MBS Xojo Conference Updates

[Christian_Schmitz]

You may have seen the announcement in the forum here and on our blog. We sent emails to the attendees from last conference and people from the survey.

The location and date is set. We already have a few registrations for attendees. If you like to join, please sign up soon.

The conference happens the 23rd and 24th April 2026. There is a get-together on the 22nd April on the evening before and a farewell meet-up on the 24th in the evening. Optionally you can sign-up for a training day.

If you plan an intercontinental trip to Europe, please consider taking your spouse and add a few extra days for a little vacation. Look for cheaper flights to other places in Europe, do some sight seeing and use local train or a rental car to later come to Andernach. e.g. you could fly to Paris, do some sight seeing there, then later take trains to Brussels, Cologne and then Andernach. Or fly to Amsterdam, see canals and stop by the beach before the conference.

We look forward to having you at the conference!

[Christian_Schmitz]

Just 11 months until the conference starts.
We got the first sign-ups from five countries.

Please reserve the week in your calendar and plan your vacation around.
And then sign-up once you plan to join us.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Ten months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach.

First registrations are coming in and we have already the first 10 attendees from 5 countries: , , , and .

Over the summer, we are looking for interesting presentations, so if you like to become a speaker or maybe a sponsor, please contact us.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Today we email everyone to inform them about our planned conference.

So please reserve the time in the calendar.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Eight months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach.

We sent newsletters to everyone this week. First registrations are coming in and we have already the first attendees from six countries: , , , , and .

Over the summer, we are looking for interesting presentations, so if you like to become a speaker or maybe a sponsor, please contact us.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Seven months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach starts. Since we basically repeat the 2024 event, a lot of details are already set except what to do on Thursday evening.

Evening event

For Thursday evening, we had these dinner events in the past:

• Walk to a nearby specialty restaurant for dinner
• Have a boat trip on the river to enjoy the views
• Take the bus to a castle to see it and enjoy a meal
• Rent a party location for dinner
• Went to a brewery with optional tour of the facility
• Went to a facility where everyone could use a digger
• Went underground to discover the Vulcan cellars in Mendig

What would you like to enjoy with the conference?

If you like to join, please register as we need to know how many people come to decide which event to do this year.

Speaker

We got a few presentations, but we would love to see more. Looking on the roadmap, we expect to have Xojo 2026r1 be in testing or shipped at the time of the conference next year.

Would you be interested to learn at the conference or present on one of the following topics?

• Improving Xojo applications for macOS 26
• Xojo Libraries introduction
• Grid Control introduction and how to use
• Using AI assistant with Xojo

Feel free to sign up for the conference and submit your topic to us.

Dates

To remind you, the dates are like this:

Day	Date	Day	Evening
Tuesday	21st April	Sight Seeing Tour	Dinner TBA
Wednesday	22nd April	Training Day	Reception & Dinner in Hotel
Thursday	23rd April	1st day conference	Dinner TBA
Friday	24th April	2nd day conference	Farewell Dinner TBA

If you like to enjoy everything, you may prefer to arrive Monday and leave Saturday, maybe do some more sightseeing and fly home Sunday.

[Christian_Schmitz]

We added two sessions to the listing:

Protecting Sensitive Data in Xojo: Practical Encryption Techniques Using MBS Plugins

Encryption is essential for protecting sensitive user and business data—but implementing it correctly is often confusing. In this practical session, building secure, efficient encryption workflows directly in Xojo using the MBS plugins will be shown.

Using the DICOM medical image format as a complex but relatable data model, we’ll explore how to handle mixed-type binary structures, manage endian differences, and work with Xojo’s MemoryBlock class to prepare data for encryption. From there, you’ll see real examples of AES-256 file encryption and decryption, key generation, chained encryption blocks, and performance optimization with the MBS Crypto classes.

Along the way we’ll cover common pitfalls (such as re-using IVs or ignoring data structure), when to use symmetric vs. asymmetric encryption, and how to keep your code aligned with regulatory standards such as FIPS 140 or HIPAA—even if you’re not working in medicine.

Attendees will receive a download code for working code fragments covering file, text, and database encryption techniques ready for adaptation in their own projects.
by Bill OKeefe

and

Development of a tourist information system to promote local agritourism based on Xojo and Raspberry Pi installations

The KaczawskieKlimaty.pl foundation promotes an agritourism region in Poland, home to vineyards and extinct volcanoes. Their project involves placing touch panels and Raspberry Pis with appropriate Xojo software in each agritourism farm. Visitors can plan trips, read descriptions of nearby attractions, and so on—all on a panel located in their room.
by Dominik Siecinski, Paulina Drzazga and Maria Markowiak

More are in preparation.

[Christian_Schmitz]

And today I send out newsletters.

I also listed Ricardo and Javier with placeholders sessions. The exact topic will come when we come closer to the conference.

