Future Events
Past Events
OSPOs for Good
Join us to explore opportunities for maximizing social impact through collaboration between government, academia and industry OSPOs.
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OSS Nexus Berlin - Linux of Cities & Public Health
Join us to connect and share with key stakeholders of the OSS in Berlin on the themes of cities and public health.
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French Universities and OSPOs
At this in-person workshop, we’ll explore the OSPO for French Universities & Research Centers through internal, external, and system lenses.
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The Dutch Public OSPO
At this in-person event, we’ll explore the Dutch Public OSPO, digital community goods and the potential for greater international collaboration.
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An Introduction to The Turing Way
Anne Lee Steele will give an overview of The Turing Way, an open source, community-led handbook that enables collaborative, reproducible and ethical data science.
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Designing Open Source and Building Communities
In this Community Call, Mike Nolan will discuss Open@RIT’s use of design methodologies to facilitate maintenance of open source projects and other key learning points.
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Open Tech After Work - Stockholm
Bring your projects and peers to socialize together with us.
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EUC OSPO & OSPO++ Networks In-Person “We Come Together Workshop” - Stockholm
We Come Together Workshop - Share, Learn, Cooperate on policy priorities through Open Source, OPSOs, and Digital Infrastructure
Open EventMidAtlantic Open Source - Baltimore Social
Come and join us at 5pm (EDT) on March 31 in Baltimore for an informal social where we’ll discuss OSPOs and all things related to them!
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Measuring OSS in Universities
In this Community Call, Dr. Matt Germonprez will explore impact measurement of open source research initiatives in university settings.
Open Event Watch Recording
Open Source Innovation in Universities
On March 24th, OSPO++ is organizing an in-person event in partnership with Trinity College Dublin to discuss emerging trends relating to open source in Open Science, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer.
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OSS Licensing in Universities
In this OSPO++ Community Call, Cindy Chepanoske will share learning about OSS licenses from CMU’s Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation.
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OSPO++ @CHAOSScon-Measuring OSS in Universities
Interested in measuring OSS in universities? If you’re at FOSDEM 23 or CHAOSScon EU 23, join us for this lunchtime workshop on Feb 03.
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EUC OSPO & OSPO++ "We Come Together Workshop"
We Come Together Workshop - Share, Learn, Cooperate on policy priorities through Open Source, OPSOs, and Digital Infrastructure.
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Setting Up University OSPOs
This OSPO++ Community Call will share learnings from universities who have set up OSPOs.
Open Event Watch Recording
OSPO++ Teaching OpenSource
In this Community Call Heidi Ellis and Greg Hislop will talk about the educational opportunities provided by the TeachingOpenSource community.
Open Event Watch Recording
US OSS Policy Assembly - Open Source & Open Science
We welcome you to the SECOND in-person meeting of the US Open Source Policy Roundtable. This full-day mix of unconference and attendee speakers will convene open source policy stakeholders across sectors to socialize, share, connect, and strengthen the growing open source policy community.
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Semesters of Code
Semesters of Code expanded to multiple institutions in the current academic year. In this session, we will hear an update on how Semesters of Code has evolved and opportunities for future engagement.
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Open Source Security
During this event, we will give an overview of some of the latest discussions on Open Source Security in the ecosystem and discuss how academic institutions can respond.
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Setting Up University OSPOS
This call will be particularly useful for universities or academic institutions seeking to build and support open source capacity
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OSPO++ Skills Workshop
This workshop is a follow-up to the Sep 22nd OSPO++ Community Call on Skills and Education.
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Open Source Education and Skills
During the call we will be answering questions such as: What are the skills the ecosystem needs?
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OSPOS in Academic Institutions Workshop
Workshop for the first phase of the process to create a Guide for OSPOs in Academic Institutions.
