[FOSDEM] Call for Participation: “Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure” devroom

[Felix Kronlage-Dammers]

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the FOSDEM 2026
“Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure” devroom (the continuation
of last year’s “Government Collaboration” devroom) jointly organized by the
German Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) and the Sovereign Cloud
Stack Project (SCS).

The next edition of FOSDEM will take place on January 31 and February 1 2026,
with the “Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure” devroom currently
scheduled for Saturday, January 31, in the morning.

This is *the* devroom to discuss, showcase and elaborate on projects that
enable collaboration in the context of sovereign solutions for the public
sector, bringing together sovereign workspace initiatives (openDesk,
Mijn Bureau and La Suite Numerique) and sovereign cloud technologies and
standards. Our goal is to foster connections among those committed to
advancing digital sovereignty across Europe (and beyond). 

If you haven’t heard about FOSDEM before or are looking for more
information, you can visit the official website at https://www.fosdem.org/.

## Key dates tl;dr:

- Submission deadline: December 1, 2025, 23:59 UTC
- Schedule announcement: December 15, 2025
- Event date: January 31 - February 1, 2026

## Call for Submissions

Please submit your proposals on Pretalx, FOSDEM's submissions tool, at
https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp
Please select the **"Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure"**
as the track.

*Note:* We will not be accepting proposals submitted outside of Pretalx.
For example, submissions via mailing list.
- Submissions will require a short abstract and speaker description
- Suggested duration for a time slot is 25 minutes (20 min presentation,
5 mins for questions).

Note that due to time constraints, number of submissions, and other
factors we may end up offering a slot duration different than 25 minutes.


## About the Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure devroom

### Overview

The Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure devroom is for
discussing topics and issues related to full-stack digital sovereignty,
from secure and interoperable digital workspaces to sovereign cloud
infrastructure, including standards, technologies, and best practices
for designing, deploying, and operating independent and resilient
digital ecosystems for the public sector.

A few topic examples to illustrate:

• Examples and success stories of digital sovereign cloud computing by the public sector
• Open-source software for public sector collaboration and data sharing
• Standardization and certification of digital sovereign solutions and infrastructure
• Co-development of sovereign digital workspace solutions, such as La Suite
Numérique and openDesk, for public sector agencies
• Automating deployment and operations of such solutions on sovereign infrastructure
• Federating infrastructure and federating or migrating digital workspace solutions
• Real-world challenges when running and using sovereign infrastructure or solutions
• Overcoming common challenges and sharing best practices in digital sovereignty
across borders

## 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 license 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

Our community lives by collaboration – 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.

## Contact

For any questions regarding the Devroom or the CfP for the devroom feel free
to reach out to us:

Lea Beiermann - lea.beiermann at zendis.de
Felix Kronlage-Dammers – fkr at osb-alliance.com

See you in Brussels!

Cheers,

felix (in the name of the organizing team of this devroom)

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Felix Kronlage-Dammers
Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V.
Tel.: +49-30-206539-205 | Matrix: @fkronlage:matrix.org | fkr at osb-alliance.com