A M*RDER OF CROWS
SFK 11th Edition!
A M*rder of Crows – comes from centuries of folklore and the crow’s association with death. Crows were often seen around battlefields, cemeteries, gallows, and other places where dead bodies could be found.
An old tale even claimed that crows would gather to judge a member of their flock and, if found guilty, punish it – giving rise to the dark and dramatic name “m*rder”.
As for a storytelling of crows, the origin is less clear. Crows are known to gather in large flocks and produce loud “caws” so perhaps an observer, hearing the noise, concluded that they weren’t plotting a m*rder, but rather exchanging stories with one another.
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Patrik Hübner
Creative Director & Programming Designer
Patrik Hübner
Creative Director & Programming Designer
Patrik Hübner is an award-winning creative technologist and creative director who has worked at the intersection of design and technology for over two decades. With deep roots in communication and brand design, he has been recognized as a pioneer in combining design, data, algorithms, and storytelling to create dynamic branding systems.
He collaborates with leading brands, agencies, and cultural institutions to develop living generative brand systems, and shares his expertise as an author, lecturer, keynote speaker, and workshop facilitator.
Éléonore Daxhelet
OSOR Team Member - Policy Analyst, OpenForum Europe
Éléonore Daxhelet
OSOR Team Member - Policy Analyst, OpenForum EuropeÉléonore Daxhelet is a policy analyst and researcher specializing in technology, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty. She works at OpenForum Europe, focusing on the European Commission's Open Source Observatory (OSOR), and has contributed as a researcher for the Europian Institute for Research.
Dr Julian Stirling
Chief Executive - Humanitarian Technology Trust
Dr Julian Stirling
Chief Executive - Humanitarian Technology TrustJulian is one of the core developers of the OpenFlexure Microscope. He is also the Chief Executive of the Humanitarian Technology Trust (HTT), a UK Charity that is focused on advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. Julian's focus in the open source movement is on open source scientific instrumentation, and automated open source workflows for hardware development and documentation. In his spare time he maintains a 200 year old waterwheel that powers the second oldest beam engine in the world that can still do its original job.
K. Mike Merrill
World’s First Publicly Traded Person Backed by 1000+ Shareholder Community
K. Mike Merrill
World’s First Publicly Traded Person Backed by 1000+ Shareholder CommunityK. Mike Merrill is the world’s first publicly traded person. He IPO’d himself in 2008 and sold shares in his own life, and his shareholders have voted on his decisions ever since, from what he works on to who he dates. He got into technology in Portland, Oregon, at Tripwire, Tranxition, and LinuxFund, where his job title was Operations Penguin. He has spoken at TEDxVienna, ideacity, and XOXO, and his work has been covered by WIRED, VICE, and Variety. He spent this summer in Prishtina and now runs most of his life through a fleet of AI agents and too many GitHub issues.
Timo Hoogland
Digital artist, Live Coder, Drummer and Music Technology Educator
Timo Hoogland
Digital artist, Live Coder, Drummer and Music Technology EducatorTimo is a digital artist, live coder, drummer and music technology educator from the Netherlands. He livecodes electronic music and develops algorithmic audiovisual compositions and installations. Timo graduated from the Masters of Music at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in 2019, where he developed the livecoding tool Mercury. He organizes meetups, workshops and algoraves as part of Netherlands Coding Live. He teaches creative coding at HKU Music Technology and Conservatory of Amsterdam.
SFK 2026: Unleashing Open Source Innovation in Prishtina,
Oct 1–3
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Oct 1–3
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Agenda Glance
Registration
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Opening
Moderator · FLOSSK members · Welcome remarks by institutional guests
What we put in motion
Patrik Hübner
Creative agency and The Generative Mind — or: how to create meaningful work in a world of noise, tools, and constant change In his inspiration talk, Patrik Hübner explores The Generative Mind as a practical, empowering approach to treating technology as creative material. Drawing on over two decades across design, technology, research, and teaching, he looks beyond AI hype to frame generative design through code, data, systems, and context. Connecting with the spirit of creative coding, open culture, and hacking, the talk invites designers, developers, technologists, artists, and curious minds to build flexible systems, reveal hidden patterns, and create meaningful work in a world increasingly shaped by automation.
