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🔗Matrix Live S12E07 - Element Demos

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🔗Governing Board (website)

The Governing Board is an advisory board to the Matrix.org Foundation and with elected representatives from all across the Matrix ecosystem.

Gwmngilfen announces

Hello folks, it's time for another board report! Another 6 months have passed (well, slightly less to align better with the elections), and the Board came together last week to go over the Committee reports and discuss urgent topics. You can find the details, and my conclusions, in the blog post, and of course we welcome feedback, questions, etc which you can direct to #governing-board-office:matrix.org

For those new to the Board's activities, you can find out more about our structure, Committees, and Working Groups on the Matrix website - and as always I'll take any chance to remind the community that new Working Group proposals are always welcome, just get in touch

Thanks!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E05 – Smooth room upgrades and better notifications in Trixnity

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

Thib announces

Heads-up that The Matrix Conference 2026 will be in Malmö, Sweden, on Tuesday, 20th to Thursday, 22nd October. It will be followed by a hackathon day on Friday, 23rd October!

We will start with a networking event on the 20th afternoon, followed by a welcoming party. We will follow by two core days of conference on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd October, including two talk tracks and two workshop rooms. Finally, we will conclude with a post-conference hackathon on Friday 23rd October.

Our Call for Proposals is open until 14th June. We already received solid proposals, and we're looking forward to seeing what you will send us!

We want to hear from

• Individuals
• Organisations
• Authors of toys & hacks
• Contributors to sovereignty
• You!

Send your proposals!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E04 – Matrix DMs in Bluesky

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

Thib reports

It was an open secret, but it's finally out in the open: we will gather for The Matrix Conference 2026 between 20th and 23rd October in Malmö, Sweden!

Our Call for Proposals is open, and we want to hear from you!

We're looking for proposals from:

• Individuals innovating around Matrix
• Organisations working with Matrix in any context
• Authors of toy projects, hacks, and experiments worth sharing
• Anyone contributing to digital sovereignty
• You!

Read the full announcement here, and we're looking forward to seeing you in person in October 🥳

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We are excited to announce that The Matrix Conference 2026 will be held in Malmö, Sweden from 20th to 22nd October, 2026, and a Post-Conf Hackathon on 23rd October. Save the date!

🔗What to expect

After successful editions in Berlin and Strasbourg, we are bringing The Matrix Conference back with the same spirit: over 300 private enthusiasts, hackers, community admins, public and private sector professionals, vendors, integrators, and political representatives gathering to exchange knowledge, share developments, and shape the future of Matrix together.

The programme spans four days:

• October 20 (afternoon): A networking event to get everyone together before the main programme kicks off, with thematic tables and facilitators to get the conversation started
• October 21 and 22: Two full days of talks, workshops, demos, and discussions
• October 23: A hackathon for those who want to keep building together after the conference

As always, the talks will be streamed live and recordings will be available after the event, so you can follow along even if you cannot make it to Malmö in person.

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🔗Matrix Live S12E02 – Matrix Community Events

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

🔗MSC26 CFP Reminder (2 months 2 go)

Yan 't' Minagawa reports

As promised in Matrix Live (see above): Here are some relevant links for the matrix community summit!

Participate in MCS26: 21th-25th of May at c-base, get your tickets, and join our space and read last weeks announcement.

🔗Matrix community is growing with "Matrix Stammtisch Köln"

Michael @matrix says

The first 'Matrix Stammtisch Köln' will take place on 25.03.2026 at 19:00.

We will be meeting on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, starting from 7 pm at the Chaos Computer Club Cologne, Heliosstraße 6A, 50825 Köln-Ehrenfeld. 

Anyone who would like to join us in person is welcome. Curious enough? 

If you can't make it this March, follow the #matrix-stammtisch:koeln.ccc.de room to stay updated.

 Tell your friends and bring them along!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E01 – Updates from Matthew & Amandine

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

🔗Trademark Policy

Denise announces

Today we have announced The Matrix.org Foundation's first trademark policy. You can see all details in the announcement blog post and the policy itself. We have also improved the branding guidelines area of the website and have plans to continue building it out.

Huge thanks to the Website & Content Working Group for their support getting us here! Any questions/suggestions please head over to #matrix-legal:matrix.org or email us.

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🔗Matrix Live S11E22 – WebAuthn in MAS

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

🔗vodozemac (website)

An implementation of Olm and Megolm in pure Rust.

dkasak announces

🔗The Matrix.org Security team publishes analysis of reported vodozemac issues

Following a public disclosure discussing potential cryptographic issues in vodozemac, the Matrix.org Security team published a technical analysis addressing the claims and their impact.

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What a year again at FOSDEM! The community met at our Hackathon on Friday and worked on fancy ideas. We talked to thousands of people at our booth, and hosted the Decentralised Communication Devroom on Sunday. But Matrix was truly everywhere at FOSDEM.

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🔗Matrix Live S11E20 – Sharing Encrypted History

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

🔗Matrix at FOSDEM

HarHarLinks announces

We're excited that by this time next week, a lot of us will have gathered in Brussels for FOSDEM!

Check out our initial blog post for some photos of how this looked in 2025!

🔗Hackathon

We are looking forward to filling Hackerspace Brussels with beyond 100 Matrix hackers who signed up! We start at 9:00 in the morning and will finish the day with a round of lightning presentations at 17:00. Watch the banner on matrix.org and join the chat below for possible live stream announcements! 👀

This hackathon is a friendly place for Matrix newcomers just as well as veterans who will offer their mentorship. If you are interested in sponsoring lunch, dinner, livestream, or prizes, please reach out. Learn more on the blog and join us in #fosdem-2026-hackathon:matrix.org to stay informed!

🔗Booth

Booths all over the campus buildings allow a great diversity of projects to present themselves, and this includes Matrix. Visit us in building AW!

The booth is staffed by volunteers, and few shifts remain available! You can self-register using our shift management platform to join the fun and meet other Matrixers! On top, booth staff will receive one of a kind Matrix-at-FOSDEM-2026 T-shirts!

Whether you join the team or not, we are always looking for projects to put on display! Please reach out to #events-wg:matrix.org or via email with your ideas: your project, demo, stickers, or more!

🔗Devroom

Devrooms at FOSDEM are themed tracks, and we are organising the Decentralised Communications devroom. You can find the schedule on FOSDEM's website.

The devroom is hosted by a stage host introducing the speakers and a video technician ensuring the right camera or slides are shown on stream and recording. If you are interested in joining the team in either position, please reach out to #events-wg:matrix.org or via email.

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🔗Matrix Live

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

Michael @matrix / away in 🇯🇵 Japan until Jan, 19 says

Hi people, we (@bboett:matrix.org & @michaelmicheal:matrix.org) are doing a Stammtisch like meeting in Tokyo on 17th January 2026 @19:00 JST. We call it "Matrix Pop-up meeting Tokyo". All people around an interested to join please go to room #matrix-popup-tokyo:pwl.social

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