Future of Open Source

This new track follows from the feedback received that the State of Open Con Plenary sessions should be longer. Our day one Plenary consists of keynotes and panel sessions on the future of open source, a broad-ranging topic focused on the challenges of today and the future.

World leaders in the space will kick the day off by considering the grand challenges in the evolving open source landscape and strategic vision for its future.

The remainder of the day will have content largely submitted via CFP and some curated content.

Our team will look forward to your submissions of talks and panels covering a wide range of topics from a policy, community and business perspective.

A wider range of topics is relevant and might include Licence change and single vendor companies, Funding open source and its future, Forking and the Hammer of Valkey, GeoPolitics and open source regulation, building sustainable open source software, scaling open source businesses, the role of State Aid, Sustainability and the impact of open tech on the environment, Will AI kill open source software, and much more.

Amanda Brock

Chair & Host

CEO, OpenUK

Dawn Foster

Track Co-Host

Director of Open Source, CHAOSS Project

Emily Omier

Track Co-Host

Consultant, Emily Omier Consulting

Andrew Reddikh

Member

Lead Software Engineer, WhitelabelAI

Anita Ihuman

Member

Developer advocate, MetalBear

Brian Osborn

Member

CEO and Publisher, Linux New Media

Magdalena Rzaca,

Member

Senior GDPR & IPR Legal Advisor, GEANT Association

Paul Graham

Member

Oracle, Technical Consuling Manager

Sami Atabani

Member

Atabani Consulting Limited, IP & Technology Consultant