[Conference-europe] Discussion period for FOSS4G Europe 2026 open until 21.09.2025

[Marco Minghini]

Dear all,
apologies for joining this thread a bit late. First, I thank Marian and the
Romanian colleagues for proposing the event, I’m sure they have the
experience and skills to organise a successful FOSS4G Europe.

I would like to ask the proposers the following clarifications:
- dates: I agree with Tõnis about the proximity to the global FOSS4G, and
in addition I would like to point out that the end of July/beginning of
August falls within the typical holiday period, at least in
Southern Europe. If dates are flexible, the first half of July (as done in
2023, 2024 and 2025) may lead to an increased participation.
- tracks: the proposal does not mention which tracks are planned to be
organised. For example, there is no mention about the Academic Track.
- the proposal mentions a poster session. Since a few years already,
posters have been replaced with lighting talks and I think this has worked
quite well. It would also avoid extra-sessions after 6:00 pm (which may not
be well-attended) and to keep the rooms free for the BoF sessions (which
btw are also not mentioned).
- the proposal does not mention the possibility to offer scholarships: is
this foreseen?

Thank you,
Marco


Il giorno mer 17 set 2025 alle ore 09:48 Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe <
conference-europe at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> Thanks Astrid!
>
> One thing that popped in my head was the timing - the proposed dates
> (27.07-02.08) are maybe too close to the Hiroshima global FOSS4G
> (30.08-5.09)? Although, as the venue is at a university so we are
> constrained by the university's own schedule.
>
>
> t;
>
>
> On 13.09.25 13:45, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Conference-Europe wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > let's start the discussion.
> >
> > Thank you very much to the team from Romania for their propoal to host
> > FOSS4G Europe 2026 in Timișoara.
> >
> > The proposal looks very good to me.
> >
> >   - it will be in summer like the last FOSS4G Europe - very good
> > - proposed prices are similar to last years. Very good to keep the
> > students prices very low. I like that
> > - many people and organizations are already involved and we know how
> > good FOSS4G in Romania is from the global event :)
> > - the Univerity looks very suitable for the event
> >
> > +1 from my side
> >
> > Astrid Emde
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 02.09.2025 11:35 schrieb Tõnis Kärdi via Conference-Europe:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> August passed excruciatingly fast, and September is here which can
> >> only mean one thing - we will have time for a three week discussion
> >> period on the next FOSS4G Europe 2026. I'm CCing the conference_dev
> >> list here aswell so we are on the same page :)
> >>
> >> We have a proposal to host FOSS4G Europe 2026 conference in Timisoara,
> >> Romania. Please find the prepared pdf document at OSGeo NextCloud [1].
> >>
> >> The discussion is open to anyone interested in the topic and you can
> >> participate by writing to the conference-europe mailinglist. Feel free
> >> to raise any questions/concerns - these will help the Timisoara LOC to
> >> better plan ahead.
> >>
> >> I'll collect the questions and answers also to the
> >> conference-europe-2026 wiki page [2] for easier future reference.
> >>
> >> Oh, and let's try to wrap the discussion up by 21.09.
> >>
> >>
> >> All the best from Tartu,
> >> t;
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] - https://nextcloud.osgeo.org/s/BGKGQK7rLYeq92a
> >> [2] - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference-Europe-2026#Discussion
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