20 Feb
2026
20 Feb
'26
8:26 a.m.
Hi,
I personally remain skeptical with regards to the quality and
enjoyability of an online only summit.
However as a team member of SCAM I’m willing to help co-organize something.
I think we will face a lot of constraints with regards to trying to
find time slots for a world wide, diverse audience.
For example I reckon we have many people who only want to do weekdays
and an equal number of people who can only do weekends because they
have 'normal' work.
Additionally finding a time slot that fits people between Vietnam,
Europe and the Americas is going to be difficult as well.
So here is a concrete proposal. We do two subsequent days on Friday
and Saturday. Roughly between 13:00 and 16:00 UTC. That’s morning on
the east coast. Very early morning on the west coast. and late evening
in Vietnam. Each 3 hour day would be divided into two slots and we
maintain the unconference format of the summit. (That gives us 4
topics that we can discuss)
Honestly the question that an online only summit has to find answer to
is not "how can we make a bad approximation of Summit" but "what value
can we provide that the async~ish chat room and our mailing list
doesn’t have.
Maybe a question for the people who want more (online) meetings: What
do you want out of these that the daily discussions that are already
going on in the chat room (and in back channels) are not providing for
you.
cheers
Daniel
On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM Guus der Kinderen
<guus.der.kinderen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
During the recent XMPP Summit, we discussed the idea of organizing a second Summit in
2026, potentially as an online-only event.
The motivation behind this idea would be to:
Keep momentum going between in-person Summits
Lower the barrier to participation
Create space for focused discussions or follow-ups that don’t necessarily require
physical presence
At this stage, this is very much an open exploration, not a proposal. Some questions that
might be worth discussing:
Is there interest in an additional Summit this year?
What goals would such an event serve?
Would an online format make sense, or are there better alternatives?
What kind of scope or duration would be reasonable?
I'd like to use this thread to gauge interest and collect initial thoughts. If
there's enough energy around this, we can look at concrete next steps later.
Looking forward to your input.
Kind regards,
Guus