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SUMMARY:APELL Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:📅 Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 10:00-19:00 CEST (APELL GA from 08:30 CEST)
📍 Wonders of Work, Utrecht, Netherlands (2min walk from Utrecht Centraal)
The APELL Conference is the premier event for where companies and developers get together with industry leaders and innovators from the Open Source ecosystem to strengthen their networks and discuss the future of Open Source business!
Hosted by APELL, the European Open Source Business Association, the fifth edition of the APELL Conference takes place in Utrecht, Netherlands, discussing:
EU Open Source at Scale
Accelerating growth and competitiveness for digital sovereignty
Open Source businesses offer enterprise-grade, state-of-the-art solutions that are better than proprietary alternatives. The APELL Conference this year will discuss the availability of Open Source at scale and capacity, how we increase cooperation and strengthen the ecosystem, and how we use, and influence, European and national policy, to remove obstacles, and enable Open Source businesses across Europe to realise the full potential of Open Source for digital sovereignty.
Speakers include
Master of Ceremony: Emiel Brok

Sebastian Raible, APELL Director EU Government Affairs
Timo Väliharju, President APELL and COSS
Ronny Lam, President DOSBA and APELL Treasurer
Laurent Rojey, Director DC-EDIC
Jean-Luc Dorel, Future Internet Unit, European Commission DG CONNECT
Æva Black, Founder, Null Point Studio
Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Director of Open Source Sovereignty, SUSE
Gina Plat, Program Manager OSPO BZK
Anais Concepcion, CEO of Grist Labs
Matthew Hodgson, CEO / CTO at Element | Project Lead, Matrix
Jutta Horstmann, Co-CEO, Heinlein Group
David Walter, Vice President, Open Source Program Office, ownCloud – a Kiteworks company
Philipp Olbrich, Advisor International Digital Policy, GIZ

Registration and information
Registration and the full draft programme are available on the event page.
Venue: Wonders of Work
Vote for your working group: apell.info/working-groups
APELL Code of Conduct: apell.info/code-of-conduct
URL:https://osb-alliance.de/veranstaltungen/apell-conference-2026
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