This year’s edition of FOSSY, the fourth Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference, will take place during the month of August, from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th 2026 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. And as always, there will be an XMPP Track.
As announced by the organization in the official Conference Schedule, the XMPP track wil be composed of seven presentations.
Three presentations will take place during Saturday, August 8th at MCLD 3038:
| Presentation | Speaker | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Encrypted messaging interoperability with hybrid bridges in XMPP | Marvin W. | 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM PDT. |
| Beyond Chat: Delivering mini “apps” with great UI | Stephen Paul Weber | 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM PDT. |
| “Beautiful XMPP Testing” revisited – How to Overcome the Mind-Body Duality by Staring at XML | Phillip Davis | 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM PDT. |
Followed by another four presentations during Sunday, August 9th at MCLD 3038:
| Presentation | Speaker | Time |
|---|---|---|
| When Data Gets Heavy: Voice and Video for Large Groups | Christopher Vollick | 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM PDT. |
| UnifiedPush - Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source | Daniel Gultsch | 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM PDT. |
| Adventures in Onboarding: Episode V - The Server Goes Down | Gideon Mayhak | 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM PDT. |
| Snikket: Behind the scenes of our on-demand XMPP server hosting | Matthew Wild | 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM PDT. |
The FOSSY organizers kindly invite you to join the event and will be pleased to see you there. Don’t miss it out!
