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Skill up with workshops at the Nextcloud Community Conference 2026
Here's all you need to know about workshops at the Nextcloud Community Conference 2026. Check the confirmed sessions and start planning your visit!
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September 19-20, 2026 CIC Berlin
Building a safer digital world – together!
A tradition and the annual meeting point for the Nextcloud community, the Community Conference is where contributors from all backgrounds, people passionate about privacy, and open source enthusiasts come together to build, learn, collaborate and shape the future of open source collaboration tools.
Join the Nextcloud Community Conference and Contributor Week in Berlin!
Join hundreds of contributors, developers, and open source enthusiasts for a two days of inspiring talks, hands-on collaboration, and community building in the heart of Berlin.
We’re almost there! See you in:
Speakers
Discover the exciting lineup of speakers!
Explore the agenda
Two days of keynotes, technical talks, hands-on workshops, lightning talks, and community sessions, with plenty of opportunities to learn, contribute, and connect.
The agenda is subject to change.
| Time | Session and speaker | |
| 09:00 | 🎫 Registration & welcome | |
| 10:00 | keynote Building a safer digital world - together  Frank Karlitschek Founder & CEO of Nextcloud | |
| 10:45 | keynote Keynote  Paula Grzegorzewska Strategic Partnerships at Linux Foundation Europe | |
| 11:15 | ☕️ Coffee break | |
| 12:00 | keynote Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer: Building the future of collaboration    Jos Poortvliet, Anna Larch, Jan Borchardt Co-founder & CCO, Developer Relations, Design Team Lead | |
| 12:30 | Nextcloud Platform: laying bricks for a growing ecosystem of apps Live podcast recording   Andy Scherzinger, Ingo Ebel Vice President Engineering at Nexcloud, Open source enthusiast and podcaster | |
| 13:00 | 🍝 Lunch break | |
| 14:15 | lightning talk Lightning talks | |
| 15:30 | ☕️ Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | Afternoon breakout tracks (Main stage) Track 1 Track 1: Main stage Story 1 (30') Setting up Nextcloud in Kubernetes for a Home Lab - Example Speaker: Johan Prinsloo Story 2 (30') Join the Nextcloud forums and contribute Speaker: Mark Ziegler Story 3 Solo doesn't win: A workshop on getting your friends & family off Big Tech Speaker: Henri Fischer | |
| 18:15 | 🍾 Community party Join us for a fun evening of live music, food, and drinks! | |
| Time | Session and speaker | |
| 09:00 | 🎫 Registration & welcome | |
| 09:30 | keynote Privacy by design, but how?  Katharine Jarmul Author & privacy specialist | |
| 10:00 | panel session Why you should contribute  Moderator Fabrice Mous Key Account Manager Strategic Initiatives at Nextcloud | |
| 10:45 | ☕️ Coffee break | |
| 11:30 | lightning talk Lightning talks | |
| 12:45 | 🍝 Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | roundtable 10 years of Nextcloud: looking back, looking ahead   Frank Karlitschek, Jos Poortvliet, Jan Borchardt, Arthur Schiwon Nextcloud founders | |
| 14:30 | Community awards | |
| 14:45 | ☕️ Coffee break | |
| 15:30 | breakout tracks Afternoon breakout tracks (Main stage) Track 1 Track 1: Main stage Session 1.1
Title: (30') Main stage: Open Roadmap – Live community feedback | |
| 17:15 | #NextcloudConf26 closing ceremony | |
A few more things to know!
Speaker guide
Share your ideas. Inspire the community.
The 2026 call for proposals is now closed.
The Nextcloud Community Conference is only possible because of the contributions from the community, so we want to say thank you to everyone who shared their ideas with us! Our goal is to create a diverse program that reflects the diversity of the Nextcloud ecosystem and the wider open source community.
If your proposal was selected, please take a moment to check out the speaker guide for everything you need to know about the next steps, important deadlines, and to make the most of your conference experience.
Get involved
Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer for the Nextcloud Community Conference 2026! We’re grateful to have such a great group of community members helping us make the event happen.
The volunteer team is now complete, but there’s still a way to join us. Get your ticket and come meet the community, connect with fellow contributors, and enjoy the conference together.
Coming with kids?
For the first time, we’re introducing a Kids’ Program to make the conference more welcoming for families. On both Saturday and Sunday, children can join a short hands-on workshop exploring coding, Nextcloud, and open source. Throughout the day, a dedicated family space will also offer board games, puzzles, drawing, and other activities.
- This is a shared family space rather than a full-day children’s program
- Parents remain responsible for supervising their children at all times.
Good to know
- 👧 Recommended for children aged 6-12
- 🎟️ The Kids’ Program is free of charge
- 🗣️ The workshops are held in German
- 📝 Please indicate during conference registration if you’ll be bringing a child.
Saturday
| Time | Session and speaker | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream Parlour room We will watch the movie "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software,
Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" together. Released as an Open
Educational Resource, under a Creative Commons By Share-Alike Licence,
it tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a
curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software,
and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to
control technology. Ana Galan Program manager at FSFE | |
Sunday
| Time | Session and speaker | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Playful coding Parlour room Programming code is just explaining an obtuse and pedantic machine what to do. In this workshop we will try to guide Ronja, the garden robot, or Steve from Minecraft, to reach a goal by building instructions for how to move and act – which essentially is coding, too. If you can, please bring a laptop or tablet with a modern browser. No other local apps or permissions are required. Pablo Zimdahl Software Engineer at Nextcloud | |
Community party
Join us Saturday evening for a fun evening of live music, food, and drinks. Local band Jacks & Queens will bring the beat and keep the evening lively. Grab a drink, hit the dance floor, or just hang out and enjoy the evening with the community!
