IndiaFOSS 2026 - Planning

IndiaFOSS Conference IndiaFOSS 2026
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Weekly Sync
August 19th, 2026

Attendees - @Shree_Kumar @rahulporuri and the FOSS United full-time team

We have sold 1511 tickets so far.

Volunteers

  1. The list of final volunteers is being made and will be discussed in the next volunteer call this Friday. We currently have 40 volunteers (excluding design and diversity volunteers) and shall contact FOSS Clubs for 20 more volunteers for on-ground support.

Community Awards, Booths

  1. Community voting for FOSS Awards is live.
  2. List of booths showcasing at IndiaFOSS 2026 is updated.
  3. We currently have 10 sponsors eligible for booths, and 5 more spots available. A round of final sponsorship follow ups and calls with existing sponsors will happen soon.

DIversity

  1. Updates on diversity scholarships have been sent out. 70 applicants have been approved
    a. 32 are women, and 36 are men. This includes people who have requested for accommodation, travel and/or conference tickets
    b. 32 applicants are from tier2/3 cities
    c. The total cost of tickets is Rs 2.1 lacs, and for accommodation, it is around Rs 1.5 lacs
  2. We will start booking accommodations for them soon

Design, Campaigns

  1. We will be sending T-Shirts for printing, and are in the process of checking delivery timeline and getting size confirmations
  2. The design team has a template for speaker posts ready
  3. A digital attendee kit for people to promote the event is being prepared

Devrooms, CFPs

  1. 3 devrooms have finalised their schedule completely
  2. The workshop ticket is priced at Rs 127. We will make the page live on Monday (24 Aug 2026) for this
  3. 7 mocks presentations of approved speakers are pending.
  4. 14 lightning talks have been approved. We will keep 3 lightning talks in the waitlist and provide them tickets to attend.
  5. Birds of Feather and workshops are approved
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Weekly Sync
August 25th, 2026

Attendees - @Shree_Kumar @rahulporuri @James_Reilly and the FOSS United full-time team

We have sold 1523 tickets so far.

Sponsorship

  1. Meetings with IndiaFOSSS sponsors is ongoing to discuss their participation in the IndiaFOSS events. Met the Tangled team today
  2. The sponsorship team will do a final outreach to companies who had shown interest to support

Design

  1. We are in the process of finalising vendor for FOSS awards
  2. The designs for t-shirts and hoodies are ready. Order will be placed on Thursday and expecting delivery by September 22nd

Tech

  1. The Devroom page has been updated with a minor UI changes
  2. The tech team will update the volunteer list on the website soon

Devrooms and CFPs

  1. The devroom mocks are ongoing. They have reached the second to final round
  2. Planning to have all the accepted talks be up on the website by 31st August. The schedule will likely be out by 2nd September

Volunteers

  1. We currently have 43 on-ground volunteers, including design and diversity volunteers. In addition, we have 20 volunteers from PointBlank and 23 video recording volunteers
  2. At least 10 more volunteers are needed for on-ground activities
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Hi! I’m always happy and available for the above mentioned volunteering role. Had applied earlier but wasn’t selected. So I thought I’d take this as another chance :slight_smile: