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Full rooms, great talks, and the hallway track: the Matrix Conference delivered again. Couldn’t make it, or couldn’t be in two rooms at once? The Public Sector track is now online. Catch up on how public institutions are taking control of their own communications. element.io/en/matrix-co...

Bill Goodwin at @computerweekly.bsky.social talks to Claude Demuth, chairman of LU-CIX, maintainers of the Luxchat app. Luxchat is a @matrix.org based sovereign messaging platform for Luxembourg's citizens, complemented by Luxchat4Gov, for civil servants, and Luxchat4Pro for businesses.

The Matrix Conference was covered by @computerworld.com: countries showed their deployments, they demoed cross-border federation between @ec.europa.eu, DINUM, Sweden, Germany and NATO ACT, and more. Proud to be a trusted partner for most of those deployments! www.computerworld.com/article/4239...

How do you start a sovereign chat project in government? At #MatrixConf, the Dutch government shares early lessons from launching a Matrix-based chat service, from compliance and archiving to adoption. Tune in now: conference.matrix.org/watch/

Next up on day 2 of #MatrixConf: @natoact.bsky.social. Jeroen Franssen will talk about NI²CE Messenger, NATO ACT’s Matrix-based messenger built on ESS Pro. Watch live from 14:15 CEST: conference.matrix.org/watch/

Operator, I need an exit from Big Tech calls ☎️ MatrixRTC is here: decentralised, E2EE, multiparty calling built into the Matrix open standard. Element Call and Tammy are calling each other live at #MatrixConf element.io/blog/operato...

Mr. Watson, come here.” 150 years on: “Matrix, come here.” 📞 Yesterday in Malmö: five public sector organisations, five sovereign Matrix deployments, one conversation. element.io/blog/matrix-... #MatrixConf

How do you roll out Matrix across the European Commission? 🇪🇺 Alexandru Vignide and Diana Gheorghe of @ec.europa.eu share the journey, from first architecture decisions to a production service. Starts in 5 mins. Watch live: conference.matrix.org/watch/ #MatrixConf

Neil Johnson just delivered the Element keynote at #MatrixConf in Malmö 🚀 🏛️ ESS Pro now serves 13 governments, the EC, NATO ACT and UNICC 🦀 Synapse is moving to Rust 📞 MatrixRTC has landed 📱 Element X now beats Classic 🔭 2027: town halls of up to 2,000 Busy year ahead!

Malmö, we’re live! 🚀 The Matrix Conference 2026 starts now. Up first: the State of the Union. @arathorn.net on new clients, servers, MSCs, Hydra, P2P, MatrixRTC and (D)MLS. One year in one talk. Watch live: conference.matrix.org/watch/

On the eve of The Matrix Conference, a reminder of why self-hosted, decentralised communications is imperative for governments. 🔐 lnkd.in/efgre5qv

Happy to be the Anchor Sponsor again for the @matrix.org Conference, kicking off tomorrow with an amazing line-up of governments and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs)! Watch as the 13 governments and IGOs talk about how Matrix gives them full digital sovereignty. conference.matrix.org/watch/

Six of the open source vendors behind openDesk, including us, have formed Open Productivity to bring the sovereign digital workplace to businesses and critical infrastructure. Our part is secure, federated messaging and calling, built on Matrix. element.io/blog/vendors...

Germany's sovereign office suite, openDesk, now deploys ESS under its own branding, with 🔒 Hardened images 🧭 Upstream ESS, so faster features and fixes 🔑 Next-generation auth, with their Nubus-based IdP We're on the openDesk stand at Smart Country Convention in Berlin element.io/blog/opendes...

Our integration team has been hard at work making composite sovereign suites feel like one workplace. So far they've delivered: 📂 Nextcloud file integration 🔒 Authenticated previews of private documents 👀 PDF and Markdown previews next to the chat timeline Next up: element.io/blog/smoothe...

Putting services online is not difficult. The real challenge is to keep them healthy, up to date, and resilient, and this is more than just a tech problem. Putting it online is the easy bit, and we’re here to support the rest. element.io/blog/putting...

A wonderfully detailed write-up of French local authorities' push to replace WhatsApp with Matrix from @billgoodwin.bsky.social at @computerweekly.bsky.social, who spoke with @adullact.bsky.social's Matthieu Faure about the project and what the future holds. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666512...

@arawa-fr.bsky.social, @adullact.bsky.social and Element partner to provide interop., sovereign and secure communications for local govt in France, with talks underway to connect to Tchap. With Matrix, they can work independently and easily federate when they are ready. element.io/blog/element...

Element is the anchor sponsor at The Matrix Conference 2026 (Oct 20-23, Malmö, Sweden) 🇸🇪 The European Commission and governments including France, Germany, Sweden, are coming together to update on the digitally sovereign Matrix based deployments. 🎟️ element.io/blog/making-...

EU Cyber Resilience Act: Article 14 takes effect on 11 Sept. Manufacturers of products with digital elements must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents to CSIRTs and ENISA within set timeframes. Here’s what it means for Element and our users. element.io/blog/cyber-r...

Your chat list doesn't have to be chaos 😌 Element's new Sections let you group your rooms however makes sense to you — favourites, projects, whatever works for you. Collapse the noise, glance at what's new, breathe easy. Live now in Element! element.io/blog/organis...

