[FOSDEM] Call for Participation: Educational devroom @ FOSDEM 2026

[Bart Mathijssen]

Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce that for the fourth time there will be an 
Educational devroom.

## Call for participation

We are seeking presentations discussing topics such as programming 
languages and environments, coding competitions, educational 
foundations, learning materials, learning management systems, and more. 
If you are unsure if your presentation fits this devroom, feel free to 
reach out so we can assist you. It is important to remember that free 
software is both a movement and an idea. These ideas can be expressed by 
creating and contributing to open-source software, as well as how you 
choose to educate people about technology.

## Submission process

Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit by the 1st of 
December 2025. 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 'Educational' from 
the track drop-down menu. Write the desired duration 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.

## 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 the Code of Conduct: 
https://fosdem.org/2026/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 Bart Mathijssen and Peter Mathijssen. You 
can use the dedicated email address to contact us: 
educational-devroom-manager at fosdem.org.