDEM takes place in at the ULB Solbosch Campus in Brussels in the weekend of 31 January - 1 February 2026.

Hex sticker booth

Our hex sticker booth has again been accepted this year. Like previous years we'll bring north of a 100.000 hexagon stickers and everyone is invited to collect hexes of their favorite projects. So drop by to pick up a few stickers and have a chat. We love to hear your questions, remarks, ideas and plans.

Call for Participation: Funding FOSS devroom

Do you have ideas about funding Free and Open Source technologies? Consider submitting a talk for the second edition of the Funding the FOSS Ecosystem devroom at #FOSDEM. The Call for Participation is open until December 1, 2025. This devroom brings together developers, maintainers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, donors and funders to explore various funding models and mechanisms that support the longevity and security of FOSS projects. The goal of this devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies, their feasibility, and communication with end-users, while companies, governments, inter-governmental and social organisations as well as individual donors are encouraged to better understand and support developer needs in FOSS projects. The devroom is organized by NLnet, FSFE, Linux Foundation Europe, Prototypefund and Sovereign Tech Agency

BoF rooms

Like last year we have applied for two BoF (Birds of a Feather) meetings: an NGI Zero network meetup and and an NLnet office hour. The BoF rooms have not yet been announced by the FOSDEM organizers, so more information on that later.

Presentations and talks

As the FOSDEM schedule is being released we'll be adding NLnet and NGI Zero related talks. We'll be updating this page until the event happens, because there are always last minute changes. If you are a grantee and involved in a presentation or a devroom we have not listed, let us know and we will happily add it!

Stands

During FOSDEM the university is filled to the brim with stands where you can meet the people behind many FOSS organisations, communities and projects (and collect stickers). Below is an overview of NLnet/NGI Zero related stands.

• Codeberg and Forgejo
• Delta Chat
• F-Droid and /e/OS
• Free Software Foundation Europe
• GNOME
• Hex sticker booth by NLnet Foundation
• KDE (Plasma Wayland, Connect)
• KiCAD + FreeCAD
• LibreOffice Community (LO Accessible, LO Online, P2P, CRDT, Typography, Bookproject, Follow-Me Slideshow, etc)
• Linux on Mobile
• MariaDB Foundation
• Mastodon
• Nix and NixOS
• OpenFlexure Microscope
• OpenFlexure Microscope
• OW2 FOSS community / Murena degooglized phones and suite
• postmarketOS
• Software Heritage
• The Matrix.org Foundation
• Tor / Tails /NoScript)
• XMPP & Realtime Lounge

FOSDEM Fringe

Coming to Brussels and want to have an early start? There are also events in the FOSDEM Fringe organised by or featuring projects we support, like the GUIX Days.

The FOSS license and security compliance tools developers and users workshop organised by AboutCode is a gathering for people who are interested in open source license and security compliance bringing together developers and users of open source compliance tools.