SFSCON is an in-person Free Software conference taking place yearly in in Bolzano, Northern Italy. In November, 2025, FediForum organized the Fediverse track, a BOF and an exhibit.

Organizers were: Tommi Marmo, Melanie Bartos and Johannes Ernst.

Talks

• What is the Fediverse? Defining Values and Key Challenges: Tommi Marmo (DWeb, Internet Archive, XPUB). Video recording.

• Bonfire: Public Interest Social Networks: Mayel de Borniol (Bonfire), Ivan Minutillo (Bonfire). Video recording.

• Fediverse: Beyond text in the stream: An expedition into the Fediverse to discover uncharted services: Tobias Diekershoff (Free Software Foundation Europe). Video recording.

• Hiraeth and Hashtags: Building a Bilingual Community on the Fediverse: Jaz-Michael King (IFTAS). Video recording.

• Decentralised Social Media Initiatives Within European Public Service Media: Joan Pla (Østfold University College). Video recording.

• Growing the Open Social Web: Case Studies From Newsmast: Michael Foster (The Newsmast Foundation), Saskia Welch (The Newsmast Foundation). Video recording.

• From Open Source to Open Spaces: The Fediverse and the Future of Public Digital Infrastructure: Sandra Barthel (Digital Society). Video recording.

• Interoperability of Events in the Fediverse: Status Quo and Vision: André Menrath. Video recording.

• Build Your Own Timeline Algorithm: Davide Eynard (Mozilla.ai). Video recording.

• Seppo Onboarding and Install: Marcus Rohrmoser. Video recording.

• Seizing the Means of Communication: a Plan for Community-Owned Social Media: Harry Keller (Village One). Video recording.

• From the Fediverse to the Open Social Web: Towards the Digital Freedom to Subscribe, Communicate and Interact Across the Entire Web: Johannes Ernst (FediForum, Dazzle Labs). Video recording.

See also: track program on the SFSCon website.

A few photos