OSID 2026 – Agenda

Day 1: Inspirational Inputs

09:30 – 10:00

Registration

Join us at Spielfeld Digital Hub Berlin to start your day with a coffee.

10:00 – 10:20

Opening of OSID 2026

Dr. Stephan Peters
Member of the Board, Rhenus SE & Co. KG

Stefan Hohm
CDO and Member of the Board, DACHSER SE

10:20 – 10:35

Kickoff: Our shared vision for OSID 2026

Carina Tüllmann
CCO, Open Logistics Foundation

Setting the tone for an engaging and impactful day ahead.

Session 1: Digital Sovereignty

10:35 – 11:05

Europe’s open source momentum: Resilience through openness

Sachiko Muto
Chair, OpenForum Europe
Senior Researcher, RISE

This session explores how open source is increasingly positioned at the heart of Europe’s digital transformation, from public sector infrastructure to industry ecosystems.

11:10 – 11:40

Sovereign tech through open source software & AI

Jordan Maris
EU Policy Analyst, Open Source Initiative

As geopolitical uncertainty increases the risk of service disruptions, how can Open Source guarantee digital sovereignty and increase our resilience?

11:45 – 12:15

Coffee Break

12:15 – 12:50

OSPOs as a way to sovereignty | Panel

Clare Dillon
Community Lead, CURIOSS

Sebastian Wolf
Director of the Open Source Program Office, SAP SE

Cornelius Schumacher
Open Source Steward, DB Systel GmbH

Half-length portrait of Andreas Nettsträter

Andreas Nettsträter
CEO, Open Logistics Foundation
Moderation

This session explores what makes Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) effective at a strategic level — from governance and operating models to roles and capabilities — including candid lessons learned from successes and failures.

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch Break

Session 2: New Inputs

14:00 – 14:15

And the winner is... | Hoodie Challenge

Innovation meets creativity.

We will honour the winners of our Hoodie Challenge and celebrate your ideas together with you.

14:20 – 14:50

From OS compliance to CRA compliance

Dr. Till Jaeger
Partner, JBViniol Rechtsanwälte

Kate Kraemer
Managing Director, Zeitwerk GmbH
Consultant, JBViniol Rechtsanwälte

Why the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) affects open source projects and their users alike – and what compliance actually entails.

14:50 – 15:15

Standardisation is a strategic decision: Lessons from ONE Record

Davide Alocci
API Development Lead, IATA

Will be announced shortly

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee Break

Session 3: Commercial Open Source

15:45 – 16:00

Strategic partnership announcement EOSA and OLF

Carina Tüllmann
CCO, Open Logistics Foundation

The European Open Source Academy (EOSA) unites distinguished individuals and organisations who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing Open Source Software and Hardware across Europe. By recognising and celebrating excellence, the Academy serves as a platform for thought leadership, policy engagement, and community development in the Open Source Software and Hardware domains.

16:05 – 16:15

Pitch 1

Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle
Prof. for Open-Source Software, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Unlike community OSS, commercial OSS is typically developed by a single vendor to generate revenue from the software. In this talk, I discuss the various strategies vendors employ to hit it big, discuss firm and product life-cycle, and review the end game.

16:15 – 16:25

Pitch 2

Timo Väliharju
President, APELL
Open Source Entrepreneur

Practical lessons from an open source entrepreneur: How SMEs turn open collaboration into sustainable business and leadership in Europe’s digital sovereignty.

16:25 – 16:35

Pitch 3

Georg Kunz
Director Open Source Software, Open Source Program Office, CTO Office at Ericsson

Cybersecurity threats and AI disruption put open source at a crossroads. Industry, foundations, and governments must act now to safeguard its value.

16:35 – 17:05

Commercial open source | Panel

Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle
Prof. for Open-Source Software, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Timo Väliharju
President, APELL
Open Source Entrepreneur

Georg Kunz
Director Open Source Software, Open Source Program Office, CTO Office at Ericsson

Clare Dillon
Comunnity Lead, CURIOSS
Moderation

17:05 – 17:15

Closing Words

17:15 – 21:30

Afterwork Event

Day 2: Workshops

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome

Join us at Spielfeld Digital Hub Berlin to start your day with a coffee.

09:30 – 09:45

Opening of Day 2

Andreas Nettsträter
CEO, Open Logistics Foundation

09:45 – 10:10

What’s up in logistics? A legal perspective

Dr. David Saive, LL.M.
Lawyer, Tug & Tow® Legal
Legal Product Owner, Open Logistics Foundation

A fast-paced legal update on Europe’s logistics landscape: DCA, eFTI, eIDAS and the NCD Convention — what’s changing, what matters, what’s next ahead!