# Security Devroom @ FOSDEM'2026 [FOSDEM 2026](https://fosdem.org/2026/) will have a [security devroom](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/security/). The security devroom is planned for the whole **Saturday, January 31th, 2026** in Brussels, Belgium at [ULB](http://www.ulb.ac.be/). The latest version of this document should always be reachable as https://github.com/security-devroom/fosdem-2026 ## Our topics this year This is the Security Devroom and we invite you to submit a talk that is relevant to security in the free software and open source world. We want to encourage all interesting security-related presentation regardless of topic, but some suggested topics include: - Supply chain security: Trust and verifiability. - Software quality tools and best practices. - Cryptography: classic, post-quantum and transition. - Hardware-assisted security improvements. - Security hardening, vulnerability handling and threat detection. - Secure development tools and practices. - AI Security: design, models, deployment. Suggested duration for a timeslot to apply for is **25 minutes** (20 min presentation + 5 mins questions). ## Important Dates - Submission open: 30th October 2026. - Submission deadline: 1st December 2026. - Acceptance notifications: 6th December 2026. - Final schedule announcement: 15th December 2026. - Devroom: Saturday 31 January 2026. ## Proposals The Pretalx system will hopefully be open for applications no later than October the 30th, 2026. To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2026 Pretalx website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp). Please select the "Security" as the *track* and ensure you include all the requested information when submitting a proposal. ## Code of Conduct We'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set forth in the [FOSDEM Code of Conduct](https://fosdem.org/2026/practical/conduct/) and we expect everyone attending to follow it. ### Contact [security-devroom@lists.fosdem.org](https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/security-devroom)