[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Date and 2027 bidding process

[Alex Leith]

Ok, no problem! I’ll share that information with people I talk to ☺️

*Alex Leith*
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 at 1:43 pm, Nobusuke Iwasaki (岩崎亘典) <
nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp> wrote:

> Dear Alex,
>
> It will be from Sunday, August 30, to Saturday, September 5, due to
> the venue’s availability.
>
> Best,
> Nobusuke
> --
> Nobusuke Iwasaki
>  Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
>  FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
>  Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
>  Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
>
> 2025年10月22日(水) 17:01 Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Do you mean from Monday the 31st through to Sunday the 6th?
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 01:32, Nobusuke Iwasaki (岩崎亘典) via Conference_dev
> <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Dennsi,
> >> Thank you for your question.
> >>
> >> Dear Vicky,
> >> Thank you for clarifying the schedule.
> >>
> >> Let me add a few details about FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima.
> >> The conference week will be August 30 – September 5, 2026:
> >>
> >> - Workshops: August 30–31
> >> - Main Conference: September 1–3
> >> - Code Sprint and Community Events: September 4–5
> >>
> >> Workshops will be held in a rented conference facility near Hiroshima
> Station.
> >> The main conference will take place at the Hiroshima International
> >> Conference Center,
> >> and the code sprint venue is still under discussion.
> >>
> >> By late August, the hottest season in Japan has passed,
> >> but Hiroshima will still be quite warm.
> >>
> >> Looking forward to meeting everyone in Auckland and then in Hiroshima!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Nobusuke
> >> --
> >> Nobusuke Iwasaki
> >>  Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
> >>  FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
> >>  Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
> >>  Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
> >>
> >> 2025年10月21日(火) 6:36 Vicky Vergara via Conference_dev
> >> <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>:
> >> >
> >> > Hello Dennis
> >> >
> >> > To the best of my knowledge workshops & conference is from August 30
> to September 5, 2026
> >> > About the bidding, I think is best to ask on
> >> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev
> >> > And as far as I know it's one bidding process for the next 2 years
> 2027 and 2028.
> >> > But they are the ones that know best.
> >> > Regards
> >> > Vicky
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM Dennis Bauszus via Conference_dev <
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Dear Conference Committee;
> >> >>
> >> >> We know that the FOSS4G 2026 will be in Hiroshima. Is there a fixed
> date yet for the conference? The last calendar week in August has been
> mentioned before but it would be good to have a confirmation in this regard
> before the handover after FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland. We assume that Hiroshima
> will be held during the Northern Hemisphere summer?
> >> >>
> >> >> The UK local chapter is interested in bidding for FOSS4G 2027. Is
> there any more information in regards to the bidding process?
> >> >>
> >> >> Are there any plans to integrate the conference_dev list into the
> OSGeo discourse forum. At current there is very little information in the
> forum.
> >> >>
> >> >> Best,
> >> >> Dennis Bauszus
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Leith
> > m: +61 419 189 050
> > https://auspatious.com
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