How Open Source Enabled Fresha to Become a Better Product Company
Nicoleta Lazar
Over the past year, Fresha completely revamped its data platform, building its new real-time foundations around open source technologies. The result is a data platform capable of powering sub-second analytical dashboards for our customers, built with technologies including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, StarRocks, and others. But the technology itself is only part of the story. In this talk, I’ll share the journey behind the platform: how we started, the challenges that shaped our architecture, and how open source influenced the decisions we made along the way. I’ll also explore what it means to build a product on top of open source — from relying on projects we believe in, to contributing back when we encountered problems, gaps, or opportunities to make them better.
Microscopy for Everyone: The OpenFlexure Microscope
Dr Julian Stirling
Microscopy is an essential technology. Microscopy supports medical diagnostics, public health, soil analysis, biodiversity monitoring, scientific research, quality control for food and drink production. We ask the question: "What if everyone had access to microscopy?" Not just to use a microscope they can buy, but a microscope they can build, hack, improve, and deploy for any purpose they need. The OpenFlexure Microscope is just that, it is a fully open-source, automated, digital, robotic microscope. All custom mechanical components for OpenFlexure are 3D printed, which has enabled our community to build and use the microscope in over 70 countries. This talk will explore the open source project, our future goals, and incredible project from our diverse community.
European Commission’s Open Source Observatory: Findings from the 2025 Paper on Progress and Trends in the Western Balkans
Éléonore Daxhelet
This presentation gives an overview of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory’s (OSOR) activities and latest Paper on Progress and Trends. The report examines how open source software has evolved within public administrations, based on the country reports published in 2025. It covers 18 EU member states and includes for the first time five candidate countries from the Western Balkan region, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and North Macedonia. The session provides insights into the state of open source adoption and regulation in Europe, with a particular focus on findings from the Balkan countries, providing insights into how EU integration shapes digital policy in candidate countries. The presentation will conclude by looking at the preliminary findings of the 2026 Report on Progress and Trends.
25 years of FSFE - A long way to software freedom
Dario Presutti
What does it take to keep technology in the hands of its users? At the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), it means litigating against Apple before the European Court of Justice, building sustainable long-term funding for Free Software across the EU and its member states, and advancing "Public Money? Public Code!" within public administrations. It means advocating for Device Neutrality and Router Freedom, freeing Android devices through Free Your Android, and supporting developers with Free Software licensing questions. It means cultivating the next generation of contributors through Youth Hacking 4 Freedom. And includes, among its many chapters, a story involving skateboards and raspberry ice cream. Since 2001, the FSFE has worked to empower users to control technology. This talk traces the many fronts of that effort: legal, political, technical, and community-based.
Break - Networking
The Cathedral and the Bizarre
K. Mike Merrill
I incorporated myself in 2008 and got pulled toward the bazaar I modeled my life on a publicly traded company and eighteen years later I have something closer to an open source project. I should have recognized the idea was too bizarre to be a cathedral.
HACKING FOR SURVIVAL - Fragments of SIGINT, Cryptography and Electronic Resistance in Kosova
Visar Hoti
At SFK 2026, Visar brings a story from a time before SDRs, smartphones, GitHub, or cheap RF modules—when “hacking” meant understanding the hardware in front of you, improvising under life-threatening situtations, and using know-how to help people survive.
Software freedom and beyond through democratic workplace organizing
Stjepan Horvat
In this talk I will teach you how find the common interests within a group and then act together to compel the formal leadership to follow the will of the whole group. Rather than accepting the existing power structures, we can organize democratic workplaces and thus form the structure of a new free society within the shell of the old.
GitOps in the Real World: Lessons from Operating Kubernetes with Argo CD
Dugi Selmanaj
Modern Kubernetes platforms are highly automated, but production environments can still become difficult to control as teams, applications, and infrastructure grow. This talk explores GitOps as an operating model for managing Kubernetes environments with greater consistency, visibility, and control. Using Argo CD as the central example, the session will look at how Git can become the source of truth for production configuration, how teams can detect configuration drift, improve auditability, manage changes through pull requests, and reduce unnecessary direct access to clusters. The focus will be on architecture and real-world operational lessons rather than a hands-on tutorial. The session will also cover common challenges around repository structure, secrets, RBAC, automation boundaries, and multi-environment setups, as well as situations where GitOps can introduce unnecessary complexity.
Open Sourcing Shqip: The Architecture Behind the Albanian Voice
Edon Sekiraqa
Get ready to hear how we are giving our language a digital life as I take the SFK stage to reveal the behind-the-scenes journey of open-sourcing the Albanian Voice!
CLOSING
How the Consumer Rights Wiki helps fight the world's anti-ownership laws
Keith Yardley
Keith Yardley, from the FULU Foundation, provides an introduction to the Consumer Rights Wiki and its purpose, along with an explanation of how it aims to fight back against the laws that stop us really owning what we've bought and paid for.
