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GStreamer Conference 2025

23-24 October 2025 · London, UK

London


We're thrilled to announce that the 13th GStreamer Conference is now confirmed to take place on Thursday and Friday 23-24 October 2025 in London, UK.

There will also be a multi-day GStreamer hackfest after the conference, on the weekend of the 25-26 October 2025, and possibly also on Monday 27 October 2025 (to be confirmed). People must register separately for the hackfest.

In addition, the Foundations of Open Media Standards and Software (FOMS) Workshop 2025 is expected to take place on Tuesday 28 October 2025, followed by Demuxed 2025, the conference for video devs! Also in London, of course.

Live Streams

Live streams are no longer available, as the event is over now.

Recorded talks

Talks have been recorded by Ubicast and will be made available at GStreamer Conference 2025 videos soon.

Details

The GStreamer Conference is a conference for developers, community members, decision-makers, industry partners, researchers, students and anyone else interested in the GStreamer multimedia framework or Open Source and cross-platform multimedia.

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in open source cross-platform multimedia is encouraged to join us at the GStreamer Conference 2025!

Whether you are a hobbyist, app developer, researcher or student interested in the field of multimedia, or working for a company that is using or looking to use GStreamer in their products, this is the perfect event for you to network at and to learn more about the latest technological developments and project news, and to meet developers as well as the wider community.

Schedule

Click here for the conference schedule.

Registration

Registration is closed now, since the event is over now.

Schedule and speakers list

Click here for the conference schedule.

We had an exciting range of topics and speakers lined up for you again this year:

Talks:

Lightning Talks:

Talks were recorded again by Ubicast and will be made available for viewing soon.

Showcase or Lightning Talks

There were again opportunities for short lightning talks for those who did not wish to present a full talk, but just wanted to showcase something they're working on, or present a problem or challenge they are facing or have solved, and that they think might be interesting for others to hear about.

Sponsorship Opportunities

The GStreamer Conference 2025 is only possible thanks to the generous financial support from our sponsors.

For this year's sponsorship opportunities please refer to the sponsor brief (PDF) or get in touch.

Sponsorship proceeds are not only used to put on the conference and hackfests, but also support our ex(t)(p)ensive CI infrastructure.

City

This year's conference will take place in London, United Kingdom.

Getting there

By train You can travel directly by train to London St Pancras from Paris, Brussels, Lille, and Amsterdam. King's Cross / St Pancras station is only a couple of minutes by tube from the Barbican Centre.

By air London Heathrow (LHR) and London Gatwick (LGW) are the main international airports, but for short-haul flights London Stansted (STN), London Luton (LTN), London City (LCY) or even London Southend (SEN) airports may also be options.

Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Many visitors, including most international visitors traveling without a visa, including most EU, EEA, Swiss US, Canadian, and Australian citizens, will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), which is a digital permission to travel that costs £16 and is valid for two years.

Venue

The conference will take place at:
The Barbican Centre
Level 4
Silk Street
London, EC2Y 8DS
United Kingdom

Hotels

The venue is in Central London and as such there are hundreds of hotels nearby. Public transport is also quite good, so accommodation options that are a few tube stops or bus stops away are not a problem at all.

Travelodge, Premier Inn, and ibis are the major budget business hotel chains in the UK, but there should be plenty of other options in the area.

The Travelodge London Central City Road looks (comparatively) reasonably priced and is just up the road from the venue. There is also an easyHotel London City Shoreditch which may cater for those on a budget. The Premier Inn London Farringdon (Smithfield) hotel is also within easy walking distance. The ibis London City Shoreditch is a bit further away.

Clayton Hotel London Wall is a 4-star hotel nearby, and so is the Malmaison London, and no doubt many others.

Invitation Letter

If you need an invitation letter for visa application purposes, please get in touch (you should get an initial response within a day).

Social Events

Wednesday: Welcome drinks and/or food at The Angel EC1

Join us for some drinks and/or food at The Angel pub!

We're booked in from 19:30 onwards. Food and drinks will be available for purchase, credit cards are accepted.

There are vegetarian and vegan options on the menu.

We have reserved a space upstairs (Shoreditch Lounge and Snug).

Thursday: Social Event with Food and Drinks at BrewDog Chancery Lane

Our main social event will be on Thursday at BrewDog Chancery Lane, from 19.00 onwards until late (11pm).

Food and drinks will be provided (many thanks to our sponsors!), including vegetarian and vegan options.

