10 Years of Fostering Open Source Management and OSPO Adoption

Join us for the official release of the TODO Group's 10th Anniversary Teaser Video! This milestone celebration highlights the project's decade-long commitment to fostering responsible open source integration across organizations through educational resources and best practices. Hear from key players in the project, from the early days to the present.

Premieres on September 17 at 10:00 AM CEST and during the OSSummit OSPOCon track keynote.

Monthly OSPO Jobs

• 🇺🇸 Apple | Senior Software Engineer - Open Source Program Office
• 🇺🇸 Bloomberg | Technical Architect - Open Source Program Office
• 🌐 InnerSource Commons | Community Manager
• 🇮🇳 Siemens | OSS License Compliance Specialist
• 🇩🇪 ZeissGroup | Senior Consultant - Open Source Program Office

ICYMI Industry News and Articles

Here’s what you missed! A summary of the most recent OSPO-related resources:

• OSSummit Vienna Must-Attend Tracks for Open Source Managers in Organizations - This blog post shares some of the activities hapening during the key tracks that resonate most with the activities of open source management professionals: Operations Management Summit, OSPOCon and Open Source in the Public Sector

• Toyota Launches its Open Source Program Office
• Developing a Collective Guide on Open Source in Business - Intro to Outline and Open Forum Discussion
• BoF and Open Discussion - Collaboration with Universities and Enterprises OSPO
• Defining and Measuring the Value of Working in the Open: Key Takeaways

OSPOers of the Month

Acknowledging contributions made to TODO and OSPOlogy initiatives from our community:

• Alice Sowerby and Jan van den Berg for the progress made in the OSPO Book chapters. See the PR here.
• Masayuki Kuwata for keeping up the great job as a TODO Ambassador building the local OSPO community in Japan. See the last OSPO local meetup here.
• Chris Yang and the translation SIG members from the LFAPAC Evangelists Team for translating all the guide content of the TODO website into Chinese. See PR here.
• Hitomi Mizugaki for starting OSPO Local Meetups series in South Florida and joining the TODO OSPO Ambassador program. See the Announcement here.

Learn From Open Source Managers across Industries

TODO hosts Touchpoint calls (open office hours) to explore challenges in OSPO day-to-day operations across different organizations

Upcoming Conferences and Call for Papers

• Sept 5-6, 2024 LF Energy Summit, Brussels
• Sept 16-18, 2024 Open Source Summit Europe, Vienna
• Sept 30-Oct 1, 2024 Open Source in Finance Forum, New York
• Oct 22-23, 2024 Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Fusion
• Oct 25-26, 2024 All Things Open
• Oct 28-29, 2024 OSSummit Japan, Tokyo
• Nov 19-21, 2024 LF Member Summit, Napa
• Dec 11-12 KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon India, Delhi

• ✨ Find more OSPO insights within the TODO’s Guides and additional OSPO resources.
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