Jacco Brouwer
Initiation&scaling public collaborations on OSS
Amsterdam
Biography
Speaker session
Collaboration on Open Source for an Interoperable Europe
The concept of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) has been picked up and implemented at an unprecedented rate among EU public services, showcasing a new need for institutionalised and embedded involvement in open source within the governmental structures. The session will kick off with a presentation of a soon-to-be-published study “OSS capabilities in Public Sector Organisations in the European Union, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland”, diving into state-of-the-art analysis of archetypes, goals, and future of governmental OSPOs. This will be followed by a discussion among the panellists who lead or are in the process of setting up their organisation’s OSPOs about the significance of collaboration among these entities to achieve fully interoperable public services in the EU.
Miguel Diez Blanco
Project Lead Open Source Programme Office
Brussels
Biography
Miguel Díez Blanco is the Project Lead of the Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) at the European Commission, which is responsible for the execution of all activities outlined in the EC Open Source Strategy. Amongst others, the OSPO provides guidance in open source related matters, promotes inner source and open source initiatives within European Commission and keeps the institution connected to the open source ecosystem. Miguel has almost 20 years of professional experience ranging from software development projects to infrastructure and operations activities. During the last 11 years he has been working for the European Institutions. Miguel holds an MSc in Informatics Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) and an MBA at HEC Paris School of Management.
Organisation
EU Institutions
International organisation
Speaker session
Collaboration on Open Source for an Interoperable Europe
The concept of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) has been picked up and implemented at an unprecedented rate among EU public services, showcasing a new need for institutionalised and embedded involvement in open source within the governmental structures. The session will kick off with a presentation of a soon-to-be-published study “OSS capabilities in Public Sector Organisations in the European Union, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland”, diving into state-of-the-art analysis of archetypes, goals, and future of governmental OSPOs. This will be followed by a discussion among the panellists who lead or are in the process of setting up their organisation’s OSPOs about the significance of collaboration among these entities to achieve fully interoperable public services in the EU.
Clare Dillon
Researcher
Dublin
Biography
Clare Dillon is an open source and InnerSource advocate and is currently a researcher with Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. Clare is part of Lero's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team and also works with a global community of OSPOs in university and research institutions. From 2021-2023, Clare served as the inaugural Executive Director of InnerSource Commons, the world's largest community of InnerSource practitioners. In 2021, Clare co-founded Open Ireland Network, a community for those interested in advancing open source at a national level in Ireland. Previously, Clare was a member of the Microsoft Ireland Leadership Team, heading up their Developer Evangelism and Experience Group. Clare is a qualified coach and frequently speaks at international conferences and corporate events on topics relating to open collaboration and the future of work.
Speaker session
Collaboration on Open Source for an Interoperable Europe
The concept of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) has been picked up and implemented at an unprecedented rate among EU public services, showcasing a new need for institutionalised and embedded involvement in open source within the governmental structures. The session will kick off with a presentation of a soon-to-be-published study “OSS capabilities in Public Sector Organisations in the European Union, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland”, diving into state-of-the-art analysis of archetypes, goals, and future of governmental OSPOs. This will be followed by a discussion among the panellists who lead or are in the process of setting up their organisation’s OSPOs about the significance of collaboration among these entities to achieve fully interoperable public services in the EU.