Re: [LAA] Linux Audio Conference LAC2026: June 18th-20 in Maynooth, Ireland

Hello all,

Just another quick "addendum" to let you know that the conference will 
be live-streamed.

If you can not attend, you will still be able to watch the presentations 
and use the live-chat to ask questions.

The stream is available her : 
https://tube.mucs.club/w/m9KHfd1UkCf5wWQ3DVmak8

It is also available on the homepage of the website : 
https://lac26.mucs.club

And videos for each sessions will be published on this channel : 
https://tube.mucs.club/c/lac26/videos

See you in Maynooth, or online.

Best,

Thibaud


On 19/01/2026 08:22, Frank Neumann wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just a quick "addendum" to the earlier announcement here:
>
> The organizing team of this year's Linux Audio Conference (see below) has also
> given this conference a "theme" that should spark some ideas for papers or
> discussion, and has now added the following blurb to the home page
> (see https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2026/) -
>
> ###
> Conference theme:
> Large language models and Free/Libre/open source software.
>
> "I am not comfortable contributing to a project that extensively uses AI."
>
>      from a post found in a pull request to a github repository.
>
> This year's LAC theme explores questions relating to the (sometimes uneasy)
> relationships that may emerge between LLMs and FLOSS. This of course has many
> dimensions, from the purely technical, through to the practical, and finally
> to the ethical.
> As code repositories such as github roll out support for third-party and their
> own LLM agents, this is an area that needs vigorous discussion and assessment.
> It is probably not a good idea to ignore it, as it is unlikely to go away.
> It may be possible to formulate a position from the LAC community, which we might
> carry forward for further consideration in other forums.
> Even if such a thing cannot exist, it is still important that we put forward
> our ideas in relation to this issue. Therefore, it makes good sense to invite
> contributions to this theme and make it a central point of discussion at the LAC.
>
>      The LAC2026 organising team.
> ###
>
> Greetings,
> Frank
>
>
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:33:01 +0100
> Frank Neumann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> just wanted to share the good news here that in 2026 the LAC (Linux Audio Conference) is
>> taking place again, on June 18-20 (Thu-Sat), this time coming back to Maynooth (Ireland)
>> where it was already hosted in 2011.
>>
>> Victor Lazzarini, conference organizer, asked me to help in spreading the word about
>> it, so here we go.
>>
>> All details on music&paper submission process, deadlines, travel and accomodation etc can
>> be found at the conference web site: https://lac26.mucs.club/
>>
>> Greetings, and please feel free to spread the word wherever possible,
>> Frank