Software Freedom Day 2026 Victoria University of Wellington

Software Freedom Day 2026 — Wellington

Status: Venue confirmed — organising programme and speakers
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 10:00–17:00
Venue: Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, Murphy Building, Room MY501
Contact: John Billings,

Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software. This year we are bringing it back to Wellington!

Venue

We have a room at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka:

Building: Murphy (MY)
Room: MY501
Capacity: 50 people
Time: 10:00–17:00

The Murphy Building is on the Kelburn campus, easily accessible by cable car or bus.

Plan

Talks and demos on free and open source software
GPG key signing session
Space for community tables and project showcases
Networking and social time

Full schedule is being developed.

Get involved

If you want to help organise, sponsor, speak, or host a table: email .

Support the event

Donations for Software Freedom Day Wellington 2026 are managed through the OpsDev.nz OpenCollective project: opencollective.com/opsdevnz/projects/software-freedom-day-wellington-2026