[CfP] SoSy2026, register in March for a discount!

Dear colleague,

The 2026 edition of the Solid Symposium <https://sosy2026.eu/> features in equal balance the industry, academic and open-source communities which are equally essential for realising the Solid project.

For developers, programme highlights include:

  1. Spotlight talks featuring Dokie.li <https://dokie.li/> and Nextgraph <https://nextgraph.org/>, led by Virginia Balseiro, Sarven Capadisli and Niko Bonnieure.
  2. Authorizing Solid Applications and related Security Considerations <https://sosy26.hackers4peace.net/> led by elf Pavlik.
  3. From Apps to Autonomy: Operating Systems for True Data Ownership <https://solidos.solidcommunity.net/public/2026/SoSy26London/FromAppsToAutonomy.html> featuring the work of Angelo Veltens and Timea Turdean.
  4. Solid POP session: Proof of aPplication, the proof is in the eating, led by Sjoerd van Groning.

For business leaders interested in Solid, highlights include:

  1. Practical uses of Solid for medical and health data <https://solidweb.me/bbuelens/sosy2026/health-session.html> led by Jackson Morgan, Dominique Van Dijck, Elfi Goesaert, and Erich Bremer.
  2. Shaping the business value of trust and innovating the business models of Solid <https://dataprdx.ai/events/conferences/sosy2026/> organised by Elfi Goesaert, Bart Buelens, and Jeremy Caine.
  3. Achieving adoption of Solid at scale <https://sosy2026-solid-at-scale.jeswr.org/> led by Jesse Wright.
  4. Panel discussions on the Next Chapter for Solid featuring John Bruce and Louise Burke.

Academics are treated to dozens of high-quality contributions spread across:

  1. 4th Privacy & Personal Data Management Session <https://besteves4.github.io/sosy2026-privacy/> chaired by Beatriz Esteves and Marc Florea.
  2. Decentralised Information Retrieval and AI based on Solid <https://espressoproject.org/dias2026/> chaired by Thanassis Tiropanis, George Roussos, and George Popescu-Craiova.
  3. Solid Future(s) for Digital Heritage: Decentralising Access and Building Trust led by Milena Dobreva and Pavel Kats.
  4. Solid4FutureProtocols: Using Solid to Enable Future Application Protocols <https://biagioboi.github.io/Solid4FutureProtocols/> led by Biagio Boi and Franco Cirillo.
  5. The Solid Symposium Poster Session <https://sosy2026.eu/Posters/> chaired by Christoph Braun, Juan G. Diaz Ochoa, Chang Sun, and Rui Zhao.


Keynotes include, on the morning of 1 May, Oshani Seneviratne <https://sosy2026.eu/Speakers/> on "Federated Learning Meets Solid: Privacy-Preserving Personalization with Federated LLMs and Solid Pods."

The opening day on 30 April begins with a keynote from Sir Nigel Shadbolt and an introduction to the ODI's roadmap for the Solid technology. The day concludes with a fireside conversation with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, whose leadership in the context of the Solid project needs no introduction here. There will be plenty of opportunities to discuss Solid in breaks and in the evenings. For more details on the program see the symposium website. <https://sosy2026.eu/Program/>


Register in March for a discount via the webshop <https://sosy2026.eu/nGeneral-information/Practical/>!

Thank you to the dynamic program committee, local organisers, and sponsors (Muze, The ODI, and Inrupt) who make the symposium possible.


Best regards,


Ross, Jesse and Beatriz
[co-chairs for SoSy2026]