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

[Vicky Vergara]

Hi Eli,

yes, I do not recall exactly when, but we talked about it in an OSGeo Board
meeting.


On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> Hello Dennis,
>
> Although I'm no longer a voting member of the Conference Committee, I
> speculate the process will be similar to 2025 and other previous years,
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2025_Bid_Process.
>
> I know of no plans to integrate the conference_dev email list into the
> OSGeo discourse forum.
>
> Hi Vicky,
>
> Do you have any reason or citations to believe that it will be one bidding
> process for the next 2 years, 2027 and 2028?  I may be missing things, but
> I have not seen anything to indicate that will be the case.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Conference_dev <conference_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf
> of Nobusuke Iwasaki (岩崎亘典) via Conference_dev <
> conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 20, 2025 4:32 PM
> *To:* Vicky Vergara <vicky at erosion.dev>
> *Cc:* Dennis Bauszus <dbauszus at gmail.com>; conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org
> <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Date and 2027 bidding
> process
>
> 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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