FSiC2026

Free Silicon Conference 2026
Genre	Free software and free hardware development conference
Location(s)	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Country	Slovenia
Website	wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2026

The 2026 Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) will take place at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, on July 6 to 8 2026 (Monday to Wednesday). This event will build on previous FSiC editions. The conference will connect experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete free and open-ource CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. The conference will cover the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture to layout and verification.

Submission

This is your opportunity to present your project and to get in touch with the community. To propose a talk, please submit a title and a short summary at fsic2026 'at' f-si.org by March 1st 2026 (first submission phase). Topics are not restricted to the tentative program.

Participation

Information about registration will be published soon.

Practical information

• Conference address:

Tržaška cesta 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

• The location on OpenStreetMap
• FSiC2026 venue

Organizing committee

Lead organizers (overall coordination and local host)

Luca Alloatti

Libre hardware promoter

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1245-4179

‟Technology is political. I stand for defending free access to technology and the right for transparency.”

Árpád Bűrmen

Professor at UL and local host

https://fides.fe.uni-lj.si/~arpadb/homepage.html

‟Open-source EDA transforms chip design from a gate-kept industry into an accessible skill for all.”

Thomas Kramer

Skeptical technology enthusiast

https://libreda.org

‟I like to understand technology, to adapt and enhance it. Technology should not be mythical or owned by experts only, it needs to be comprehensible.”

Programme co-organizers

Panos Alevropoulos

Lawyer and FSF volunteer

https://mastodon.social/@panosalevropoulos

‟For democracy to thrive, technology must empower, not control.”

Matthias Köfferlein

FOSS EDA author

https://www.klayout.org

‟I am passionate about helping people with my technical skills. Coding EDA is like gardening to me: may it grow and feed people.”

Martin Schoeberl

Professor at DTU

https://www.imm.dtu.dk/~masca/

‟Open-source tools and technology gives freedom to students to explore chip design on their own and on their computers, not limiting them to the walled garden of a dedicated lab at the University.”

René Scholz

Group Leader at IHP

https://github.com/IHP-GmbH

‟Our goal is to make open source EDA tools and design flows easily accessible and usable for anyone who wants to get into ASIC chip design, test new design ideas and develop them to a manufacturable level.”

Donations

We are looking for sponsors to cover extra services at the conference. In case of interest, please contact us at fsic2026'at'f-si.org.

Acknowledgements

This conference is co-funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under the NGI0 Commons Fund project. The NGI0 Commons Fund has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135429.