The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all things XMPP - both in person and remotely!
The XMPP Summit
The XMPP Summit is a two-day event for the people who write and implement XMPP extensions (XEPs). The event is not a typical conference - aside from small and short lightning talks, there are no long presentations.
Who participates at the Summit?
The participants, where everyone is welcome, are sitting at a round table to discuss and active participation is encouraged. Similar to an unconference at the beginning all participants can suggest topics and others can indicate via votes whether or not they are interested in that topic.
Afterwards a rough order of topics is established that will be followed in moderation with the participants.
How does the Summit work?
If you have ever followed a thread on the standards mailing list or taken part in a discussion on the public XSF channel you should be familiar with this - just in person. The different topics are broken up by short breaks that are great for networking and getting to know other XMPP developers. Still, if you cannot participate, we will also provide an online way of joining the discussion.
Agreeing on a common strategy or even establishing a rough priority for certain features in our decentral and interoperable technology and protocol can be hard. In-person events do a lot in getting us on the same page and as an XMPP developer (e.g. client, server, gateway) we strongly encourage you to come to the summit. (In short: To get the most out of the summit you should have a background in reading (and maybe even writing) XEPs).
If you are simply an enthusiastic user or admin we regularly have booths at various conferences (FOSDEM, CLT, FrOSCon, …) that are a great opportunity to meet us, too. Either way, everyone is welcome to participate!
If we’ve caught your attention, we will then hopefully see you at the XMPP Summit 28. Read on!
Info, Time & Address
The event will take place at the Huis van het Nederlands Brussel. There will be a coffee break (from 09:00 o’clock) and lunch (13:00 to 14:00 o’clock). Coffee, tea and water will be served.
Date: Thursday 29th - Friday 30th, January 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00 o’clock (CET) (both days)
Venue: Huis van het Nederlands Brussel
Address: Philippe de Champagnestraat 23, 1000 Brussels
Cost: Free (registration required)
Capacity: 25 participants
Hybrid participation: Yes
Map: Openstreetmap
Furthermore, the XSF will have its Summit Dinner on Thursday night, which is paid for all participating XSF members. Non-members are warmly invited to join, however at their own expense.
Participation
We are limited to 25 places, so please register by Wednesday, 14th January 2026!
Please note that, although we welcome everyone to join (free of cost), you must announce your attendance beforehand. If you’re interested in attending, please make yourself known by filling out your details on the wiki page for Summit 28. To edit the page, reach out to an XSF member to enter and update your details or you’ll need a wiki account, which we’ll happily provide for you. Contact us using the communication channels listed below. If you sign-up, don’t forget accomodation and your travel bookings. If your plans change, please remove your name from the list.
Please also consider signing up if you plan to:
- present in the Lightning talks or Show-and-Tell
- participate remotely
Communication
To ensure you receive all the relevant information, updates and announcements about the event, make sure that you’re signed up to the Summit mailing list and joined the Summit chatroom (Webview).
Spread the word! Feel free to use our communication channels (see page footer).
Sponsors
The XSF would like to express its sincere gratitude to its general sponsors and acknowledges that their sponsoring allows us to keep events like this an annunal highlight. We also appreciate support via direct sponsoring of the event or even XSF sponsorship, so that we can keep the event open and accessible for everyone. If you are interested, please contact the XSF Board.
We are really excited to already see people signing up. Looking forward to meeting all of you!
The XMPP Standards Foundation Board
