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title: XMPP Summit 26
date: 2024-01-05
author: XMPP Standards Foundation
categories: ["XMPP Summit", "FOSDEM"]
---

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) will hold its 26th XMPP Summit in Brussels, Belgium this year again!
These are the two days preceding [FOSDEM 2024](/2024/01/xmpp-at-fosdem-2024/).
The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all things XMPP in person and remote!

### Time & Address

The venue will take place at the Thon Hotel EU including coffee break (from 08:30 o'clock) and lunch (12:00 to 14:00 o'clock) paid by the XSF in the hotel restaurant.

Date: Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd February 2024
Time: 09:00 - 17:00 o'clock (CET) (both days)

[Thon Hotel EU](https://www.thonhotels.com/de/hotels/belgien/brussel/thon-hotel-eu/)  
Room: FRANCE  
Wetstraat / Rue de la Loi 75  
1040 Brussels  
[Openstreetmap](https://osm.org/go/0EoS9cWe0?layers=N&m=)

Furthermore, the XSF will have its dinner Thursday night which is paid for XSF members.
Everyone else is of course invited to participate, however at their own expense.
Please reach out if you are participating as a non-member (see list below).

### Participation

**So that we can make final arrangements with the hotel, you must register before Monday 15th January 2024!**

Please note that, although we welcome everyone to join, you must announce your attendance beforehand, as the venue is not publicly accessible.
If you're interested in attending, please make yourself known by filling out your details on the [wiki page for Summit 26](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_26).
To edit the page, reach out to an XSF member to enter and update your details or you'll need a wiki account, which we'll happily provide for you.
Reach out in the [XSF public chatroom](/chat#converse/room?jid=xsf@muc.xmpp.org).
When you sign-up please book the accomodation and your travel.
Please also unsign if you will not attend anymore.

Please also consider signing up if you plan to:

- present in the [Lightning talks or Show-and-Tell](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_26#Lightning_talks_&_Show-and-tell)
- [remote participate](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_26#Remote_Participation)

### Communication

To ensure you receive all the relevant information, updates and announcements about the event, make sure that you're signed up to the [Summit mailing list](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/summit) and the [Summit chatroom](xmpp:summit@muc.xmpp.org?join).

Spread the word also via our communication channels such as [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/xmpp).

### Sponsors

We would like to kindly thank the direct sponsors for the event which are so far [Isode](https://www.isode.com/), [Snikket](https://snikket.org/) and the two individuals of Alexander Gnauck and Edward Maurer.
We appreciate their support so that we can keep the event open and accessible for everyone.
  
We are really excited seeing so many people already signing up. Looking forward to meeting all of you!  
  
The XMPP Standards Foundation
