2026 Opencast Summit: The “programme”

by Rüdiger Rolf, posted in Conferences

This is the preliminary programme for the Opencast Summit 2026 in Manchester. The main goal is to offer participants space and time to communicate and cooperate. This is why the event is in un-conference style, where sessions have to be seen as an suggestion: During the conference participants are welcome to ask for additional sessions, and sessions with a low demand may be skipped.

Tuesday, February 24th
(Pre-conference)

This pre-conference event is for Opencast committers and developers in particular:

  • 12:00pm: Opencast architecture meeting.

For everyone who arrives earlier:

Wednesday, February 25th

  • 8:30am: Registration
  • 9:00am Welcome to the conference
    • Welcome from our hosts: Alex Goffe, Deputy CIO at the University of Manchester
    • Welcome from the board
    • House-keeping
  • 9:30am Stand-up from institutions present (2-3 min per team)
    • Current status of Opencast (infrastructure, number of videos/recordings, LMS and/or Tobira etc.)
    • Recent highlights for your team?
    • Goals for 2026
    • What are your expectations for the summit?
    • Feel free to present a few slides (not mandatory)
  • 10:30am: Coffee break
  • 11:00am: Update from the board regarding Linux Foundation Europe
  • 11:15am: Opencast in numbers
  • 11:30am: Opencast releases
  • 12:00am: Short presentations :
    • Interactive videos in Opencast and your LMS
    • AI to come: Do we need a session? Markus, Rüdiger, Carlos, and Olaf
    • Come along for the ride: Opencast hardware at Osnabrück University
    • Opencast CLI tool (Matthias)
    • Paella Player update
    • Tobira update
    • Welcome to the chapter editor and interactive videos – and a cluttered editor?
    • … more to come
  • 12:30pm: Lunch break
  • 1:30pm: Short presentations – continued
  • 2:30pm: Sponsor presentations
  • 3:00pm: Coffee break
  • 3:30pm
    • Room 1: Tobira users and developers meeting
    • Room 2: Unconference session 1
  • 5:00pm: End of conference day
  • 5:30pm: Walking tour, starting at Central Library (90 minutes approx.)
  • 7:15pm: Dinner at Mackie Mayor (self funded, food hall with many, many options)

Thursday, 26th 2026

  • 9:00am: Unconference planning
  • 9:30am:
    • Room 1: Argh! Spring Security no more?
    • Room 2: Unconference session 2
  • 10:30am: Coffee break
  • 11:00am: Group photo
  • 11:15am:
    • Room 1: Unconference session 3
    • Room 2: Unconference session 4
  • 12:30pm: Lunch break
  • 1:30pm:
    • Room 1: Unconference session 5
    • Room 2: Unconference session 6
  • 3:00pm: Coffee break
  • 3:30pm:
    • Room 1: Unconference session 7
    • Room 2: Unconference session 8
  • 5:00pm: End of conference day
  • 6:30pm: Conference Dinner at Kro Bar (alcoholic beverages at your own expense; details)

Friday, 27th 2026

  • 9:00am
    • Room 1: Unconference session 9
    • Room 2: Unconference session 10
  • 10:30am: Coffee break
  • 11:00am:
    • Room 1: Unconference session 11
    • Room 2: Unconference session 12
  • 12:30pm: Lunch break
  • 1:30pm: Meet the Opencast board
  • 2:00pm: Wrap-up of the conference
  • 2:30pm: Probably some german-speaking people will use the opportunity for a discussion
  • 7pm: Left-overs will probably have diner (tbd)