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Universities and Acandemia & Cities and Governments
As 2021 roles to a close, we invite all those in the OSPO ecosystem, that we have interacted with virtually, in-person or have yet to meet, to come together, stop by and share in the group discussion, announce & celebrate your and other’s FOSS wins together, have a breakout chat with a friend, and join us for a drink.
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Universities & Academia
Measuring OSPOs, Measuring Open Source, Measuring Impact - Theory to Practice When: 9am PT, 12pm EDT, 6pm CET on Thursday November 11, 2021
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When Institutions Cooperate
This special 2 hour OSPO++ Workshop happened live from Paris as part the in-person Paris Open Source Global Forum (Nov 8) and at the start of the Paris Open Source Experience (Nov 9 & 10).
Open EventPast Working Groups
- Oct 7, 2021 - OSPO++ University & Academia: “Open Science” - Karthik Ram, UCBerkley & Paul Nagy, JHU
- Oct 7, 2021 - LAUNCH: OSPO++ Governments & Agencies: “Policy Goals with Open Source” - Hosts: Clare Dillon, Leslie Hawthorn, Astor
- Sept 28, 2021 - OSPO++ Luncheon @ OSPOCon Seattle
- Sept 9, 2021 - OSPO++ and the Cascadia Innovation Corridor
- July 17, 2021 - How OSPOs can engage their whole organization
- July 1, 2021 - Teaching Open Source, Teaching Software Engineering with Open Source. Teaching Community Engagement through Open Source
- June 17, 2021 - Collaboration Network Case Studies, applicability to OSPOs
- June 3, 2021 - Legal Needs of OSPOs
- May 24, 2021 - Special Seminar: The Evolution of Open Source @ Microsoft
- May 5, 2021 - Deep Dive: UC Santa Cruz’s CROSS program, Open@RIT, Semester of Code @JHU
- April 22, 2021 - OSPO value to students and researchers
- Mar 22, 2021 - OSPO-to-OSPO Collaboration & Pitching Sideways
- Feb 25, 2021 - Open Source & Ireland’s Innovation Ecosystem
- Feb 11, 2021 - OSPO as a tool for Policy agendas
- Jan 28, 2021 - Community Discussion
- Jan 14, 2021 - Government OSPOs (report from OFE/OSPO++ Event)
- Dec 17, 2020 - Writing your OSPO headcount job listing
- Dec 2, 2020 - Breakouts: Events, Pitching Up, Seminar Series, #defineyouropensource
- Oct 29, 2020 - Pitching Up to Organization Leadership
- Oct 15, 2020 - How this group gets work done, and what to work on
- Oct 1, 2020 - OSPO Community & Collaboration
- Sept 3, 2020 - OSPO++ Camp: OSPO++ In Practice in Governments
- Aug 20, 2020 - OSPO++ Camp: OSPO++ In Practice @ Universities
- Aug 6, 2020 - OSPO++ Camp: The Shape of an OSPO++
- July 23, 2020 - OSPO++ Camp: Social Impact, Diversity and Inclusion (LIVE @ Baltimore Data Day)
- July 9, 2020 - OSPO++ Camp: Why OSPO++? Why now?
- June 25, 2020 - Why we need an OSPO++ in Ireland - Clare Dillon, Open Ireland Network
- June 11, 2020 - Eclipse Foundation - Gael Blondelle, Eclipse Foundation
- June 4, 2020 - OS & Institutionally: Panel Discussion with OSI’s Executive Director & Board President - Patrick Masson & Josh Simmons, OSI
- May 21, 2020 - OSPO++ at JHU improving University Output - Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
- May 14, 2020 - OSPO++ & Open Source as a Movement - Danese Copper, NearForm
- May 7, 2020 - Organizing/Engineering OSPO++, JHU, Paris, Baltimore - Jacob Green, OSPO++
- April 30, 2020 - Industry OSPO, what is it? - Kevin Fleming, Bloomberg LP OSPO
- April 23, 2020 - Metrics strategy for University OSPO++’s - Georg Link, Bitergia