@amandine.bsky.social on stage at Salon Souveraineté Numérique today. She joined a panel to discuss "Digital Europe: How do we break the chains of technological dependency?" Digital sovereignty is the theme of the event - and we believe it needs an interoperable open standard to work.

Guillaume and Pierre at Salon Souveraineté Numérique in Paris today. 👋 We’re at stand B06 if you’re there - come and talk to us about how digital sovereignty needs an interoperable open standard.

🇩🇪 The federal government and all 16 Länder have confirmed Matrix-based (@matrix.org) ZaPuK as a cornerstone of the Deutschland-Stack - the sovereign digital platform that will unify government communications by 2028.

🇫🇷 We'll be at Salon Souveraineté Numérique in Paris next week. Digital sovereignty is the theme - and we believe it needs an interoperable open standard. Come meet us!👇

Proud to be recognised as a Digital Public Good by the UN-endorsed Digital Public Goods Alliance. Element - and @matrix.org, the decentralised open standard it's built on - deliver genuine digital sovereignty and no vendor lock-in. Learn more about the recognition👇

We're pleased that Element (and @matrix.org, the open standard it's built on) has been recognised as a true digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a UN-endorsed initiative. A huge thanks for the validation and certification: www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/element

Great to see Element included in the City of Zurich's evaluation of ZenDiS’s openDesk as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft 365 🙌 Element is the real time messaging component within openDesk, praised for flexibility & security. Read more: www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/dam/...

We're partnering with CompuGroup Medical (CGM) to bring sovereign, interoperable and secure communications to healthcare - powered by @matrix.org. CGM TI-Messenger is @gematik.bsky.social-certified, connecting 150,000+ organisations across Germany. No vendor lock-in. No black boxes. No Big Tech.

"The trend is increasingly towards open standards that allow switching between different providers. Unlike proprietary platforms, communication capability is not tied to a single manufacturer," writes Marie-Claire Koch in @heise.de.

🇸🇪 Sweden's public sector just went live with @matrix.org-based federation! Försäkringskassan (using Element branded as SAFOS Chatt) + Trafikverket (Rocket.Chat) - two agencies, two vendors, one seamless conversation. No vendor lock-in. Full interoperability. Led by eSam across 40+ authorities 🙌

Sweden’s Försäkringskassan and Trafikverket use the Matrix open standard to federate with each other, even though they use products from different vendors. 😍 Vendor-agnostic federation FTW! www.esamverka.se/aktuellt/nyh...

🔐 Encrypted chats no longer have to start with a blank slate... With seamless history sharing now available in Element, new members can securely access past conversations without compromising end-to-end encryption. Learn more how to bring context back to encrypted collaboration👇

We’re hiring a Solutions Architect 🛠️ Help organisations ditch vendor lock-in and adopt @matrix.org - the open standard for sovereign, interoperable and secure communications. If you love turning complex architecture into real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you. 🇩🇪Fluency in German is required

🇪🇺Digitally sovereign communications rely on open standards to enable vendor-neutral federation and prevent lock-in. We’ve mapped European public sector deployments supporting Matrix-based federation. @matrix.org enables: 🔐Sovereignty 🔗Interoperability 🚫No vendor lock-in element.io/blog/digital...

Thanks to @openrightsgroup.org for including us and the @matrix.org ecosystem in “The case for digital sovereignty & the digital commons.” 📄 Highlights growing open source adoption 💡 Collaboration software is core infrastructure for digital sovereignty 💪 Open source investment avoids vendor lock-in

❌ Manual maintenance is a liability for legacy Matrix deployments. Stuck on a "pre-ESS" setup? Today we’re releasing the ESS Migration Tool. Move your data to a modern, Kubernetes-based stack without starting from scratch. ✅ Simple updates ✅ Pro-grade stability

👉 An excellent analysis article from @jambo.bsky.social at @resiliencemedia.bsky.social who looks at Belgium’s BEAM communications solution, created by Belgian Secure Communications (BSC) by building on Element’s community software.

🚀 Spaces has landed on Element X! Navigate chats by department, project or interest - no more overwhelming room lists. ✨ What’s new: filtered chat lists, dedicated Spaces tab, flexible room creation and previews with context. Update your app and explore Spaces today!

🔐 Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted DMs in @bsky.app are now possible! Solidarity Social combines the AT Protocol with @matrix.org for private, secure messaging with full control over profile, posts, follows and data, with default infrastructure by Element Server Suite Pro.

🇪🇺 Meedio partners with Element to deliver sovereign communications across Europe Meedio will use ESS Pro as the server-side solution, ensuring it to focus on front-end innovation for industry-specific solutions.

💚 Belgium has launched Beam, its nationwide Matrix-based communications platform! 🪧 Digitally sovereign communications need to be adopted sustainably to ensure the success of digital commons. element.io/blog/governm...

🇪🇺 The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) obligations are coming in 2027, introducing security-by-design for all digital products in the EU - including open source. We’re already taking responsibility and building the blocks for our compliance.

The latest Signal & WhatsApp breaches targeting German & Dutch officials show the risks of using consumer apps in government. ❌ As European governments pursue digitally sovereign strategies, they should ban the use of consumer apps for government-related conversations.