Press Release OpenSouthCode 2025

Málaga, capital of free knowledge with OpenSouthCode 2025

La Térmica will host the largest free culture and technology event in Southern Europe on June 20 and 21, with more than 50 talks, children’s workshops, music, a demonstration area, and free admission.

UbuCon Europe is being held in Málaga for the first time, bringing together the international Ubuntu Linux community as part of OpenSouthCode.

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The seventh edition of OpenSouthCode returns on June 20 and 21 to the La Térmica cultural centre of the Málaga Provincial Council. This event is notable for its international relevance and impact on disseminating free knowledge and open technology.

Access is completely free, subject to registration at www.opensouthcode.org, and is aimed at professionals, students, families, and individuals interested in free software, open innovation, and collaborative technological culture.

UbuCon Europe: Ubuntu Chooses Malaga

For the first time in its history, UbuCon Europe, the annual Ubuntu community event, is coming to Spain and is being held in Malaga as part of OpenSouthCode 2025. The selection reinforces the city’s status as an open and inclusive technology hub. The Canonical team, the Ubuntu Linux developer, will participate alongside the community to share experiences, knowledge, and success stories.

KDE Spain also announces the holding of Akademy-es 2025 in Malaga, as part of the OpenSouthCode free technology and culture event..

An international program with talks, workshops, and a community for all audiences

The event will bring together national and international leaders from the technology and academic worlds around topics such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, web and software development, cybersecurity, video games, and technological sustainability. They will lead practical sessions such as:

Inditex Tech Open Source: Fashion and Technology in Community, by J. Manrique López de la Fuente.
How to Make Open Source Profitable, by Anastasia Zvenigorodskaia.
The Open Source Smart Garden, by Ivan Šarić.
Practical Quantum Computing with Qiskit, led by the E.T.S.I. Informática team at the University of Málaga and IBM Quantum.
Workshop on creating the official OpenSouthCode video game, an immersive experience for all audiences, led by Víctor Suarez.
Privacy-Preserving AI: Can Open Source Solve the Data Dilemma?, with Sahaj Vaidya.
Model Context Protocol: The New Big Boy of AI and Open Protocols, with Estefanía Ríos and Patricia Serrano.
Cyber Resilience Law and Free Software, analysed by Lucas Lasota of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) Legal Network.

The activities will take place simultaneously in six themed rooms, and almost 50% of the sessions will be taught in English, consolidating OpenSouthCode as an event with a truly international focus.

l Friday will conclude with the traditional charity networking event, which includes the famous sardine skewers, camperos, Victoria Beers, and a live concert by the musical group Picky Pressure. All proceeds will go to support a free software and social project.

OpenSouthKids: Free technology and culture for children too

On Saturday morning, the 21st, it will be the turn of OpenSouthKids, a day designed to spark technological vocations at an early age. Girls and boys ages 5 to 15 can participate in 12 free activities that combine creativity and technology. Awakening my children’s curiosity about technology is one of the talks designed for parents, and Micro:bit, a small programmable board designed to teach the principles of programming and electronics in a fun and accessible way.

More than an event: community and free knowledge from Malaga to Europe

OpenSouthCode is consolidating its position as a technology festival that celebrates shared knowledge, free culture, and accessible education, thanks to the support of companies such as Canonical Ubuntu, The Workshop, Sector Alarm Tech, Freepik, Ortus Solutions, Slimbook, Spanred Telecomunicaciones, and Deep Computing.

One of this year’s notable new features is FiteBox, an open-source video recorder that allows you to self-record presentations at the touch of a button. It was designed by members of the local community using open-source RISC-V technology. Its name combines the Malaga expression «fite tú» (look at that!) with «box,» which comes from boomboxes, portable radio recorders very popular in the 1980s and in hip-hop culture. FiteBox seeks to foster an accessible, spontaneous, and fun way to capture the knowledge and energy of the event, allowing it to be stored locally or shared on YouTube and social media.

Attendance is free and open to the public, subject to registration at www.opensouthcode.org

Friday, June 21:

9:45 Welcome.
10:00-14:00h and from 16:00 to 20:00h Simultaneous Talks and Workshops.
18:00-20:00h Meetups technological communities.
20:30h Networking with Picoteo “Malaguita”, Cervezas Victoria and the band Picky Pressure.

Saturday June 22nd:

10:00-14:00h OpenSouthKids Workshops for girls and boys from 5 to 15 years old: .
10:00-13:45h Simultaneous talks and workshops.
14:00 Closing of the event.

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