DSF Spring School 2026

Invitation

We would like to invite you to the third DSF Community Spring School. The target audience includes domain experts, DSF power users, process plugin developers, and those who want to become one.

During the event, participants might work together on topics such as (topics might change due to feedback of participants):

• Your ideas and projects
• Monitoring and other tooling related to DSF
• Secure deployment in distributed infrastructures with signed and reproducible builds

You are also welcome to use the event to learn about the development of process plugins.

Key data

• Date: February 24, 2026, starting at 10 a.m. until 26. February, 4:00 p.m.

• Place: Heilbronn University, Tech Campus
  Max-Planck-Str. 39, 74074 Heilbronn
  Building A, Room 306, 3rd floor
  https://maps.app.goo.gl/5dqX8E7E8tyMNgAn9
  We will put up signs at the main entrance of the university.

• Registration fees: 120€/ Person with Catering* (Travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the participant.)

The DSF Community Spring School offers an excellent opportunity to gain new knowledge, exchange ideas with like-minded people, and work together on the further development of the Data Sharing Framework and the overarching processes of the MII.

Tips

Please register until 15. February under: https://eveeno.com/dsf-spring-school-2026

If you have any questions, please contact us at dsf-gecko@hs-heilbronn.de. Further information and an agenda can be found below. We look forward to working with you on relevant topics at our Spring School.

*Included are: lunch, drinks, and snacks for 3 days, and dinner on day 2.

Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

• 10:00 am: Start in A306
  • Introduction, topic collection, and presentation
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch in the cafeteria
• 1:30-5:00 pm:
  • Work block
  • Start of DSF process plugin tutorial
• 6:45 pm: Dinner at Brauart in the Parkhotel, Gartenstraße 1, Heilbronn (self-paid)

Day 2: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• 10:00 am: Start in A306
  • Work block
  • DSF process plugin tutorial
• 12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch in the cafeteria
• 1:30-4:00 pm:
  • Work block
  • DSF process plugin tutorial
• 5:00-6:30 pm: Community Contributions
• 6:30 pm: “Hacking with pizza and games"

Day 3: Thursday, February 26, 2026

• 10:00 am: Start in A306
  • Work block
• 12:30-13:30 pm: Lunch in the cafeteria
• 1:30-16:00 pm:
  • Review of results, presentations
  • Conclusion

Preparation

Please bring your laptop (min. 16 GB RAM) that you can use for development. As in previous years, we have set up tables with monitors (HDMI) where you can work.

If you want to participate in the Plugin Tutorial process, it would be great if you could complete “Exercise 0” before you arrive so that we can ideally start directly with content task 1. If this is no longer possible, we will be happy to help you set up during the event.