Keynote: Open is Sovereign
summary
European open source is framed as a pillar of digital sovereignty with concrete numbers: a 2021 study values contribution at 65–95 billion EUR, rebuild cost estimates hit 4.1 billion, and annual corporate support runs near 7.7 billion globally. Initiatives cited include NEOS under LF Europe, the OpenSSF baseline for security-to-regulation mapping, German sovereign tech fund models and an EU feasibility study, while fragmentation and low EU corporate contribution (no European orgs in top 10 contributors) remain central challenges.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Open source and digital sovereignty
- 1:22Geopolitical shifts and open source
- 4:15Vision versus execution gaps
- 6:42European open source fragmentation
- 7:49European rebuild unsustainable
- 9:18Global open source contributions
- 10:44Open governance ecosystems
- 13:55NEOS project collaboration
- 14:58Compliance with global regulations
- 16:01EU sovereign tech fund
- 17:26Public procurement policies
- 18:28Commercial open source opportunities
- 19:53European open source contributions
- 21:39Closing remarks and Q&A
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