OFA Symposium 2025: Open Technology Impact in Uncertain Times

Version 0.5 Nov. 4, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

Version 0.4 Oct. 31, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have a new session: “Keynote #2: Fernanda Campagnucci - Openness at a Crossroads: Digital Infrastructures, AI, and the Quest for Democratic Governance” by Fernanda Campagnucci.

Version 0.3 Oct. 7, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “A process for Open Definition v3” by Renata Avila (Nov. 18, 2025, 2 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2:30 p.m.)
• “The Value and Values of Openness: Open Source, AI Openness, and the Future of Digital Public Goods” by Jennifer Barth (Nov. 19, 2025, 9:20 a.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 9:30 a.m.)
• “Can a Badge Save a Project? Rethinking Sustainability through Community Metrics” by Ijeoma Onwuka (Nov. 19, 2025, 3:30 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 3:10 p.m.)
• “From Containers to Code: Applying Post-9/11 Trade Security Lessons to the Software Supply Chain” by Stephanie Lieggi (Nov. 19, 2025, 2:40 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 2:20 p.m.)
• “Post-DeepSeek AI Governance Debates: Open vs. Closed, Large vs. Tiny, Bytes vs. Watts, Horizontal vs. Vertical, Innovative vs. Safe?” by Wayne Wei Wang (Nov. 18, 2025, 2:50 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 3:20 p.m.)
• “An OSS-ential Understanding of Potential and Early Career OSS Contributors” by Hana Frluckaj (Nov. 19, 2025, 4:20 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 4 p.m.)
• “Governing Algorithmic Justice: Open Source AI and Legal Integrity in Latin American Courts” by Ettore Maria Lombardi (Nov. 18, 2025, 2:20 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2:50 p.m.)
• “Standardizing Open Source Impact Metrics: A Framework for Academic Technology Transfer Offices” by Andrew Wichmann (Nov. 19, 2025, noon → Nov. 19, 2025, 11:40 a.m.)
• “Bridging the Digital Divide: The Role of Free and Open Source Software in Strengthening Community ISPs” by Nathalia Foditsch (Nov. 19, 2025, 10 a.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 10:10 a.m.)
• “ThingData: Unlocking Economic Value in the Material Commons through Open Data as a Digital Public Good for SDGs” by Felipe Schmidt Fonseca (Nov. 19, 2025, 11:10 a.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 11:20 a.m.)
• “The Value of Openness: Measuring the Total Benefit of Digital Public Goods” by Gordon LaForge (Nov. 19, 2025, 9:40 a.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 9:50 a.m.)
• “Securing Code, Fracturing Consensus? Governance of Free and Open-Source Software Cybersecurity in the Age of ‘Digital Sovereignty’” by Jennifer Tridgell (Nov. 18, 2025, 10 a.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 10:10 a.m.)
• “Funding Europe's Open Digital Infrastructure A Study on the Economic, Legal, and Political Feasibility of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)” by Nicholas Gates, Jennifer Tridgell (Nov. 19, 2025, 2:10 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 1:50 p.m.)
• “Legal Regulation of Open Artifacts: The Data–Software–AI Model Convergence” by Marco Germanò, Benedict Kingsbury (Nov. 18, 2025, 3:20 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 4:10 p.m.)
• “One year later: Building the Open Source Endowment” by Jonathan Starr (Nov. 19, 2025, 1:50 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m.)
• “Q&A Panel: Sustainability and Security” by Nicholas Gates, Jonathan Starr, Jennifer Tridgell, Stephanie Lieggi, Hana Frluckaj, Johan Linåker, Ijeoma Onwuka (Nov. 19, 2025, 4:40 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 4:20 p.m.)
• “Public sector open source software projects - How is development organized?” by Johan Linåker (Nov. 19, 2025, 3:50 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 3:30 p.m.)
• “Towards Best Practices for Open Datasets for LLM Training” by Kasia Odrozek (Nov. 18, 2025, 4:50 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 5:10 p.m.)
• “A Cartography of Collaboration in Open Source AI: Mapping Collaboration in the Development and Reuse Lifecycle of 12 Open Large Language Models” by Johan Linåker, Cailean Osborne (Nov. 18, 2025, 4:20 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 4:40 p.m.)
• “Mapping the Open Source Ecosystem for Climate Science and Sustainable Technology” by Tobias Augspurger, Richard Littauer (Nov. 19, 2025, 10:20 a.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.)
• “Closing Plenary: OFA Symposium 2025” by Nicholas Gates, Nicolo Zingales, Astor Nummelin Carlberg (Nov. 19, 2025, 5:10 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 4:50 p.m.)
• “The Next Tripartite Governance Systems: Governments, Markets, and Commons” by Marco Berlinguer (Nov. 18, 2025, 10:20 a.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 10:30 a.m.)
• “Q&A Panel: Open Source and AI” by Renata Avila, Ettore Maria Lombardi, Wayne Wei Wang, Marco Germanò, Johan Linåker, Cailean Osborne, Kasia Odrozek, Nicolo Zingales (Nov. 18, 2025, 5:20 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 5:40 p.m.)
• “Fireside Chat: Marcela Mattiuzzo - Interoperability as a Remedy” by Marcela Mattiuzzo, Nicolo Zingales (Nov. 19, 2025, 9 a.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2 p.m.)
• “How Geopolitical Tensions Influence Collaboration in Open Technology Ecosystems: Evidence from RISC-V and the Semiconductor Industry” by Jan Krewer (Nov. 18, 2025, 9:30 a.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 9:40 a.m.)
• “Q&A Panel: Economic Impact of Open” by Nicholas Gates, Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Jennifer Tridgell, Gordon LaForge, Nathalia Foditsch, Richard Littauer, Felipe Schmidt Fonseca, Andrew Wichmann (Nov. 19, 2025, 12:20 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, noon)