[Christian_Schmitz]

MBS Xojo Developer Conference Update

Six months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach starts. Since the last update we go the first speakers to confirm they are coming and listed the sessions:

• Protecting Sensitive Data in Xojo: Practical Encryption Techniques Using MBS Plugins
• Development of a tourist information system to promote local agritourism based on Xojo and Raspberry Pi installations
• What is new in the Xojo Web Framework?
• Framework and IDE enhancements

More sessions are in the works and get listed once the speakers confirm their attendance.

Attendees

We got a few more registrations, so we have over 20 people from 7 countries: , , , , , and .

Special guests

For years we worked with LibXL to provide excellent Excel integration with our MBS Xojo XL Plugin. And this year we are honored to have Dmytro Skrypnyk join us in Andernach for the conference.

If you signed up and you didn’t receive an email from us, please contact us to check the status of the registration.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Anyone making plans for next year?

Let me know if you have questions about the conference!

[Christian_Schmitz]

The hotel prices went up since our last conference, but the rate set for the upcoming Xojo conference 2026 are still the same:

120 Euro/night for one person
130 Euro/night for two people

This rate may extend for a few days before/after the conference, if you like to stay longer. The regular rates for rooms are more like 180 Euro/night.

All prices include 19% VAT. You may check with your tax consultant on whether you can reclaim the VAT for your trip when you are back home.

[Christian_Schmitz]

We had trouble with the registration form.
It didn’t work today for an attendee.

If anyone signed up and didn’t get an email from me in reply, please contact us.

Also you should have received a hotel confirmation, if you got a hotel room.

[Rainer_Greim]

yes got mine, thx , happy to see you next year at the conference.

Rainer

[Christian_Schmitz]

We look for a speaker, who would present some details about the new library feature.
Anyone interested?

[Christian_Schmitz]

MBS Xojo Developer Conference Update

About four months until our MBS Xojo conference in Andernach starts.

We got a few more registrations, so we have over 30 people from 10 countries: , , , , , , , , , and .

If you signed up and you didn’t receive an email from us, please contact us to check the status of the registration.

Speakers

Do you want to present? Please contact us.

We have free slots available and welcome speakers from the community.

If we can have you as a speaker for a full session, 30 to 45 minutes talk and 15 minutes for questions, we honor your work with a discounted speaker ticket.

We look for topics like these:

• Improving Xojo applications for macOS 26
• Xojo Libraries introduction
• Grid Control introduction and how to use
• Using AI assistant with Xojo
• Desktop, Web, iOS or Android development
• Database access
• Threads, workers, shell class to run things in background
• The various ways to work with PDF.
• Encryption best practices
• App Stores
• Performance optimization
• Tips & tricks for Xojo

Feel free to submit your topic to us. You may also regularly sign up.

Invoices

In early January we will contact all attendees to confirm the plans. Basically whether you take part there:

Date	Day	Evening
Monday 20th		Get-together
Tuesday 21st	Sight Seeing Tour	Dinner
Wednesday 22nd	Training Day	Dinner
Thursday 23rd	Conference Day	Dinner
Friday 24th	Conference Day	Fair well dinner
Saturday 25th	Sight Seeing?

And of course the question if you bring your partner with you. If yes, if your partner developers with Xojo you may buy a second ticket or if not, buy a dinner and/or sight seeing ticket.

Once we know what you take part in and we can write you the invoice for the ticket.

Saturday Adventures

A few people stay a bit longer and may like to do something on Saturday.

Like if you haven’t done the Geyser tour last year, you could simply walk to the Geyser center and buy a ticket: Walk there from the hotel around 9 o’clock, enjoy the museum with the experiences and then take the boat around 11 o’clock. Returns after about 2 hours.

Alternatively we could get a group of a few people to do some sight seeing. As you may know we love to shop talk about Xojo all the time.

Hotel prices

The hotel prices went up since our last conference, but the rates set for the upcoming Xojo conference 2026 are still the same:

120 Euro/night for one person
130 Euro/night for two people

This rate may extend for a few days before/after the conference, if you like to stay longer. The regular rates for rooms are more like 180 Euro/night.

All hotel prices include VAT. You may check with your tax consultant on whether you can reclaim the VAT for your trip when you are back home.

[Christian_Schmitz]

If you make plans for 2026, how about treating yourself and your spouse with a trip to Germany?

besides the conference, there is a lot to see with lots of castles in the beautiful Rhine valley.

You may compliment your stay with stopping by somewhere else on the way. Whether you like to visit some big city, some Roman ruins or see some nature.

If you need help, let me know.

[David_Cox]

Christian, your link above for speakers (https://www.mbsplugins.de/feedback/feedback.php?what=xojo&path=andernach-2026-event-speaker) returns a 404 message.

[Christian_Schmitz]

Thanks. Fixed.

[Christian_Schmitz]

View from on Andernach today:

When you are there, you can hike up to the viewing platform on Krahnenberg.