Johannes Hahn
European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
Biography
- 2019-present : European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
- 2014-2019 : European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
- 2010-2014 : European Commissioner for Regional Policy
- 2007-2010 : Minister for Science and Research
- 2003-2007 : Member of the Vienna regional government
- 1997-2003 : Board member, later CEO of Novomatic AG
- 1996-2003 : Member of the Vienna regional parliament
- 1992-1997 : Executive Director of the Austrian's People Party
- 1989-1992 : Managerial functions in different areas of Austrian industry
- 1987-1989 : Secretary General of the Austrian Managers Association
- 1987: Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna
Organisation
European Commission
Speaker session
National and Local Governments' Role in Open Source: Champions, Creators, or Funders?
This session will cover the opportunities and challenges of governments taking on various roles in open source. We will compare and contrast the effort of diverse public services that are employing democratic innovation to improve public infrastructure. We will hear about the pooling of efforts on open source between administrations in cities and smaller municipalities. We will also discuss different ways of funding open source development. Representatives of the Sovereign Tech Fund and the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative will share their insights on the subject.
Gijs Hillenius
IT Project Officer Open Source Strategy
Brussels
Biography
Gijs Hillenius - IT project officer at the European Commission's Open Source Programme Office (EC OSPO) since late 2020. During 2019 and 2020 Gijs was closely involved in the revamping of the Commission open source software strategy (C(2020/7149), which created the OSPO. Subsequently he was involved in the Commission Decision on the open source licensing and reuse of Commission software (2021/C 495 1/01); and in the creation and subsequent running of code.europa.eu - the code development platform for open source software projects for which European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies hold the intellectual property rights. Starting in 2007 and until 2020 he reported for the Commission's Open Source Observatory (OSOR.eu, now part of Joinup).
Speaker session
National and Local Governments' Role in Open Source: Champions, Creators, or Funders?
This session will cover the opportunities and challenges of governments taking on various roles in open source. We will compare and contrast the effort of diverse public services that are employing democratic innovation to improve public infrastructure. We will hear about the pooling of efforts on open source between administrations in cities and smaller municipalities. We will also discuss different ways of funding open source development. Representatives of the Sovereign Tech Fund and the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative will share their insights on the subject.
Nil Homedes Busquets
President
Barcelona
Biography
Speaker session
National and Local Governments' Role in Open Source: Champions, Creators, or Funders?
This session will cover the opportunities and challenges of governments taking on various roles in open source. We will compare and contrast the effort of diverse public services that are employing democratic innovation to improve public infrastructure. We will hear about the pooling of efforts on open source between administrations in cities and smaller municipalities. We will also discuss different ways of funding open source development. Representatives of the Sovereign Tech Fund and the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative will share their insights on the subject.