GNOME ASIA 2025 took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 13–14 December 2025 , bringing together the GNOME community for the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia.
The event was held in a hybrid format, welcoming both in-person and online speakers and attendees from across the world.

GNOME ASIA 2025 was co-hosted with the LibreOffice Asia Conference community event , creating a shared space for collaboration and discussion between open-source communities.

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About GNOME.Asia Summit

The GNOME.Asia Summit focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop while also covering applications and platform development tools. It brings together users, developers, foundation leaders, governments, and businesses in Asia to discuss current technologies and future developments within the GNOME ecosystem.

The event featured 25 speakers in total , delivering 17 full talks and 8 lightning talks across the two days. Speakers joined both on-site and remotely.

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Around 100 participants attended in person in Tokyo, contributing to engaging discussions and community interaction. Session recordings were published on the GNOME Asia YouTube channel , where they have received 1,154 total views , extending the reach of the event beyond the conference dates.

With strong in-person attendance, active online participation, and collaboration with the LibreOffice Asia community, GNOME ASIA 2025 once again demonstrated the importance of regional gatherings in strengthening the GNOME ecosystem and open-source collaboration in Asia.

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