Note that we have been allocated a section of the venue, but the other parts of the venue will be open to the public and owing to the layout of the place the bar will be shared.

If you are lucky enough to look younger than 25, please make sure to bring some ID with you to prove that you are at least 18 years old.

If anyone is younger than 18 years, please get in touch.

GStreamer hackfest

There will again be a multi-day hackfest after the conference, on the weekend of 25-26 October 2025, and possibly also on Monday 27 October 2025 (to be confirmed, subject to venue availability).

Important: Please register for the hackfest in advance!

Sign up now for the GStreamer hackfest!

The hackfest will take place at:
Amazon LHR16
1 Principal Pl
London, EC2A 2FA
United Kingdom

Call for Presentations

The call for presentations is now closed.

Anyone who has submitted a talk proposal should have received an e-mail letting them know whether their proposal has been accepted already. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal.

Code of Conduct and Anti-Harrassment Policy

Policy

The GStreamer project and the conference organisers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form.

Harassment includes, but is not limited to, offensive verbal comments, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately. We expect participants to follow these rules at all conference venues, hackfest venues, and conference-related social events.

If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the conference organisers and/or their delegates may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a conference organiser or member of the code of conduct committee below immediately.

Reporting Breaches

Breaches of the code of conduct should be reported either by e-mail via code-of-conduct@gstreamer.org.

See here for implementation details and guidelines.

This anti-harassment policy is based on the XDC 2024 code of conduct which in turn is based on the example policy from the Geek Feminism wiki, created by the Ada Initiative and other volunteers.

GStreamer Conference Contact

If you have any questions about the GStreamer Conference or are considering -->becoming a sponsor please get in touch.

Conference News and Updates

2025-October-25: The conference is over now. Thank to everyone who attended, as well as our speakers and our amazing sponsors! Talks have been recorded and will be made available for watching soon.

2025-October-24: Links to the Live streams for Day 2 have been added.

2025-October-23: Links to the Live streams for Day 1 have been added.

2025-October-17: Wednesday evening social event details added (location: The Angel EC1, City Road)

2025-October-13: The conference schedule has now been published.

2025-October-13: Hackfest venue is Amazon LHR16 - Many thanks to Amazon for hosting us! People should register for the hackfest by 21 October 2025 noon UK time!

2025-October-11: Thursday evening social event details added (location: BrewDog Chancery Lane)

2025-October-07: The full list of talks and speakers has been published. If anything looks off or needs changing, please send us an e-mail or ping us on Matrix, thanks!

2025-October-06: The Call for Presentations is now closed, but lightning talks may still be submitted. All speakers should have received their acceptance e-mails by now. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a talk. We have a phenomenal range of topics again this year.

2025-October-01: Call for Presentations submission deadline is 5 October 2025, 23:59h

2025-September-29: Added a couple of hotels.

2025-September-23: The Call for Presentations is now finally open, please submit your talk proposals and lightning talks now!

2025-September-21: Added a note that an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is required for most international visitors traveling without a visa, including most EU, EEA, Swiss US, Canadian, Australian citizens.

2025-September-20: Registration is now open! Sign up for the GStreamer Conference 2025 here. If you intend to submit a (non-lightning) talk, you may want to wait for the Call for Presentations to open, since speakers will receive free tickets.

2025-September-10: Ticket prices have been added, registration should hopefully also open in the near future.

2025-September-08: The GStreamer project is excited to see Fluendo sponsor at Gold level this year!

2025-September-02: We're thrilled to welcome Veo as first-time sponsor this year, at Silver level!

2025-August-25: The GStreamer project is happy to see Axis Communications sponsor the conference again at Gold level this year!

2025-August-21: Venue announced: The Barbican Centre, Silk St, London, EC2Y 8DS, Level 4.

2025-August-21: Dates confirmed: The conference will take place on Thursday and Friday 23-24 October 2025, followed by a hackfest.

2025-August-20: Talks will be recorded again by Ubicast this year.

2025-August-19: We're excited to see Pexip return again as Platinum sponsor this year!

2025-August-15: We're delighted to welcome MediaScribe as Silver level sponsor this year!

2025-August-15: The GStreamer project is thrilled to see Igalia return as Platinum level sponsor this year!

2025-August-15: We're excited to see Collabora return as a Platinum sponsor this year!

2025-August-15: The GStreamer project welcomes back Centricular as sponsor, at Platinum level this year!

2025-August-04: Sponsorship brief available

2025-July-28: Visa invitation letter section added

2025-July-28: Initial announcement and website.


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