OSPE Forum 2026: Full Schedule

Thierry Carrez is the General Manager of the Open Infrastructure Foundation. A systems engineer by trade, he was involved in the inception of the OpenStack project, and still contributes to its governance and release management.

With a personal interest in the intersection of sociology and technology, Thierry spoke about open innovation and open source at various conferences around the world, including OSCON, LinuxCon, and FOSDEM. He currently serves as Secretary and Director for the Open Source Initiative... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 10:00 - 10:20 CEST
Grand Salon

Plenary Sessions

10:20 CEST

Let's Talk About Stacks, Baby! - Jutta Horstmann, Heinlein Group

Monday June 8, 2026 10:20 - 10:55 CEST

Grand Salon

Building sovereign public infrastructure always needs to address the full tech stack. Focusing solely on the „engine room“ will not suffice, neither does only replacing the office suite. Initiatives like EuroStack inspired concrete action on the EU member state level to describe, plan and build holistic stacks that implement specific sovereignty criteria. In my talk, I will discuss these...
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Speakers

Jutta Horstmann

CEO, Heinlein Group

Jutta Horstmann is a computer scientist, entrepreneur and Open Source expert. As Co-CEO, she leads Heinlein Group, enabling businesses and public institutions to achieve digital sovereignty, security and sustainability. With more than 25 years of experience in IT and leadership, she... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 10:20 - 10:55 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Enabling the Sovereign Stack

10:55 CEST

Open Source Policy to Practice: A Public Sector View - Gina Plat, Open Source Program Office BZK

Monday June 8, 2026 10:55 - 11:15 CEST

Grand Salon

Speakers

Gina Plat

OSPO program manager Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Open Source Program Office BZK

Monday June 8, 2026 10:55 - 11:15 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions

11:15 CEST

Coffee Break

Monday June 8, 2026 11:15 - 11:30 CEST

Grand Salon Foyer

Monday June 8, 2026 11:15 - 11:30 CEST
Grand Salon Foyer

Breaks + Special Events

11:30 CEST

Open Technology Cybersecurity as a Global Collaboration Challenge - Christopher "CRob" Robinson & Madalin Neag, OpenSSF

Monday June 8, 2026 11:30 - 12:00 CEST

Grand Salon

Speakers

Madelin Neag

EU Policy Advisor, OpenSSF

Madalin works as an EU Policy Advisor with a focus on cybersecurity and open-source software. He serves as a bridge between OpenSSF (and its community), other technical communities and policymakers, helping position OpenSSF as a trusted resource within the global and European policy... Read More →

Christopher "CRob" Robinson

Chief Architect - OpenSSF, OpenSSF

Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is the Chief Security Architect for the Open Source Security Foundation. With over 25 years of Enterprise-class engineering, architectural, operational and leadership experience, CRob has worked at several Fortune 500 companies with experience in the... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 11:30 - 12:00 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Cybersecurity

12:00 CEST

European Commission's Session on CADA - Manuel Mateo Goyet, European Commission

Monday June 8, 2026 12:00 - 12:20 CEST

Grand Salon

Speakers

Manuel Mateo Goyet

Head of Unit - Cloud and Software, European Commission

Since March 2024 Manuel Mateo Goyet is an Acting Head of the Cloud and Software unit at the European Commission, DG Connect and earlier he was a Deputy Head of Unit since 2019.

Before that, he served as Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Gabriel advising her on questions of cop... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 12:00 - 12:20 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions

12:20 CEST

Lunch (Provided to Attendees Onsite)

Monday June 8, 2026 12:20 - 13:20 CEST

Grand Salon Foyer

Monday June 8, 2026 12:20 - 13:20 CEST
Grand Salon Foyer

Breaks + Special Events

13:20 CEST

The EU Digital Sovereignty Package is Here - Astor Nummelin Carlberg, SUSE; Sebastian Raible, APELL; Paula Grzegorzewska, LF Europe; James Lovegrove, Red Hat & Additional Speaker to be Announced

Monday June 8, 2026 13:20 - 13:50 CEST

Grand Salon

The 27 May release of the European Commission’s Digital Sovereignty Package—centered on the Cloud and AI Infrastructure Development Act (CAIDA) and a renewed Open Source Ecosystem Strategy—represents an important shift toward a self-determined digital future. However, the transition from political ambition to a resilient digital landscape depends on whether the legislative text provides the...
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Speakers

