Version 0.3 Oct. 7, 2025
We released a new schedule version!
We sadly had to cancel a session: “Building Economies of Openness: Lessons from Open Science Hardware Projects and the Open Science Shop” by Julieta Arancio, Shannon Dosemagen, Jenny Molloy
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.)
- “Valuing the Invisible: The economic value of Openness” 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.)
- “Building Open Source Software Security Policy: Lessons from Historical Trade Security Efforts” 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 (Nov. 19, 2025, 4:40 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 4:20 p.m.)
- “Sustainable Development and Collaboration in Public Sector Open Source Software Projects” by Johan Linåker (Nov. 19, 2025, 3:50 p.m. → Nov. 19, 2025, 3:30 p.m.)
- ““They Said It Was Impossible”: Powering Generative AI with Openly Licensed Data” 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 (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 Nicholas Gates (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 (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 (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!
- “Valuing the Invisible: The economic value of Openness” by Jennifer Barth
- “Building Open Source Software Security Policy: Lessons from Historical Trade Security Efforts” 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
- “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 DPI as a commons” by Ramya Chandrasekhar
- “From Brazil to the World: Open Digital Infrastructure for Climate Cooperation” by Raphael Pouyé
- “Building Economies of Openness: Lessons from Open Science Hardware Projects and the Open Science Shop” by Julieta Arancio, Shannon Dosemagen, Jenny Molloy
- “The Next Tripartite Governance Systems: Governments, Markets, and Commons” by Marco Berlinguer
- “The Value of Openness: Measuring the Total Benefit of Digital Public Goods” by Gordon LaForge
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.)
- ““They Said It Was Impossible”: Powering Generative AI with Openly Licensed Data” 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 Nicholas Gates (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 (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, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge (Nov. 18, 2025, noon → Nov. 18, 2025, 11:40 a.m.)
Version 0.1 July 28, 2025
We released our first schedule!