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SUMMARY:OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025
DESCRIPTION:This global, multidisciplinary research symposium brings academics and practitioners together to advance understanding of the role of Open Source and other Open Technologies in the modern world and produces policy-relevant research that helps decision-makers drive impact. Entry is free of charge.
About the Symposium
In an era defined by geopolitical shifts, economic instability, and rapid technological evolution, open technologies play a crucial role in shaping a more transparent, resilient, and equitable digital future. The OFA Symposium 2025, themed ‘Open Technology Impact in Uncertain Times’, will bring together leading academic researchers and practitioners – including policymakers, industry experts, and civil society – to explore the tangible impact of open technology in navigating complex geopolitical uncertainties.
Through expert panels, case studies, and collaborative discussions, the OFA Symposium 2025 will consider the transformative potential of openness in a world where certainty is no longer guaranteed. It will ask (and offer some answers to) questions like: What is the economic impact of open source software and other open technologies? How do open source software, open standards, and open data contribute to digital sovereignty, sustainability, and innovation? What challenges arise in sustaining and securing open technologies? And how can we understand the role of open source AI in upending the geopolitical landscape?
To join the Symposium as a speaker, participants need only submit an abstract for consideration of the Programme Committee. Should a paper be accepted, participants will need to submit a full paper, summary, or abstract summary (depending on the submission type, see Paper Categories and Timeline for more details and dates).
What is Open Technology Impact Research?
Despite the success of our previous Symposiums, there is not enough research on the broader societal and economic significance and impact of Open Source and Open Technologies. This is research where Open Source and Open Technologies themselves are NOT the primary focus of the study, and where the main subject of the research is their impact on society and stakeholders – users, vendors, governments, markets, etc – on society and the economy as the subject of study. In this sense, society itself is the subject of study. We link this area being under-researched with how Open Source and Open Technologies remain under-appreciated and overlooked, especially when compared to other aspects of digital society.
This is why we need to build a strong and supportive research community that can bring together this impact research on Open Source and Open Technologies and share it for the benefit of all. This year’s edition of the Symposium will place front and centre the consideration of impact, as well as make announcements related to the future of the Open Forum Academy. While the Symposium welcomes research of all types, we hope much of the research presented – and the manner of its positioning or framing – will help us to advance understand of the impact of Open Source and Open Technologies on society and the economy.
URL:https://osb-alliance.de/veranstaltungen/openforum-academy-symposium-2025
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LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro
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