OSPOlogyLive Amsterdam

Name: OSPOlogyLive Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Start: 2025-03-26T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-27T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Aristo meeting center Amsterdam

Wednesday, March 26th to Thursday, March 27th

Join the fourth OSPOlogyLive Europe in Amsterdam (part presentations, part roundtable sessions) to help organizations navigate open source management, strategy, and Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) operations in Europe. Intended for public administration, academia, and companies in Europe.

As seats are limited to 80 people, we recommend that attendees RSVP in advance.

Collaboration

Learn from use cases on how to collaborate with different open source stakeholders, from industry, governments, and academia to individual maintainers of key open source projects, to drive collaborative innovation through shared initiatives that lay the groundwork for sector-wide advancements

Digital Sovereignty

Discover how open source can empower your organization to contribute to a digitally sovereign Europe. Learn strategies for aligning with national initiatives, understand why governments are adopting open source for software development, and explore how this shift drives economic growth and strengthens competitiveness on a global scale.

Security and Regulations

Understand how evolving legislation is shaping open source risk management and driving the adoption of SBOMs. Learn practical steps to get started, and benefit from lessons learned by others to navigate these regulatory changes effectively and ensure compliance.

Featured Speakers

Eva van Sloten

Opensourcewerken

Bio

Clare Dillion

LERO, CURIOSS

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Leonhard Kugler

Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS)

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Leon Roeleveld Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)

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Niels Hatzmann Dutch Electoral Council

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Ana Jiménez TODO Group, Linux Foundation

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Boris van Hoytema Dutch Interior Ministry

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Thomas Steenbergen TODO OSPO Ambassador EU

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Miguel Ángel Fernández Bitergia, CHAOSS

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Sean Goggins University of Missouri, CHAOSS

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Jacco Brouwer Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG)

Koos Steenbergen Dutch Interior Ministry

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Koen de Jonge CEO of ProcoliX

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Ronny Lam Dutch Open Source Business Alliance (DOSBA)

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Maurice Hendriks Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS)

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Mitch Hak Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS)

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Emiel Brok SUSE

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Schedule at a Glance

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM (30 mins)

👋 Doors open and registration

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM (30 mins)

📢 Welcome (intro to organizers and host)

Ana Jiménez - TODO Group / Linux Foundation, Leon Roeleveld - Dutch Insurance Agency & Thomas Steenbergen - TODO OSPO Ambassador EU

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM (15 mins)

⚡️ The State of Open Source of the Netherlands

Eva van Sloten - Opensourcewerken

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM (15 mins)

⚡️ Open source in Education and Research Corno Vromans - SURF

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM (15 mins)

⚡️ The challenges and successes of Open Source within the city of Amsterdam Jeffery Klardie - City of Amsterdam

10:45 AM – 10:55 AM (10 mins)

☕️💬 Coffee Social

10:55 AM – 11:00 AM (5 mins)

⚡️ The differences between the Dutch and the German

Thomas Steenbergen - TODO OSPO Ambassador Europe

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM (30 mins)

📢 openDesk on openCode: Building Sovereign Software for the Public Sector

Leonhard Kugler, Alexander Smolianitski - Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS)

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM (20 mins)

⚡️ From Policy to Action: The challenges and successes of Open Source within the Dutch government

Boris van Hoytema, Koos Steenbergen - Dutch Interior Ministry

11:50 AM – 12:15 PM (25 mins)

🧑‍🏫 Panel: Sovereignty Europe using open source the differences and similarities between countries

Boris van Hoytema or Koos Steenbergen - Dutch Interior Ministry Leonhard Kugler - Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) Ronny Lam - Dutch Open Source Business Alliance Moderated by Thomas Steenbergen - TODO OSPO Ambassador EU

12:15 PM – 13:00 PM (45 mins)

🥗 Lunch and Networking

13:00 PM – 13:45 PM (45 mins)

🤝 Collaboration Marketplace: An opportunity to explore a diverse range of demonstrations and engage with our experts Attendees will have the flexibility to switch rooms to participate in a different session every 15 minutes.

