[FOSDEM] Call for Participation: Energy Devroom at FOSDEM 2026

[Kai Hermann]

Hello everyone,
We are excited to announce that for the fourth time there will be an Energy
devroom at FOSDEM! This dedicated Energy devroom will foster the broad
collaboration that is needed to successfully transform global energy
systems though open source.
Representatives of open source project communities working in the energy
space are encouraged to apply to present to the community at FOSDEM by
sharing your project, experiences, and thought leadership.

## Call for participation
Energy

We are seeking presentations related to energy systems and energy usage.
Project overview presentations are welcome, however tangible applications
and use-cases are preferred, as are stories and lessons for community
building in the energy industry.
We anticipate topics such as scheduling energy consumption, electric
vehicle charging infrastructure, metering and measurement systems,
microgrid controls, applications for going off-grid, and more. If you are
unsure about what direction to take a topic, please reach out so we can
assist you.
Talks should be aimed at a technical audience, but should not assume that
attendees are already familiar with your project or how it solves a given
problem. Talk proposals may cover very specific solutions to a problem, or
may be a higher level project overview, particularly for lesser known
projects. Recordings of the prior Energy devroom sessions can be viewed at
https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/energy/
https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/energy/ and
https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/energy/ which may be useful
examples for preparing your proposal.
Please feel free to suggest a duration between 15 minutes and 45 minutes
(making sure to account for time for questions) but note that the final
decision on talk durations will be made by the devroom managers based on
the number of received proposals. We may decide to schedule shorter slots
so that more speakers can participate.

## Key dates
* 1st December: CfP submission deadline
* 15th December: Announcement of selected talks
* 31st January: Energy devroom at FOSDEM, you must be available onsite (in
Brussels, Belgium) to present your talk.
All deadlines are at 00:00 UTC+1.

## Submission process
Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit before the 1st of
December 2025, 00:00  (Europe/Brussels UTC+1). If you already have an
account from a previous year, you should reuse it so all recorded FOSDEM
contributions are associated with your profile.
When submitting your proposal, select 'Energy' from the track drop-down
menu.
Write the desired duration (between 15minutes and 45minutes) including
question and answer into the proposal so we can take that into account when
planning. We may decide to give shorter slots so that more speakers can
participate.
We will not be accepting proposals from anyone who cannot attend the event
in person nor video-recorded talks.
If you run into issues with your submission, please reach out to us so we
can assist you, or contact the program committee at program at fosdem.org.
Please note that the submission deadline is managed by the FOSDEM team and
not by the devroom managers, meaning that after the expiration of the
deadline nothing can be accepted.

## Requirements
The conference language is English. All content must relate to Free and
Open Source Software. By participating in the event, you agree to the
publication of your recordings, slides and other content provided under the
same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By participating in FOSDEM, you
are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct:
https://fosdem.org/2025/practical/conduct/

## Please consider volunteering
Regardless if you submit a talk, please consider volunteering if you plan
on attending the devroom. Every small contribution counts, even just half
an hour, so if you want to help make our devroom a success, please let us
know so we can stay in touch and plan.

## Devroom managers
Current Devroom managers are:
Kai-Uwe Hermann
Boris Dolley
Anna-Lina Helsen
Dan Brown
Rachel Tipton
Sebastian Grüner
Erwann Roussy
Nicolas Höning
Nico Rikken

You can use the dedicated email address to contact us:
energy-devroom-manager at fosdem.org
Hope to see you at the Energy Devroom!
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