🎉 The Schedule Is Live! 🎉
We’re excited to announce that the full schedule for CPOSC 2026 is now available! https://cposc.org/2026/schedule
🎟 With the schedule going live, now is the perfect time to secure your tickets and plan your day. Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/central-pennsylvania-open-source-conference-cposc-2026-tickets-1981965338681
📣 Today’s shoutout goes to this year’s Gold sponsor, Cargas 📣
As an employee-owned custom software company, they deliver solid solutions for customers and steadfast support for CPOSC. Attendees can add Cargas team member Jonathan Bowman’s talk to their agenda. Learn more: https://cargas.com/
🚀 Join us at CPOSC 2026 on Saturday, March 28, 2026. 🎟️ Tickets are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/central-pennsylvania-open-source-conference-cposc-2026-tickets-1981965338681
💡 Looking for talk ideas for #CPOSC2026? We’ve got more inspiration for you!
Here are this week’s talk ideas:
🛡️ Security in and with Open Source, keeping open source safe & resilient.
💼 Hiring & Being Hired, lessons from both sides of the interview table.
📱 Mobile Development, favorite tools, frameworks, or performance tips.
⚙️ Managing Technical Debt, strategies for cleaning up while moving forward.
📝 Submit your talk today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd88Ju5EnHdHtXgd0F3bZ_0MkhqletBgcl__tRtEYrDCXtfLA/viewform
A conference is nothing without its speakers, so we are calling for YOU to help level up the experience on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Please respond to each question with completeness and submit a new form for each talk idea. If multiple talks are being submitted, please indicate which one is your favorite. NEW this year in response to speaker feedback: Speakers will be reviewed and accepted in two (2) rounds. You can expect a response early December, or in the latter half of January. Not receiving an acceptance in December does NOT mean you won't receive one later. After the first round of review, we will reach out with any feedback or suggestions on your talk, including similarity to other submitted topics, places where clarity could be provided to better position your submission, etc.
💡 Not sure what to talk about at CPOSC 2026? No worries. We’re here to spark some ideas!
Here are this week’s talk ideas:
🔧 Deep Dives into Tooling and Technical Intricacies.
🌍 Software with Accessibility in Mind
Share how you’re building technology that welcomes everyone.
🧩 Process Walk-Throughs: “Look What I Built!”
Show us something cool you’ve made!
🐧 UNIX/Linux
Share your Linux hacks and commands.
📝 Submit your talk today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd88Ju5EnHdHtXgd0F3bZ_0MkhqletBgcl__tRtEYrDCXtfLA/viewform
A conference is nothing without its speakers, so we are calling for YOU to help level up the experience on Saturday, March 28, 2026. Please respond to each question with completeness and submit a new form for each talk idea. If multiple talks are being submitted, please indicate which one is your favorite. NEW this year in response to speaker feedback: Speakers will be reviewed and accepted in two (2) rounds. You can expect a response early December, or in the latter half of January. Not receiving an acceptance in December does NOT mean you won't receive one later. After the first round of review, we will reach out with any feedback or suggestions on your talk, including similarity to other submitted topics, places where clarity could be provided to better position your submission, etc.
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