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

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 success

• Supporting 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