From Streets to Stars: How Open Source Conquered the EU and the UN
- Time
- 2026-08-08 14:40 ~ 15:10
- Speaker
- RR, Ian Liu
- Room
- TR209
- Co-write
- https://hackmd.io/Hk7wameUfg
Abstract
FOSDEM started with a group of engineers sharing open technologies. However, as policy debates toward digital resilience started cropping up around the fringes of FOSDEM, these side events evolved into the EU Open Source Policy Summit, sparking the creation of EU Open Source Week. Now, every February, Brussels isn't just full of hackers in hoodies—it’s a hub for Europe’s top CIOs, policymakers, and industry leaders.
Fast forward to 2025: the success of EU Open Source Week caught the attention of the United Nations. The UN recognized that the tenets of Open Source—transparency, security, and decentralization—enables it to bridge the global digital divide and achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thus, UN Open Source Week was born.
How did open source get here? What does this institutional shift mean for the community, governments, and the industry at large? Join Yanzi and RR, who were on the ground this year, as they bring you the latest first-hand information!
Speaker
RR
台中海線女孩，但總是被台北人當台南人，台南人當台北人。跨界公共關係、法律和服務設計，長期藏身於公務機關，近年進入博士班，日夜焚香祝禱能夠順利畢業。身為連程式碼都沒看過的麻瓜，2015 年誤打誤撞進入開源和 g0v 社群，歷經 cofacts 和 g0v Summit 一路停留至今，最後來到 OCF。
Ian Liu
2013 幫 Muka 救火掉進 COSCUP 行銷坑，就坑坑相連出沒在 SITCON, g0v Summit, CCTW 中，也當過拉贊及出納志工小精靈。資傳碩班時接觸了資訊社會學，進而思索怎樣讓地方或人文的人都能快速接觸開放精神，也試著在一些文恐行動中試著嘗試開放的概念。曾在某前瞻計畫中試著推動開放資料與 CC ，突然醒悟覺得來 OCF 可試著從不同角度「更用力」使力。