The schedule revealed!
We’re turning over our cards and revealing the schedule for SeaGL 2025!
While there may be some shuffling over the next week or so, you can find the full deck at:
With that, we hope to see you Friday, November 7th & Saturday, November 8th for SeaGL 2025, both virtually and in-person at the University of Washington!
As always, SeaGL is completely free to attend and no registration is required. However, if you would like to let us know that you’re coming, please fill out this brief attendance form. Also, if your company would like help to keep SeaGL’s mission going, we have a limited number of exhibition hall spots and would welcome their support. Reach out to sponsor@seagl.org for more details.
All speakers, sponsors, volunteers, staff, and anyone else involved in SeaGL are required to abide by the Code of Conduct, as well as the Health and Safety Policy.
Keynote Details
Both Friday and Saturday will begin with keynotes at 9am in Room 145 at the University of Washington HUB. They will also be streamed live online for our remote attendees!
Evan Prodromou presents: “Free the Social Web”
Friday, November 7th, 2025. 9:10 am
As Free and Open Source Software enthusiasts, we sometimes concentrate on our own experiences with software, hardware and data. But in the world of social networks, our own computing is deeply intertwined with that of our friends and family, colleagues and neighbours. Open Web standards let us stay connected to people that matter to us while using and building free, private, and technically enhanced systems. And we might even change some hearts and minds along the way!
About the speaker: Evan Prodromou, @evan@cosocial.ca, he is the Research Director at the Social Web Foundation, where he helps develop and promote the ActivityPub standard.
Nadya Peek presents: “Challenges When Building Open Source Hardware”
Friday, November 7th, 2025. 9:40 am
Manufacturing hardware (devices, machines, objects) is a challenging task. High-volume sales can offset costs of production, but niche products struggle with viability. Distributed production of open source designs—having people build their own niche products—is a possible alternative. In this talk, I will describe how digital fabrication like 3D printing, CNC milling, etc. can be used for distributed production and contrast that approach with centralized production. Through example open source hardware projects I will highlight design features that work well and less well, how community support is crucial for replication, and give recommendations for how to make more distributed production possible.
About the speaker: Nadya Peek, https://www.hcde.washington.edu/peek/, is an associate professor in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington.
Esther Jang presents: “The Seattle Community Network Stack”
Saturday, November 8th, 2025. 9:10 am
The Seattle Community Network is a volunteer-based, grassroots, nonprofit community ISP with a small operating budget (currently averaging $10-$50K in grants, donations, or in-kind contributions per year) that installs and provides internet access for homeless shelters; the services we provide to our users is critical infrastructure for their daily lives. This talk discusses some of the core operational challenges we face, the software infrastructure we use to meet those challenges, and its limitations.
About the speaker: Esther Jang, https://estherjang.com/, she is the Director at the Local Connectivity Lab and founded the Seattle Community Network.
Allison Randal presents: “The River Has Roots: Lessons in Open Source”
Saturday, November 8th, 2025. 9:40 am
Open Source is software, hardware, a community, a development methodology, a resource, a charity, a business, a philosophy, and more than the sum of its parts. This reflection on decades of engagement in free and open source software and open hardware mixes a dash of history with an ounce of hope for the future.
About the speaker: Allison Randal, @allison@muon.social, is a free software and open hardware developer and the chair of the board at Software Freedom Conservancy.