Gina
Gina Plat was the Interim Lead of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) for the Dutch Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK). She recently joined the open source industry as Head of GovTech at OpenProject, where she helps governments become more digitally sovereign. Gina has firsthand experience with public sector challenges of procurement, policy, and governance around open ecosystems. As an advocate for open source alternatives, she has been active on Mastodon server Fosstodon.org for years and is a board member of F-Droid; a community-run, open source mobile app store.
Session
Many of Europe's digital services run on centralized platforms owned by a handful of corporations outside the EU. When those owners change course, users have little say. This talk makes the case for decentralized services that federate through open protocols. It addresses the necessity of these alternatives, and how individuals and institutions can use and support these open ecosystems. We'll dive into real-world examples, from EU-federated codeplatforms, app stores and applications, to ethical social media alternatives.