Announcing FDF26!

We are pleased to announce that the 3rd FPGA Developers’ Forum will take place at CERN on:

📅 27–29 May 2026
🌐 cern.ch/fdf26

Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts for FDF26 is now open—start thinking about the ideas, solutions, and challenges you’d like to share with the community.

Whether you’re working in physics, industry, or beyond, FDF welcomes all FPGA developers interested in real-world design practices.

This year, in addition to oral presentations, we are also organising a poster session, allowing even more developers to showcase their work.

👉 Visit the website to submit your abstract.

Call for Sponsors

As in previous editions, we are organising an industry exhibition where companies can showcase their FPGA-related products and innovations.

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Visit our Call for Sponsors page.

What’s New in FDF26?

Free and Open-Source Tools

If you have developed a tool that you actively distribute and maintain, we invite you to share it with our community. Eligible submissions include (but are not limited to) build tools for HDL or HLS, register-mapping tools, HDL libraries, and similar resources.

FDF is creating a dedicated space for tool authors to showcase and discuss their work, with the goal of expanding user adoption and improving overall tool quality.

We aim to support high-quality, well-documented, and actively maintained tools—even if they have been presented at previous FDF editions.

👉 Visit the dedicated page to promote your tool or library within the FDF community.

Tutorials

On Friday 29 May, after the final FDF26 session, we are planning a series of tutorial sessions.
If you would like to organise a tutorial, please submit your proposal via the Call for Abstracts page, selecting the appropriate category.

Poster Session

Poster contributions should be submitted via the Call for Abstracts page, selecting the Poster category.
Proposals submitted for oral presentations may also be reconsidered as poster contributions.

Contacts

For any questions, feel free to contact us at fdf@cern.ch

We look forward to seeing you at CERN!

The FDF team