A practical tour of GeoServer 3 covering upgrade steps, new requirements, refreshed UI, and updated module structure.

Learn what’s changed, what remains familiar, and how to transition from GeoServer 2.x efficiently, with a focus on real-world adoption and getting up to speed quickly.

GeoServer 3 introduces a modernized foundation while maintaining the familiar concepts and workflows that users rely on. This session offers a guided tour of the new release, focusing on what has changed in practice and how to approach the transition from GeoServer 2.x.

We’ll walk through the upgrade process, highlighting prerequisites such as updated Java and servlet container requirements, and what to expect when migrating existing installations. The session will also showcase the refreshed user interface, discussing its evolution and the improvements it brings in terms of usability and productivity.

In addition, we’ll explore the updated module structure, what is included in the core distribution, and how extensions are organized in GeoServer 3. Rather than covering every detail, the goal is to provide an overview of the new system and help users quickly get up to speed.

Join us for a practical overview of GeoServer 3, designed to make adoption straightforward and predictable for both new and existing users.

GeoServer 3 marks the completion of a long-planned modernization effort aimed at keeping the project aligned with the current Java ecosystem, while preserving the stability and backwards compatibility that users rely on. Now that GeoServer 3 has been available for a few months, this session provides a final update on the work and its outcomes.

We’ll revisit the initial drivers behind the transition, starting from the upgrade of core dependencies, how that cascaded to more updates, resulting in a coordinated effort across multiple projects. From there, we’ll outline the main phases of the work: how the upgrade was organized, funded, managed new needs, and ultimately delivered.

The talk focuses on the process and its results: what it took to modernize a mature codebase while maintaining a high degree of compatibility, the challenges encountered along the way, and how they were addressed. We’ll also share early feedback from adoption and what users can expect when moving to GeoServer 3.

Join us for a practical retrospective on the transition to GeoServer 3, and a discussion of how the project continues to evolve while staying true to its core principles.

Welcome to GeoServer, a popular web service for publishing your maps and data using industry standards for vector, raster and maps and tiles! If you are new to foss4g, or even just new to GeoServer, attend this talk to get pointed in the right direction!

Are you just getting started with GeoServer, or considering it for the first time?

This presentation is here to help, introducing the basics of:
– Getting started and how the application works
– Update for GeoServer 3 context-driven user experience
– Concepts used to connect to your data and publish as a spatial service.
– Role GeoServer can play in your organization, and the value the application provides.

Attend this presentation to get a running start on using GeoServer in your organization.

Learn how project support works at the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, the initial vision of the “incubation committee”, and what is being setup as as a replacement.

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) plays a vital role in our community, providing common ground for all of the activity that built up around our free and open source software technologies.

However OSGeo also is a software foundation, directly support our projects, and with programs designed to nurture and mature new technologies and project teams.

We will check in on the work of the OSGeo “incubation committee”, and how we are adapting to better support project teams.

Welcome to GeoNetwork, the leading catalog in europe for leading web service for keeping track of the spatial information used by your organization. If you are new to foss4g, or even just new to GeoNetwork attend this talk to get started and explore how this application can be used in your organization.

Are you just getting started with GeoNetwork, or considering using a catalog service for the first time?

This presentation is here to help, introducing:

• We look at what GeoNetwork is for, the business challenge it is faced with, and explore the amazing technical approach taken by the technology.
• We look at the core layer publishing workflow to see what information is required to be successful (hint not very much!)
• Explore how the editor works, and discover the central super-power of GeoNetwork
• We will look at the practical of publishing using “Dublin Core Application Profile” (DCAT-AP) being adopted across Europe
• Look at examples of how GeoNetwork has been extended by organizations to see what is possible with this technology

Jody is an experienced open source community member, digging into what this technology offers, and how it is used. This presentation shares these findings with you, and touches on what makes GeoNetwork succeed.

The first hard requirements of the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) comes into effect in September of this year. Attend this talk to learn more about what this means for you, your employer, and our open source community.

This presentation provides a catch-up on what the CRA is, and what it looks to accomplish, and where we are in the roll out and effect of this new regulation.

• Focus is on a critical September 2026 "Reporting" Deadline which we are all preparing for.

• We will also look ahead to 2027 when cyber resiliency act requirements will start to affect the release process.

Understanding and meeting these changes is something to plan for:

• We will look at a "sensible response" established by several Open Source Geospatial Foundation projects.
• One positive development has been the formalization of software foundation - allowing OSGeo to act as a "Software Steward" providing our software teams a lot more breathing room.
• We will also look at recommendations for individuals and companies that contribute to free and open source software.

Security is difficult with consequences being felt at all levels. Help meet this challenge by supporting yourself and each other.

A development update from the latest version of GeoNetwork, as a 20-year-old project prepares for the challenges of the next decade!

For over 20 years, the GeoNetwork opensource project has been a proud pillar of the FOSS4G community and a mature catalog application for discovering resources across any Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). As the geospatial ecosystem evolves toward cloud-native architectures and modern standards, our tools must evolve in harmony with it.
The GeoNetwork team warmly invites you to see what we have been building over the past twelve months. Alongside showcasing our recent community-driven features, this session will serve as the official introduction to GeoNetwork 5, a ground-up rewrite of the platform's codebase. Driven by the need to transition away from old libraries, GeoNetwork 5 represents a major generational leap. It has been re-engineered using Java 21 and Spring Boot to support modern web technologies, microservices, and cloud deployments.

Join us to discover how these architectural improvements ensure GeoNetwork remains the premier open-source metadata integration hub for the next decade, and learn how you can participate in the version 5 journey.