Seminars & Workshops
FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026: Practical Workflow for QGIS Plugin Development (in English)
FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 is the world's largest international conference dedicated to open source geospatial software, hosted by the OSGeo Foundation. In 2026, it takes place in Hiroshima from August 30 to September 5.
See also: Event report on FOSS4G Auckland 2025, held in Auckland
Workshop overview
A workshop at FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 will teach how to automate releases, run security checks, and implement multilingual support in QGIS plugin development.
You will try using GitHub Actions to streamline the tasks that ongoing development and maintenance of a QGIS plugin requires, such as creating the package, running security checks, and uploading to the QGIS plugin repository.
Note: The instructor will teach the workshop in English, but support is available in Japanese.
Schedule
Sunday, August 30, 2026, 10:00 to 13:00 (JST)
Content
- Automating QGIS plugin releases with GitHub Actions
- Security checks for Python code with Bandit
- Packaging a QGIS plugin
- Automatic upload to the QGIS plugin repository
- Implementing a new approach to multilingual support with Python and JSON
Audience and prerequisite skills
- Basic knowledge of Python
- Experience developing QGIS plugins
How to attend and fees
To attend this workshop, you need to buy a workshop ticket separately, in addition to a Main Conference ticket.
For registration and pricing details, see the FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 registration page.
https://2026.foss4g.org/ja/register/registration/