[FOSDEM] Call for Participation: Security Devroom @ FOSDEM'2026

[Simon Josefsson]

# 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 at lists.fosdem.org](https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/security-devroom)
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