Design and simulation a rocket using open source tools.
Jo Hinchliffe
In this fun and engaging workshop facilitator Jo Hinchliffe will outline model, mid power and high power/ research rocket design techniques. We’ll dive in to designing a small rocket in Openrocket and we’ll also simulate the rocket in flight using the virtual profile of real world commercial small rocket motors. Finally we’ll dive into how other open tools can help you realise your design. This workshop requires no prior knowledge whatsoever and is sutiable for all. Please bring a laptop and download and install Openrocket prior to the workshop if possible.
Leaving Big Tech? Where to start, plan and implement your migration for your team
Penguin Selectah
The digital infrastructures we use every day like servers, platforms, cloud services, communication and storage tools are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few large technology companies. This dependency raises urgent questions: how can we regain control over our digital tools? What alternatives exist? How do we migrate our projects towards infrastructures that we can collectively manage? What lessons can we share with those who are already walking this path? This workshop we will collaboratively work together to (a) audit the tech stack of your team, organization, family etc, (b) plan the migration of your data and (c) start the transition. ideal for participants that are members of small or medium companies, organisations, that have decided to migrate from big tech, but don't know where to start. In the end of the workshop, participants will be able to have a good
A two hour workshop covering hand drawn frame by frame animation process using Krita
Ari Zharku
This two-hour workshop covers the use of the free and open source software Krita for hand drawn frame by frame animation production. The workshop focuses on explaining how to set up an animation workspace, making your custom commands and using the default ones, and how to build layer and folder hierarchy inside the software and out. During the workshop a simplified version of the animation pipeline will be demonstrated including the rough animation, the clean-up (line art) and coloring. This workshop is intended for anyone who is interested in the process of how animation is made and or for anyone who wants to try free and open-source software opposed to subscription based programs.
Nobody Likes Timesheets, So Build an AI Google Calendar Add-on and Set It Free
Jasper Duizendstra
Build a Google Calendar add-on that turns "spent two hours on a slow query" into a proper calendar entry, and run it how you want: as Apps Script in the browser or as a portable Apache-2.0 Go service on any host. Bring a laptop and a Gmail account.
Translating Wikipedia through LLMs
Arianit Dobroshi
I have a dream: to translate into Albanian 1,000, and eventually 10,000, Articles Every Wikipedia Should Have. Wikipedia has over 65 million articles across more than 340 languages. Albanian has only 100k. Editions like English and several others are of high quality. There is huge potential for translation into Albanian Wikipedia. LLMs can make this easier. During this workshop we will vibe code a Wikipedia articles translation pipeline and skill to semi-automate this process. Along the way we'll look at the state of Albanian-language LLM models, including local options, cost optimizations, and avenues for contributing to their development.
Introduction to Mercury: live coding algorithmic electronic music in the browser
Timo Hoogland
Join this crash-course into the world of live coding electronic music. No previous knowledge of programming is required, only an interest to express yourself musically! During this workshop you will learn to create electronic music with computercode and algorithms. For this we use the programming environment Mercury. You will program the instructions and the computer will translate that to beats and synthesizers. You can adjust the code in real time while the music is playing and hear it change. That is what live coding is about. At the end of the workshop you have been introduced to technologies used in electronic music production and you will have experienced what it means to use algorithms to compose music and sound.
The Generative Design Lab
Patrik Hübner
Exploring Quantum Computing with Python
Behare Konjuvca
In this beginner-friendly workshop, participants will explore what quantum computing is, how it differs from classical computing, and why it may be useful for certain problems. The workshop will introduce qubits and some of the key ideas behind quantum computation. We will then bring these ideas into Python and work through a small computational problem using a quantum computing framework, giving participants a chance to see these ideas in practice. Basic Python knowledge is helpful, but no background in quantum computing or physics is required. Please bring a laptop for the hands-on part!
Introduction to SDR with RTL-SDR and GNU Radio
Visar Hoti
Key concepts of Software Defined Radio (SDR), how RTL-SDR works, and an overview of the main software tools used for SDR. Build an FM receiver from scratch using RTL-SDR and GNU Radio, focusing on the main components and signal-processing workflow. Use GNU Radio and RTL-SDR to receive and decode ADS-B signals from aircraft, with the possibility of visualizing the data through a GUI/server with maps on a laptop.
Drone Race
Goggles On, Eyes Front: Take Off at the SFK 2026 FPV Drone Race!
