Please find attached the generic FOSSY call for participation with
more details about the conference and how to submit talk proposals.
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/apr/23/fossy26-cfp/
Note that the official call for participation has a deadline that is
one week earlier than the toolchain track one. Although we will accept
talk proposals up to June 1st, please try to submit by May 22 if
possible. That will make coordination with other FOSSY tracks easier
for the program committee.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 05:45:35PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> We are excited to announce that there will be a toolchain track at
> FOSSY 2026 https://fossy.ca the fourth Free and Open Source Software
> Yearly conference.
>
> GNU Toolchain and friends meeting in Vancouver, Canada
> August 6-9 2026 at the University of British Columbia
>
> Talks by developers of core toolchain and developer tools. Compilers
> like GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection, assemblers and linkers like
> Binutils, debuggers and profilers like GDB, Systemtap and Valgrind,
> binary tools like libabigail, elfutils and GNU Poke, C libraries,
> like glibc and newlib and other language runtimes and utilities,
> including discussions of standards like ELF and DWARF.
>
> FOSSY has several tracks with talks over three days and an
> unconference the last day. Besides the toolchain track there
> are ~12 other tracks https://2026.fossy.ca/pages/tracks/
>
> Submit a talk proposal at https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/
> by first creating a speaker profile.
>
> Talks can be long presentations (40 min), short presentations (20 min)
> or lightning talks (5 to 10 min). For either beginner, intermediate or
> advanced audiences, being oriented at developers, community, end users
> or business.
>
> Talks may be recorded and published after the conference, but the
> conference itself is in-person only (no online presentations during
> the conference).
>
> Talk proposals should be submitted before end of day June 1st.
> Accepted talks will get a confirmation before June 15th 2026.
>
> You can register for FOSSY by creating an account at
> https://2026.fossy.ca/account/signup
>
> Program Committee
>
> Andrea Pinski
> Bradley Kuhn
> Elena Zannoni
> Indu Bhagat
> Jose Marchesi
> Mark Wielaard
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Submit your #FOSSY26 talk proposals by May 22
URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/apr/23/fossy26-cfp/
The fourth edition of FOSSY -- the Free and Open Source Software Yearly
conference -- will be here before you know it. It's happening August
6th-9th in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
What makes FOSSY amazing is its genuine, dedicated community: the
speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and volunteers. That community is
getting a tremendous boost this year thanks to our organizing
partnership with IEEE Vancouver, and the enthusiastic support of
University of British Columbia faculty, staff, and students. This is a
year you'll want to be part of.
We invite you to submit talk proposals [0] by May 22 (anywhere on
Earth). We want to hear about your FOSS projects, communities, research,
and activism. You can see our current list of tracks (more may be added)
to which talks can be submitted at on the FOSSY site [1] -- covering
everything from AI to Wildcard. We welcome both first-time and
experienced speakers.
Most of the tracks are run by community experts (thank you, track
organizers!) who will decide the specifics of scheduling, but generally
FOSSY talks are 45 minutes long including time for audience Q&A.
Selected talks will be given in-person at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver. Talks will be recorded and streamed.
To submit a talk you must first register an account (see the button on
the CFP page [2], to make a speaker profile and then select the track
you want to submit to along with some additional information. If you
have any questions please don't hesitate to email us at .
We are also looking for your ideas about keynotes. We want our keynotes
to be lively, timely, and super relevant for the audience. To that end,
we'd love to hear your suggestions for topics, panelists, and speakers
on this form. [3] Ideas don't have to be fully formed -- just give us
the spark and we'll do the rest!
Stay tuned for additional conference information in the coming days
including how to apply for a booth, how to volunteer, and how to book a
room at the conference's dedicated affordable on-site lodging.
If you think your employer might be interested in supporting the event,
please share our sponsorship prospectus [4] with them -- as a nonprofit,
we depend on donations to make this event happen.
You can help make this the best FOSSY yet by sharing this call for
proposals and encouraging your friends and colleagues to participate! We
look forward to seeing you all in beautiful Vancouver, BC.
[0] https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/
[1] https://2026.fossy.ca/pages/tracks/
[2] https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/
[3] https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/PR8tqMaRYiABRwQizr236kY5
[4] https://sfconservancy.org/static/docs/2026-fossy-prospectus.pdf
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