Ubuntu Summit 2026

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Ubuntu Summit is Canonical's open source gathering, described by its organizers as a showcase for the innovative and the ambitious. The program is aimed well beyond developers, inviting engineers, designers, tinkerers, community builders and anyone involved in open source. Topics span the Linux desktop, the application ecosystem, content and design, community, infrastructure, devices, data and MLOps, AI and machine learning, gaming and security. The 26.10 edition takes place on November 12–13, 2026 and is remote-first: sessions are delivered from a physical event in London and livestreamed worldwide, while local communities host watch parties and extended events around the release. Since the summit now coincides with each Ubuntu release, it runs twice a year. Attendance online is free, with registration handled through the Summit's Discourse community. Remote participants can put questions to speakers, join interactive activities and follow talks, workshops, panels and Q&A sessions, with earlier recordings available on YouTube. For anyone following the Ubuntu ecosystem, this free open source summit offers a direct line to the people shaping the distribution and the wider Linux landscape around it.