APELL Conference 2026
📅 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
