FOSS4G-2026/BirdsOfAFeather
Introduction
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.
General Information
At the FOSS4G 2026 conference in Firenze, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.
For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at here.
How to organize a BOF
BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in: BoF rooms or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
The FOSS4G conference provides the spaces, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki.
Capacities
The BoF sessions rooms used are the ones in which the conference takes place, and are available during the hours listed below:
| Room | Day1 (Sep.1) | Day2 (Sep.2) | Day3（Sep.3） | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Hall | 17:00~18:00 | - | - | |
| Himawari | 15:30~18:00 (Not available in case of rain) |
- | - | |
| Dahila1 | 13:30~18:00 (Not available in case of rain) |
- | - | |
| Dahila2 | 14:30~18:00 (Not available in case of rain) |
- | - | |
| Room5 | - | 11:00~12:00 | - | |
| Room6 | - | 11:00~12:00 | 11:00~15:00 |
We will also put a BoF organizing board on site for better organization.
Tuesday 1 September
Himawari
Common Space - Humanitarian Satellite
- Time: 17:00-18:00
- Description: Let's get together and review the state of https://www.commonspace.world
- Person to contact: Batuhan Kavlak
Who is coming:
- Batuhan Kavlak
- Edoardo Neerhut
Wednesday 2 September
Room 5
fused-render: A local-first explorer for geospatial data
- Time: Day 2, 11:00–12:00
- Description: There is often no quick way to simply open and inspect files like Parquet, PMTiles, COGs, or other geospatial formats without first loading them into a QGIS or writing code. fused-render explores a different approach: lightweight, local file openers with interactive browser-based views backed by Python. In this BoF, we’ll try fused-render with geospatial data, discuss useful viewers and workflows, and hear from the community about formats, integrations, and features they would like to see.
- Person to contact: Aman Bagrecha
Who is coming:
- Aman Bagrecha
- Dimple Jain
- Add your name here!
Wednesday 3 September
TODO: Room name
TODO: BoF title
- Time: TODO
- Description: TODO
- Person to contact: TODO
Who is coming:
- TODO