Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2025

schedule

Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond


09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Sunday Welcome to the EU Policy Devroom!
Room Changeover and Intro to the Implementation and Compliance Block
What does the AI Act mean for Open Source AI: A presentation by the European Commission
Why Europe needs the OSAID: Openwashing and the AI act
Unlocking Transparency in Platforms’ Content Moderation Activities: Introducing dsa_tdb, a Python Package for Analyzing the Digital Services Act Transparency Database
Presentation by the European Commission on the Cyber Resilience Act
The CRA is here. Now what?
Panel Discussion: the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act so far
Workshops: DSA / AI / CRA
Feedback from the Workshops on DSA / AI / CRA
Room changeover & Intro to the Public sector Open Source block
Presentation from the European Commission on Open Source in Public Services
Digital Identies in disarray
Accelerating Digital Transformation in Europe: The Role of Digital Public Goods and Open Source Collaboration
Digital Commons as Pillars of Digital Sovereignty in Europe
Public Sector Open Source fishbowl
Wrap up by Public Sector Open Source block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Room Changeover and Intro to Open source strategy for competitiveness block
First Opening Presentation from Lawmakers
Second Opening Presentation from Lawmakers
Building Europe's Platform Mesh: Cloud-Native APIs for Multi-Provider Integration and Digital Sovereignty
Building Public-Private Open Source Ecosystems: GFOSS's approach in Academic-Industry Collaboration
OSS 4 ALL: What can policymakers do to increase the uptake of OSS in the EU?
Panel Discussion: A European Strategy for Digital Sovereignty
Wrap up by Open Source strategy for competitiveness block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Room Changeover and Intro to the Open Source in the policymaking process block
Opening Speech by a Member of the European Parliament
Lobbying the EU
Towards Open Source-Compatible Standards
European Commission Presentation and Stickynote Q&A session
Open Source in the policymaking process: Fishbowl discussion
Wrap up by Open Source in the policymaking process block organisers and Rapporteur feedback

Read the Call for Papers at https://softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp.

Event Speakers Start End

Sunday

  Welcome to the EU Policy Devroom!
Simon Phipps 09:00 09:05
  Room Changeover and Intro to the Implementation and Compliance Block
Jordan Maris 09:05 09:10
  What does the AI Act mean for Open Source AI: A presentation by the European Commission
Jordan Maris 09:10 09:20
  Why Europe needs the OSAID: Openwashing and the AI act
Jordan Maris 09:20 09:30
  Unlocking Transparency in Platforms’ Content Moderation Activities: Introducing dsa_tdb, a Python Package for Analyzing the Digital Services Act Transparency Database
Enrico Ubaldi, Lucas Verney 09:30 09:40
  Presentation by the European Commission on the Cyber Resilience Act
09:40 09:50
  The CRA is here. Now what?
Tobie Langel 09:50 10:00
  Panel Discussion: the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act so far
10:00 10:20
  Workshops: DSA / AI / CRA
Jordan Maris 10:20 10:50
  Feedback from the Workshops on DSA / AI / CRA
Jordan Maris 10:50 11:00
  Room changeover & Intro to the Public sector Open Source block
Axel Thévenet 11:00 11:10
  Presentation from the European Commission on Open Source in Public Services
Axel Thévenet 11:10 11:25
  Digital Identies in disarray
Gregor "Little Detritus" Bransky, Amelia Andersdotter 12:00 12:10
  Accelerating Digital Transformation in Europe: The Role of Digital Public Goods and Open Source Collaboration
Amreen Taneja 12:10 12:25
  Digital Commons as Pillars of Digital Sovereignty in Europe
Nicholas Gates 12:25 12:35
  Public Sector Open Source fishbowl
Axel Thévenet 12:35 12:55
  Wrap up by Public Sector Open Source block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Axel Thévenet 12:55 13:05
  Room Changeover and Intro to Open source strategy for competitiveness block
Sebastian Raible 13:05 13:15
  First Opening Presentation from Lawmakers
Sebastian Raible 13:15 13:25
  Second Opening Presentation from Lawmakers
Sebastian Raible 13:25 13:35
  Building Europe's Platform Mesh: Cloud-Native APIs for Multi-Provider Integration and Digital Sovereignty
Mirza Kopic, Marvin Beckers 13:35 13:45
  Building Public-Private Open Source Ecosystems: GFOSS's approach in Academic-Industry Collaboration
Alexandros Melidis 13:45 13:55
  OSS 4 ALL: What can policymakers do to increase the uptake of OSS in the EU?
Francesco Panella 14:15 14:25
  Panel Discussion: A European Strategy for Digital Sovereignty
Sebastian Raible 14:25 15:00
  Wrap up by Open Source strategy for competitiveness block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Sebastian Raible 15:00 15:05
  Room Changeover and Intro to the Open Source in the policymaking process block
Jordan Maris 15:05 15:15
  Opening Speech by a Member of the European Parliament
Jordan Maris 15:15 15:25
  Lobbying the EU
Sebastian Raible 15:25 15:40
  Towards Open Source-Compatible Standards
Tobie Langel 15:40 15:50
  European Commission Presentation and Stickynote Q&A session
Jordan Maris 15:50 16:15
  Open Source in the policymaking process: Fishbowl discussion
Simon Phipps 16:15 16:50
  Wrap up by Open Source in the policymaking process block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Jordan Maris, Sebastian Raible 16:50 17:00