Swift Pre-FOSDEM Community Event 2026

Call for Proposals

Call for proposals is now open and will run until 05 January (23:59 CET).

Format and topics

The Community event will have a number of slots for 20 minute talks.

We are interested in hosting a wide variety of topics where Swift shines. Great topics for presentations might include:

• Demos and experience reports using Swift on Linux, embedded systems, with WebAssembly, or other use cases.
• Interoperability between Swift and other languages or tools.
• Interesting projects, use cases, and open source packages that involve Swift.
• Type system and language design.
• High-performance networking.
• Asynchronous programming patterns and techniques.
• Performance profiling and debugging techniques.
• Large-scale distributed systems and observability.
• Swift as a tool for scientific research and in academia.
• Teaching programming concepts with Swift.
• Growing diversity and accessibility to the Swift ecosystem for new contributors.

How to submit a proposal?

• Submissions must be made through a direct message (DM) directed to the @fosdem-fringe group on the Swift Forums.
• Please include the following information:
  • Talk title
  • Talk abstract (200-300 words)
  • Speaker bio
  • Additional info (for consideration)

Schedule

[12:00 - 01:00 PM] Lunch
[01:00 - 01:05 PM] Welcome Message
[01:05 - 01:30 PM] Opening Keynote (Ben Cohen, Swift Core Team)
[01:30 - 02:30 PM] Talks
[02:30 - 03:00 PM] Break
[03:00 - 04:30 PM] Talks
[04:30 - 06:00 PM] Closing + Reception

Location

Au Bassin
Quai aux Briques 74
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Volunteers

Want to get involved? We're looking for volunteers to help make this event amazing! Whether you're interested in helping with registration, assisting with logistics, or other event-day activities, we'd love to have you on our team. No prior experience needed, just bring your enthusiasm! If you're interested, please reach out to fosdem-fringe@forums.swift.org and we'll be in touch with more details.