Linux Audio Conference 2026

Published 12/1/26

18 – 20 June 2026, Maynooth University, Ireland

The Linux Audio Conference, or LAC, is an international conference dedicated to free/open-source software for music, audio and other media where GNU/Linux features as the main creation platform. The organisers have announced that this year’s in-person event will be taking place between 18 and 20 June 2026, and will be hosted at Maynooth University in Ireland.

Call for Papers, Presentations, Demos & Workshops

LAC 2026 invites submissions of papers, presentations and workshops addressing all areas of audio processing based on Linux and open-source software. All submissions and presentations should be written in English, can focus on technical, artistic and/or scientific issues and target developers and/or users. This includes (but is not limited to) the following categories:
Audio & Music Languages.
Audio Hardware Support.
Audio Plug-ins.
Drivers, System & Sound Architecture.
Education & E-Learning.
Games.
Interactive Art.
Interface Design.
Live Coding.
Live Performance.
Media Art.
MIDI & OSC.
Mobile Audio.
Music Composition.
Music Production.
Networked Audio.
Physical Computing.
Projects Realised using Linux Audio.
Real-time Kernel & Linux Distributions.
Signal Processing & Sound Synthesis.
Sound Specialisation.
Standards and Protocols.
Video.