THINK

THINK will be held over the course of the first two days, and will outline the major role of Openness (Free and Open-Source Software, Open Data, Open Hardware, Open Design, etc.) in the digital society. It will show you how it can help you manage "Degrees of Freedom", find unsuspected resources, regain trust, security and independence, setup a virtuousVRM (Vendor Relationship Management), etc.

CODE

"CODE" will help you better understand and leverage your own projects by exposing the key subjects that are transforming the open source ecosystem: Web, mobile phones and tablets, Big Data, cloud infrastructure, software quality, emerging languages and platforms... CODE will also be your opportunity to meet key specialists in these fields. During two days (Friday and Saturday) CODE is there to bring back an engineering and technical excellence after years of sales and marketing domination.

EXPERIMENT

EXPERIMENT is there to share with the general public the interest of Free and Open Source software in their day-to-day life. How it helps them regain their privacy and control their personal data. These two days will present how one may benefit from open content and freely shared knowledge (Open Street Map, Wikipedia, OKFN, Open Food Facts, Framasoft, Etalab… ). It will also exhibit and demonstrate connected objects (aka Internet of Things), 3D printers, drones, etc.

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« When Open Source Fosters Open Innovation »

Jul 11, 2025

« We need to be innovative in the area of innovation itself » 1 Open Innovation disrupts the traditional conception of innovation by establishing the idea of a social innovation where the aim is no longer to create first but to have better designs and more inventions with the help of others. Transposed to technologic industry, this brand new par [...]

Open Source Community Summit

Jul 10, 2025

Date and duration: Friday 31 October 2014, 1/2 day Session Organizer: Cedric Thomas, OW2 The Open World Forum Community Summit is an annual open workshop focusing on the growth and management of open source communities. This year, leaders and practitioners from free and open source software communities will discuss the evolution of the technical [...]

Legal and licensing aspects of Open Source

Jul 8, 2025

Open Source allows you to take back control Open source licenses give you a lot of freedoms and powers, although they also come with some obligations. Still poorly understood or misunderstood, they are nevertheless essential to maintaining an open and collaborative system balanced. A constant outreach and popularization is necessary to ensure tha [...]

Open Access: for an Open and accessible to all Research?

Jun 12, 2025

THINK will be the occasion to understand how the innovation's and openness' combination could be as much as a solution to the issues from the past as the factor for success for the future stakes. Therefore, this model will be presented in its valuation side, from both private and public sector innovations. This following article is part of a bundle [...]

Call for paper is launched

May 16, 2025

For this 7th edition the program is build around the guidline “Take Back Control” and will show you how to take back control of your digital world, including IT/IS and (personal) data. Classic and essential subjects as Cloud computing, Data, Internet of Things, Dev, etc. will be treated from a user's needs' point of view. We will also put a strong [...]