Open Source Summit Europe 2025

The DevRel Foundation is a vendor-neutral initiative aimed at building shared understanding, resources, and best practices to elevate the professional practices of developer relations across industries. In response to recent challenges, including industry layoffs and the evolving landscape of DevRel roles, the foundation has established working groups to tackle pressing issues such as metrics and reporting, career support, and resource aggregation. This session offers attendees the opportunity to connect with thought leaders in the DevRel Foundation community, engage in discussions about current challenges, and explore ways to get involved in shaping the future of the developer relation foundation. Key questions to explore include: What strategies can showcase the return on investment of DevRel initiatives to stakeholders? What skills are becoming important in the evolving DevRel landscape, and how can professionals acquire them? How can engaging with the DevRel Foundation’s working groups enhance your career?

The final output will result in a report capturing the roundtable's insights and recommendations authored by the attendees, hosted under Developer Relations' Foundation GH organization under CC-BY 4.0.