OCX26 day 3 recap
Day 3 of Open Community Experience 2026 (OCX26), hosted by the Eclipse Foundation in Brussels, continued the conversation with a new set of sessions across tooling, AI, automotive, compliance, and the main track.
The spotlight shifted fully to practitioners sharing lessons from real-world implementations across tooling, AI, automotive, compliance, and research.
Key highlights:
Main track sessions with Lukas Pühringer, Maria Teresa Delgado, and Daniel Scanteianu, focusing on applied open source across domains
Tooling track with Mélanie Bats, Etienne Juliot, Sebastian Sampaoli, Guillermo Zunino, Thabang Mashologu and Gaël Blondelle examining developer experience, ecosystem tooling, and platform scalability
AI track with Benjamin Wilson, Ji Darwish, and Petteri Kivimäki, focusing on deploying AI systems in constrained, real-world environments
Automotive track with Michael Plichta, Pascal Hirmer, Etienne Juliot, Robert Hilbrich and Michael Behrisch addressing software-defined vehicle architectures and integration at scale
Compliance track with Martin Nonnenmacher, Sebastian Schuberth, Ulrich Seldeslachts, and Mélanie Bats, exploring governance, regulation, and the operational side of open source adoption
Why it matters:
Day 3 highlighted the shift from experimentation to responsibility. Building with open source is one thing; maintaining, scaling, and governing it over time is where the real complexity lies. The sessions reflected how teams are addressing that reality across industries.
OCX concludes in Brussels, bringing together a global community working on open technologies at scale. If you're involved in building or maintaining complex systems, these are the conversations that shape what comes next.
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