Recent & Upcoming Talks

2020

OpensourceLX - Open Source and the European Commission

This talk will get you up to date on some of the new open source plans and actions at the European Commission. These build on the …

Openexpo 2020 - Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

2019

Open Source Beyond 2020

Co-organiser of the conference jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) and the …

Sharing & Reuse Conference 2019

Moderator of the session Coding with Citizens, at the second edition of the Sharing & Reuse Conference organised by the European …

From open innovation to open government

Governments are opening up data and code but what does that mean in regards to their innovation efforts to improve public services? …

2018

OpenFest 2018: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

Digital Cities, Digital Freedoms

Talking part in the ‘Digital Commons, Ethical Standards and Free Software for Cities’ roundtable discussion.

Overheid360: Succesfactoren voor open source in publieke diensten

De presentatie bespreekt de cruciale organisatie vereisten voor overheden en belanghebbenden die open source succesvol willen inzetten.

TEQnation 2018: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

European Free Software Policy Meeting 2018 - Existing European policies that benefit free software in public services

An overview of policies in European Member States and European instututions that benefit free and open source software in public …

Flosscon 2018: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

2017

Paris Open Source Summit: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

LibreOffice Conference 2017 - Rome: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

#OpenSourceLx - Lisbon: Critical success factors for open source implementations in public services

This talk presents the critical success factors for open source implementations in public services. Combining practical examples from …

ISCTE's Open Source Masters programme - Lisbon: Maturity Model for Open Source Implementations by Public Administrations

The presentation will present the high-level actions that need be taken by public administrations and stakeholders if they want to …

CEBIT - Hannover: Free Software In Europe's Public Sector; HOWTO open source in public administration

The presentation presents high-level actions that can be taken by public administrations and stakeholders to increase their uptake of …

Open Source Days - Copenhagen: Free Software In Europe's Public Sector; HOWTO open source in public administration

The presentation presents high-level actions that can be taken by public administrations and stakeholders to increase their uptake of …

FOSDEM - Brussels: Free Software In Europe's Public Sector; HOWTO open source in public administration

The presentation presents high-level actions that can be taken by public administrations and stakeholders to increase their uptake of …

2016

Open Source World - Paris: Public administrations & open source - Working with and contributing to communities

The workshop begins an approach to government best practices. The workshop involves public sector representatives from Amsterdam, …

FSFE Summit - Berlin: Free And Open Source Software In Europe: Policies And Implementations

This talk gives an overview of how public administrations in the European Union are embracing free and open source software solutions. …

Medetel - Luxembourg: Open Source Implementations in European Healthcare

This presentation will show how European healthcare is benefiting from free and open source.

Open for Business - Dublin: Open Source across the EU

This presentation provides an overview of how public administrations in the European Union are embracing free and open source software …

2015

TDOSE - Eindhoven: Limux - migratie van gemeente München naar Open Source

Deze presentatie over het open source project Limux in München benadrukt de noodzaak van a) politieke steun voor een transitie van …

Openfest - Sofia: Free And Open Source Software In European Public Administrations

This talk gives an overview of how public administrations in the European Union are embracing free and open source software solutions. …

RMLL - Beavais: Le logiciel libre et open source en Europe : politiques et implémentation

Cette présentation donne un aperçu de la façon dont les administrations publiques dans l’Union européenne adoptent les logicielles …

DORSCLUC - Zagreb: Keynote: Free And Open Source Software In Europe’s public administrations: Policies And Implementations

This talk gives an overview of how public administrations in the European Union are embracing free and open source software solutions. …

CEBIT - Hannover: Open Source Software in Europe's Public Administrations: Policies and Implementations

This talk gives an overview of how public administrations in the Germany and the rest of Europe are embracing free and open source …

2014

TDOSE - Eindhoven: Keynote: Free And Open Source Software In Europe Policies And Implementations

This talk will give an overview of the use of free and open source software solutions by public administrations in the European Union. …

European Parliament - Brussels: The state of free software in the Union

The big trends in free and open source software in Europe’s public administrations.

2013

Open World Forum - Paris: The four main trends in free and open source in Europe's public sector

  1. Public administrations are increasingly using free and open source software. 2) There are plenty of laws and policies in place. 3) …

Open IT Summit - Berlin: Opens Source in Europe's public adminstrations

The best examples of free and open source software in European public administrations.

2012

ICT Challenge 1.2 - Brussels: Models for public administrations moving towards open source

A presentation during ICT Challenge 1.2 - Internet of Services 2012 - Session Title: Open Source Development Methodologies and Outcomes

Open Source Days - Warsaw: OSOR at the European Commission's Joinup eGovernment portal - supporting open source in public administration

This presentation introduces the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR), now part of the Joinup …

OSEPA - Jihlava: European open source initiatives

The European Commission’s ‘Joinup’ is a collaborative platform focusing on interoperability solutions for public …

2011

Desktop Summit - Berlin: EU member states' interoperability impossible without vendor independent PCs

Europe’s public administrations are needlessly spending millions by not tackling their dependency on a single proprietary system …

Digital Agenda action 23 - Brussels

Moderator of the workshop on Interoperability and Standards - Making it happen, part of the European Commission’s Digital Agenda …

2010

FOSSA - Grenoble: What is hindering the open source desktop (in the public sector)?

Of the fifteen million civil servants in the member states of the European Union, those in education and health care not included, 105 …

Open Source Days - Copenhagen: The open source desktop and open source policy developments

Present best practices from across the EU Member States, aggregated bythe European Commission’s Open Source Observatory and …

2009

FORUMPA - Rome: The Open Source Observatory and Repository

This presentation introduces the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR), and present best practices …