In order to prepare your submission, we recommend you to have a quick look at the track descriptions below and choose the most appropriated with your topic. This year we are giving an highlight on the theme of open source and responsible AI. Our aim is to lift the hood and look beyond the AI buzz: open source and commons, data, sovereignty, privacy, explainability, legal framework, technical stack, funding and economy, sustainability, research and education, interaction with people, impact on work and society, etc. How will open source contribute to this transformation?  
Please submit your proposals, in this theme or any other CFP topics, in English, before February 23 2025 in this theme or in one of the topics listed in the cfp form.

Call for Presentations is Open!

Practical details:
- Presentation duration : 20 minutes (15 minutes talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
- Language: all proposals have to be submitted in english
- Information requested: title, abstract, speaker bio, photo

Deadline: February 23, 2025. 

Track descriptions

AI, Data, Cloud-Edge, Cyber security

Open source is everywhere including in the latest (or a little bit older) innovations! This tracks covers usage and development of open source in various domain from Cloud up to the most recent AI innovations.

Technologies: OW2 projects and beyond

This track is for small (and bigger) building blocks that are used to create the foundations of larger solutions, the tools that are used to put them together, protocols that allow communication and interoperability, etc. Talks proposals can come from the OW2 code base or from external submitters.

Community & governance

This track covers community-oriented topics around collaboration, community building and community sustainability. It also includes presentations talking about open source governance and OSPOs : what are the best practices regarding compliance, code base management policies, developing an OSS culture, etc.?

Financing open source and commons

Developer time is a valuable resource, and contributors to open source software might want to be paid for this work as part of their regular workday. What are the current solutions for innovators, start-ups or ISVs to finance their development? private or public financing? Are national and European public policies up to the challenges? This track includes testimonies and real-life feedback.

Open source in education, science & research

The open science movement is attracting a growing number of researchers in France and in Europe. Scientific publications, cooperation with industry, exploitation of results: what difference does it make for the OW2 ecosystem? How the open source approach is impacting scientific organizations' daily work?

Others

We love any proposal with a content worth sharing with the open source community even if it is outside the scope of OW2. Do not hesitate to submit yours it will be evaluated with an open mind!