Full price is $149. Anyone may take 25%, 50% or 75% off depending on where they live — honor system, no questions asked and no paperwork. That brings the deepest rate to about $37, and a community partner code takes another 30% off on top.

OFU 2026 has been postponed, and we’re aiming for spring 2027. Ticket sales are closed, and everyone who bought a ticket will be fully reimbursed; we’ll be in touch by email. Pricing for the rescheduled event will be announced with the new dates — join the newsletter to hear first.

Write to us at hello@ofuexchange.net. We do not turn people away over price, and you will not be asked to explain yourself.

Yes — in full, up to October 29, no questions asked. After that we can transfer your ticket to a colleague, and you get the session notes and digests whether or not you make it live. Processing fees may apply. If something has happened and none of that fits, write to us; we would rather sort it out than hold on to your money.

Ticketing runs on Events.com, so your receipt and confirmation come from there. If your plans change, or you need something the checkout cannot do, email us and a person will sort it out.

Yes — two ways. Community partners share OFU with their network and get free tickets and a discount code for their members (the partner offer), and sponsors support the event and get team seats (the prospectus).

OFU 2026 has been postponed; we’re aiming for spring 2027 and will announce new dates soon. It runs in up to three blocks positioned so that each one falls at a reasonable hour for two regions at once. The participation guide lists every block in UTC with local start times, and the portal will show them in your own time. Do not do the arithmetic yourself — daylight saving changes catch everyone.

No, and most people do not. A block is three hours — a plenary where the schedule gets built, then a round of sessions — and that is the whole commitment. Come to one block, or to one session inside one block. Nothing is built on the assumption that you were there for the rest.

A browser, a working microphone, and somewhere you can talk. OFU is bring your own tool: every host runs their session in whatever they like — Zoom, Meet, Miro, a whiteboard nobody has heard of — so you will end up trying things you would never have opened on your own. The links all live in one place, and the schedule says which tools want an app.

Only when the host chooses to record, and you will see that on the schedule before you join. You get written notes from every session either way.

We are working on this more deliberately than in past years, and we would rather say where we are than make a blanket claim. Today: every session produces written notes, the schedule shows which tool a session uses so you can check it against what you use, and hosts are asked to turn on captions wherever their tool supports it. Tell us what you need at hello@ofuexchange.net and we will work it out with you rather than after you.

Beyond that we would like to design this with the people in the room. Making online events genuinely accessible is a craft plenty of you practice better than we do, so we are planning it as a pre-event session — if that is your work, come and shape it.

Yes, and it is one of the better ways to arrive. Roles range from taking notes in a session to hosting the lounge during a break. Learn more and sign up on the volunteer page — we will follow up with details.

How to participate covers it — proposing a session, moving between them, what gets captured, and the small roles you can pick up on the day.

Email hello@ofuexchange.net. A person reads it.