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title: "🚀 3rd ROOT Hackathon: The Fixathon 2.0"
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author: Silia Taider
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# 📅 11-12 May 2026 | 📍 CERN, IdeaSquare

We’re excited to announce the **3rd ROOT Hackathon**, taking place at CERN’s [IdeaSquare: the Innovation Space of the lab](https://ideasquare.cern/)!

This edition -The Fixathon 2.0 - is a **2-day hands-on** event focused on refining ROOT through small but impactful improvements.

## 🔧 What will we work on?

- 🐞 Small Bug Density issues: addressing well-scoped issues that improve the everyday ROOT experience
- 📚 Documentation improvements: writing or improving tutorials, examples, and documentation pages


## 🤝 How to participate?

Do you have a small ROOT issue that has been on your mind?

**Report it ➡️ Tag it `Small Bug Density` on GitHub ➡️ Join us to work on it!**

## 🍝 Logistics
- 📍 In-person at CERN IdeaSquare (no remote participation)
- ☕ Coffee and home-cooked lunches provided
- 🍽️ Social dinner organised nearby (not covered)
- ⚠️ Limited spots available

### 👉 More details & registration: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1663083/

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Looking forward to hacking together!

#ROOT #CERN #Hackathon #OpenSource #HEP #SoftwareDevelopment #IdeaSquare
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