Version 0.2 Aug. 6, 2025

We released a new schedule version!

We have new sessions!

• “The Value and Values of Openness: Open Source, AI Openness, and the Future of Digital Public Goods” by Jennifer Barth
• “From Containers to Code: Applying Post-9/11 Trade Security Lessons to the Software Supply Chain” by Stephanie Lieggi
• “An OSS-ential Understanding of Potential and Early Career OSS Contributors” by Hana Frluckaj
• “Standardizing Open Source Impact Metrics: A Framework for Academic Technology Transfer Offices” by Andrew Wichmann
• “The Value of Openness: Measuring the Total Benefit of Digital Public Goods” by Gordon LaForge
• “Securing Code, Fracturing Consensus? Governance of Free and Open-Source Software Cybersecurity in the Age of ‘Digital Sovereignty’” by Jennifer Tridgell
• “Principles and Practices for Governing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as Commons” by Ramya Chandrasekhar
• “From Brazil to the World: Open Digital Infrastructure for Climate Cooperation” by Raphael Pouyé
• “The Next Tripartite Governance Systems: Governments, Markets, and Commons” by Marco Berlinguer

We had to move some sessions, so if you were planning on seeing them, check their new dates or locations:

• “Governing Algorithmic Justice: Open Source AI and Legal Integrity in Latin American Courts” by Ettore Maria Lombardi (Nov. 18, 2025, 2:40 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2:20 p.m.)
• “Towards Best Practices for Open Datasets for LLM Training” by Kasia Odrozek (Nov. 18, 2025, 5:10 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 4:50 p.m.)
• “A Cartography of Collaboration in Open Source AI: Mapping Collaboration in the Development and Reuse Lifecycle of 12 Open Large Language Models” by Johan Linåker, Cailean Osborne (Nov. 18, 2025, 4:40 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 4:20 p.m.)
• “Q&A Panel: Open Source and AI” by Renata Avila, Ettore Maria Lombardi, Wayne Wei Wang, Marco Germanò, Johan Linåker, Cailean Osborne, Kasia Odrozek, Nicolo Zingales (Nov. 18, 2025, 5:40 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 5:20 p.m.)
• “Post-DeepSeek AI Governance Debates: Open vs. Closed, Large vs. Tiny, Bytes vs. Watts, Horizontal vs. Vertical, Innovative vs. Safe?” by Wayne Wei Wang (Nov. 18, 2025, 3:10 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2:50 p.m.)
• “Legal Regulation of Open Artifacts: The Data–Software–AI Model Convergence” by Marco Germanò, Benedict Kingsbury (Nov. 18, 2025, 3:40 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 3:20 p.m.)
• “Q&A Panel: Open Technologies and Geopolitics” by Nicholas Gates, Jan Krewer, Jennifer Tridgell, Marco Berlinguer, Ramya Chandrasekhar, Cassie Jiun Seo, Raphael Pouyé (Nov. 18, 2025, 12:50 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 12:30 p.m.)
• “A process for Open Definition v3” by Renata Avila (Nov. 18, 2025, 2:20 p.m. → Nov. 18, 2025, 2 p.m.)
• “Curating Power: Open Source Infrastructures in the Service of National and Geopolitical Agendas” by Cassie Jiun Seo, Signe Kossmann (Nov. 18, 2025, noon → Nov. 18, 2025, 11:40 a.m.)

Version 0.1 July 28, 2025

We released our first schedule!