{"id":23965,"date":"2025-09-29T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/?page_id=23965"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:22:40","slug":"bigbluebutton-developer-summit-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bigbluebutton.org\/bigbluebutton-developer-summit-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BigBlueButton Developer Summit 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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22nd BigBlueButton \nDeveloper Conference<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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November 24-28, 2025 | Vienna<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Welcome to the 22nd BigBlueButton Developer Conference<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Join the BigBlueButton core developers in Vienna from November 24-28, 2025, for five days of hands-on development, collaboration, and teamwork to advance the platform.<\/p>

We\u2019ll be gathering this year on the\u00a0Universit\u00e4t Wien<\/a>\u00a0campus (location and room details to be posted soon).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Our summits are designed for collaboration. We welcome experienced developers, UX designers, and instructional technologists (especially those with experience in adapting content for online classes), BigBlueButton administrators, and anyone deeply engaged in the BigBlueButton project to join us in person.\u00a0 If you are interested to attend, please email\u00a0Fred Dixon<\/a>\u00a0<ffdixon@bigbluebutton.org>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the first day we will organize into teams and sprint throughout the week.\u00a0 As with each Summit, at end of the five days we’ll make closing presentations with the global BigBlueButton community starting at 13:00 UTC.<\/p>\n

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The core team will explore opportunities for refining audio and video quality by continuing the work to integrate livekit.io into the core of BigBlueButton. The goal is to have it running behind a feature flag in BigBlueButton 3.0 so everyone can test and try out.<\/p> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Expanding on last year\u2019s work, we\u2019ll investigate ways to seamlessly integrate BigBlueButton into physical classrooms, enabling students to join polls and discussions through a lightweight client experience on existing in-room video hardware.<\/p> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As we move towards BigBlueButton 3.0, we\u2019re accelerating work on a plug-in architecture to extend client functionality. The Plugin SDK has been released, and we\u2019ll be extending BigBlueButton using this capabilities.<\/p> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We\u2019ll continue enhancing the BigBlueButton user experience with a more consistent, modular design to improve usability and support plug-in extensions.<\/p> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Additional topics may include accessibility improvements (e.g., live transcriptions and translations), Matrix integration, H5P integration, and stress testing BigBlueButton 3.0 under heavy load.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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think modular<\/strong><\/a> is an Austrian full-service provider with a focus on international settings (learning, networking, conferencing across the globe). A long-time contributor to the BigBlueButton and developer of the BigBlueButton Drupal integration, think modular provides commercial hosting for BigBlueButton in Austria and Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mconf<\/strong><\/a>
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iMDT<\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>With a rich 20-year history, iMDT has been indirectly involved with BigBlueButton right from the start, as we were actively engaged in the development of the Red5 media server, which formed the foundation of the initial version of BigBlueButton. Since those early days, our commitment to BigBlueButton has only grown stronger. Supported by a partnership with BlindSideNetworks, we work on daily basis to improve BigBlueButton, shaping the future of this remarkable platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apereo<\/strong><\/a>
<\/b>The Apereo Foundation works to increase the awareness and adoption of open source software in and for education. The Foundation supports open source projects used in thousands of colleges and universities worldwide. Our international community of educators, developers, academic institutions, and commercial partners deliver industry-leading open source software serving the academic mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

ZKI<\/a><\/strong>
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The University of Vienna<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>
We especially want to thank our host The University of Vienna for providing us a room and facilities to hold our 22nd Developer Summit on campus.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Presented by:\u00a0 Fred Dixon, Co-founder of BigBlueButton<\/b><\/p>

When:\u00a0Thursday Nov. 23 at 1:30-2:00pm\u00a0 \/ Berlin Time (7:30-8:00am EST)<\/b>
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As technology continues to advance, Pedagogy \u2013 the science of teaching and learning \u2013 is even more relevant today. A key measurement of any class, physical or virtual, is \u201cDid students learn?\u201d.<\/p>

In this presentation, Fred Dixon, co-Founder of BigBlueButton Inc., will explore how AI can assist educators in creating more opportunities for applied learning during their virtual classes, and how related analytics can help educators pin-point students that are struggling and give them feedback in the moment, thereby improving learning outcomes.

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