Who’s Speaking at the Next Touchpoints?

EMEA & APAC session, Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 12:00 PM GMT

Alin Jerpelea from Sony's OSPO will discuss the SBOM implementation journey for the Apache NuttX RTOS.

AMER & EMEA session, Monday, February 24, 2025, at 17:00 PM GMT

Sujata Tibrewala LF Edge Governing Board member, will present on How to Use Open Source to Grow Your Organization.

Presentations will be followed by updates from the TODO working group on the OSS in Business Guide and the OSPO Book, concluding with an open forum under Chatham House rules.

Explore upcoming sessions in the Touchpoint Agenda Overview (January - June 2025)

• 🇮🇪 Analog Devices | Open Source Program Office Coordinator
• 🇺🇸 University of California Santa Barbara | Open Source Programs Specialist
• 🇺🇸 Analog Devices | Open Source Compliance Analyst/Engineer
• 🇺🇸 Amazon | Software Development Engineer - Open Source Program Office
• 🇺🇸 RedHat |Principal Program Manager - Technical
• 🌐 Sovereign Tech Agency | Technical Program Manager
• 🌐 SAS | Open Source Program Manager - Remote or Hybrid

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

• Microsoft’s OSPO has developed a framework to teach open source risk and investment strategies, providing a structured approach to understanding and advocating for funding in open source projects. here
• Hitachi established its Open Source Program Office to globally lead the strategic usage of open source software within the Hitachi Group and joins TODO Group. here
• Intersect’s OSPO published its roadmap, outlining strategies to enhance open source governance and community engagement within the Cardano ecosystem and joins TODO Group. here
• Alliander’s OSPO has developed the OSPO Code Scanner, a GitHub Actions workflow designed to analyze code repositories for adherence to open source best practices before public release. here
• Dutch Employee Insurance Agency's OSPO becomes the host of the next OSPOlogyLive Amsterdam, held from Wednesday, March 26th to Thursday, March 27th, 2025, focusing on sustainability, funding, and the impact of evolving legislation on open source risk management and SBOM adoption. here
• ZTE Corporation’s OSPO, Vivo’s OSPO, Ant Group's OSPO, and Bytedance's OSPO, among others participated in several meetups as part of the OSPOlogy China chapter, to share open source management best practices and promote OSPO adoption in Chinese organizations, as detailed in their annual report. here
• The OSPOlogy Local Chapter Japan shares their latest initiatives, including detailed OSPO Local Meetup Memos and the development of the OSPO Easy FAQ — a document addressing common questions related to establishing and managing Open Source Program Offices to help the OSPO adoption in Japanese organizations. here

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

• Damian Vicino for updating and making improvements to the OSPO 101 Training Course modules. See PR here and here

   reason. See PRs here

• Matt Germonprez, Gary White, and Alice Sowerby for drafting, contributing and reviewing the OSPO metrics chapter by CHAOSS for the OSPO Book.

  See PR here
• Sujata Tibrewala, Alin Jepelea, Nico Rikken and Yuichi Nakamura for sharing their learnings on open source management and contributing to the upcoming Touchpoint calls. See contributions here