A view of the main room for the OFA Symposium 2024. The OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium 2024 took place on November 13-14 in Boston, Massachusetts! Our new Materials page on the Symposium website includes papers and presentations from the various speakers, as well as photos from the event….

2024 was a year of growth, global engagement, and amplified impact for OFE. It was also a year that we might see as an important step in remaking how open source lives in the world and how the world will engage with open technologies as a whole. OFE, for its part, has focused on showcasing the value of open source…

While open source plays a critical role in driving European innovation and competitiveness, its recognition by political and business leaders has not kept pace with it. Time has come to bring the deserved spotlight on the…

OpenForum Europe (OFE) welcomes Open Source Initiative’s (OSI) stewardship of the process that has now led to the release of version 1.0 of the Open Source AI Definition. In line with our vision statement, OFE promotes openness as a means to enable user…

Foreign affairs experts have the UN General Assembly Week. Now, the open source community and EU digital policy sphere can boast the EU Open Source Week. Add your event to the EU Open Source Week Platform here.  Amplifying open source’s policy influence  Each…

“It’s a really good feeling for young scholars to have this kind of validation. It’s a milestone, a moment of celebration along the way of a PhD, that validates your work and shows you that you are on the right path.“ In 2023, OpenForum…

Ciarán O’Riordan recently gave three webinars (videos below) on new EU software legislation: Cyber Resilience Act AI Act Product Liability Directive Part of OpenChain’s webinars series, these webinars are for a global audience and don’t assume knowledge of the EU’s…

On July 9 and 10, OpenForum Europe (OFE) Executive Director Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Chairman Sachiko Muto, and Policy Advisor Nick Gates were in New York City for the OSPOs for Good 2024 Symposium. But that wasn’t the only thing that happened that…

Recently, we announced our upcoming OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium, an event dedicated to exploring and enhancing the impact of open source technologies on society. The 2024 edition, hosted by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard, will take…