--- title: FOSDEM 2027: Bringing the M-Ecosystem Together | daily.dev description: FOSDEM 2027 will host a new M-Ecosystem Devroom in Brussels on Sunday, January 31, 2027, building on the tradition of the MariaDB, MySQL & Friends Devroom. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fosdem-2027-bringing-the-m-ecosystem-together-aj8aotcv9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FOSDEM 2027: Bringing the M-Ecosystem Together | daily.dev og:description: FOSDEM 2027 will host a new M-Ecosystem Devroom in Brussels on Sunday, January 31, 2027, building on the tradition of the MariaDB, MySQL & Friends Devroom. 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Talks should run about 20 minutes and be given in English. The call for participation opens October 27, 2026 and closes November 29, 2026, with selected talks published December 7, 2026. Proposals can already be submitted via the FOSDEM pretalx CFP page. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When is the deadline to submit a talk proposal for the FOSDEM 2027 M-Ecosystem Devroom? The call for participation for the FOSDEM 2027 M-Ecosystem Devroom opens October 27, 2026 and submissions close November 29, 2026. Selected talks will be published December 7, 2026, and the devroom itself takes place January 21, 2027, with the broader event in Brussels on Sunday, January 31, 2027. Talks run about 20 minutes and must be in English. _Conference-goers tracking open-source database events can follow MariaDB and MySQL ecosystem news on daily.dev._ ### What projects are included in the MariaDB and MySQL M-Ecosystem devroom at FOSDEM? The M-ecosystem includes MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server for MySQL, Percona Server for MariaDB, VillageSQL, AliSQL, and other related projects, extending beyond database servers to storage engines, connectors, proxies, development tools, and infrastructure. The devroom replaces the former MariaDB, MySQL & Friends Devroom with a broader scope covering cross-project comparisons and collaboration. _Developers comparing MariaDB, MySQL, and their forks can keep track of ecosystem developments on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027: Call for Participation](https://daily.dev/posts/package-management-devroom-at-fosdem-2027-call-for-participation-0ga1r4av2) · Andrew Nesbitt · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I refuse to accept a censored Internet. 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