We’re excited to announce that GNU Radio Conference 2026 (GRCon26) will take place September 21–24 in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Talley Student Union.
GRCon26 is generously hosted by NC State, which is home to one of the four NSF PAWR platforms, the AERPAW wireless research platform <https://aerpaw.org/about/>. ------------------------------ Call for Participation – Now Open We invite you to submit talks, papers, workshops, tutorials, and demos for GRCon25. Whether you're advancing research, deploying SDR systems in the field, building open-source tools, or experimenting at home, we want to hear from you. - Abstract submissions are due by June 13, 2026 - https://events.gnuradio.org/e/grcon26 - We look forward to a broad range of topics to be submitted including SDR development, wireless systems, education, AI/ML, 5G/6G and beyond, radio astronomy, hardware integration, community projects, and more ------------------------------ Monday Workshop Day – A Great Place to Start GRCon26 will kick off with a special Workshop Day on Monday, September 21, focused on a combination of of both beginner and advanced workshop topics ------------------------------ Registration Now Open We’ve worked to make the conference as accessible as possible: - Student Registration: $100 - Student Presenter Registration: Free - Standard Registration: $850 - Discounted Registration for unaffiliated individuals: $400 Register Now - https://tickets.gnuradio.org/grcon26/ Registering early helps us plan and keeps costs as low as possible. ------------------------------ Becoming a GRCon Sponsor We invite your organization to consider sponsoring this year’s conference! If your organization uses GNU Radio - or your customers do - sponsoring GRCon is a meaningful way to give back to the project and gain visibility in a passionate, highly technical community. See our sponsorship packages <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRHYFf3Hl7N5d6-nRUdKLqFCcBpdVeok6kgFLMjEpOOKbjTcMW_R7GTqZ0PPBZH-8RxeipDb9uAVtsw/pub> or email us [email protected] ------------------------------ GRCon is where the SDR community gathers - from industry professionals to academics to hobbyists. We look forward to learning from each other and celebrating the work being done across the GNU Radio ecosystem. If you have any questions, always feel free to contact us at [email protected]. See you in Raleigh, The GRCon26 Organizing Team
