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FOSS Backstage 2026

FOSS Backstage is a conference focused on exploring the non-coding aspects of successful open source projects. The 8th edition encourages discourse about the community, governance, sustainability, funding, legal and compliance, and design facets of Free and Open Source Software. Attendees can learn what makes FOSS projects flourish through sessions, keynotes…

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8Speakers
13Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
20Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at FOSS, in alphabetical order.
Æva Black
Null Point Studio
Chan-jo Jun
JUN Legal GmbH
Cornelius Schumacher
DB Systel GmbH
Dr. Wolfgang Gehring
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
Emily Omier
Emily Omier Consulting / Open Source Founders Summit
Jutta Kreyss
City of Munich
Rich Bowen
AWS
Zainab Daodu
WriteTech hub
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AWSMain Partner
E.ONGet Together Partner
GoogleCommunity Partner
Grafana LabsCoffee Break Partner
IT-Schulungen.comMedia Partner
Landeshauptstadt München, IT ReferatCommunity Partner
Mercedes-BenzMain Partner
Open Source CollectiveRecording Partner
Osborne ClarkeCommunity Partner
PwCPhoto Box Partner
Sang EngineeringCoffee Break Partner
SerNetBreakfast Partner
The Linux FoundationCommunity Partner
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 20 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Twenty companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
7Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

AWS

Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles8100%

Of 8 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AWSSp·M1V
  2. 02EonSp·G
  3. 03GoogleSp·C
  4. 04Grafana LabsSp·C
  5. 05IT-Schulungen.comSp·M
  6. 06Landeshauptstadt München, IT ReferatSp·C
  7. 07Mercedes-BenzSp·M
  8. 08Open Source CollectiveSp·R
  9. 09Osborne ClarkeSp·C
  10. 10PwCSp·P
  11. 11Sang EngineeringSp·C
  12. 12SerNetSp·B
  13. 13The Linux FoundationSp·C
  14. 14City of Munich1V
Sponsors by tier
breakfast partner1
8% of 13
coffee break partner2
15% of 13
community partner4
31% of 13
get together partner1
8% of 13
main partner2
15% of 13
media partner1
8% of 13
photo box partner1
8% of 13
recording partner1
8% of 13
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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