Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026

schedule

UB5.230


Day Start End Track(s)
Saturday 10:30 19:00 Legal & Policy
Sunday 09:00 17:30 Community
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Saturday Welcome to the Legal & Policy Issues DevRoom
An Introduction to Law and Free Software
The Hidden Layer: Bringing Protocol Governance into Digital Policy
From Policy To Practice; Open Source in The Dutch Government
Fork the Government:The Back and Forth Open Source Advocacy Road in Taiwan
CRA – Role of Free Software and Q&A
The story of the Vizio trial - how a historic case for user rights concluded
"Online Safety" laws: reflections for FOSS projects
Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening iOS and Android for Free Software
Copyleft for the next Decade: My cunning Plan
Unique Challenges in Elected Governing Bodies for FOSS
Let's end open source together with this one simple trick
Closing of to the Legal & Policy Issues DevRoom
Sunday Welcome to the Community Devroom!
There are No Adults in the Room: Learning how to Grow Up as a Team
Accessible Sovereignty: Why the Four Freedoms Depend on Inclusion
Neurodiversity in tech: how to build, mentor and motivate every mind
Companies vs. Foundations: Who Should Steer Your Open Source Project?
A decade of lessons from Apache Incubator release votes
Downstream Mindset vs Upstream Communities
The CRA isn't coming for your open source community
The Synthetic Senior: Rethinking Free Software Mentorship in the AI Era
Partnerships That Power Communities: How Collaborations Help Open Source Projects Grow and Thrive
From Vibrant to Silent: Has the Community Lost Its Voice?
Headscale & Tailscale: The complementary open source clone
How the OpenSSL community was built on Heartbleed
What happens if someone breaks the rules?
Self-Raising Lazarus: All Contributors and how Open Source can Rise Again
Building on Success: Sustainability of Open Source
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together
The AI Shockwave in Open Source Communities: How AI Is Reshaping the Foundations of Open Source Communities

Events

Title Speakers Track Start End

Saturday

  Welcome to the Legal & Policy Issues DevRoom
Karen Sandler, Tom Marble, Alexander Sander, Bradley M. Kühn, Matthias Kirschner, Richard Fontana, Bradley M. Kühn Legal & Policy 10:30 10:45
  An Introduction to Law and Free Software
Gabriel Ku Wei Bin Legal & Policy 10:45 11:30
  The Hidden Layer: Bringing Protocol Governance into Digital Policy
Kelly Roegies Legal & Policy 11:30 12:00
  From Policy To Practice; Open Source in The Dutch Government
Gina Plat Legal & Policy 12:00 12:30
  Fork the Government:The Back and Forth Open Source Advocacy Road in Taiwan
Rosalind Liu Legal & Policy 12:30 13:00
  CRA – Role of Free Software and Q&A
Alexander Sander, Michael Schuster Legal & Policy 13:00 14:00
  The story of the Vizio trial - how a historic case for user rights concluded
Denver Gingerich Legal & Policy 14:00 15:00
  "Online Safety" laws: reflections for FOSS projects
Neil Brown Legal & Policy 15:00 15:30
  Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening iOS and Android for Free Software
Lucas Lasota, Victor Le Pochat, Alexander Matern, Lori Roussey Legal & Policy 15:30 16:30
  Copyleft for the next Decade: My cunning Plan
Sebastian Steck Legal & Policy 16:30 17:00
  Unique Challenges in Elected Governing Bodies for FOSS
Deb Bryant, Bradley M. Kühn, Richard Fontana, Joe Brockmeier, Ian Kelling Legal & Policy 17:00 18:00
  Let's end open source together with this one simple trick
Dylan Ayrey, Mike Nolan Legal & Policy 18:00 18:50
  Closing of to the Legal & Policy Issues DevRoom
Karen Sandler, Tom Marble, Alexander Sander, Bradley M. Kühn, Matthias Kirschner, Richard Fontana Legal & Policy 18:50 19:00

Sunday

  Welcome to the Community Devroom!
Laura Czajkowski, Shirley Bailes Community 09:00 09:05
  There are No Adults in the Room: Learning how to Grow Up as a Team
Oren Klopfer, A. Salt, Elisabeth Wenger-Stickel Community 09:05 09:30
  Accessible Sovereignty: Why the Four Freedoms Depend on Inclusion
Mike Gifford Community 09:35 10:00
  Neurodiversity in tech: how to build, mentor and motivate every mind
Diana Todea Community 10:05 10:30
  Companies vs. Foundations: Who Should Steer Your Open Source Project?
Ray Paik, Fatih Degirmenci Community 10:35 11:00
  A decade of lessons from Apache Incubator release votes
Justin Mclean Community 11:05 11:30
  Downstream Mindset vs Upstream Communities
Ildiko Vancsa Community 11:35 12:00
  The CRA isn't coming for your open source community
Tobie Langel Community 12:05 12:30
  The Synthetic Senior: Rethinking Free Software Mentorship in the AI Era
Abigail Cabunoc Mayes Community 12:35 13:00
  Partnerships That Power Communities: How Collaborations Help Open Source Projects Grow and Thrive
Oluwaseun Oladeji Community 13:05 13:30
  From Vibrant to Silent: Has the Community Lost Its Voice?
Prithvi Raj Community 13:35 14:00
  Headscale & Tailscale: The complementary open source clone
Kristoffer Dalby Community 14:05 14:30
  How the OpenSSL community was built on Heartbleed
Jon Ericson Community 14:35 15:00
  What happens if someone breaks the rules?
Floor Drees, Jos van Schouten Community 15:05 15:30
  Self-Raising Lazarus: All Contributors and how Open Source can Rise Again
Jim Madge Community 15:35 16:00
  Building on Success: Sustainability of Open Source
Ruth Suehle Community 16:05 16:30
  Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together
Miranda Heath Community 16:35 17:00
  The AI Shockwave in Open Source Communities: How AI Is Reshaping the Foundations of Open Source Communities
David Allen, Amanda Victoria Wagner Community 17:05 17:30