I'd like to propose Shannon Dosemagen <https://www.shannondosemagen.com/>, a Senior Fellow at the Open Environmental Data Project <https://www.openenvironmentaldata.org/>. She is also on the board of the Open Science Hardware Foundation <https://opensciencehardware.org/> and was a co-founder of Public Lab <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lab>. Her passion for climate and environmental movement is inspiring, and what makes her work especially impressive is how she weaves together open source hardware, software, and community collaboration. She's also a good speaker as you can see from her TEDxCERN talk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4fVuGcVJQ0> in 2016. There is much the open source software world can learn from other open collaboration communities—including citizen science, data, design, and hardware. Shannon would be a great speaker to highlight these connections. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Ray On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM Bastian <bastian@fosdem.org> wrote:
Hi Content Team,
Thank you all again for supporting us with the content for FOSDEM 2026.
We now have the official dates for FOSDEM 2026! It will take place from *Saturday, January 31, to Sunday, February 1st, 2026*. Now that we have the dates, we can start discussing and confirming potential main track speakers. We'd love for you to start proposing people.
*How to propose a speaker*
If you have someone in mind for the main track, please send us a very brief proposal with the speaker's name and topic. Once we give you a quick "thumbs up", here on the mailing list or in the matrix chat, you can feel free to officially reach out to them and get them on board.
Please get them to fill out the following *private form* we have already prepared. Speakers you recommend will have a preferred spot on the short list for the main track, so their chances of being accepted are higher. This is a special benefit for your early recommendations, so please encourage them to fill out the form.
https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp?access_code=Aib8bu
We look forward to hearing your ideas.
Cheers, FOSDEM Program Team
-- Sebastian Grömcke FOSDEM Staff Memberhttps://fosdem.org
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