Open Source and the European Union | Poland | OFE Capital Series

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Marking the sixth instalment of our cyclical events, Capital Series Poland will bring Brussels-level discussions of open source policy directly to Warsaw under the title “Open Source and the European Union”. This will provide a unique opportunity for the local open source community to directly engage with EU and national policymakers to better understand policies that impact the Polish market, and how Poland leverages open source to solve its political challenges. The discussions will cover digitalisation, cybersecurity, AI, skills, and digital sovereignty in the context of the Polish Presidency of the Council.

Capital Series events are single-day, high-level policy gatherings dedicated to advancing open source policy priorities in alignment with the objectives of the member states holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The Series builds on the OFE’s annual EU Open Source Policy Summit in Brussels to further connect the dots between the EU and national policy cycles.

Where?

Restaurant Belvedere Nowa Oranżeria, Agrykola 1, 00-460 Warszawa, Poland

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Also, don’t miss the European Open Source Business Association APELL’s Ideas Conference the day before, also in Warsaw.

Speakers

Emiel Brok Open Source Ambassador, SUSE & Board Member, Dutch Open Source Business Alliance

Katarzyna Bis-Płaza Director of the Project and Strategy Department, Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs

Michał Domański Business & Partner Relations, Bielik.AI

Wojciech Furmankiewicz Head of Technology Sales for CEE, Red Hat

Dr Agnieszka Jankowska Board Member, Digital Poland Foundation

Filip Konopczyński Head of the Analysis and Research Department, NASK & AI regulation expert, Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs

Astor Nummelin Carlberg Director of Open Source Sovereingthy at SUSE

Inez Okulska AI (NLP) Senior Research Engineer, Politechnika Wrocławska

Krystian Olchowik Director of the GovTech Polska Department, Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs

Kuba Piwowar Head of SpołTech

Adriana Groh CEO, Sovereign Tech Agency

Sebastian Raible Director EU Government Affairs, The European Open Source Business Association – APELL

Marta Rybczynska Founder of Ygreky

Alek Tarkowski Director of Strategy, Open Future

Zuzanna Warso Director of Research, Open Future