What Will Matter Most This Year? Navigating the pressures on the open source software world must become our collective mission in 2025, argues Amanda Brock of OpenUK.
2024 didn’t fail to disappoint in delivering another roller coaster of a year for open source software. Open source isn’t just code today, it’s a philosophy that we have seen put under serious pressure throughout the last couple of years.
Navigating that pressure must become our collective, global, community mission in 2025. That’s the only way that we can hope to protect the future of open source. At the State of Open Con, on Feb. 4 and 5, our agenda will focus on the topics we know will rise in importance in 2025 based on the events of 2024.
Here are some of the ideas we’ll explore during the event:
The Open Source AI Definition Debate
Greener Data Centers
Challenging Open Source Business Models
Geopolitical Tremors: Shaking the Foundations of Open Source
The Public Sector and Paying for Open Source
The Global Challenge
State of Open Con is a conference covering open technology, including the future of open and technical open source software and security tracks. The event, held Feb. 4-5 in London, includes plenaries on the future of open source and AI openness.
