Thank you for participating in this event! We were impressed with the engagement of our audience and glad to see such an interest in the future of Open Source policy. You can consult the slides of our study team’s presentation – feel free to share it.
Join OpenForum Europe and Fraunhofer ISI on 5 November to learn about the first results of the European Commission Open Source study and listen to Open Source leaders explain their impact.
The study team is happy to be joined again by Frank Nagle of the Harvard Business School to introduce alongside his research.
This will be complemented by many Open Source leaders, putting the results of the study into context in a number of thematic panels on research, SMEs and growth, the public sector and industry.
In addition, the European Commission will present their views, including the new European Commission Open Source Strategy to participants.
Agenda
Agenda
14:00 – 14:05
Welcoming remarks
Sachiko Muto, OpenForum Europe
14:05 – 14:15
Keynote European Commission DG CNECT
Manuel Mateo Goyet, EC DG CONNECT
14:15 – 14:30
Keynote on the new European Commission Open Source Strategy
Thomas Gageik, EC DG DIGIT
14:30 – 15:30
Preliminary study results
– Knut Blind, TU Berlin; Fraunhofer ISI
– Frank Nagle, Harvard Business School
– Mirko Boehm, Daimler
– Andrew Katz, Moorcrofts
– Paula Grzegorzewska, OpenForum Europe
– Sivan Patsch, OpenForum Europe15:30 – 15:40
Break
15:40 – 16:25
Breakout sessions
Innovation and competitiveness
Rapporteur: Carlo Daffara, NodeWeaver
Open Source and the public sector
Rapporteur: Karel De Vriendt, OpenForum EuropeDigital autonomy
Rapporteur: Sachiko Muto, OpenForum Europe16:25 – 16:35
Break
16:35 – 17:00
Panel of the breakout session rapporteurs
– Chaired by Graham Taylor, OpenForum Europe
17:00 – 17:20
Panel: The state Open Source research
– Session leader: Maha Shaikh, King’s College London
– Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
– Thomas Streinz, NYU School of Law
– Javier Serrano, CERN17:20 – 17:40
Panel: How can Open Source enable SME and Startup growth
– Session leader: Danese Cooper, InnerSource Commons Foundation
– Timo Väliharju, APELL, COSS.FI
– Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
– Colin Hanna, Balderton Capital17:40 – 18:00
Panel: How the public sector can use Open Source strategically
– Session leader: Clare Dillon, Mosslabs.io
– Martina Paul, OSSBIG
– Andreas Reichel, Dataport
– Néjia Lanouar, City of Paris18:00 – 18:20
Panel: Industry transformation through Open Source
– Session leader: Keith Bergelt, Open Invention Network
– Calista Redmond, RISC-V Foundation
– Gael Blondelle, Eclipse Foundation
– Erika Cadamuro, Daimler18:20 – 18:30
Final words
– Graham Taylor, OpenForum Europe
– Manuel Mateo Goyet, EC DG CONNECT
Speakers
Welcoming and final remarks
Graham Taylor
Member of the General Assembly & Emeritus Chairman
European Commission Keynotes
Preliminary study results
– How much does Open Source Software contribute to the European economy?
– What should European policymakers learn from successful and failed projects?
– What is the potential of Open Source Hardware and how can Europe gain a foothold?
– Where have governments around the world succeeded with Open Source policies?
Knut Blind
Prof. Dr. Knut Blind studied economics, political science and psychology at Freiburg University. In the course of his studies he spent one year at Brock University (Canada), where he was awarded a BA. Finally, he took his Diploma in Economics and later his doctoral degree at Freiburg University. Between 1996 and 2010 he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany, as a senior researcher and at last as head of the Competence Center “Regulation and Innovation”.
In April 2006 Knut Blind was appointed Professor of Innovation Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Technische Universität Berlin. Between 2008 and 2016 he held also the endowed chair of standardisation at the Rotterdam School of Management of the Erasmus University. From April 2010 he is linked to the Fraunhofer Institute of Open Communication Systems in Berlin. In 2012, he initiated both the Berlin Innovation Panel and the German Standardization Panel. Besides numerous articles on innovation he published further contributions on standardization, patents and further innovation aspects in refereed journals.
Andrew Katz
OSL Leader
Andrew Katz is recognised as a leader in the field of open source licensing in the UK. He was involved in the drafting of the UK Creative Commons Licence, and has contributed to the GPL Version 3 project. He has spoken at events including BCS conferences, and LinuxWorld Expo, and has sat on panel discussions involving open source software with other experts such as Alan Cox, John “maddog” Hall, Mark Shuttleworth and Glyn Moody. His articles and commentary have appeared widely in the press, including The Telegraph, Financial Times, Microscopeand the Register. He has lectured in the UK, Finland and the Netherlands. He is a founder editor and contributor to the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review.
The independent legal directory Chambers and Partners (2007 edition) says:
The “entrepreneurial” and “immensely experienced” Andrew Katz is an “easy guy to get along with” and a “technology enthusiast.” His expertise includes computer and telecommunications technology and he has a particular focus on open source licensing issues.
Mirko Boehm
Senior Director Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe
Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop (since 1997, including several years on the KDE e.V. board), the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. He is a visiting lecturer and researcher on free and open source software at the Technical University of Berlin. Mirko Boehm has a wide range of experience as an entrepreneur, corporate manager, software developer and German Air Force officer. He joined the Linux Foundation in June 2023 as senior director for community development for LF Europe, where he focuses on driving engagement and collaboration between all European open source stakeholders. Mirko speaks English and German and lives in the Berlin area.
Sivan Pätsch
Finance and Operations Director, Member of the General Assembly, Member of the Management Board
Sivan Pätsch is OFE’s Finance and Operations Director, responsible for financial management, accounting and compliance, operational planning, human resources and governance. He is a member of the General Assembly and serves on the Management Board. Previously, he held the role of Policy Adviser and Research Director at OFE. Before he joined OFE, he gained experience in EU policy making at the Council of the European Union. He also worked as an Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer for arvato Bertelsmann and before as a Quality Coordinator, among other responsibilities. He has a master’s degree in European Affairs from Lund University, Sweden with a thesis on the global expansion of the European data protection standard, a topic he is also personally interested in. In addition, he holds a bachelor’s degree in European Public Administration from the University of Twente, Enschede and from the University of Münster. Sivan is a native German speaker, is fluent in English and is learning Dutch and Swedish.
Panel of breakout session rapporteurs
Carlo Daffara
CEO and co-founder at NodeWeaver
Carlo Daffara is the founder of NodeWeaver, a company implementing open source-based edge cloud platforms; formerly head of research and development at Conecta, a consulting firm specializing in open source systems. Former Italian member of the European Working Group on Libre Software and co-coordinator of the working group on SMEs of the EU ICT task force; since 1999 works as evaluator for EU framework programs in research and innovation. Since 2000, member of the Internet Society (ISOC) working group Committee on public software and Coordinator of the open source platforms technical area of the IEEE technical committee on scalable computing.
His current work and research interests include the economics of IT, secure development practices and the edge-to-cloud continuum.
Panel: The state Open Source research
Panel: How can Open Source enable SME and Startup growth
Panel: How the public sector can use Open Source strategically
Panel: Industry transformation through Open Source
We’re looking forward to seeing you on 5 November!