OSPOs for Good 2024

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Date

9 – 10 July 2024

Venue

United Nations Headquarters, New York

Mode

In-person

Dress code

Business

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Event Description

The second edition of the OSPOs for Good symposium is set to be a multi-day conference held on 9th and 10th July 2024, with a richer global presence of diverse open source thinkers, with bigger ambitions and strides for championing OSPOs as a global network for good.

By building on the success of last year’s event, the goal of the 2024 conference is to be ‘bigger and better’ in every way. This action symposium aims to serve as a high-level coming out party for open source in the UN system, delivering high-level thematic tracks that address key areas of open source policy, as well as highlighting emerging examples of ‘open source for good’ from across the globe. It will prominently highlight the theme of ‘open source networks as enablers of global cooperation’.

While the 2024 conference will of course focus on the role of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) like last year’s event, this conference will expand the scope to focus on how the conversation around OSPOs are enabling new forms of global cooperation around open source for good in countries.

Speakers & Committee Members

Learn more about the speakers and committee members.

Agenda

Full agenda coming soon.

Day 1 topics include: AI and Open Source, Open Source at the UN, Open Source in the Global South, Open Source and Governments

Day 2 topics include: Open Source at Work in the World, Youth and Open Source, Engaging the Open Source Community, Open Source Networked Cities, The Next Decade: Envisioning the Future of Open Source

Day 1 Events

08:00 – 09:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee

60 mins

09:00 – 09:30

Opening Plenary: Embracing Open Source Technology to Achieve the SDGs

Amandeep Singh Gill, Astor Carlberg, Bernardo Mariano Junior, Hans Vestberg, Markus Richter, Philip Thigo

09:30 – 11:00

AI Open Source

Keynote: Phlllip Thigo

Panel: Ashley Kramer, Craig Ramlal, Mehdi Snene, Sasha Luccioni, Sergio Gaggo Huerta, Steffani Maffuli

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30

Open Source in the Global South

Keynote: Salima Bah

Panel: Armando J. Manzueta Peña, Mitchell Baker, Rahul Kulkarni, Talla Kebe

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00

Open Source at the UN

Keynote: Jelassi Tawfik

Panel: Lucy Harris, Omar Mohsine, Robert Opp, Sameer Chauhan, Sunita Grote, Vincent Martin

15:00 – 15:30

Reboot the Earth

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30

Open Source and Governments

Keynote: Pearse O’Donohue

Panel: Aeva Black, Bastien Guerry, H.E. Bayissa Badada, Juliano Seabra, Sarah Espaldon

17:30 onwards

Free Time / Networking and Social Event (Day 1)

Day 2 Events

08:00 – 09:00

Registration & Welcome Coffee

60 mins

09:00 – 10:30

Open Source at Work in the World

Keynote: Adriana Goh, Andreas Reckert-Lorde

Panel: Anir Chowdhury, David Nalley, Demetris Cheatham, Mike Milinkovich, Sophia Vargas

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Devrooms: Open Source at Work in the World

Open Science and Research
Open Source Education and Skills
Open Source for Climate and Health

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:00

Spotlight Panel: Youth and Open Source

60 mins

14:00 – 15:30

Open Source Networked Cities

Panel: Dirk Schrödter, Gesa Ziemer, Jacob Green, Mark Anthony Thomas, Richard Gevers, Viraj Tiyagi

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Engaging the Open Source Community

Panel: Arun Gupta, Hillary Carter, Omkhar Arasaratnam, Sachiko Muto, Tajh Taylor

17:00 – 17:30

Closing Plenary: The Next Decade: Envisioning the Future of Open Source

30 mins

17:30 onwards

Free Time / Networking and Social Event (Day 2)

OSPOs for Good 2024

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