Event Timeline

Join us at upcoming events and workshops designed to inspire and connect developers.

Completed
1st December, 2025

Registrations Open

Participants from across the globe can officially register for OSCG’26.

Completed
10th January, 2026

Mentor Registration Opens

Experienced open-source contributors, industry professionals, and community leaders are invited to register as mentors.

Completed
10th January, 2026

Project Admin Registration Opens

Open-source organizations, startups, and independent maintainers are invited to onboard their projects.

Ongoing
5th February, 2026

Project Listings Go Live

Registered projects are published on the platform with detailed descriptions, tech stacks, contribution guidelines, and difficulty levels.

Ongoing
6th February, 2026

Orientation Session

Introductory sessions, mentor meet-ups, and contributor orientations are conducted to ensure everyone understands workflows, open-source best practices, and collaboration tools.

Completed
9th February, 2026

Speaker Session: Unlocking On-Device Intelligence with Small Language Models

Speaker: Dishant G. How Small Language Models (SLMs) are powering the next generation of efficient, privacy-first AI applications. Learn practical strategies to design, build, and deploy lightweight, scalable AI systems without heavy cloud dependence. What you'll learn: - What Small Language Models are and why they matter - Benefits of on-device AI: privacy, low latency, and cost efficiency - Building lightweight GenAI & conversational systems - Architecting scalable solutions with RAG pipelines - Practical demos and real-world implementation insights

Completed
18th February, 2026

Speaker Session: Real-Time PostgreSQL + CDC Architecture for Spatial Analytics and AI in an AI Data Cloud

Speaker: Kamesh Sampath Deep-dive session on integrating PostgreSQL and PostGIS with Apache-based real-time Change Data Capture (CDC) and open analytics for streaming spatial intelligence at scale. What you'll learn: - Streaming changes from PostgreSQL using WAL-based CDC without custom code - Transforming and enriching PostGIS data for machine learning - Applying real-time predictive techniques to spatial workloads - Leveraging NLP to generate insights from streaming data - Visualizing end-to-end results using a reproducible open source architecture

20th February, 2026

Mid-Program Evaluation & Feedback

Progress is reviewed across projects. Contributors receive feedback, mentors refine guidance strategies, and project admins optimize task distribution to maximize impact.

25th March, 2026

Program Wrap-Up & Community Continuation

OSCG’26 concludes with a global wrap-up session highlighting achievements, success stories, and opportunities to continue contributing beyond the program.