The APELL Conference is the premier event for where companies and developers get together with industry leaders and innovators from the Open Source ecosystem to strengthen their networks and discuss the future of Open Source business!

Hosted by APELL, the European Open Source Business Association, the fifth edition of the APELL Conference takes place in Utrecht, Netherlands, discussing:

APELL Conference 2026
EU Open Source at Scale:
Accelerating growth and competitiveness for digital sovereignty

Open Source businesses offer enterprise-grade, state-of-the-art solutions that are better than proprietary alternatives. The APELL Conference this year will discuss the availability of Open Source at scale and capacity, how we increase cooperation and strengthen the ecosystem, and how we use, and influence, European and national policy, to remove obstacles, and enable Open Source businesses across Europe to realise the full potential of Open Source for digital sovereignty.