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The Open Source Policy & Ecosystem Forum (#OSPEForum) will take place on 8 June 2026 in Brussels, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and open source communities to advance Europe’s digital sovereignty.

✅ Reminder: The Call for Proposals (CFP) closes Friday, 17 April 2026 at 11:59 PM CEST.

Learn more: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-policy-ecosystem-forum/program/cfp/

The Open Source Policy & Ecosystem Forum (#OSPEForum) takes place on 8 June 2026 in Brussels, bringing together leaders shaping Europe’s #digitalsovereignty.

Call for speakers is open until 17 April.

We are looking for insights on regulation (CRA, AI Act, NIS2), the sovereign stack, and Europe’s role in global #opensource

Learn more and apply: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-policy-ecosystem-forum/

Great day at Open Sovereign Cloud Day in Amsterdam, co-located with #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon Europe!

Thanks to Paula Grzegorzewska, @tcarrez all speakers, volunteers, and our events team 🙌

Also great to join #OSPOlogy Day discussing CRA impacts on CNCF projects.

More soon!

Ten years ago, Zephyr set out to rethink embedded development.
Today the Zephyr Project powers an ecosystem of developers and hardware platforms worldwide.

In a new blog, Hilary Carter, SVP of LF Research, reflects on the Foundation’s latest research study on the project’s past decade of open collaboration and embedded innovation.

Read the blog:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/zephyr-at-10-a-decade-of-open-source-embedded-innovation

#ZephyrProject #OpenSource #EmbeddedSystems #LinuxFoundation

Can Europe achieve #digitalsovereignty without isolating itself?

@tcarrez explains why #opensource as a global commons is key to resilience, innovation, and strategic autonomy, not “European-only” software, but stronger participation and investment.

Read more: https://tfir.io/open-source-digital-resilience-europe/

"contribution is the best knowledge transfer mechanism"

@mirkoboehm is dropping punchlines one after another

At #OpenSovereignCloudDay at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU, the panel “Kill the Kill Switch - Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty for Citizens and Institutions” explores the risks of digital dependency and how open source can strengthen resilience.
Session info: https://sched.co/2H5Uf
Event info: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/open-sovereign-cloud-day/#about

At #OpenSovereignCloudDay at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU, Floor Drees & Gabriele Bartolini (EDB) discuss “Beyond the DBaaS Trap.”

How Kubernetes + CloudNativePG help avoid DBaaS lock-in and support data portability.

Session info: https://sched.co/2H5Uc
Event: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/open-sovereign-cloud-day/#about

At #OpenSovereignCloudDay at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU, Michael Schmidt (SAP SE) presents “Bridging CNCF and OpenInfra.”

CobaltCore connects Kubernetes and OpenStack, enabling automated lifecycle management from bare metal to workloads.
Session info: https://sched.co/2H5UZ
Event details: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/open-sovereign-cloud-day/#about
#opensource #digitalsovereignty

At #OpenSovereignCloudDay at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU, Vasu Chandrasekhara and Christian Hüning explore how open source and procurement strategy drive #digitalsovereignty.

From interoperability challenges to the German Army’s Open Defense Cloud vision, built on OSS ecosystems.
Session info: https://sched.co/2H5UW
Event details: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/open-sovereign-cloud-day/#about