Blog – Events

COOL Days 2026 Roundup: Product, Partners, Pizza and Progress in Hamburg

COOL Days 2026 brought more than 100 staff, partners, customers, contributors and community members together in Hamburg for three days of talks, panels, workshops, roadmap discussions, demos, good food and good conversation. Held at betahaus Gänsemarkt from 27–29 April, COOL Days 2026 welcomed people from across the open-source, public-sector, education,...

From Online to Desktop, Berlin to Bangkok – Here is how your support made a difference

“As we come to the end of another extraordinary year, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our customers, partners, community and of course the awesome team at Collabora Productivity. “We’re focused on making Open Source rock by creating beautiful, intuitive tools that work online and off, and...

COOL Days 2025: A Bridge-Building Blast in Budapest

From Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th June, our annual COOL Days conference brought the Collabora Online community together in beautiful Budapest, and we’re still buzzing from it! Hosted at the stylish Mövenpick Hotel, this year’s event was packed with engaging talks, unforgettable team-building, and plenty of laughs – not to...

Why Attend Conferences?

What We Learned from a Week in Paris & Munich​ At Collabora Productivity, we don’t just develop great open-source solutions – we actively engage with the communities that use and shape them. Attending conferences isn’t just about showing off our technology, it’s about strengthening partnerships, gathering real-world feedback, and ensuring...

A Whirlwind Weekend of Open Source: FOSDEM and EU Open Source Policy Summit

We had an incredibly busy weekend immersed in the world of Open Source, attending both the EU Open Source Policy Summit and FOSDEM in Brussels! It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with the community, learn about the latest developments, and share our own work. The weekend kicked off with...

What We Achieved Together in 2024

Going into the second decade of our life, we are enjoying the fruits of many years’ hard work, quality partnerships, wonderful customers, and continual improvement. 2024 was a year of great achievement – product enhancements, partnership milestones, new training opportunities, new partnerships, and of course our unwavering commitment to open-source...