Date: September 9-10, 2026
Venue: ETH Hönggerberg, Building HCI, Room J3, 8049 Zürich, Switzerland
Cost: Free
Registration Page: Registation Opening Soon!
Agenda: TBD
New Sessions: Now accepting sessions proposals!
Schedule
This event provides a great opportunity for collaboration. Participants can use the time to discuss important project topics, pair program, resolve bugs, build consensus, or tinker on new ideas. It's also a great time to collaborate with peers from other projects and learn more about their work and how the OpenJS Foundation can support these efforts.
Full Agenda TBD
Registration
This is an open event, but is geared towards contributors of the deck.gl framework and other frameworks in the vis.gl, kepler.gl, and sophomore GeoDa OpenJS projects.
Registration is required for attendance at the Summit. To attend the in-person Summit in Zürich, you will be able to register soon.
Attending in person
- The ETH Hönggerberg campus is located just north of Downtown Zürich.
- While wearing masks is not mandatory, attendees are welcome to wear them if they choose.
- As the summit takes place within an active campus building, with active classes and seminars, attendees should stay close to our designated summit room.
- The summit starts at 9:00 with a breakfast, sessions start at 9:30 and ends at 15:00 each day. After the summit we can discuss additional activities.
Submit a session proposal!
We invite any and all vis.gl / deck.gl / kepler.gl / GeoDa contributors and collaborators to submit sessions proposals for this Collaborator Summit through this link.
We encourage submissions that foster collaboration, including panels, fire-side chats, discussions, interactive workshops, and presentations.
The goal of the Open Visualization Collaborator Summit is to enable discussions and collaborations on strategic long-term initiatives critical to the vis.gl, kepler.gl, and GeoDa projects.
Have an idea for a talk and want to run it by us? Discuss it here or contact us at openvizsummit@openjsf.org if you’re interested.
F.A.Q.
Is there any registration fee?
No, there is no fee for attending this year's summit.
Will there be remote attendance?
We will not be able to facilitate remote attendance; however, sessions will be recorded and made available on the OpenJS YouTube channel after the event.
Is financial support available for travel expenses?
OpenJS generously offers a community fund to support travel expenses for Collaborators, Standards body participants, and Speakers. Applicants should explore employer-sponsored funding options as their first source of financial support before applying.
I'm in Zürich, how do I get to the ETH Hönggerberg Campus?
ETH Zürich has graciously allowed us access to the eLink ETH inter-campus bus (locally labeled the "E") via the ETH/Univeristätsspital stop. This bus runs every 5-15 mins towards Hönggerberg depending on the schedule, which can be found here. The ride should be approximately 14 minutes from this stop to the campus.
I'm at ETH Hönggerberg, how do I get back to Zürich?
As stated above, ETH Zürich has graciously allowed us access to the eLink ETH inter-campus bus (locally labeled the "E"). The pickup is located under the cantilever of the HIL building, next to Campus Information. This bus runs every 5-15 mins towards ETH Zentrum depending on the schedule, which can be found here.
Important for all participants ☝
We want everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion or lack thereof, to feel welcome and safe and collaborate with each other in a harassment free environment. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Summit participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled.
Code of Conduct
The Linux Foundation Events Code of Conduct applies to all event spaces.
Connect with us!
Date: September 9-10, 2026
Venue: ETH Hönggerberg, Building HCI, Room J3, 8049 Zürich, Switzerland
Cost: Free
Registration Page: Registation Opening Soon!
Agenda: TBD
New Sessions: Now accepting sessions proposals!
Schedule
This event provides a great opportunity for collaboration. Participants can use the time to discuss important project topics, pair program, resolve bugs, build consensus, or tinker on new ideas. It's also a great time to collaborate with peers from other projects and learn more about their work and how the OpenJS Foundation can support these efforts.
Full Agenda TBD
Registration
This is an open event, but is geared towards contributors of the deck.gl framework and other frameworks in the vis.gl, kepler.gl, and sophomore GeoDa OpenJS projects.
Registration is required for attendance at the Summit. To attend the in-person Summit in Zürich, you will be able to register soon.
Attending in person
Submit a session proposal!
We invite any and all vis.gl / deck.gl / kepler.gl / GeoDa contributors and collaborators to submit sessions proposals for this Collaborator Summit through this link.
We encourage submissions that foster collaboration, including panels, fire-side chats, discussions, interactive workshops, and presentations.
The goal of the Open Visualization Collaborator Summit is to enable discussions and collaborations on strategic long-term initiatives critical to the vis.gl, kepler.gl, and GeoDa projects.
Have an idea for a talk and want to run it by us? Discuss it here or contact us at openvizsummit@openjsf.org if you’re interested.
F.A.Q.
Is there any registration fee?
No, there is no fee for attending this year's summit.
Will there be remote attendance?
We will not be able to facilitate remote attendance; however, sessions will be recorded and made available on the OpenJS YouTube channel after the event.
Is financial support available for travel expenses?
OpenJS generously offers a community fund to support travel expenses for Collaborators, Standards body participants, and Speakers. Applicants should explore employer-sponsored funding options as their first source of financial support before applying.
I'm in Zürich, how do I get to the ETH Hönggerberg Campus?
ETH Zürich has graciously allowed us access to the eLink ETH inter-campus bus (locally labeled the "E") via the ETH/Univeristätsspital stop. This bus runs every 5-15 mins towards Hönggerberg depending on the schedule, which can be found here. The ride should be approximately 14 minutes from this stop to the campus.
I'm at ETH Hönggerberg, how do I get back to Zürich?
As stated above, ETH Zürich has graciously allowed us access to the eLink ETH inter-campus bus (locally labeled the "E"). The pickup is located under the cantilever of the HIL building, next to Campus Information. This bus runs every 5-15 mins towards ETH Zentrum depending on the schedule, which can be found here.
Important for all participants ☝
We want everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion or lack thereof, to feel welcome and safe and collaborate with each other in a harassment free environment. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Summit participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled.
Code of Conduct
The Linux Foundation Events Code of Conduct applies to all event spaces.
Connect with us!