Open Source Summit Europe 2025: Full Schedule

25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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11:20 CEST

The State of OSPOs and OSS Management 2025 Research Findings by TODO Group - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, The Linux Foundation

Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST

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Speakers

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation

Ana is the Project Manager at the Linux foundation TODO Group collaborative project, whose aim is to create and share knowledge on open source management and operations best practices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has finished her... Read More →

Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
D204

OSPOCon

13:30 CEST

Panel Discussion: Open Source as a Path for a Competitive Automotive Industry - Philipp Ahmann, Etas GmbH; Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation; Masato Endo, Toyota Motor Corporation; Carl-Eric Mols, Volvo Cars; Wolfgang Gehring, Mercedes-Benz Tech In

Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST

D204

Open source software has evolved from a supplement to a strategic element in the Software-Defined Vehicle era, evidenced by the growing number of OSPOs across automotive organizations. This panel examines this transition, focusing on the practical challenges at the intersection of innovation, license plus regulatory compliance, and community contribution.

The panelists will share strategies for maintaining compliance while adopting the development speed supported by modern software development principles. They will address operational aspects of incorporating OSS components into supply chains alongside proper license management and vulnerability tracking, while upstreaming contributions aligned with corporate objectives.

The discussion will highlight how OSS engagement can create resilience against geopolitical disruptions and trade restrictions, providing automotive companies a sustainable path for global operations while navigating regional compliance requirements.

Speakers

Philipp Ahmann

Automotive OSS Process Lead, Etas GmbH (BOSCH)

Philipp Ahmann is a Senior OSS Community Manager at ETAS (a Bosch subsidiary), specializing in safety-critical automotive open source software. With 15+ years' experience in Linux automotive platforms, he has held roles from software engineer to project & line manager.He currently... Read More →

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation

Masato Endo

Project General Manager/ Manager of TOYOTA OSPO, Toyota Motor Corporation

Masato Endo is a Project General Manager of Value Chain Innovation Project in TOYOTA. He focuses also on promoting Open Source Innovation and he set up TOYOTA OSPO in 2024. Furthermore, he plays the following roles in Open Source Communities.

Carl-Eric Mols

Open Source Strategist, Volvo Cars

Carl-Eric Mols has been close to two decades been engaged in Open Source governance. He was for more than a decade the Head of Open Source in Sony Mobile and is currently a member of the Volvo Cars OSPO. He has also over the years engaged in various research project, and have authored... Read More →

Wolfgang Gehring

FOSS Ambassador & OSPO Lead, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation

Dr. Wolfgang Gehring is an Ambassador for Open and Inner Source and has been working on enabling and spreading the idea within Mercedes-Benz. A software engineer by trade, Wolfgang’s goal is to help enable Mercedes-Benz to fully embrace FOSS and become a true Open Source company... Read More →

Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
D204

OSPOCon

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

14:35 CEST

BoF: Collaboration With Universities and Enterprises OSPO - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation; Chris Hoeppler, Bosch Research; Leslie Hawthorn, Red Hat GmbH; Cornelius Schumacher, DB Systel GmbH; Ying Wang, ETH Züric; Clare Dillon, CURIOSS

Monday August 25, 2025 14:35 - 15:05 CEST

D204

Join the TODO Group and CURIOSS community for an interactive session where attendees can share use cases on how their organizations are investing in academic research. Explore best practices for transferring knowledge from academia and the research community.

We welcome open source managers, OSPO leaders, and other stakeholders from organizations and universities engaged in research or interested to learn more.

Speakers

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation

Chris Hoeppler

Senior Expert Open Source, Bosch Research

Chris is Open Source Officer at Bosch Research and member of Bosch's corporate Open Source Expert Team. Since joining Bosch Research a decade ago Chris has been working on a wide range of open source topics from compliance to strategy. Currently, he focuses on working with internal... Read More →

Leslie Hawthorn

Director - Industry Community Strategy, Red Hat GmbH

An internationally known strategist & engagement expert, Leslie Hawthorn has spent her career creating and enabling successful communities. She has driven open source strategy in Fortune 10 companies, pre-IPO startups, and Foundation Boards including roles at Red Hat, Google, the... Read More →

Cornelius Schumacher

Open Source Steward, DB Systel GmbH

Cornelius helps teams at Deutsche Bahn, the German railway company, to use and contribute to open source software. He has a background from more than two decades in the open source community and industry. Originally a software developer he now focus on management of open source.

