Open source has become a strategic consideration far beyond software development. As organisations navigate growing regulatory requirements, increasing dependencies on digital platforms, rapidly evolving AI capabilities and new expectations around security and resilience, questions of openness, ownership and control are becoming increasingly important. Especially in the European context, open source also plays an important role in strengthening digital sovereignty and reducing critical technological dependencies.

In this track, we will look at open source from a business and organisational perspective. The program will explore how companies can use open source to strengthen digital sovereignty, manage technological and regulatory risks, build resilient business-critical systems and create new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.

This track program will cover topics such as:

• Open source as a strategic business and technology choice
• Digital sovereignty, ownership and control of critical systems
• Security, software supply chains and the evolving European regulatory landscape
• Open source collaboration and ecosystem-driven innovation
• Building resilient and sustainable technology for the long term
• The changing role of open source in the age of AI
• Concrete experiences and case studies from different industries… and more!