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FOSS4G NA 2026

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FOSS4G NA 2026 runs Nov 2–4, 2026 at Sheraton Grand in Sacramento, United States. It is an Open Source conference. It is on now and ends Nov 4, 2026. ConferenceGrid lists 14 speakers and 12 sessions so far.

Lineup updated Oct 20, 2026 · dates verified Oct 16, 2026

The FOSS4G NA 2026 conference brings together users and developers of free and open source software for geospatial applications. It facilitates the exchange of information and experiences in processing geographic data, fostering an environment for both experienced professionals and newcomers to explore the latest advancements, discover new tools, and network…

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14Speakers
0Sponsors
12Sessions
0Companies · in total

Agenda

Selected from 12 sessions.

  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    Building Geospatially Aware LLM Agents with Graphs and DGGS

    Attendees will build two complementary approaches for enabling geospatial awareness in LLMs: Geo-GraphRAGs for analyzing networks of features and DGGS-based methods for integrating…

    Technical
  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    From QGIS to the Field and Back with Mergin Maps

    Learn how to prepare a QGIS project for field collection, share it across a team, and capture data with Mergin Maps mobile app in the field. We will also cover merging edits and pu…

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  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    Geohazard Change Detection for Emergency Management with GRASS

    Repeat lidar and photogrammetry reveal how geohazards reshape terrain, but raster differencing may confuse noise with real change. In this hands-on workshop, emergency managers and…

    Technical
  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    Make FEMA Flood Maps Cloud-Native: A GeoParquet + DuckDB Pipeline

    Hazard datasets are critical and exhausting to work with: shapefiles, oversized polygons, per county distribution. This workshop walks through a pattern that turns this kind of dat…

    Technical
  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    Mastering Reproducible Geospatial Environments with Nix

    End "dependency hell" in geospatial projects. This hands-on workshop introduces the Nix package manager to build deterministic, immutable development environments. Learn to version…

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  • Monday, November 2, 1:00 PM

    QGIS Map Design Fundamentals

    Learn design principles to make maps that communicate well. This workshop is divided into two sections. The first covers concepts and approaches to designing maps. The second will …

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  • Monday, November 2, 9:00 AM

    Detecting, mapping, and taxonomically classifying trees using RGB drone imagery

    Use recently developed Open Forest Observatory tools to process forest imagery from low-cost drones into tree-level maps, including species predictions from computer vision applied…

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  • Monday, November 2, 9:00 AM

    Exploring Cloud Native Geospatial Data Formats: Hands-on with Vectors

    Dig into geospatial vector formats - including GeoJSON, WKT/WKB, and cloud-native GeoParquet - using Python to see in detail how vector features are stored in each format and to un…

    Technical
  • Monday, November 2, 9:00 AM

    Hitchikers guide to QGIS

    This 3 hour workshop looking at QGIS from a different angle. This class is aimed at people who haven't used QGIS much BUT want to get up to speed while being entertained by Hitchhi…

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Speakers

Programmed at FOSS4G, in alphabetical order.

Corey White
David Russell
Derek Young
Dewey Dunnington
Guillaume Sueur
Jarrett Keifer
JJ Paul
Michele Tobias
Nathan McEachen
Pratyush Kumar Das
Randal Hale
Shaishav Mahendrakumar Maisuria
Vishal Kumar
Vitor Vieira

Quick answers

When is FOSS4G NA 2026?
FOSS4G NA 2026 runs Nov 2–4, 2026 at Sheraton Grand in Sacramento, United States.
Where is FOSS4G NA 2026 held?
FOSS4G NA 2026 is held at Sheraton Grand in Sacramento, United States.
Who is speaking at FOSS4G NA 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 14 speakers, including Corey White, David Russell and Derek Young.
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