MusicBrainz Summit / 26

The 2026 MetaBrainz Summit will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 12–16 October, 2026.

• Day 1 (Monday): TBA
• Day 2 (Tuesday): TBA

Oct 10 & Oct 11: Arrival, check-in, rest. No concrete plans as of yet, we'll make those depending on who is around and how they feel.

Oct 12 - Oct 16: Summit days. The exact schedule will be determined on Monday the 15th, with sessions scheduled to try and accommodate the attendees.

Oct 17 & Oct 18: Some people will be leaving, others staying another night. We'll organize activities based on who is around.

On the 12th at hour TBA, we will begin our sessions with the welcome session followed by the scheduling sessions where we take topics that people would like to speak about, gauge the interest and then schedule these sessions, keeping timing and attendees in mind.

We'll publish a schedule of events after this meeting concludes.

Feedback to remember from previous summits:

• Don't have the presentation time run for too long, as attention spans fade by the end
• Breaks between presentations to help with the above
• Keep a minimum structure, particularly regarding streaming times, so that virtual attendees can plan

As usual, each project should be prepared to give an update on the state of the project.

Big topics to discuss and who needs to be present:

• TBA

Because we'll have most of the team in the same place it might make sense to have a few in-person informal hack sessions to get some projects off the ground. Ideas:

• TBA

We'll be at OfficeBrainz for the summit.

We will probably rent two flats from the Family Host, Google Maps link where we've stayed before. The lovely roof terrace is a great place to chill in the evenings to have dinner and drinks. We'll be doing that!

The two flats (The Unknown, and Area 51) will probably be available from the afternoon of the 10th until the 17th. Area 51 will also be available for one more night with checkout happening on the 18th. If you need to a place to sleep Saturday night, please make sure to mark yourself in the "Staying Sunday" in the table below, but space is first come, first serve, max 7 people.

• aerozol
• rdswift

Virtual attendance links

• October 12, General session: TBA

Monkey and Reosarevok are going to be taking care of our food needs during the day. We'll have food in the office starting about 9am/10am in the mornings and then coordinate an in office lunch around lunch time, likely before streaming sessions start.

Dinner will be at some restaurants, earlier in the week less formal (Chinese food and other things that are easy for a large group). Later in the week we'll get a bit more formal for the dinners, going to nicer restaurants. Local significant others will be invited to the more formal dinners to also (re-)meet the team.

Addendum: if people would like, MonkeyPython can cook a meal or two a couple days, for the people in whatever lodgings. (he likes cooking and does not often have the opportunity to cook for other people :3)

Julian: Egg allergy: Any part/form, cooked/uncooked, in something else/on its own, and cross-contamination matters; that said, not a big deal if it's in the same room as me unless it's shakshouka or the like.

Person in charge: Jade

• good microphone, omni directional (?)
• 2 cameras (?)
• 2 tripods (?)
• Extra laptop (?)
• Zoom account login (reo)

• Initial setup and dry run (?)
• Running sessions (?)
• Uploading videos after the summit (?)
• Schedule master, putting schedule online and keeping it up date and informing others of changes (reo?)