James Lovegrove

EMEA Public Policy Director, Red Hat

Paula Grzegorzewska

Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Linux Foundation Europe

Paula has spent the past seven years working on strategies that bridge open technologies and digital policy. Her expertise revolves around digital policy and open source software, as well as digital transformation of European public services. Previously, she was a Strategic Partnerships... Read More →

Astor Nummelin Carlberg

Director, SUSE

Astor Nummelin Carlberg is a senior strategist operating at the intersection of digital infrastructure and European public policy. As Director of Open Source Sovereignty at SUSE, he leads engagement with European institutions to advance a secure and transparent digital future. Formerly... Read More →

Sebastian Raible

Director EU Government Affairs, APELL

Sebastian is a political consultant and former policy advisor in the European Parliament. Today, he represents the European Open Source Business Association APELL and has analysed the package and the Commission's long term positioning on Open Source.

Monday June 8, 2026 13:20 - 13:50 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Strengthening European Open Source

13:50 CEST

Bridging the Full-Stack Skills Gap To Secure Europe’s Digitally Independent Future - Hilary Carter & Glenn ten Cate, The Linux Foundation; Sachiko Muto, OpenForum Europe/RISE

Monday June 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:10 CEST

Grand Salon

Like other markets around the world, European AI integration and digital transformation faces a "skills crisis" rather than a jobs crisis. While Europe reports a net hiring increase in technology for 2026, security and privacy concerns have surged to become the top barrier to technology adoption. Organizations struggle with a full-stack readiness problem, evidenced by a capability gap in AI...
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Speakers

Glenn ten Cate

Cybersecurity Expert, Linux Foundation Education

Sachiko Muto

Chair, OpenForum Europe

Sachiko Muto is the Chair of OpenForum Europe, a senior researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, and a Board member of the Drupal Association. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government relations and then... Read More →

Hilary Carter

SVP Research, The Linux Foundation

Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:10 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Enabling the Sovereign Stack

14:10 CEST

Open Source as a Competition Tool - Mirko Boehm, Linux Foundation Europe

Monday June 8, 2026 14:10 - 14:30 CEST

Grand Salon

Open source software is routinely analysed as a market phenomenon: a sector, an industry, a competitive arena. That framing is wrong. Upstream open technology collaboration is a global commons that spans all sectors and industries: voluntary participation, shared governance, results available to all under open licences. It produces no products, fixes no prices, and forecloses no markets.Where open...
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Speakers

Mirko Boehm

Senior Director for Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe

Monday June 8, 2026 14:10 - 14:30 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions

14:30 CEST

How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the SBOM: An Honest Attempt to Understand Open Source Policy in the Shadow of Claude Mythos20 - Mathias Schindler, GitHub

Monday June 8, 2026 14:30 - 14:50 CEST

Grand Salon

Speakers

Mathias Schindler

Senior Manager Developer Policy, GitHub

Monday June 8, 2026 14:30 - 14:50 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions

14:50 CEST

Coffee Break

Monday June 8, 2026 14:50 - 15:00 CEST

Grand Salon Foyer

Monday June 8, 2026 14:50 - 15:00 CEST
Grand Salon Foyer

Breaks + Special Events

15:00 CEST

European Open Source Is Global - Timo Perala, Nokia

Monday June 8, 2026 15:00 - 15:20 CEST

Grand Salon

Open source has never been European, American, or any other geographic construct—it is inherently global. Framing “European open source” as a distinct category is not only misleading, but strategically limiting. This talk challenges that narrative and argues for a shift in mindset: from regional identity to global leadership. Crucially, the path to digital sovereignty does not lie in...
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Speakers

Timo Perala

Head of Open Source Service & Network Automation, Nokia

Timo has over 25 years of experience in network systems, systems architecture research, new business incubation, to mobile network and operations systems standardization. In his current role Timo is with Nokia OSPO, responisble for Automation related open source projects and Regulatory... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 15:00 - 15:20 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, From European to Global

