Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2025

schedule

Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond


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Sunday Welcome to the EU Policy Devroom!
Room Changeover and Intro to the Implementation and Compliance Block
An Introduction to the Open Source AI definition
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
Community-driven compliance: The CRA and the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group
Panel Discussion: Open Source and Policy Implementation: Lessons from the AI act, CRA and DSA
Workshops: DSA / AI / CRA
Feedback from the Workshops on DSA / AI / CRA
Room changeover & Intro to the Public sector Open Source block
Presentation from Anja Wyrobek (Legal Policy Advisor, EU Parliament (MEP Birgit Sippel)
Making Workspaces Work Together (And Across Borders)
openDesk and beyond: building the EuroStack
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
Room Changeover and Intro to Open source strategy for competitiveness block
Open Source as a Cultural Movement: Europe's Call to Action for a Fair and Sustainable Future
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
European Competitiveness in Microelectronic and AI
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 Markéta Gregorová, Member of the European Parliament
Lobbying the EU
Towards Open Source-Compatible Standards
Panel: European Standardisation and the Open Source community
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
  An Introduction to the Open Source AI definition
Stefano Maffulli 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
Filipe Jones Mourao 09:40 09:50
  Community-driven compliance: The CRA and the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group
Tobie Langel 09:50 10:00
  Panel Discussion: Open Source and Policy Implementation: Lessons from the AI act, CRA and DSA
Simon Phipps, Tobie Langel, Filipe Jones Mourao 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 Anja Wyrobek (Legal Policy Advisor, EU Parliament (MEP Birgit Sippel)
Axel Thévenet, Anja Wyrobek 11:10 11:20
  Making Workspaces Work Together (And Across Borders)
Alexander Smolianitski, samuel paccoud 11:20 11:35
  openDesk and beyond: building the EuroStack
Vittorio Bertola 11:35 12:00
  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, Jan Krewer 12:25 12:35
  Public Sector Open Source fishbowl
Axel Thévenet 12:35 12:55
  Wrap up by Public Sector Open Source block organisers
Axel Thévenet 12:55 13:05
  Room Changeover and Intro to Open source strategy for competitiveness block
Sebastian Raible 13:05 13:10
  Open Source as a Cultural Movement: Europe's Call to Action for a Fair and Sustainable Future
Stefano Pampaloni 13:10 13:25
  Building Europe's Platform Mesh: Cloud-Native APIs for Multi-Provider Integration and Digital Sovereignty
Mirza Kopic, Marvin Beckers 13:25 13:40
  Building Public-Private Open Source Ecosystems: GFOSS's approach in Academic-Industry Collaboration
Alexandros Melidis 13:40 13:50
  European Competitiveness in Microelectronic and AI
Florian 'Flo' Wohlrab, Frédéric Desbiens 13:50 14:05
  OSS 4 ALL: What can policymakers do to increase the uptake of OSS in the EU?
Francesco Panella 14:05 14:20
  Panel Discussion: A European Strategy for Digital Sovereignty
Sebastian Raible, Marcel Kolaja (Policy and Advocacy Director for Europe at Access Now, former MEP) 14:20 14:55
  Wrap up by Open Source strategy for competitiveness block organisers and Rapporteur feedback
Sebastian Raible 14:55 15:05
  Room Changeover and Intro to the Open Source in the policymaking process block
Jordan Maris 15:05 15:15
  Opening Speech by Markéta Gregorová, Member of the European Parliament
Markéta Gregorová 15:15 15:25
  Lobbying the EU
Jules Obry, Jordan Maris, Sebastian Raible 15:25 15:40
  Towards Open Source-Compatible Standards
Tobie Langel 15:40 15:50
  Panel: European Standardisation and the Open Source community
Simon Phipps, Tobie Langel, Jordan Maris, fukami, Filipe Jones Mourao 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