Hi Gu, Well .. it’s a part of MY vision ;-) … at least I know that MQTT is becoming the major protocol in industrial automation parallel to OPC-UA and here the broker is the most important part ;-) Happy that we now have BifroMQ at Apache.
And regarding TAC. The process is pretty straightforward. If TAC is sponsoring an event (We currently mostly only sponsor Apache events), you file an application as soon as the applications open. There you’ll be asked several questions about your expectaions, your financial situation and your contributions to open-source and apache. Would also be good to mention if you’ve submitted a talk/have a talk accepted. These will then be reviewed by the tac team and then we select a number of applications, which we sponsor based on the budget that we have. Chris Von: gujiaweijoe <[email protected]> Datum: Montag, 9. Februar 2026 um 12:30 An: dev <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: AW: Community over Code 2026 Glasgow? Hi Christopher, Thanks for reaching out! As a team member, I am thrilled to hear that you see the project as an essential part of the industrial IoT vision at Apache. I would definitely like to submit a talk for the IoT/IIoT track. Also, thank you for the information regarding the Apache TAC! That is a wonderful resource. I’d love to learn more about the details/process for that to ensure we can make it to the event. Look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Gu Jiawei (gujiaweijoe) Original From: Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> Date: Feb 9, 2026 16:58 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: AW: Community over Code 2026 Glasgow? Forget that … Glasgow … Halifax was years ago 😉 Von: Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> Datum: Montag, 9. Februar 2026 um 09:57 An: [email protected] <[email protected]> Betreff: Community over Code 2026 Halifax? Anyone here planning on submitting a talk to C>C2026? I am the track chair of the Industrial IoT / IIoT track and for me BifroMQ is one big and essential part of my vision of Industrial IoT solutions at Apache. Is anyone here planing on submitting a talk? As you are a very new project here at Apache: I would also like to advertise Apache TAC (Apache Travel Assistance Committee) … think of as a stipendium program, that allows people to travel to our events, if their financial situation doesn’t allow that otherwise. If you apply and you are selected, then Apache can cover: plane-tickets, hotel costs, conference registration costs and even food. So „I’d love to give a talk on BifroMQ, but can’t afford the trip“ doesn’t count as a reason 😉 If you’re interested, please ping me for details. Chris
