From Tools to Community: The Heart of FOSS4G North America 2026

FOSS4G North America is a great place to see what is new: new tools, new workflows, new ideas, and new ways people are using geospatial technology to solve real problems. But this community has never been only about what is new. It is built on the steady work that keeps open source geospatial strong.

That work comes from many places. It comes from core contributors who maintain projects year after year. It comes from educators, workshop instructors, and documentation writers who help people learn. It comes from practitioners who use these tools every day in public agencies, universities, nonprofits, companies, and community projects. It comes from the people who answer questions, fix bugs, and help someone get unstuck. It also comes from those companies and organizations that help fund this work.

FOSS4G NA 2026 is where the community comes together to share and learn from one another. We are interested in lightning talks, presentations, workshops, and posters that keep open source geospatial useful, resilient, reliable, welcoming, and sustainable. We especially welcome proposals that focus on foundational projects and practices, including long-standing tools such as GRASS, GeoServer, PostGIS, QGIS, GDAL, MapServer, Proj, and GEOS, and the many libraries, plugins, standards, and workflows supporting the open source community. 

Submit your proposal by June 30 at 11:59 PM PST for the FOSS4G North America 2026, taking place in Sacramento, California, November 2-4!