OUR STORY
Our job is to build and nuture enviromnents where our open source communities can flourish and belong.
“Fabradavies used to BE different kind of company.
We ran a large, award-winning agency producing events for major technology companies, institutions, and ministries across Europe. We were successful by every conventional measure. And then we stopped and asked ourselves an honest question: is this the right side of the fence to be on?
The answer was no.
We stopped measuring success in profit and started measuring it in something harder to quantify; meaningful relationships, trust, collaboration and communities that grow stronger because of the work we do.
The turning point came when we started working with Martín Dougiamas, the founder of Moodle, running global events. Something shifted. We saw what it looked like when technology is built for everyone, in the open, by communities who genuinely care. We wanted to be part of that.
So we made a decision. We left big tech behind. We chose open source , not as a market, but as a cause. We came in from the inside, learned the culture, earned the trust, and built our entire practice around one question: how do we make these communities stronger? That's still the only question we ask”.
Diego Fabra CEO
OUR PURPOSE
Over the years we've helped open source communities from local gatherings to some of the world's largest international conferences bring people together. We've worked alongside founders, investors, ministers, executive directors, university deans, educational boards, IT specialists, technology giants and human resource departments.
We understand that no community is ever driven by a single agenda. Every decision means balancing different priorities, different expectations and different definitions of success. That's why producing an event is never just about logistics, profit, sales, networking or visibility. It's also about building human soft skills of trust, belonging and alignment. It´s managing stakeholders and designing an experience that reflects the values of the people and organizations within the community itself. That is a lot of balls to juggle.
We don't arrive with a template or a predefined service, that would be preposterous because we know each community is different, with its own unique heartbeat and eco system so it will require support and partnering in different ways. We have a flexible methodology based on experience, judgement and perspective gained from delivering events across Europe and around the world.
Sometimes we're a strategic advisor. Sometimes we're an extension of your team. Sometimes we organize the funding. Sometimes we're simply the experienced partner who guides what's around the corner and sees things before anyone else does. Whatever role we play, our purpose is the same, to provide the confidence to make better decisions, reduce risk and create gatherings that strengthen communities.
Communities don’t come to us through a sales pitch. They come to us because they’ve seen what we build, or because someone they trust recommended us. That’s the only kind of relationship we’re interested in.
We had the experience, the network and the track record. We asked ourselves one question: What kind of work do we actually want this to serve? Open source was the only honest answer.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
→ Community before commercialisation.
Every decision starts with the same question: does this strengthen the community? If the answer is no, we don't do it. Full stop. We've walked away from revenue. We'd do it again.
→ Long-term relationships over short-term transactions.
We don't want one-off sponsors or one-time attendees. We want people and organisations who believe in what open source is building and return year after year because we've earned it.
→ Trust before growth.
We've turned down opportunities that would have grown our revenue but compromised our relationships. We'd do it again. Trust is the thing we're actually building, not the events.
→ Authentic human connection.
People don't remember exhibitions. They remember conversations. They remember how they felt. Our greatest talent is creating environments where genuine human connection happens naturally.
→ Collaboration over competition
We don't compete with GitHub, Slack, or Discord. We don't want to. What they can't do is put people in a room together because that is exactly what we do. We complete each other.
→ Humility.
We don't own these communities. We serve them. The community was here before us and will be here long after. Our job is to leave it stronger than we found it.
If your community deserves a real event and you need a partner to make it happen, let’s talk.
We don’t do cold outreach and we don’t do hard sells. We have a conversation, we understand what your community needs, and we tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit. If we are, we build something remarkable together.