About
The 2023 edition of Open Source Congress was held in Geneva, Switzerland on July 27, 2023. The host organization was the Linux Foundation.
Sessions
Wednesday, July 26
16:00 – 18:30
Registration & Badge Pick-Up
17:00 – 19:00
Welcome Reception
Thursday, July 27
07:30 – 08:30
Continental Breakfast
08:30 – 08:35
Welcome from LF Research
Hilary Carter, Senior Vice President of Research & Communications, The Linux Foundation
08:35 – 09:20
State of the Union
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation
09:25 – 10:10
Panel: Deciphering Open Source Security
Amir Montazery, OSTIF; Deb Nicholson, Python Software Foundation; Clar Rosso, (ISC)²; Rebecca Rumbul, Rust Foundation; Moderated by Omkhar Arasaratnam, OpenSSF
10:15 – 11:00
Panel: Impact of Policy for Decentralized Organizations: Challenges & Opportunities
Ciarán O’Riordan, OpenForum Europe; Ruth Suehle, Apache Software Foundation; Gaël Blondelle, Eclipse Foundation; Tobin Richardson, CSA; Moderated by Gab Columbro, LF EU
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:05
Panel: Keeping Collaboration Global, Open, and Inclusive: Export Controls, Digital Sovereignty, DEI
Joanna Lee, LF; Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation; Wenlong Sun, OpenAtom & Catharina Maracke, Open Source Initiative; Moderated by Mike Dolan, LF
12:10 – 12:55
Panel: Does AI Change Everything? What is Open? Liability, Ethics, Values?
Joanna Lee, The Linux Foundation; Satya Mallick, OpenCV; Mohamed Nanabhay, Mozilla Ventures; Stefano Maffuli, OSI; Moderated by Ibrahim Haddad, LF AI & Data Foundation
12:55 – 13:10
Defining “Open” AI/ML
Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director, OSI
13:10 – 13:55
Lunch
13:55 – 14:55
Interactive Discussion: Finding Common Ground in Open Source: Neutrality
Jerry Michalski, Founder, Open Global Mind
15:00 – 16:00
Interactive Breakout Discussion: Pathways to Improving Collaboration
Discussion Facilitated By Todd Moore, Senior Vice President of Community Operations, The Linux Foundation
15:00 – 16:00
Interactive Breakout Discussion: Pathways to Improving Collaboration
Discussion Facilitated By Mirko Boehm, Senior Director, Community Development, The Linux Foundation
15:00 – 16:00
Interactive Breakout Discussion: Pathways to Improving Collaboration
Discussion Facilitated By Jory Burson, VP of Standards, The Linux Foundation
15:00 – 16:00
Interactive Breakout Discussion: Pathways to Improving Collaboration
Discussion Facilitated By Ruth Suehle, EVP, Apache Software Foundation of Director of Open Source, SAS
16:00 – 16:30
Interactive Discussion: Pathways to Improving Collaboration Readout
Mirko Boehm, Jory Burson, & Todd Moore, The Linux Foundation; and Ruth Suehle, Apache Software Foundation
16:35 – 18:05
Interactive Discussion: A Credo for Open Source: Developing a Statement of Common Values
Jerry Michalski, Founder, Open Global Mind
18:10 – 18:15
Closing Remarks
Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation
Friday, July 28
09:00 – 11:00
Ad Hoc Meeting Space Available
11:00 – 13:30