Open Source in Energy Access Symposium · Kigali, Rwanda · 26–27 Oct 2026 · oseas.org ↗
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OSEAS is the global symposium for open-source innovation in energy access — co-organized by EnAccess and the WRI Polsky Center, with Carnegie Mellon University Africa as the 2026 hosting partner. The 2026 program adds expanded working groups, a product fair, donor roundtable, site visit, and an improved hackathon.
| Event | Dates | Venue / notes |
|---|---|---|
| OSEAS 2026 | 26–27 Oct 2026 | Open Source in Energy Access Symposium — hackathon, demos, working groups |
| Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo | 27–29 Oct 2026 | Kigali Convention Centre — industry expo & policy forum |
The two events run in parallel in the same week and venue ecosystem. ISV Tech Comm attendance can span both — open-stack builders at OSEAS and minigrid / DRE operators at the Forum.
After a planning call with Josha (OSEAS), IEEE Smart Village was invited to add an EMS code challenge to the OSEAS Rwanda workshop / hackathon track. Glenn Algie is drafting the brief — final theme TBD within ~24h.
Both candidates run on the edge at the LV feeder using Street-EMS / MeshEMS — continuous monitoring, isolation, alerts, and automations rather than cloud-only dashboards. Target hardware includes off-the-shelf IVY metering RCM and abSMART Modbus read/write multi-register CT inputs.
| # | Theme | Edge EMS scope |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuous leakage detection | Detection, isolation, reports, and automations on the LV feeder — RCM + Modbus CT telemetry at the edge; actionable alerts without mandatory cloud round-trips. |
| 2 | Continuous neutral balancing | Insights, alerts, automations, and recovery for village 3-phase LV feeders — neutral imbalance monitoring and corrective workflows at the feeder controller. |
Either path extends ISV’s MeshEMS / Street-EMS “LV feeder as first kilometre” thread and pairs with OpenAMI northbound semantics where operators need aggregation upstream.
EnAccess has limited travel budget and is unlikely to attend PAC 2026 (Nairobi, Sep). OpenAMI coordination continues remotely and shifts emphasis to OSEAS Kigali (Oct) — see OpenAMI EMS Workshop guest list update.
OSEAS 2026 registration is open on the official site. Forum registration is separate on offgridsolarforum.org.