🗓️ Solid Symposium 2026: Here's What You Don't Want to Miss

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

For developers :woman_technologist:, programme highlights include:

  1. :flashlight: Spotlight talks featuring Dokie.li and Nextgraph, led by Virginia Balseiro, Sarven Capadisli and Niko Bonnieure.

  2. :locked_with_key: Authorizing Solid Applications and related Security Considerations led by elf Pavlik.

  3. :desktop_computer: From Apps to Autonomy: Operating Systems for True Data Ownership featuring the work of Angelo Veltens and Timea Turdean.

  4. :fork_and_knife_with_plate: Solid POP session: Proof of aPplication, the proof is in the eating, led by Sjoerd van Groning.

For business leaders :briefcase: interested in Solid, highlights include:

  1. :hospital: Practical uses of Solid for medical and health data led by Jackson Morgan, Dominique Van Dijck, Elfi Goesaert, and Erich Bremer.

  2. :light_bulb: Shaping the business value of trust and innovating the business models of Solid organised by Elfi Goesaert, Bart Buelens, and Jeremy Caine.

  3. :rocket: Achieving adoption of Solid at scale led by Jesse Wright.

  4. :studio_microphone: Panel discussions on the Next Chapter for Solid featuring John Bruce and Louise Burke.

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

  1. :shield: 4th Privacy & Personal Data Management Session chaired by Beatriz Esteves and Marc Florea.

  2. :robot: Decentralised Information Retrieval and AI based on Solid chaired by Thanassis Tiropanis, George Roussos, and George Popescu-Craiova.

  3. :classical_building: Solid Future(s) for Digital Heritage: Decentralising Access and Building Trust led by Milena Dobreva and Pavel Kats.

  4. :crystal_ball: Solid4FutureProtocols: Using Solid to Enable Future Application Protocols led by Biagio Boi and Franco Cirillo.

  5. :bar_chart: The Solid Symposium Poster Session chaired by Christoph Braun, Juan G. Diaz Ochoa, Chang Sun, and Rui Zhao.

:microphone: Keynotes include, on the morning of 1 May, Oshani Seneviratne 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 :fire:, whose leadership in the context of the Solid project needs no introduction on this forum. There will be plenty of opportunities to discuss Solid in breaks and in the evenings :hot_beverage:. For more details on the program see the symposium website.

:admission_tickets: Register in March for a discount here!

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

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