#UNOpenSourceWeek #maintainathon #PublicDigitalInfrastructure
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Good morning from New York, the global stage is set!
At UN Open Source Week, we bring a unique perspective: institutional experience in investing in open digital infrastructure for the public good.
The Sovereign Tech Agency is more than a voice in the room, our organization is a blueprint for action. Digital sovereignty depends on global collaboration. Let’s make this week count.
Wir freuen uns, Teil dieses globalen Austauschs zu sein und als Pionierorganisation zu sprechen, die erstmalig einen Standard für die Sicherung von offener digitaler Infrastruktur im öffentlichen Interesse schafft. Wir sind uns der Verantwortung bewusst, die mit einer führenden Rolle in diesem Bereich einhergeht und wir sind bereit unser Wissen zu teilen und eine offene und resiliente, digitale Zukünfte mitzugestalten.
#UNOpenSourceWeek #PublicDigitalInfrastructure
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We're honored to be invited into the global conversation and to be recognized as the pioneering organization creating a blueprint for securing open digital infrastructure. We understand the responsibility that comes with leadership in this space and we’re ready to share what we've learned and to contribute toward resilient, open, and collaborative digital futures.
#UNOpenSourceWeek #PublicDigitalInfrastructure
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As Europe’s most advanced public organization in this space, the Sovereign Tech Agency welcomes the rise of national and EU-level efforts, inspired by the Sovereign Tech Fund model. It’s a clear sign that the maintenance of open digital infrastructure is gaining ground. We’re ready to share our expertise and partner to shape effective, collaborative instruments across Europe.
👉 Register to attend Capital Series Poland: https://openforumeurope.org/event/capital-series-poland/
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🏢 The EuroHPC Summit 2025 brings high-performance computing leaders to Krakow (March 18-20).
Zuzanna Warso, Open Future's Director of Research, will discuss "AI vs. Sustainability: Finding a Balance?" (on Thursday at 16:30 CET), exploring sufficiency-based approaches to AI resource usage.
This discussion follows a recent statement on AI's environmental impact signed by 130+ experts. Learn more: https://greenscreen.network/en/blog/within-bounds-limiting-ai-environmental-impact/
Register: https://www.eurohpcsummit.eu/
#AIEthics #PublicDigitalInfrastructure
#PublicDigitalInfrastructure on the rise:
@encyclia, an #ORCID bridge that will make ORCID records followable and interactable on the fediverse.
"You can use it to follow researchers who don't have a Fediverse presence and see their new publications on your feed! Or you can follow your own ORCID record from #Mastodon (or #Akkoma or #Misskey etc.) and share your academic works with your followers."
🛜 Interested in #DigitalCommons? Our monthly newsletter brings you updates on AI and Creative Labor, Public Digital Infrastructure, Public AI, Copyright Infrastructure, and more.
💌 Our latest issue is out. It focuses on #EuroStack and Europe's digital future. Take a look and subscribe to get future editions straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/openfuture/shaping-europes-digital-sovereignty2502
If you haven't read "From Open Access to Collective Governance–Two Decades of Digital Commons Policies in the European Union" yet, this is your chance to explore its main takeaways and implications.
📖 Check out the report: https://openfuture.eu/publication/from-open-access-to-collective-governance/
#PublicDigitalInfrastructure
Beyond disruptive tech: How the EU's next budget can build better #PublicDigitalInfrastructure and support practical solutions that serve public needs 🇪🇺
The EU needs to move from speculative tech investments to strengthening basic digital infrastructure👇
https://openfuture.eu/blog/eus-digital-future-rethinking-public-investment-ahead-of-the-next-mff/
🤖 Join us at #RightsCon next Tuesday (Jan 25, 10:15 CST-Taiwan time) for "Public AI as an infrastructure - democratizing the AI tech stack".
@tarkowski will represent Open Future to explore public options in AI development with experts from Taiwan AI Academy, Thomson Reuters & Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Let's discuss how to make AI more equitable! https://www.rightscon.org/
🇪🇺 The EU companies R&D spending gap with the US reached €270B in 2023.
In our latest analysis, Zuzanna Warso explores how the next EU budget can better support digital transformation through public infrastructure and needs-based solutions.
https://openfuture.eu/blog/eus-digital-future-rethinking-public-investment-ahead-of-the-next-mff/
#PublicDigitalInfrastructure #DigitalCommons
What are #DigitalCommons, and how do they relate to #PublicDigitalInfrastructure and #DigitalSovereignty?
The @NGICommons project tries to answer these questions.
📽️ To know more, watch this video presentation by Nicholas Gates and @jankrewer at #FOSDEM:
https://video.ngi.eu/w/8Je6q94UgpXwV8HeP4dwVk
We are pleased to welcome @CultureDoug to Open Future as Senior Open Content Specialist.
Doug will lead our work on the CommonsDB project, developing an EU Registry of Public Domain and open-licensed works. With his extensive Open GLAM expertise, international experience, and passionate commitment to free access and Public Domain reuse, Doug is the perfect addition to our mission of sustaining Digital Commons.
https://openfuture.eu/blog/meet-doug-mccarthy-our-new-senior-open-content-specialist/
🛜 Interested in #DigitalCommons? Our monthly newsletter brings you updates on AI and Creative Labor, Public Digital Infrastructure, Public AI, Copyright Infrastructure, and more.
💌 Our first issue of the year is out. Take a look and subscribe to get future editions straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/openfuture/europes-public-digital-infrastructure-10968493?e=ae81321c89
Join a discussion panel about #DigitalCommons and #PublicDigitalInfrastructure this Thursday from 11:25 to 12:10 CET.
With @jankrewer, Astha Kapoor, Mila Samdub and @avilarenata. Organized by iSPIRT Foundation and moderated by @rumya
🎟️ Registration is still open: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepI7BclHjuH5B1asi5r1CQ74-_RPyBRb68FzNVrs-HzxFTHQ/viewform
(yet) Another public digital infrastructure proposal
https://peoplevsbig.tech/beyond-big-tech-a-manifesto-for-a-new-digital-economy/
Mario #Draghi's call for a European #IndustrialStrategy is salient, but history shows such strategies shouldn't just serve big businesses. We need a plan that empowers people & strengthens democratic control over the digital infrastructure we rely on 👉https://openfuture.eu/blog/draghi_rewriting_or_repeating_eu_tech_history/ #PublicDigitalInfrastructure #EUtech
We are looking forward to the 2024 Open Forum Academy Symposium organized by @OpenForumEurope, where we will present a new paper on #DigitalCommons as providers of #PublicDigitalInfrastructure 🗞️ The paper is authored by @jankrewer and Zuzanna Warso support from the @NGICommons project 👉 https://symposium.openforumeurope.org/
During her fellowship, Mala Kumar will develop evidence-based policy recommendations to advance economic inclusivity and create more viable careers in #PublicDigitalInfrastructure and #DigitalCommons work 👉 https://openfuture.eu/author/malakumar/ 2/4 🧵