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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 HĂŒning 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

At #OpenSovereignCloudDay at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU, Martin Pilka (dNation) and Karsten Samaschke (VanillaCore GmbH) share lessons from deploying a Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) cluster for the International Telecommunication Union.

A practical look at open source cloud infrastructure, architecture, and day-2 operational challenges. Session: https://sched.co/2HEOl
Event info: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/co-located-events/open-sovereign-cloud-day/#about

#opensource #digitalsovereignty

Thank you to everyone who joined “Does FOSS Buy Sovereignty? Participation vs. Ownership” with Mirko Boehm at #FOSSBackstage 2026.

If you are in Berlin at #FOSSBackstage, connect with Mirko at the event to continue the conversation.
Missed it? The recording will be available in a few weeks.

Learn more: https://26.foss-backstage.de/session/does-foss-buy-sovereignty-participation-vs-ownership/