OSPO++ Working Group History

The center of OSPO++ is our working group – a biweekly, recurring meeting where we share how we’re building open source program offices (OSPOs), where we collaborate on new initiatives, where we form a community of like-minded open source practitioners, and where we support each other’s efforts.

Over the past two years, we’ve held more than 500 hours of collective mind-sharing on the topic of OSPOs and how to effectively bring open source to our institutions.

November 11th, 2021: Universities & Academia

  • Topic: Measuring OSPOs, Measuring Open Source, Measuring Impact – Theory to Practice

  • When: 9am PT, 12pm EDT, 6pm CET on Thursday November 11, 2023

  • Guests:

    • Matt Germanprez, Univeristy of Omaha
    • Kathik Ram, UC Berkley
    • Georg Link, Bitergia
    • Peace Ojemeh, Sugar Labs
    • Sean Gobbins, University of Missouri-Columbia
    • Stephen Jacobs, Rochester Institute of Technology
    • Emi Simpson, Rochester Institute of Technology

November 8th, 2021: Governments & Agencies

  • Topic: When Institutions Cooperate (2 Hour Special, Live from Paris)

  • When: 9am ET, 3pm CET

  • Three Institutions, Two OSPOs, and Shared Policy Goals:

  • This special 2 hour OSPO++ Workshop happens live from Paris as part the in-person Paris Open Source Global Forum (Nov 8) and at the start of the Paris Open Source Experience (Nov 9 & 10).

  • We bring together perspectives on institutional-to-institution cooperation from politicians, academics, and community leaders, while showcasing a real-world case-study of Open Source and Policy Cooperation.

    • Insightful Keynotes by leading politicians
    • Quick global briefings on OSPOs from OSPOs
    • Panel discussion with Neighborhood Community Members
    • Panel discussion with Developer Community Members
    • Demos

Complete List

  • Nov 8, 2023 – OSPO++ Governments & Agencies: Paris Open Source Special Live & Hybrid Event – Cooperation Between Institutions
  • Oct 7, 2023 – OSPO++ University & Academia: “Open Science” – Karthik Ram, UCBerkley & Paul Nagy, JHU
  • Oct 7, 2023 – LAUNCH: OSPO++ Governments & Agencies: “Policy Goals with Open Source” – Hosts: Clare Dillon, Leslie Hawthorn, Astor
  • Sept 28, 2023 – OSPO++ Luncheon @ OSPOCon Seattle
  • Sept 9, 2023 – OSPO++ and the Cascadia Innovation Corridor
  • July 17, 2023 – How OSPOs can engage their whole organization
  • July 1, 2023 – Teaching Open Source, Teaching Software Engineering with Open Source. Teaching Community Engagement through Open Source
  • June 17, 2023 – Collaboration Network Case Studies, applicability to OSPOs
  • June 3, 2023 – Legal Needs of OSPOs
  • May 24, 2023 – Special Seminar: The Evolution of Open Source @ Microsoft
  • May 5, 2023 – Deep Dive: UC Santa Cruz’s CROSS program, Open@RIT, Semester of Code @JHU
  • April 22, 2023 – OSPO value to students and researchers
  • Mar 22, 2023 – OSPO-to-OSPO Collaboration & Pitching Sideways
  • Feb 25, 2023 – Open Source & Ireland’s Innovation Ecosystem
  • Feb 11, 2023 – OSPO as a tool for Policy agendas
  • Jan 28, 2023 – Community Discussion
  • Jan 14, 2023 – Government OSPOs (report from OFE/OSPO++ Event)
  • Dec 17, 2022 – Writing your OSPO headcount job listing
  • Dec 2, 2023 – Breakouts: Events, Pitching Up, Seminar Series, #defineyouropensource
  • Oct 29, 2023 – Pitching Up to Organization Leadership
  • Oct 15, 2023 – How this group gets work done, and what to work on
  • Oct 1, 2023 – OSPO Community & Collaboration
  • Sept 3, 2023 – OSPO++ Camp: OSPO++ In Practice in Governments
  • Aug 20, 2023 – OSPO++ Camp: OSPO++ In Practice @ Universities
  • Aug 6, 2023 – OSPO++ Camp: The Shape of an OSPO++
  • July 23, 2023 – OSPO++ Camp: Social Impact, Diversity and Inclusion (LIVE @ Baltimore Data Day)
  • July 9, 2023 – OSPO++ Camp: Why OSPO++? Why now?
  • June 25, 2023 – Why we need an OSPO++ in Ireland – Clare Dillon, Open Ireland Network
  • June 11, 2023 – Eclipse Foundation – Gael Blondelle, Eclipse Foundation
  • June 4, 2023 – OS & Institutionally: Panel Discussion with OSI’s Executive Director & Board President – Patrick Masson & Josh Simmons, OSI
  • May 21, 2023 – OSPO++ at JHU improving University Output – Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
  • May 14, 2023 – OSPO++ & Open Source as a Movement – Danese Copper, NearForm
  • May 7, 2023 – Organizing/Engineering OSPO++, JHU, Paris, Baltimore – Jacob Green, OSPO++
  • April 30, 2023 – Industry OSPO, what is it? – Kevin Fleming, Bloomberg LP OSPO
  • April 23, 2023 – Metrics strategy for University OSPO++’s – Georg Link, Bitergia