Name: Europe’s Open Source Motivations and Mandate: Findings From the 2025 World of Open Source Survey - Anna Hermansen, Mirko Boehm, Cailean Osborne & Adrienn Lawson, The Linux Foundation
Start: 2025-08-27T11:00:00+0200
End: 2025-08-27T11:40:00+0200

25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST

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Each year, LF Research fields a survey in the Linux Foundation community investigating the major open source trends, obstacles, and priorities around the world. These survey findings are key annual markers of progress and opportunity in this area and are crucial for policy, business, non-profit, and academic audiences alike to set their strategy for the coming year. This panel will focus on the findings from Europe, presenting the key findings from the survey. The panelists will discuss the relevance and context of these findings given their work in Europe and focus on priority topics such as AI, security, and the public sector. LF Research panelists will present the most salient quantitative insights and how they relate to other research coming out this year. Mirko Boehm and Cailean Osborne from LF Europe will share qualitative insights from expert interviews in the context of their work in AI and cybersecurity regulation. A community expert will also join the panel to discuss the findings in light of their work in open source in Europe.

Speakers

Cailean Osborne

Senior Researcher, Linux Foundation

Cailean is a Senior Researcher at the Linux Foundation, who has a PhD in Social Data Science from the University of Oxford and 7+ years experience in (open source) AI research, policy, and business development. Previously, Cailean worked as the International Policy Lead at the UK... Read More →

Anna Hermansen

Researcher and Ecosystem Manager, The Linux Foundation

Anna is the Ecosystem Manager for LF Research where she supports end-to-end management of the department's research projects. She has conducted qualitative and systematic review research on the integration of technologies to better support health data sharing. Her interests lie at... Read More →

Mirko Boehm

Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe, The Linux Foundation

Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop, the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. He is a visiting lecturer and researcher... Read More →

Adrienn Lawson

Director of Quantitative Research, Linux Foundation

ADRIENN LAWSON serves as Director of Quantitative Research at the Linux Foundation, where she leads data-driven initiatives to understand open source ecosystems. With expertise in social data science from the University of Oxford and a background spanning academic and governmental... Read More →

Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
Auditorium

Open Source Leadership

Audience Experience Level Any

Open Source Summit Europe 2025

Cailean Osborne

Anna Hermansen

Mirko Boehm

Adrienn Lawson

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