Conveners
Digital Freedoms: 2C
- Maria Ristkok (EENet)
Description
Unlock Digital Freedoms with us, exploring pathways to reclaim control in the digital age.
Learn from SURF, SUNET, and GÉANT about taming tech giants, revitalising open-source commitments, and crafting a future of freely flowing digital credentials.
Remember when a diploma was just a fancy piece of paper with a stamp? Fasten your seatbelts as we time-travel from the paper-laden past to a future where your wallet is not just for old receipts and forgotten loyalty cards. We'll look at the past, present and future: from the world of paper certificates, through today’s digital jungles where Google and Apple reign supreme, to a future where...
How can our community steer big tech companies in the direction we need and want. In this talk we share the challenges and learnings from projects with companies like Google and Zoom. How can we work together and just make it happen. We will set you up for success with practical experiences on how to move forward by understanding the strength of our community and the dynamics in a big tech company.
The use and development of open-source software has been declining in many parts of the NREN community as our organisations have moved towards more corporate structures and a preference for procuring supported commercial products rather than building and supporting locally. This has also been impacted by an exodus of skilled developers within the research and education space. The last time a...
