Building on last year, we are calling FOSS and digital commons communities to join us at IndiaFOSS 2026 as we curate the parallel / pre-events.
Through the IF weekend, thousands of FOSS folks from across the country descend on Bengaluru, talking open-source, complaining about traffic and occasionally remembering to attend a few talks. While the main conference always delivers, the show shouldn’t stop at that?
This is your chance to make the most out of the IndiaFOSS momentum with your community! Host a parallel or a pre-event:
complement the main conference,
help participants make the most of their annual IndiaFOSS pilgrimage.
If you’re a local community or space in Bangalore, we’d love for you to host your own event alongside IndiaFOSS. It could be a workshop, meetup, hack evening, or something experimental. Think mapping parties, maintainer meetups, movie screenings, networking dinners, potlucks at cubban, karaoke evenings and whatever else you can cook up!
If it’s remotely related to FOSS, we’ll also help promote it.
Bring Your Books to Life: Live Digitization Days at ServantsOfKnowledge
Have rare, old, out-of-copyright books sitting on your shelves? Bring them to ServantsOfKnowledge and watch them being digitized live by our team.
Join us for a unique two-day event dedicated to preserving public-domain knowledge and making historical works more accessible for future generations.
Event Details
Dates: 25th & 26th September
Venue: ServantsOfKnowledge Office, Basvanaguri
Book Limit: Up to 5 out-of-copyright books per participant
Slots: Limited registrations available each day
Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the digitization process, understand best practices for preserving historical materials, and see their books transformed into high-quality digital copies in real time.
Community Connect - Bangalore Edition (September Meetup): After the great energy at our first meetup, we’re excited to invite you to another relaxed, no-work, no-laptops get-together for people from law, tech, policy, and creative fields. Join us to share ideas, ask questions, and chat about AI in law, civic literacy, and digital public infrastructure. Plus, enjoy tasty food and good company.
Venue (Tentative): Samagata Space, Church Street, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Event Date (Tentative): 19th or 20th September 2026 (Saturday/Sunday)
We’ll share the official registration and RSVP link with everyone by email and on our social channels about a month before the event. Stay tuned!
August FOSS Activity - Inside CCC, NITK Surathkal: For our 13th activity, we’ll take a look at how FOSS empowers the network infrastructure to interconnect 40,000+ devices. Join us to learn more about Open Source Networking at scale!
Venue: Central Computer Centre, NITK Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka
Proposal to start and organise a “Local First Banglore” chapter event/booth as a pre/parallel event.
We’ve got booths for Tiles, Sol, and Tangled this time around at the conference, all of whom work on local-first, open protocols, and user agency-related technologies. So I think it’d be a great idea to plan and organise a mini event around this and gather interest. Jeremie from Sol is happy to provide his slot on Day 2 for this.
I’m also in touch with Boris, who heads the AT Protocol Community Fund, and Shobhit from Creole Network, a P2P network project, who have expressed interest and can help with volunteering at the booth.
Will post specific asks from the community before this weekend.
Take a break and join us!
A morning of interesting conversations about justice, open knowledge, accessibility, and public digital goods. We’ll have games, an open floor, and good food! Sunday, 20 September| 10 AM - 2 PM Samagata Foundation, Church Street, Bangalore
Here’s what to expect:
Conversations on justice, open knowledge, and accessibility
There will be games, an open floor, and great food
No law degree needed, no preparation required, and no fee.
Whether you’re from law, tech, art, policy, or science, you’re all welcome. There are 60 seats, so it’s first come, first served. RSVP here!!!https://ap.surveymars.com/q/yQ2bDmCDX
