FOSSMeet'26
FOSSMeet is an annual event on Free and Open source software, conducted at National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Started with a vision to create a culture of innovation, evolution and open standards, the meet intends to support the FOSS community and the dissemination of FOSS ideology through hands-on sessions, discussions and lectures.
FOSSMeet '26 is set to encompass discussions dealing with current trends in open source software and hardware, opportunities to contribute to FOSS, and workshops to familiarize attendees with the latest technologies.
FOSSMeet '26, the twentieth edition of FOSSMeet is scheduled from Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Venue
- Hall Complex, NIT Calicut, Kozhikode, India
- Map : Google, OSM
Date
- 10th–12th April 2026
Schedule
Day 1 (April 10, 2026)
- Inauguration & Opening Ceremony
- Sree Deekshitha Yerra — Choosing and Fixing AI Models in Open Systems
- Tittu Varghese — Digital Public Infrastructure and Open Source
- Vysakh Premkumar — Past, Present and Future of Git
- Frederick Noronha — Rebuilding a FOSS Network
- BOF Session
Day 2 (April 11, 2026)
- Workshops:
- Sudhanshu Dasgupta — SafeDep and Open Source Security
- Shrirang Kahale — CDN and Load Balancing (Session 1 & 2)
- Talks:
- Subin Siby — Data Analysis on Kerala Baby Names
- Ajith Kumar — Freedom in the Digital Age
- Vaibhav Kurhe — Docker Internals
- Baiju Muthukadan — Ukulele Companion App
- Anoop Thomas Mathew — Software that Builds Software
- Andrew Bastin — Nix & NixOS
- Super Tux Kart Competition
Day 3 (April 12, 2026)
- Workshops:
- Nizar — Containers from Scratch
- Vaibhav Kurhe — Linux Shell from Scratch
- Talks:
- Bhaskar Pal — Attacker’s Mindset
- Jithin B P — FOSS Tools for Product Design
- Abhijit A.M — Free Software Debate
- Guruakash SM — eBPF with Go
- Closing Ceremony
Sub Committees
- Video Team
- Speaker Team
- INFRA
- PAD
- Food Committee
- Media
- Transportation
- Tech Team
Contact
- Website fossmeet.org
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Speakers at FOSSMeet '26
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Kailash Nadh, CTO of Zerodha, speaking at FOSSMeet '26
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FOSSMeet '26 event moments
