Join the third OSPO Share & Learn (part presentations, part roundtable sessions) to help organizations effectively implement Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) based on specific regional needs in Europe. Octobers's OSPOlogy Live is hosted by OSPO at SAP and co-organized with TODO, InnerSourceCommons, LF Energy, OpenChain, SPDX, CHAOSS and OpenSSF projects (additional projects are still to be confirmed).

As seats are limited to 50 people, we recommend attendants to RSVP in advance

📝 AGENDA - Day 1

[8:30 - 9:00] Registration and Hallway Track

[9:00 - 9:15] Welcome

General Open Source 🧭

[9:15 - 9:30] Open Source at SAP: Past, Present, and Future - Peter Giese

Managing open source at scale in global enterprises is all about continuous improvement. In this presentation, Peter will describe the evolution of SAP’s outbound open source process and tooling from its initial state that often took several weeks and required lots of manual steps to its current form that only takes a few days and is largely automated.

[9:30 - 10:00] SBOMs – A short introduction - Max Mehl

Who hasn't heard of SBOMs? They seem to be ubiquitous and shiny tools for them are sprouting up everywhere. But what are they actually all about? What are the use cases? And what often causes practical application to fail? A short introduction for a common understanding, without marketing-speak.

[10:00 - 10:30] Assessing Open Source Models Through the Lens of an OSPO - David Hirsch

In this talk, we delve into the role of an OSPO in assessing open source models and their implications for organizational success. We start by exploring the fundamental concepts of open source models and examining different approaches, such as community-driven projects, corporate-sponsored initiatives, and hybrid models. We analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each model, considering factors such as community engagement, governance structures, licensing, and sustainability. Drawing from real-world experiences and case studies, we highlight organizations’ key challenges when evaluating open source models and how an OSPO can provide valuable insights. 

We delve into the critical evaluation criteria, including legal compliance, community health, security practices, and project governance. Furthermore, we address the evolving landscape of open source, including emerging trends such as decentralized development, cloud-native technologies, and the impact of AI/ML. We explore how these trends influence the assessment of open source models and discuss the role of an OSPO in keeping organizations abreast of industry shifts. Lastly, we present practical strategies and frameworks that OSPOs can employ to effectively assess and benchmark open source models. We examine tools and methodologies for evaluating project maturity and sustainability and aligning business objectives with the chosen open source model.

Security and Risk Mitigation 🔍

[10:40 - 11:00] Panel Discussion | How does the Cyber Security Resiliency Act Affect Organizations and their OSPOs? - Mirko Boehm, Sachiko Muto, and more speakers to be confirmed

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[11:00 - 11:20] Coffee Break & Hallway Track

InnerSource and Culture 🧑‍🏫

[11:20 - 11:50] InnerSource Programs Offices: An outlook - Georg Grütter

Project Health and Community Sustainability 🌱

[12:00 - 12:30] Getting More Value from your OSPO - Dawn Foster

Your OSPO is at the center of gravity for your organization’s open source efforts, and it plays an important role in engaging your business units, employees, and the broader open source community in a healthy and sustainable way. This talk will focus on ways to foster strategic alignment between individual employee contributors, the business units within your company, and open source communities to help all of us become more successful and productive by working together.

The talk contains several major sections. 1) Taking a strategic approach to partnering with business units across your organization. 2) Crafting OSPO policies to contribute to open source projects in ways that will benefit your entire company, your employees, and the open source community. 3) Tips for being a good corporate citizen as you contribute to open source communities.

The audience will walk away with practical tips about ways to get more value from your OSPO to improve the open source experience for your employees, your company, and open source communities.

[12:40 - 13:30] Lunch

Move Into Roundtables Day 1 ⭐️

[13:30 - 13:45] Icebreaking

[13:45 - 15:45] Roundtable (multiple parallel sessions)

[15:45 - 16:15] Share learnings / Input from the Roundtable session

📝 AGENDA - Day 2

[9:20 - 9:30] Welcome

Outbound Open Source and Strategy 🧩

[9:30 - 10:00] A Vision of FOSS at Mercedes-Benz - Wolfgang Gehring

Mercedes-Benz made a firm decision not to merely use FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), but to wholeheartedly embrace all its aspects. To achieve this,  Mercedes-Benz established a dedicated Open Source Program Office and developed an Open and InnerSource strategy. However, before diving in, they needed to define what it truly meant to "embrace FOSS". Join Wolfgang on their journey that began about 6 years ago. He will share the valuable lessons they learned, the critical points they encountered while implementing the strategy, and the things they wish they had known from the start

Project Health and Community Sustainability 🌱

[10:10 - 10:40] Selecting the Right Collections of Sustainability Metrics - Sean Goggins

Based on the learnings and expertise from the Open Source CHAOSS Metrics project, Sean will show to the audience ways to measure and understand sustainability efforts for organizations. Join the session and explore the different CHAOSS Metrics models (collections of metrics that are brought together to provide deeper context and answer more complex questions about a community’s health) that are valuable for OSPO day-to-day operations.

[10:50 - 11:20] Coffee Break & Hallway Track

Move Into Roundtables Day 2 ⭐️⭐️

[11:30 - 12:30] Roundtable (multiple parallel sessions)

[12:30 - 13:30] Lunch

[13:30 - 14:15] Share learnings / Input from the Roundtable session

[14:15] Adjourn

🙋‍♀️ ROUNDTABLE MODERATORS

Open source experts are highly involved in open source projects, communities, and foundations. Below is a list of official moderators that will be assisting with breakout conversations:

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✈️ VENUE & TRAVEL

* Please note that all session times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00)

➡️ OSPOlogy Live is under Chatham House Rules  and Linux Foundation policies and code of conduct