Recap video by Moving Water https://youtu.be/OfHl6f-jQFo #DINAconCH #dinacon25 #dinacon2025 #dinacon
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A summary of this thread and a few other tidbits can be now found on my blog with #DINAcon + #HACKnight 2026 impressions.
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https://log.alets.ch/114/
We also just had a great time hanging out with the #PrototypeFundCH crews and experimenting with the hardware #DINAconCH
A few interesting experiments have come out of the #DINAconCH HACKnight https://hacknight.dinacon.ch/dribs
My input into the AI track at #DINAconCH covered some history and shared an outlook for the civil sector, in particular the #PublicAI movement as a way to get behind sovereign ML/AI projects, and build on the foundations of #PublicCode
My slides - and ideas for how to get started - are here: https://hacknight.dinacon.ch/project/103
To dig into the docs, source code, agentic prompts, or even circuit diagrams, of the projects and prototypes we showcased at #DINAconCH - join the #HACKnight 🌘
You might learn something new, or at least hang out with nice folks like these in our aprés-conf gathering this evening. The shells are open :fullstacklive: https://hacknight.dinacon.ch
Rahel Estermann has put in almost 40 proposals at the Lucerne parliament, several on topics of open data and software freedom: https://www.lu.ch/kr/mitglieder_und_organe/mitglieder/mitglieder_detail?Id=ba7fd0e8d65c4a2da2ca44b4bbb5e6b7&main=4CC2553D98E64C99B23BF2B06B8A3672&ges=e1dadc3256ab4d0d91377bb5b29a5777
Great kickoff to a visionary panel and last discussion (moderated by Clarisse Schröder) on stage today
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What Freedoms are we losing? What do we really mean by sovereignty? What happens when we click „I agree“ and give up control of our systems? 🫣
Henry Poole shows us the blind spots with maturity models for service firms, small businesses even, that find a purpose in digital stewardship and technical ecosystems
#DINAconCH #FreeSoftwareFoundation #RegenerativeEconomics
EMBAG Art. 9 requires the 🇨🇭 federal government to publish commissioned software, but this alone generates no direct benefits, says Matthias Günther.
Going through several historic and current example projects, he shows us from deep experience how to achieve real synergies and cost savings 🫕 Open development must involve stakeholders from the requirements gathering phase and include collaborative development with selected third parties, requiring adapted governance structures.
With “the Functional Framework”, an open API registry from #TMforum lets you put consistent standards, requirements and access pathways for customers or suppliers in one place.
Florian Kammermann shows how this is being used by #Swisscom to standardize interfaces among telcos and SP‘s #DINAconCH
The convenience trap of Big Tech is eloquently discussed by Nina Müller on behalf of #Nextcloud at #DINAconCH - thought points include:
• Vendor Lock-In
• Espionage risk
• Long term cost
• Kill switch
• Accounts 'owned’ by employees not company
• Not Open Source
• Not decentralised
• Data security at risk
An Open by Default policy seems a no-brainer 👀
After a quick lunch break, we Unveil the environmental impact of the ICT sector in Switzerland – with a talk by Constant Riolo, who draws from a landmark 2024 study by #Resilio - in partnership with the ITU, EPFL, Swisscom, SwissICT and many others. Recommendations include enhancement of recycling, BYOD policies, and customer awareness.
In a canton where an ambulance trip can last 80km in hilly terrain, the challenge of coordination is clear. A „Next Best“ real-time data system for emergency services is presented by Jakob Böttger (City of Bern) that dynamically combines traffic data, deployment patterns, resource availability, and medical needs to automatically select the fastest and most suitable vehicle 🚨🚑
Captivating demo with OSM and MODI components at #DINAconCH
Developing mobility-as-a-service is not easy, as the many failed platforms highlighted, but having MODI as a feature makes sense for next gen apps. Tobias Bowald from Wavestone - sharing industry wisdom at #DINAconCH
stepping stone provides secure, Swiss-based AI infrastructure and HPC, supporting industrial science projects with complete data sovereignty (US-hardware excepting, as an audience question pointed out) and security requirements. Excellent input from Michael Eichenberger, CEO
#DINAconCH #Apertus #MistralAI
Having a strong law in the books is one thing, consistent follow-up is another. From Bulgaria to Trinidad & Tobago, Paula Grzegorzewska from @linuxfoundation talks about going the distance with „First, recognition, next - strategy. On #opensource in European policy“
Full program: https://dinacon.ch/programm/
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DINAcon is off to a promising start with a welcome from Melanie Mettler, finance director of Bern expressing support for fair procurement and a diverse local tech sector 💪🐻🌳
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Tomorrow (Nov 18, 2025) Paula Grzegorzewska from Linux Foundation Europe speaks at #DINAconCH 2025 in Bern on #opensource, #digitalsovereignty, and key policy questions.
If you’re attending and want to connect about LF Europe’s work, feel free to reach out! https://dinacon.ch/programm/
Following #DINAconCH 2025, we can look forward to our traditional #HACKnight on November 18 - an apéro with keyboards, where we look under the hood of the presented and showcased open projects 🍃
A few challenges have been posted already, and you can add your own at https://hacknight.dinacon.ch/event/12
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