Followed by a discussion with participants
We are glad to provide the recording of the OpenForum Academy (OFA) symposium
The symposium offered the opportunity for critical and scholarly discourse on the European Commission study on “The impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy”. The symposium will allow researchers in the field to exchange on the latest Open Source research, identify research gaps and contextualise their research with the findings from the European Commission study.
Find more information about the symposium on the event page
Session Recordings
Keynote: Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute
10:15 – 10:35
Slides: Harhoff – Welfare Gains from Openness
Relevant publication: Potts, Jason and Torrance, Andrew W. and Harhoff, Dietmar and von Hippel, Eric, Social Welfare Gains from Innovation Commons: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications (September 2, 2021).
Duo: The Economic Impact of Open Source
10:35 – 11:30
- The EU Dimension
Knut Blind, Fraunhofer ISI & TU Berlin
Slides: Blind – The EU Dimension
Relevant publication: Blind, K.; Böhm, M., Grzegorzewska, P., Katz, A., Muto, S., Pätsch, S., Schubert, T. (2021). The impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy, Final Study Report. Brussels. - The Regional Perspective
Johannes Wachs, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Slides: Wachs – The Geography of OSS
Relevant publication: Wachs, J., Nitecki, M., Schueller, W., & Polleres, A. (2021). The Geography of Open Source Software: Evidence from GitHub. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.03200.
Followed by a discussion with participants
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.
Trio: Open Source Case Studies
11:30 – 12:45
- Commercial open source
Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Slides: Riehle – Commercial Open Source
Relevant publication: D. Riehle, “The Open Source Distributor Business Model” in Computer, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 99-103, 2021. doi: 10.1109/MC.2021.3112318 - Approaches to making open source the default in academia
Joshua Pearce, Western University
Slides: Pearce – Approaches to making open source the default in academia
Relevant publication: J.M.Pearce. Economic Savings for Scientific Free and Open Source Technology: A Review. HardwareX 8, 2020, e00139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00139 - What does it mean for IT organizations to be involved in open source communities?
Veronique Sanguinetti, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
Followed by a discussion with participants
Duo: The future of Open Source Public Policy
13:45 – 14:40
Creating the conditions for success for open source in government
Emma Gawen, Public Digital
Slides: Gawen – Open source in government
Relevant publication: Open source in government: creating the conditions for successSupporting Resilience Through the Use of Open Source Software and Open Standards
Nora von Ingersleben-Seip, Technical University of Munich
Slides: Ingerlseben_Seip – Supporting Resilience Through the Use of Open Source Software and Open
Relevant publication: Review of current governance regimes and EU initiatives concerning Open Standards and OSS
Followed by a discussion with participants
Duo: Open Source is Digital Public Infrastructure
14:40 – 15:35
- What Makes an Open Source Project Critical to a Democratic Group
Argyri Panezi, IE Law School
Slides: tba
Relevant publication: tba - Joint open source development in cross-border context
Petteri Kivimäki, Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions
Slides: Kivimäki – Joint Open Source Development in Cross-Border Context
Duo: Meritocracy and Open Source – Engineered Merit
15:35 – 16:30
Pots of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: What is Success for Open Source Contributors
Bianca Trinkenreich, Northern Arizona University
Slides: Trinkenreich – Pots of Gold
Relevant publication: Trinkenreich, B., Guizani, M., Wiese, I., Conte, T., Gerosa, M., Sarma, A., & Steinmacher, I. (2021). The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: What is Success for Open Source Contributors?. arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08789.Meritocracy, Open Source, and Funding: A self-fulfilling prophecy
Elisa Lindinger, SUPERRR Lab
Slides: Lindinger – Open Source and Funding
Relevant publication: Roadwork ahead: Evaluating the needs of FOSS communities working on digital infrastructure in the public interest
Followed by a discussion with participants