Nextcloud Include
Travel support and diversity at #NextcloudConf26
Diversity strengthens a community, and the Nextcloud Include initiative is our way of helping underrepresented groups get involved in the Nextcloud project. We’re committed to creating an inclusive space where everyone can collaborate and contribute to building world-class open source software.
To support this goal, we offer travel support for the Nextcloud Community Conference, Contributor Week, and other events where volunteer help is needed. Our program covers 80% of travel and hotel expenses in exchange for your support during the event.
Please note: due to limited resources, travel support is only available to a select number of community members. Before applying, consider whether you truly need assistance, as support granted to you may limit help available to someone in greater need.
If you require travel support, please fill out the form linked below.
Nextcloud Contributor Week
Stay a little longer and contribute!
From 21-25 September, Contributor Week brings Nextcloud contributors and community members together for in-person development sprints and focused collaboration.
Whether you’re coding, testing, working on design, translating or improving documentation, there’s room to get involved — from experienced contributors to those just getting started.
Come for the conference. Stay to contribute.
The atmosphere is vibrant and collaborative, fostering an environment of learning, growth, and innovation. By the end of the week, participants not only have gained invaluable experience but also made significant contributions to the Nextcloud project, helping to shape its future.
Contributor Week at the Nextcloud Community Conference is a celebration of open source collaboration, fostering a strong sense of community and collective effort.
We share code, thoughts, inspiration, beer and knowledge, working in areas like:
- Coding (PHP, JS, C++, Objective-C, Java)
- Design & Front-end
- Testing
- Translation & Documentation
- And more!
Frequently asked questions
The event has a small registration fee of €10. This helps us reduce no-shows and improve planning while keeping the event accessible to everyone. Your registration also includes either a Nextcloud T-shirt or an exclusive 10th-anniversary tote bag.
The event is open to developers, contributors, IT professionals, partners, students, open source enthusiasts, and anyone interested in digital sovereignty and the Nextcloud ecosystem. Whether you’re a long-time community member or joining us for the first time, you’re welcome.
Your registration includes access to all event sessions and workshops, networking opportunities, coffee breaks, lunch, community activities, and either a Nextcloud T-shirt or an exclusive 10th-anniversary tote bag.
Contributor Week takes place immediately after the Community Conference and is dedicated to collaborating on Nextcloud projects. Community members work together on coding, documentation, translations, design, quality assurance, marketing, and many other areas that help move the project forward.
Not at all. While developers are an important part of Contributor Week, there are many ways to contribute. Whether your skills are in documentation, design, translations, testing, marketing, or community building, there’s a place for you.
Simply submit your proposal through our Call for Papers before the submission deadline (August 3, 2026). We welcome both experienced speakers and first-time presenters, and we’re looking for practical talks, technical deep dives, workshops, and community stories related to Nextcloud, open source, and digital sovereignty.
Once the Call for Papers closes, all submissions are reviewed by the Nextcloud team. We evaluate proposals based on their relevance, quality, and how they fit into the overall program. We’ll notify all applicants by email once the review process is complete, whether or not their proposal has been selected.
Yes. All accepted speakers receive complimentary access to the conference. If you require travel support, please get in touch with us, and we’ll do our best to help where possible.
Yes. Through the Nextcloud Include initiative, we offer travel support to help make the Community Conference and Contributor Week more accessible. The program covers 80% of travel and hotel expenses in exchange for volunteer support during the event.
As travel support is available to a limited number of community members, we encourage you to apply only if you require financial assistance to attend. If you do, simply complete the Travel Support Application on this page, and we’ll review your request.
The conference program is primarily in English, as people join us from around the world.
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Event location
Our venue: CIC Berlin
CIC Berlin is located between Kreuzberg and Alt-Treptow and is easy to reach by public transport.
• Arriving by public transit? The closest options are U Schlesisches Tor (U1, U3), around a 10-minute walk, and S Treptower Park (S8, S9), around 15 minutes away.
• Arriving by car? Limited street parking is available nearby, but we recommend public transport where possible.
• Arriving by bike? Bike storage is available close to the venue.
Let’s meet and build the future of open source, together!
A quick note about registration
Our values, inclusivity, respect, openness, and sustainability, are at the heart of everything we do. To stay true to these and help us plan better, this year’s Nextcloud Community Conference includes a small 10€ registration fee. It helps us reduce waste, prepare responsibly, and ensure a great experience for everyone who truly plans to join. As a thank-you, you’ll receive an exclusive Nextcloud tote bag or a Nextcloud T-shirt at check-in. We want the event to stay open and accessible, so if the fee is a barrier, you can always request a waiver, no questions asked.
Thanks for being part of this amazing community. We can’t wait to see you there!
Read our code of conduct that presents a summary of the shared values and “common sense” thinking in our community.
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Nextcloud meetups
Looking for friends in the open source space? Participate in one of the many meetups organized by our awesome community!
Nextcloud is represented at conferences and events around the world, but we also organize our own meetups and events. And the best part is that you can participate! Here you have the opportunity to connect with peers also interested in open source, digital sovereignty, and expanding the Nextcloud ecosystem.
Don’t see any upcoming meetups near you? Contact us to see how we can support you organize your own Nextcloud meetup!
