GStreamer Conference 2024

We're thrilled to announce that the 12th GStreamer Conference will take place on Monday and Tuesday 7-8 October 2024 at the Concordia University Conference Centre in Montréal, Canada. The conference will be followed by a 2-day hackfest on Wednesday and Thursday 9-10 October 2024.

Details

The GStreamer Conference is a conference for developers, community members, decision-makers, industry partners, researchers, students and anyone else interested in the GStreamer multimedia framework or Open Source and cross-platform multimedia.

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in open source cross-platform multimedia is encouraged to join us at the GStreamer Conference 2024!

Whether you are a hobbyist, app developer, researcher or student interested in the field of multimedia, or working for a company that is using or looking to use GStreamer in their products, this is the perfect event for you to network at and to learn more about the latest technological developments and project news, and to meet developers as well as the wider community.

Registration

There are separate registration options for professionals, speakers and for students and hobbyists:

Professional (Regular)	375 CAD (ca. 250 EUR / 280 USD) + ca. 17.5% in fees + taxes (variable)
Professional (Supporter)	750 CAD (ca. 500 EUR / 560 USD) + ca. 17.5% in fees + taxes (variable)
Speakers (for non-lightning talks)	Free (instructions will be sent by e-mail)
Student/Hobbyist	Free or voluntary donation

For those uncertain about whether to register as a professional or hobbyist, the general rule is that if your company pays for your travel or sponsors you, you are a professional, and if you personally pay you are a student or hobbyist. If in doubt drop us a mail or just register as hobbyist. The important thing is that you'll make it to the conference!

Speakers: You will receive free registration! Details will be sent out by e-mail along with the talk acceptance notifications or shortly thereafter. Not that we will complain if you decide to buy a ticket of course.

Note for Quebec entities: Please make sure to enter your QST number on the order form to avoid being charged sales tax, as Eventbrite won't be able to issue a proper tax receipt for any sales tax charged later.

Showcase or Lightning Talks

There will again be opportunities for short lightning talks for those who do not wish to present a full talk, but just want to showcase something they're working on, or present a problem or challenge they are facing or have solved, and that they think might be interesting for others to hear about.

Want to submit a ca. 5-minute mini-talk for our lightning talk/showcase event?

You can log in using your existing freedesktop.org GitLab account if you have one, or register a new account with the system. If you have problems receiving your verification e-mail try a non-gmail.com address. Logging in via gitlab might also require a few tries.

There is no deadline for Lightning Talk submissions, slots will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis.

GStreamer hackfest

There will be a hackfest just after the conference, on Wednesday and Thursday 9-10 October 2024.

New this year: The GStreamer Conference and Hackfest will be co-located with XDC 2024, in the same location as the conference Concordia University Conference Centre.

Sponsorship Opportunities

The GStreamer Conference 2024 is only possible thanks to the generous financial support from our sponsors.

Sponsorship proceeds are not only used to put on the conference and hackfests, but also support our extensive CI infrastructure.

City

Venue

Invitation Letter

If you need an invitation letter for visa application purposes, please get in touch.

Call for Presentations

Anyone who has submitted a talk proposal should receive an e-mail letting them know whether their proposal has been accepted in the coming days. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal.

If you had problems submitting your talk at the last minute via Indico, please get in touch as soon as possible and we'll see what we can do.

Code of Conduct and Anti-Harrassment Policy

Policy

The GStreamer project and the conference organisers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form.

Harassment includes, but is not limited to, offensive verbal comments, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately. We expect participants to follow these rules at all conference venues, hackfest venues, and conference-related social events.

If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the conference organisers and/or their delegates may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a conference organiser or member of the code of conduct committee below immediately.

Reporting Breaches

Breaches of the code of conduct should be reported either by e-mail via code-of-conduct@gstreamer.org, or by contacting one of the following people:

GStreamer Conference Contact

Conference News and Updates

2024-September-05: Registration is now open! Sign up for the GStreamer Conference 2024 here. Speakers should wait for e-mail instructions.

2024-September-03: The call for presentations is now closed, but lightning talks may still be submitted. Speakers will be notified shortly. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a talk. We have a phenomenal range of topics this year, stay tuned for updates. If you had problems submitting your talk at the last minute via Indico, please get in touch and we'll see what we can do.

2024-September-03: We're very pleased to see Fluendo return as sponsor this year, at Silver level!

2024-August-30: The GStreamer project is excited to have Genius Sports sponsor for the first time, at Gold level!

2024-August-29: Ticket prices have been added, expect registration to open shortly!

2024-August-21: We're thrilled to welcome Cablecast as first-time sponsor this year, at Silver level!

2024-August-20: The GStreamer project is happy to see Axis Communications sponsor the conference again at Gold level this year!

2024-August-15: We're excited to see Pexip return again as Platinum sponsor this year!

2024-August-08: The GStreamer project welcomes la SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques) as new Gold level sponsor this year!

2024-August-02: We're pleased to have Asymptotic sponsor the conference again at Silver level this year!

2024-August-01: The Call for Presentations is now open, please submit your talk proposals now!

2024-July-24: The GStreamer project is delighted to see Laerdal Labs sponsor the conference again at Silver level this year!

2024-July-19: The GStreamer project welcomes back Centricular as Gold level sponsor this year.

2024-July-19: We're thrilled to see Igalia return Platinum level sponsor this year!

2024-July-19: The GStreamer project is excited to see Collabora return as a Platinum sponsor this year!