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FOSDEM

Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is an annual software engineering conference. It is non-commercial and volunteer-organized with a focus on free and open-source software. Initiated in 2000, it is usually held during the first weekend of February, at the Campus Solbosch of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in the…

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Genre
Software engineering conference
Country
Belgium
Inaugurated
2000 (2000) (as OSDEM) · 2001 (2001) (as FOSDEM)
Previous event
31 January - 1 February 2026
Venue
Campus Solbosch [nl] of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels

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FOSDEM

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples69
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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FOSDEM

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related to FOSDEM 2025 · 16
FOSDEM → As, Block, BoF, Brussels, Dorsey's, Elon Musk, European Commission, FOSDEM Fringe, FOSDEM Junior, Inc, Jack Dorsey's, OSOR, Source, The, The Open Source Observatory, Twitter
related to history · 14
FOSDEM → Advancement, Award, Bauduin, Brussels, Damien Sandras, Europe Meeting, European, Free Software, Open Source Developers, OSDEM, Raphael Bauduin, Richard Stallman, The, The Free Software Foundation's
related to FOSDEM 2024 · 13
FOSDEM → As, Brussels, Bruxelles, FOSDEM Fringe, FOSDEM Junior, FOSS, Laura Durieux, OSOR, Outreachy, Source, The, The Open Source Observatory, Université Libre
related to FOSDEM 2023 · 8
FOSDEM → Beyond, Brussels, FOSDEM Fringe, It, Linux Foundation, NASA, Source, The
related to Gallery · 7
FOSDEM → FOSDEM-2012 Opening TalkFOSDEM, Network Operations Center, Outreachy Keynote, Plenary Discussion-TalkFOSDEM-2023 Stickers, Stands, The NOC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
related to External links · 4
FOSDEM → Media, Official, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Inaugurated · 2
FOSDEM → 2000 (2000) (as OSDEM), 2001 (2001) (as FOSDEM)
Country · 1
FOSDEM → Belgium
Genre · 1
FOSDEM → Software engineering conference
Previous event · 1
FOSDEM → 31 January - 1 February 2026

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source open brussels software held free event conference université libre de bruxelles tracks activities events open-source 2023 2024 2000 nl

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FOSDEMCountryBelgium1.00infobox
FOSDEMGenreSoftware engineering conference1.00infobox
FOSDEMInaugurated2000 (2000) (as OSDEM)1.00infobox
FOSDEMInaugurated2001 (2001) (as FOSDEM)1.00infobox
FOSDEMPrevious event31 January - 1 February 20261.00infobox
FOSDEMVenueCampus Solbosch [nl] of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels1.00infobox
FOSDEMWebsitefosdem.org1.00infobox
FOSDEMrelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
FOSDEMrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
FOSDEMrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
FOSDEMrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
FOSDEMrelated to FOSDEM 2023Source0.60section

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