FOSS4G-Europe-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 FOSS4G-Europe-2026 conference in Timișoara, România, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.
How to organise a BOF
BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in BoF rooms at specified timeslots or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
The FOSS4G Europe conference provides the BoF rooms at the West University of Timișoara where the parallel sessions of FOSS4G Europe 2026 take place, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki by you yourself.
Monday 29th of June 16:30 - 18:00
Room A01
Mapathon for Venezuela Earthquake
Agenda
- We will get together and map together to support people in Venezuela through Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Tasking platform. The current projects are listed here.
Just bring your laptop, and we will figure out the rest. You can just join and observe as well.
Who is coming:
- Batuhan Kavlak
- Json Singh
- Saad Rayees
Monday 29th of June 16:30 - 17:30
Room A11
Planning for the next FOSS4G Europe
Agenda
- Let's meet up and start planning for FOSS4G Europe 2028!
Who is coming:
- Tõnis Kärdi
Tuesday 30th of June 17:30 - 18:30
Room A01
How can OSGeo improve its structure to benefit from government policies
Agenda
- We want to discuss the opportunities that lay in front of us to make our ecosystem and communities stronger, professionalize the foundation, tap into policies developed or under development at the national and EU level.
What is required to make this happen and who is willing to contribute to that?
Who is coming:
- Jeroen Ticheler
- Codrina Ilie
- Marco Minghini
- Stefanie Lumnitz
- Json Singh
- Enter your name
Tuesday 30th of June 18:00 - 19:30
Room AM
DGGS and GIS
Agenda
- With discrete global gridding systems gaining interest, and storage options starting to form, the next question is how we can approach GIS style operations on DGGS structured data. Come discuss or learn more.
Who is coming:
- Alexander Kmoch
- Weston Renoud
- Jaak Laineste
- Json Singh
Tuesday 30th of June 18:00 - 19:30
Room A11
Enter your BoF exciting title
Agenda
- What do you want to talk about?
Who is coming:
- Enter your name
Tuesday 30th of June 18:00 - 19:30
Room A12
Enter your BoF exciting title
Agenda
- What do you want to talk about?
Who is coming:
- Enter your name
Tuesday 30th of June 18:00 - 19:30
Room A13
Enter your BoF exciting title
Agenda
- What do you want to talk about?
Who is coming:
- Enter your name
Wednesday 1st of July 18:00 - 19:30
Room A01
FOSS4G Education - hosted by the International QGIS Trainers Network
Agenda
- This spring we conducted an international survey designed to explore the opportunities and challenges of using open source GIS in the public sector. We will start with a short presentation on the survey and results. This should be a nice catalyst for a discussion about FOSS4G education in different countries. Our goal is to support one another in developing teaching standards, best practices, syllabi and educational materials tailored to practical needs.
Who is coming:
- Kurt Menke
- Berit Mohr
Wednesday 1st of July 18:00 - 19:30
Room AM
The use of AI in OSGeo projects
Agenda
- The use of (Agentic) AI in software development has a big impact on OSGeo community projects. The purpose of this BoF is to talk about the challenges and opportunities this brings to contributors, core contributors and the larger project communities. You are welcome to briefly bring your experiences forward and suggest possible ways forward. We also want to discuss how people with different opinions or ethical principles can find a way forward together, avoiding disrupted communities.
Who is coming:
- Jeroen Ticheler
- Even Rouault
- Json Singh
Wednesday 1st of July 18:00 - 19:30
Room A11
Mapathon for Venezuela Earthquake
Agenda
- We will get together and map together to support people in Venezuela through Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Tasking platform. The current projects are listed here.
Just bring your laptop, and we will figure out the rest. You can just join and observe as well.
Who is coming:
- Batuhan Kavlak
- Saad Rayees
- Json Singh
Wednesday 1st of July 18:00 - 19:30
Room A12
Enter your BoF exciting title
Agenda
- What do you want to talk about?
Who is coming:
- Enter your name
Wednesday 1st of July 18:00 - 19:30
Room A13
Enter your BoF exciting title
Agenda
- What do you want to talk about?
Who is coming:
- Enter your name