15:20 CEST

LF Energy: A Model for Innovation and Digital Sovereignty in Critical Infrastructure - Lucian Balea, RTE & Marco Möller, Pionix GmbH

Monday June 8, 2026 15:20 - 15:50 CEST

Grand Salon

Speakers

Lucian Balea

Deputy Director of R&D and Open Source Director, RTE

Lucian Balea est Directeur de Programme Open Source chez RTE, gestionnaire du réseau de transport d’électricité français. A ce titre, il dirige la stratégie open source adoptée par RTE pour décupler l’efficacité et l’innovation dans activités logicielles cœur de métier... Read More →

Marco Möller

CEO, Pionix GmbH Marco Möller

I'm always up for a conversation about:

🔌 Open source eating the EV charging stack. I co-founded the startup Pionix to do for charging what Android did for mobile. We initiated and maintain the EVerest Project at LF Energy (I chair the TSC), now 700+ contributors from 80+ organizations. Happy to dig into governance, sustainability, or the messy reality of getting... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 15:20 - 15:50 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions

15:50 CEST

Open Source and Europe's Telecom Industry: New Trends and Opportunities - Nick Gates & Ola Adach, OpenForum Europe

Monday June 8, 2026 15:50 - 16:20 CEST

Grand Salon

Europe's telecom operators sit at the intersection of two of the EU's most pressing digital priorities: building resilient, sovereign infrastructure and deepening engagement with the open source ecosystem. Yet a coherent vision for how the telco industry, open source community, and public institutions should work together, grounded in contemporary challenges and needs, has historically remained...
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Speakers

Nick Gates

Senior Policy Advisor, OpenForum Europe

Nick Gates is a Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe, where he leads OFE’s work on the NGI Commons initiative and manages projects related to open source research and policy. Nick has significant experience in digital government, particularly around open source, public financial management... Read More →

Ola Adach

Policy Advisor, OpenForum Europe

Ola works as a Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe in Brussels, where she delivers research and analysis on issues related to openness and the EU tech policy.

Monday June 8, 2026 15:50 - 16:20 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Strengthening European Open Source

16:20 CEST

Building the Open Source Governance Infrastructure: Why We Founded NeoNephos for IPCEI-CIS - Sebastian Wolf, SAP & Vasu Chandrasekhara, Independent

Monday June 8, 2026 16:20 - 16:40 CEST

Grand Salon

The mission of IPCEI-CIS is clear: build Europe’s sovereign multi-provider cloud-edge continuum. Over 120 industry and research partners across 12 member states are actively involved. Each with their unique commercial interest and expertise, all expected to work together towards a pan-European interoperable goal. But funding instruments (like IPCEI, Horizon, and others) alone are not enough;...
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Speakers

Sebastian Wolf

Director of the SAP Open Source Program Office, SAP

Software engineer by trade, 20+ years at SAP in various software engineering roles, 5+ years working on open source projects in my spare time. Currently leading the SAP Open Source Program Office (OSPO).

Vasu Chandrasekhara

NeoNephos Advisor, Independent

Former VP on Cloud Native Strategy at SAP turned NeoNephos Ambassador. After establishing Kubernetes in the enterprise foundation at SAP, he’s now focused on the cloud-native ecosystem and mindset for digital sovereignty.
He previously led SAP's substantial project within EU IPCEI-CIS and established NeoNephos as its "OSS Infrastructure". Vasu holds a degree in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Osnabrück but refuses to be tied down to any geography. He prefers it in the cloud... Read More →

Monday June 8, 2026 16:20 - 16:40 CEST
Grand Salon

Breakout Sessions, Enabling the Sovereign Stack

16:40 CEST

Closing Remarks from Linux Foundation Europe

Monday June 8, 2026 16:40 - 16:50 CEST

Grand Salon

Monday June 8, 2026 16:40 - 16:50 CEST
Grand Salon

Plenary Sessions

16:50 CEST

Attendee Reception

Monday June 8, 2026 16:50 - 18:30 CEST

Lounge Bar

Join fellow attendees after the forum for an evening of networking, conversation, and refreshments. Continue the day’s discussions, exchange ideas, and build connections.

Monday June 8, 2026 16:50 - 18:30 CEST
Lounge Bar

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