As long-time supporters of Open Source, we had high expectations of last week’s European Commission ambitious workshop ‘Open Source Beyond 2020’. These expectations were exceeded. The event gathered an impressive group of representatives of the relevant stakeholder groups, spanning industry, research, advocacy, and policy-making. But what was particularly encouraging was the way the Commission ... [Continue Reading]
A Conversation with Susan Landau
On 7 November OpenForum Europe hosted the event A Conversation With Susan Landau, a renowned professor of Cyber Security and Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Visiting Professor at the University College London, Inductee to the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She discussed encryption, law enforcement access and ... [Continue Reading]
EU FOSS Policy Meeting and Open Letter signing
On 26 September, OpenForum Europe together with the Free Software Foundation Europe hosted our EU FOSS policy meeting, which brought together stakeholders from across the EU and policymakers from the EU institutions. We stated our goal for this event - to reinvigorate the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) advocacy in Brussels - already at our Pre-FOSDEM event. There is a rapid interest in ... [Continue Reading]
FOSS4SMEs Policy Recommendation Report
Policy to jump-start digital skills & competitiveness of SMEs through FOSS Read the Report On Thursday 25 September, OpenForum Europe presented Policy Recommendations for improving the policy environment for SMEs to succeed with Free and Open Source Software. The presentation was preceded by a keynote from André Richier, Principal Policy Officer at the European Commission, who introduced ... [Continue Reading]
OpenForum Academy Workshop – Exploring Modern Dimensions of Openness
The OpenForum Academy held its second 2019 workshop in Brussels this week. OpenForum Academy is a European-based independent think tank which explains the merits of openness in computing to policy makers, industry and communities across Europe. This workshop series aims at being a forum for practitioners, academics and policy makers to collaborate on various topics of openness and ... [Continue Reading]
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