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Hi all,</div>
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I thought this be of direct interest to a lot of people on the mailing list so I thought I'd share it with you all.</div>
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FOSDEM is a free, community-driven conference in Brussels that brings together developers and enthusiasts of free and open-source software. I spoke at the event last year and it's an incredible scale and atmosphere. Next years event will take place on the last
weekend of January and there will be a geospatial developer room on <b>Saturday, 31 January 2026.</b> The room is now welcoming talk proposals.</div>
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If you work with open-source geospatial tools, data, or applications, please consider submitting a session. Topics of interest include GIS software, web mapping, data visualisation, mobile data collection, AI/ML for geospatial, standards and interoperability,
OSM, environmental and sustainability applications, smart cities, IoT, and real-world case studies.</div>
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<b>Key dates:</b></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" role="presentation"><b>1 December 2025</b> – Submission deadline</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" role="presentation"><b>15 December 2025</b> – Notification of acceptance</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" role="presentation"><b>31 January 2026</b> – Devroom day at FOSDEM</div>
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Submit your proposal at: <a data-start="779" data-end="804" rel="noopener" class="decorated-link OWAAutoLink" id="OWAabb90355-3373-dca4-a041-b9ba957e6e22" target="_new" href="https://fosdem.org/submit">
https://fosdem.org/submit</a> (choose the <b>Geospatial devroom</b> track).<br>
Talks are typically 25 minutes, with some 10-minute lightning slots available.</div>
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Please also share this Call for Participation within your networks.<br>
FOSDEM’s Code of Conduct is available here: <a data-start="1044" data-end="1086" rel="noopener" class="decorated-link OWAAutoLink" id="OWA8b038116-85ac-8335-9225-29aa5b05e370" target="_new" href="https://fosdem.org/2026/practical/conduct/">
https://fosdem.org/2026/practical/conduct/</a></div>
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Many thanks,<br>
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James</div>
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