The OFA Symposium 2025 is happening next week, and we’re thrilled to showcase more details about our final conference track! To conclude Day 2 of the OFA Symposium, we will explore Track 4: Sustainability and Security, from 13:30 to 16:20. Explore the full agenda here: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
OpenForum Europe is growing! We are proud to welcome a new colleague to our Brussels office, Leandra. She joins us as Policy Assistants under the CIP scheme of Bruxelles Formation.
Leandra is especially interested in infrastructure policy and geopolitical dynamics in tech policy. She completed her Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, where she focused on topics such as data protection, digital rights, migration technology and critical socio-legal approaches.
On 13 Nov 2025 in Brussels: From Insights to Impact: Advancing Europe’s Semiconductor Ambitions! 💡 Hosted by allpros.eu, the event unites industry, innovators & policymakers to shape Europe’s semiconductor future and the next phase of the #ChipsAct.
Join the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR) Webinar - Navigating the Interoperable Europe Act with Open Source & OSOR Resources!
📅 Date: 20 November 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 – 11:00 CEST
📍 Location: Online:
Join for an engaging session exploring the Act’s key novelties, its strong focus on open source, and how OSOR’s resources, from guidelines to real-world examples, can support administrations in putting the Act into action.
Register here for the webinar: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/InteroperableEuropeActWebinar
We’re thrilled to announce Fernanda Campagnucci, Executive Director of InternetLab, for an keynote address at the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025.
📅 November 18
📍FGV Rio Law School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Register now: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
Her keynote, "Openness in the Age of AI and Digital Governance," will examine how AI, digital public infrastructures, and massive data systems challenge and reaffirm the promise of transparency, equality, and democratic participation in technology.
Only a few days left to submit your nomination for the European Open Source Awards.
🔹Final Deadline : 10th of November, 23:59 CET
🔹Awards Ceremony: Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels
The European Open Source Awards recognises exceptional contributions to Open Source Software, Open Source Hardware, and Open Technology across Europe.
Submit your nomination today: https://europeanopensource.academy/open-call-nominations-european-open-source-awards-2026
OFE’s Open Source and the European Union – Capital Series took place in Copenhagen!
OpenForum Europe has hosted at the Danish Parliament to explore open source’s role in strengthening Danish and European digital infrastructure.
Thank you to our sponsors Red Hat, Magenta - Open source it and Eclipse Foundation; and our organising partners Copenhagen Business School, KL, Danske Open Source Leverandører, The Apache Software Foundation, OS2 – Offentligt Digitaliseringsfællesskab and Mozilla.
We would like to express gratitude to AWS for making it possible for our speakers to join the OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium 2025 by providing travel support.
In three weeks the OFA Symposium will convene at FGV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
More info: symposium.openforumeurope.org.
The OFE team was participating at the Linux Foundation Europe Roadshow, the Digital Resilience Forum, Numérique en commun[s], the European Open Source Security Forum, and the Central European Open Source Policy Forum, this week, engaging with the community and contributing to key discussions.
Only three weeks to go until the 2025 OFA Symposium! On Day 2 of the OFA Symposium (19 November) we will explore Track 3: Economic Impact of Open, running from 09:30 to 12:30. Take a look at the speakers joining us and explore the full agenda here: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
At the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2025, Markus Rettstatt emphasised prioritising open source projects and developers, supporting new entrants, and avoiding politicisation to prevent alienating the global developer network. The 2026 Summit will examine how Europe can govern open source and what concrete steps policymakers must take to harness its full potential at scale and with speed.
📍Brussels, 30 January 2026
More information and registration at summit.openforumeurope.org.
We would like to express gratitude to X and Y for making it possible for our speakers to join the OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium 2025 by providing travel support.
In three weeks the OFA Symposium will convene at FGV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
More info: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
OFE has led the charge, bringing together dozens of orgs calling for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund: €350M to secure Europe's digital infrastructure.
Open source powers Europe's digital economy but is underfunded. Under-investment in open source software maintenance has increased systemic exposure to risk, leaving governments, businesses, and citizens vulnerable to security threats, supply chain disruptions, and vendor lock-in.
Read our public letter: https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Public-Support-Letter_final.pdf
Busy week at OpenForum Europe. We hosted two events advancing the conversation between open source and European policymaking, the “Capital Series Denmark” and “Solving the Standardisation Dilemma”. Thank you all participants and we will keep driving the conversation forward.
Only a few weeks to go until the 2025 OFA Symposium! In the early afternoon of Day 1 of the Symposium (18 November) we will explore Track 2: Open Source and AI, running from 14:30 to 17:40. Take a look at the speakers joining us and explore the full agenda here: https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
Hosting an event during the EU Open Source Week? Submit it to the official calendar and help the community discover and join your initiative!
EU Open Source Week brings together developers, innovators, and policymakers across Europe around FOSDEM and dozens of side events, workshops, and meetups. For those passionate about open technology, digital policy, and EU developments, it’s the perfect time to connect.
🔗 Submit here: https://opensourceweek.eu/
At the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2025, Ben Cevery and Jutta Horstmann shared valuable insights on the future of open source innovation within the European public sector. We will carry that discussion forward into the 2026 edition, where we will dive deeper into how Digital Sovereignty runs on Open Source.
express your interest to join us in Brussels, or register for the online edition here: https://summit.openforumeurope.org/
Celebrate Europe’s leading #OpenSource voices by nominating them for the 2nd Annual European Open Source Awards. The 2026 ceremony, will launch the Prize for Excellence in Open Source, EOSA’s highest honour, recognising long-term, high-impact contributions in software, hardware, and beyond.
Nomination period: 6 Oct – 2 Nov 2025.
Awards Ceremony: Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels.
Submit your nomination: https://europeanopensource.academy/open-call-nominations-european-open-source-awards-2026
Share your open source experience in EOSA Magazine! Highlight #OpenSource Software, #Hardware, #OpenData, and #OpenSourceAI projects shaping Europe. Topics: Community, Policy, Business, Skills & Diversity. A digital version of the magazine will be available and a printed edition of the magazine featured at European Open Source Awards 2026 in January.
Submit by 15 Oct: https://europeanopensource.academy/eosa-magazine-submissions
OpenForum Europe’s Astor Nummelin Carlberg will join the Linux Foundation Europe Roadshow as a speaker, contributing to a panel on funding and investment in open source — a topic at the heart of current national, European, and global discussions.
📅 29 October 2025
📍 Ghent, Belgium
Learn more and register here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-roadshow-regulation/