Clare Dillon

CURIOSS Community Lead, CURIOSS

Clare Dillon is community lead for CURIOSS, a community for university & research institution OSPOs. Clare is also a researcher with Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and a member of Lero's OSPO team. From 2021-2023, Clare served as the inaugural ED... Read More →

Ying Wang

Technology and licensing manager, ETH Züric

Ying holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in geochemistry and a Juris Doctor from the Georgia State University College of Law, with a focus on Intellectual Property.

Monday August 25, 2025 14:35 - 15:05 CEST
D204

OSPOCon

Audience Experience Level Any

15:35 CEST

Panel Discussion: Open Source & AI: Where OSPOs Make It Work - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation; David Peter Hirsch, Dynatrace; Natali Vlatko, Cisco; Ashley Wolf, GitHub; Richard Bian, Ant Group; Alexios Zavras, Int

Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST

D204

As organizations race to integrate AI into their infrastructure, products, and processes, they face a shared set of challenges, ranging from data fragmentation, ethical governance, to cost management and sustainability. What’s often overlooked in these conversations is the essential role of open source: the AI technology stack today is built upon thousands of open source projects and frameworks, as well as some not-so open source offerings. Yet, many organizations still lack a coordinated strategy for engaging with and contributing to this foundational ecosystem.

This BoF session aims to provide a collaborative space for OSPO teams, platform architects, AI engineers, compliance professionals, etc to come together and explore how open source management talent helps organizations navigate AI adoption, and creation, sustainably and effectively. An open floor to exchange experiences and identify issues such as:

- Interface with legal and compliance teams

- New standards related to AI models and infrastructure, such as model cards, etc

- Balancing OSS transparency with Responsible AI development

- Do AI communities differ from traditional OSS communities, and how to approach them

Speakers

David Hirsch

Open Ecosystem Lead, Dynatrace

David is the OSPO Manager at Dynatrace, driving open-source strategy, governance, and security. He works with engineering teams to grow adoption and communities for projects like Keptn, OpenFeature, and OpenTelemetry. With 10+ years in cloud-native and open source, he builds industry... Read More →

Richard Sikang Bian

Head of Open Source , Ant Group

Richard Bian (Chinese: 边思康) led Ant Group Open Source initiative from day 1 and developed the initiative from a single person effort to a cross-functional Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team covering governance, strategy, developer experience, product development, growth... Read More →

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation

Natali Vlatko

Open Source Lead Architect, Cisco

Natali Vlatko (she/her) is an Open Source Lead Architect at Cisco, specializing in open software, policy, and governance. She is a SIG Docs Co-Chair for Kubernetes and a member of the TODO Group Steering Committee. She plays on the fun computer in her spare time. Her academic background... Read More →

Ashley Wolf

Director, Open Source Programs, GitHub

Ashley Wolf is the Director of Open Source Programs at GitHub. She runs initiatives and programs to empower developers to be successful with open source. She is also passionate about helping companies participate in the open source community. Prior to joining GitHub, Ashley led the... Read More →

Alexios Zavras

Chief Open Source Compliance Officer, Intel

Alexios Zavras is the Chief Open Source Compliance Officer of Intel Corporation. He has been involved with Software Bill of Materials and SPDX since 2011. Alexios has 40 years of experience in Free and Open Source Software and holds a PhD in Computer Science after having studied in... Read More →

Sachin Bhakar

Open Source Strategist, Shell

Sachin is responsible for designing the Open Source & AI strategy for the CSDI at Shell. He dons two hats as he has a degree in law & engineering, he has previously held positions such as Open Source counsel, Evangelist & IP analyst with HPE, HERE Technologies & Honeywell respectively... Read More →

Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
D204

OSPOCon

Audience Experience Level Intermediate