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+title: "One Room for the Whole “M”: The M-Ecosystem Devroom Is Coming to FOSDEM 2027"
+description: "MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, VillageSQL, and OurSQL Foundation are co-organizing a devroom for the whole MySQL ecosystem at FOSDEM 2027 in Brussels. The call for proposals is open."
+date: 2026-10-28
+tags:
+- Announcement
+author: "Maria Nesterova"
+author_page: "/resources/member-directory/maria-nesterova"
+hero_image: false
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+
+Good news for everyone who spends their days (and sometimes nights) with MySQL and its relatives: at FOSDEM 2027, we'll all be in the same room.
+
+It's organized together by MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, VillageSQL, and OurSQL Foundation, and it's open to the whole open source database ecosystem around them. The idea is simple: we're one community, so let's show up like one.
+
+## Same room, bigger family
+
+If you've been to FOSDEM before, you probably know the "MariaDB, MySQL & Friends" devroom. This year it's getting a wider door and a new name: **The M-Ecosystem**.
+
+Database servers, yes — but also the storage engines, connectors, proxies, and tools that people actually build on every day.
+
+- **When:** Sunday, January 31, 2027
+- **Where:** FOSDEM, Brussels (the conference itself runs January 30–31)
+
+## Why we're excited
+
+We're happy to be one of the co-organizers and to help make space for this conversation.
+
+## Got a talk in you?
+
+We're looking for deep technical talks on MySQL-compatible software and services: query optimization, replication and high availability, InnoDB and other storage engines, performance tuning, upgrades at scale.
+
+Just as welcome are talks on the rest of the ecosystem — forks, proxies, connectors, backup, monitoring, and observability tooling — and especially on work that spans projects: cross-compatibility, mixed-version fleets, or a feature or fix that landed in more than one codebase.
+
+Whether you build it, run it, or research it, we'd love to hear your story.
+
+Talks are about 20 minutes, in English, and about open source work.
+
+## How to submit
+
+1. Head to the [FOSDEM call for proposals](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2027/cfp).
+2. Pick the track **"The M-ecosystem"**.
+3. Send us your idea.
+
+Not sure if it fits? Just ask us in [Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/oursqlfoundation/shared_invite/zt-480k6h62a-t0HalCPwvXUC_lpd4aNylA) — we're happy to help.
+
+Save the date, tell a friend, and see you in Brussels!