Ready to feel the rush of high-speed FPV racing? In collaboration with MIGA Skyshield and Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK), we are bringing the country's very first FPV Drone Race to SFK 2026!
CTF
Hosted in partnership with our friends at Pretera, this full-day Capture The Flag (CTF) competition will test your technical skills, problem-solving, and speed.
Tokenmaxxing
Step into the high-throughput world of modern artificial intelligence! The Tokenmaxxing Village is a hands-on sandbox for developers, prompt engineers, and AI tinkerers dedicated to pushing LLMs, local models, and agentic workflows to their absolute limits.
Yll (0xBabar0ka) Berisha - DC38338
Leon (slenderman) Fazliu - DC38338
Valton (k3) Tahiri- DC38338
Oh Sh*t who burnt my tokens? Tokenmaxxing for Mass 0day Hunting This talk explores how “tokenmaxxing” (pushing LLMs to their limits) can be applied to scale 0day hunting. We’ll cover the fundamentals of tokenmaxxing and 0day research, walk through the technical workflow for using LLMs to uncover vulnerabilities across large codebases, and discuss how to validate findings and turn them into responsible CVE reports. The goal is to show how you can find 0days, make vulnerability research faster, broader, and more systematic.Milot (DreadfulOrc) Shala - DCG38338
From Prompt to Payload: Harnessing Local Models for Offensive Work
Lockpicking
Unlock your curiosity at the Lockpicking Village, presented by DEF CON Group 038!
Ever wondered how secure a lock actually is? Step away from the screens and get your hands on real-world physical security. Whether you have never held a pick set in your life or you are a seasoned lockpicker looking to test your speed, DCG038 mentors will be on-site to guide you step-by-step.
Spindown Games
Ready to Play? Step up to the SpinDown Games Showcase!
Ever wondered what gets built when local developers, artists, and creators take on a game jam? FLOSSK is bringing the SpinDown Games Showcase to life with 6 dedicated stations!
Radio Amatoret
Transmit Beyond Borders at the Kosovo Amateur Radio Association Booth!
Before the internet, there was radio frequency—and it still rules the airwaves! Step up to the Kosovo Amateur Radio Association (SHRAK) booth and discover the original open-source hardware network.
LazyBear
LazyBear's sets build slowly, cinematically, like a plot twist you can feel coming but can't quite name. Is he real? Is he awake? Come find out.
Timo Hoogland
Timo is a digital artist, live coder, drummer and music technology educator from the Netherlands. He livecodes electronic music and develops algorithmic audiovisual compositions and installations.
PANDAUDIO
Pandaudio is one of the key figures in Kosovo’s electronic music scene, recognized for his deep-rooted presence and distinctive identity. His sets are known for their careful storytelling, balancing energy, emotion, and rhythm with a refined sense of musical progression.
Meet Glitchy - Can a room tell you how it feels?
Lis Luci
Glitchy is a small, open-hardware device that listens to a room's air - its CO₂, its particles, its comings and goings - and turns what it hears into sound and light. Not a dashboard. Something closer to a nervous system. Come breathe near it. Wave at it. Try to make it change. Along the way, we'll explore how meaning gets built from scattered, ordinary signals and invent a few new ""senses"" for things that have never had any. No technical background needed. No hardware building involved. Just curiosity.
At Prishtina Hackerspace
Software Freedom and Beyond Through Democratic Workplace Organizing - the talk continues as a workshop
Stjepan Horvat
PRNHS PUB
Hackers, this one's for you: join us at Prishtina Hackerspace for a drink or two at our PRNHS PUB
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Fresha is the world’s leading marketplace platform for the beauty, wellness, and self-care industry, trusted by millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. For consumers, Fresha offers a seamless way to discover, book, and pay for beauty and wellness services with top local professionals. For businesses, Fresha provides an all-in-one platform that streamlines operations, from appointment management to client engagement, helping them grow effortlessly with powerful business software, integrated payments, financial services and cutting-edge technology solutions. Fresha’s comprehensive ecosystem empowers businesses and professionals with everything they need to operate seamlessly and efficiently. From appointment bookings, point-of-sale, client management, and marketing automation to loyalty programs, inventory management, and team coordination, Fresha provides an all-in-one solution designed to drive business growth. Today, 130,000+ businesses and 500,000+ professionals rely on Fresha, with over 1 billion appointments processed to date. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Fresha has a global presence with offices in New York City, Orlando, Vancouver, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Sydney, Singapore and Dubai.
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