The sessions at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 concluded with closing remarks from Gabriele Columbro (FINOS / LF Europe), highlighting the role of open source in driving collaboration, innovation & Europe’s digital future. 💙

Live now at the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪 Mirko Boehm, Sr director of community dev at LF Europe delivers “LF Europe Update: Policy, Projects, Priorities,” outlining how collaboration, strategic projects & policy engagement are shaping Europe’s open source landscape.

Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 Panel: Public & Private Support of the Open Source Ecosystem with Hilary Carter, Sachiko Muto, Sebastian Raible & Peter Giese. Exploring how policy & industry collaboration strengthens Europe’s open source future.

Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 Sebastian Raible (APELL) discusses how growing geopolitical uncertainty is putting digital sovereignty high on Europe’s agenda and how open source communities can build trust & collaboration with policymakers.

Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 Hilary Carter (LF Research) shares insights from The State of Play of Open Source in Europe exploring trends, barriers & opportunities to turn adoption into strategic advantage through collaboration & investment.

Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 Sachiko Muto (RISE / @OpenForumEurope ) explores how Europe can balance technological autonomy with open collaboration, ensuring sovereignty strengthens, not stifles, innovation.

Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 Peter Giese (SAP) presents NeoNephos: Building a Sovereign Cloud Native Stack, a collaborative effort with SAP, Deutsche Telekom, STACKIT & others to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty through open standards & interoperability.

“The call for open standards is a call for a reduction of complexity.” — Daniele Tonella, CTO ING. Speaking now at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪 on how open collaboration drives transformation, attracts talent & strengthens digital sovereignty. @ING_news

“Open source isn’t just about cost or collaboration — it’s key to navigating geopolitical uncertainty and ensuring a sustainable global automotive market.” Philipp Ahmann, ETAS @ #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪

“Open source software enables deep inspection and security scrutiny.” Renzo Cherin, Lloyds Banking Group (@LBGplc ). At #LFEuropeMemberSummit, Renzo shared how OSS improves transparency, drives innovation & reduces vendor lock-in while requiring strong security & governance.

“The idea of code-first practices would benefit traditional standards organizations tremendously. We can build a standard much faster with this approach.” Paul Brooks, @ROKAutomation, on the @margo_project @ #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪

“How does Europe compete on open source AI? Through data, compute & talent. Europe has both data & talent but must enable data use, scale compute access & reward researchers to lead globally.” Thomas Dohmke, former @GitHub CEO #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪

“Digital sovereignty is the wrong question… The real one: how can Europe win in the market?” — Thomas Dohmke, former @GitHub CEO. Live with @mindthegabz at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪

“Open source is a pillar for digital sovereignty.” Gabriele Columbro (@mindthegabz), GM of @LF_Europe opens the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent with a call to rethink how open collaboration drives trust and resilience in Europe’s digital age.

Calling all #CloudNative maintainers! If you lead, build, or maintain #CNCF projects, we invite you to submit to speak at the #CNMaintainerSummit, 22 March at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon EU. 👉 Check eligibility + submit by 14 Dec: https://t.co/K6swonTx5Q

🚨 TOMORROW! #LFEuropeRoadshow Ghent kicks off 29 October. Last chance to join critical conversations on #OpenSource & EU regulation with policymakers & tech leaders. 📅 Schedule: https://t.co/JD1ZknAAdZ ✅ Register NOW: https://t.co/dVFEfl8s2O

It's time! Our Belgium event series on the future of European open source starts this week. Member Summit: https://t.co/MBQ2ov5YWv Roadshow: https://t.co/pyGqIxil0q Security Forum:

Mirko Boehm, Sr. Director of Community Development at @LFEurope, shares updates on policy, projects & priorities—then returns for a surprise keynote! 📅 Oct 28 | Ghent 👉 https://t.co/v03ykoV31u #LFEuropeMemberSummit #OpenSource

Just a few hours to go! Europe’s #opensource community meets this week starting in Ghent with the #LFEuropeMemberSummit, then the #LFEuropeRoadshow and Open Source Security Forum. If you are in 🇧🇪 or nearby, you can still register and join: https://t.co/TH8rJQ3M7d

💡 Speaker Spotlight:Christopher “CRob” Robinson, Chief Security Architect at @OpenSSF, joins the #LFEuropeRoadshow to unpack how the Cyber Resilience Act impacts open source & security collaboration in Europe. 👇 👉 https://t.co/SEkYKbkVqz #OpenSource #OpenSSF #CyberSecurity