The original version of this post appeared on the site of the British Computer Society, available here. The article is a follow-up of the speech our Policy Director Astor Nummelin Carlberg gave at the British Computer Society event in London on 20 February. For the last year or so, Open Source educational and advocacy work by our think tank, OpenForum Europe, has been framed by a key question: ... [Continue Reading]
Open Source in the Automotive Industry
After lunch at our pre-FOSDEM policy meeting on 31 January, a high level panel on Open Source in the Automotive Industry provided an important discussion on what a European Digital Transformation in the Open looks like. It was key-noted by Vice-President of the European Parliament Marcel Kolaja, who provided the political context and underscored the vast potential that Open Source holds to unleash ... [Continue Reading]
The Open Source Policy Meeting 2020
This year’s pre-FOSDEM EU policy meeting on 31 January 2020 was a water-shed moment for OpenForum Europe. It’s an annual affair, but this year, we almost tripled the number of attendees who gathered to exchange ideas on the role of Open Source in accelerating Europe’s digital transformation. Representatives ranged from individual developers, SMEs and policy professionals from the EU sphere to Open ... [Continue Reading]
EU Open Source Policy Meeting 2020 (Pre-FOSDEM)
OpenForum Europe will bring together Open Source community stakeholders and policy makers a day before FOSDEM, in order to discuss public policy related actions at both the EU and the national levels. Our goal is to increase our ambitions, move to be more proactive in Brussels and mature our advocacy presence. We will have a chance to gather the community to support research in our field, such ... [Continue Reading]
Announcing the upcoming study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware
OpenForum Europe and Fraunhofer ISI are delighted to announce that we were awarded the contract to conduct the study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy. It is a long-awaited initiative, serving as a scientific basis for future Open Source policymaking in Europe and with a potential global ... [Continue Reading]
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