High-Level Panel: What can Open Source do for Europe?
Europe faces considerable challenges to maintain its competitiveness and to position itself in a fast-changing geo-strategic landscape. With the start of a new EU legislative cycle, we will be exploring the role of open source in the EU’s digital strategy at this critical juncture for Europe’s technological edge. This panel will examine how open source can fuel Europe’s digital transformation by promoting digital sovereignty, competitiveness, and innovation. Key topics will include open source innovation and EU software regulation, public and private funding for infrastructure sustainability, and prioritising research in areas such as security, interoperability, and the federation of edge and cloud infrastructures.
Speakers:
Dr. Cristina Caffarra, Associate Fellow at the CEPR
Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Executive Director of OpenForum Europe
Peter Ganten, President of APELL, Chairman of the Board OSBA, CEO of Univention
Adriana Groh, CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency, Government of Germany
Amandine Le Pape, COO and Co-founder of Element
Pearse O’Donohue, Director for Future Networks at the European Commission