Conference Tracks

“Open source is no longer an option”

This is the new editorial direction proposed by the 2026 Program Committee. More information in the Program Committee Co-Chairs’ editorial: Yannick Seiller – CEO – FactorFX and François-Xavier Guidet – CTO & Co-founder – FactorFX.

Discover the 6 associated tracks

• Track 1: Digital sovereignty, governance, and open source economic models
• Track 2: Open infrastructures, cloud, and sovereign platforms
• Track 3: Open AI, models, data, and sovereign ecosystems
• Track 4: Cybersecurity, trust, and open source resilience
• Track 5: Sovereign enterprise application platforms
• Track 6: Open source culture, skills, and careers

Digital sovereignty, governance, and open source economic models

This track explores how open source fits into digital sovereignty strategies, from the definition of public policies to their implementation within organizations. It covers project and ecosystem governance (including OSPOs), legal and compliance frameworks, interoperability and open standards, as well as the various economic models, funding mechanisms, and pooling strategies around digital commons.

Associated topics: Governance & OSPOs, legal & compliance, interoperability & standards, economic models & funding of open source projects, digital commons & communities, responsible digital practices, local, national, and European public policy strategies.

Open infrastructures, cloud, and sovereign platforms

This track addresses the design, deployment, and operation of open infrastructures covering virtualization, containerization, and public, private, or cloud-native environments, up to IaaS and PaaS layers. It emphasizes Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and monitoring to build robust platforms (HA, DR/BCP) capable of extending to the edge, IoT, and large-scale distributed architectures.

Associated topics: Virtualization, containerization, public/private/cloud-native cloud, IaaS, PaaS, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, resilience, HA, DR/BCP, edge, distributed architectures, Open Hardware, IoT.

Open AI, models, data, and sovereign ecosystems

This track explores new paradigms in open AI: open source LLMs, sovereign RAG architectures, MLOps frameworks, and Big Data, BI, and machine learning platforms to train, deploy, and monitor models in controlled environments. It also addresses data and model governance (Open Datasets, model licensing, lifecycle management, quality, and traceability), regulatory requirements such as the AI Act, and responsible AI approaches.

Associated topics: Open source LLMs, sovereign RAG, AI Act, responsible AI, Big Data, BI, AI (ML), MLOps, data governance, Open Datasets, models & licenses, data science, data management, open source vs open weights, quantum.

Cybersecurity, trust, and open source resilience

This track covers all security challenges within open ecosystems: identity and access management (IAM), strong authentication, network, system, and communication security, as well as software supply chain protection. It addresses data protection, regulatory compliance, and the implementation of trusted hardware and software platforms. It also emphasizes DevSecOps approaches, the use and contribution to open source security solutions, and incident detection and response.

Associated topics: Identities, authentication (IAM), network, system and communication security, software supply chain security, data protection, encryption & cryptography, compliance & GDPR, trusted hardware and software platforms, DevSecOps, open source security solutions, incident response, crisis management.

Sovereign enterprise application platforms

This track explores all application building blocks that structure the digital workplace and business processes in a sovereignty-driven approach: ERP, CRM, BPM, ECM, CMS, collaborative suites, and digital workplaces. It also addresses document management and knowledge management, vertical business applications, and migration strategies away from proprietary ecosystems.

Associated topics: Messaging, ERP, CRM, BPM, ECM, CMS, collaborative software, sovereign digital workplace, document management & knowledge management, business applications, migration away from Microsoft ecosystems, open desktop environments.

Open source culture, skills, and careers

This track explores the uses and culture of open source software, teaching and knowledge-sharing practices within communities, and different forms of contribution in companies, public administrations, and associations. It covers both technical skills (development, languages, architectures, tooling) and non-technical skills (project governance, collaboration, community management, communication) essential to open source, as well as initial and continuous training, recruitment challenges, employability, and career development.

Associated topics: Training in open source usage and culture, pedagogy and knowledge-sharing in OS communities, open source contribution in companies, public sector, and associations, essential technical and non-technical skills, initial and continuous training in open source, recruitment, employability, and career paths in open source, development and language needs, research and open source.

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