✦ ZENDIS: OpenDesk & OpenCode - Leonhard Kugler (Room A) ✦ CHAOSS & OpenChain Tooling WG: Augur & Grimoirelab - Sean Goggins & Miguel Ángel / AboutCode, ORT, REUSE - Thomas Steenbergen (Room B) ✦ Dutch Open Source Business Alliance - Ronny Lam, Emiel Brok & Koen de Jonge (Room C) ✦ InnerSource Commons & CURIOSS - Clare Dillon (Room D)

13:45 PM – 14:45 PM (60 mins)

🙋 Roundtables (part 1)

Participants break out into smaller groups to the room of their interest ✦ Digital sovereignty and open source collaboration: Working towards Collaborate by Default Hosted by Leon Roeleveld & Thomas Steenbergen in Room A ✦ Build better together: Building better digital products and services through Open Source and InnerSource - exchanging experiences and capturing lessons learned from CURIOSS and TODO members Hosted by Ana Jiménez Santamaria & Claire Dillon in Room B ✦ Security & regulations: Implementing trust, security, and sustainability within your organization’s software supply chains Hosted by Emiel Brok & Sean Goggins in Room C

14:45 PM – 15:00 PM (15 mins)

☕️💬 Coffee Social

15:00 PM – 15:25 PM (25 mins)

🙋Roundtables (part 2)

Share learnings / Input from the roundtable sessions

15:25 PM – 16:00 PM (35 mins)

📢 Measuring the sustainability and maintainability of the dependencies in your software projects

Ana Jimenez Santamaria - TODO Group & Miguel Ángel Fernández- Bitergia

16:00 PM – 17:00 PM (60 mins)

🍻 Wrap-up day 1 followed by a social gathering on the ground floor with drinks and finger food

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM (10 mins)

👋 Doors open, registration and coffee social

9:40 AM – 10:10 AM (30 mins)

📢 Sovereign AI with Dutch Municipalities

Jacco Brouwer - Association of Dutch Municipalities

10:10 AM – 10:45 AM (25 mins)

📢 Transparent Voting: Harnessing Open Source for Dutch Election Software

Niels Hatzmann - Dutch Electoral Council

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM (25 mins)

📢 OpenSSF Scorecard and Security Baseline

Sean Goggins & Daniel Appelquist (remote)

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM (10 mins)

☕️💬 Coffee social

11:20 AM – 12:30 PM (70 mins)

🙋 Roundtables (part 1) Participants break out into smaller groups to the room of their interest ✦ Digital sovereignty and open source collaboration: Roundtable workspaces & AI Hosted by Leon Roeleveld , Michiel Buisman & Jacco Brouwer in Room A ✦ Build better together / Security & regulations: Workshop open-sourcing a project (so it's 👍 with community and the law (such as the CRA) Hosted by Mitch Hak, Nico Rikken & Thomas Steenbergen in Room B

12:30 PM – 13:30 PM (60 mins)

🥗 Lunch and Networking

13:30 PM – 14:00 PM (30 mins)

🙋Roundtables (part 2) Share learnings / Input from the roundtable sessions

14:00 PM – 14:15 PM (15 mins)

🙌 Wrap-up and adjourn

Venue Information

📍Aristo meeting center Amsterdam

Teleportboulevard 100, 1043 EJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

Getting there Information Location is a 10-minute walk from Sloterdijk Station. We advise everyone to travel by public transport as much as possible.

Hotel Information Please note, rooms might sell out in advance. We encourage you to book early to secure a room. The venue has not contracted rooms at these properties and cannot guarantee rates or availability.

Urban Logde Hotel ★★★★ Walking distance: 14 minutes Hotel2Stay ★★★ Walking distance: 14 minutes Amsterdam ID ApartHotel ★★★ Walking distance: 12 minutes Room Mate Aitana ★★★★ Travel by public transportation: 30 minutes Hotel Mai Amsterdam ★★★★ Travel by public transportation: 30 minutes