Draft Agenda
10:00-10:45
APELL Members only: APELL General Assembly
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10:45-11:00
Welcome and registration
11:00-11:05
Welcome to the conference
Sebastian Raible
Before noon
Keynotes and Discussions
Around noon
lunch
Afternoon
Keynotes and Discussions
Working groups 1+2
Working Group 1: Strengthening and growing the Open Source industry in Europe
Ensuring investments, growth, and scale to meet new demand is crucial for the Open Source industry in Europe. How can we foster a sustainable ecosystem that attracts investments and ensures long-term growth? What are the key barriers to scaling, and how can we create an environment that supports Open Source companies in becoming global leaders?
Working Group 2: Best national structure for Open Source businesses representation: top down or bottom up?
Historically, national clusters in EU have had different approaches, be it coming from regional organizations or from a national perspective. This working group aims at sharing local experiences, evolutions, and help companies that want to create such structure.
Networking coffee break
Working groups 3+4
Working Group 3: Ensuring sustainable funding from the EU, what works?
The EU and the nations it is composed of, have two ways of funding open source. Either that funded innovation projects, or via business contracts. The former can be exemplified with the NGI scheme, while the latter with the Open Desk or La suite approaches. This workshop aims at gathering feedback from members who have been involved in either funded projects or contracts with Open Desk or La suite, sharing what worked and what not.
Working Group 4: Sharing best practices for generating substantial revenues from Open Source business models
The aim of this workshop is to gather practitioners who want to share what business models approaches worked (or not), be it as software makers or as consultants. Participants will be encouraged to contribute, and also to find potential collaborations between each other.
Summary and presentation of working groups
ca. 17:30
Concluding remarks
18:00
End of the conference
This one day conference brings together European open source business leaders in a time of increased demand and expectations on our industry. Governments and other customers are looking to open technologies to deliver a digital transformation that both secures autonomy and competitiveness. For the European open source industry to deliver, however, capacity-building is needed.
The conference will provide a unique platform for in-depth discussions, the exchange of ideas, and the development of common strategies to strengthen the European open source industry. Through a series of workshops, participants will have the opportunity to develop concrete proposals and intensify networking between the individual European member associations.
This event is an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded people, expand your knowledge and actively participate in shaping the future of the open source industry in Europe.