Education & Training

Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026

The Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026 is a global, multidisciplinary research symposium that brings together academics and practitioners to advance the understanding of open technologies in the modern world and to produce policy-relevant research that helps decision-makers drive impact. Themed 'Shaping the Open Transition', the event focuses on l…

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40Speakers
4Sponsors
35On the bill · sessions
26Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Open, in alphabetical order.
Albert Cañigueral Bagó
AI Factory One-Stop Shop Manager at Barcelona Supercomputing Centre · Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Alek Tarkowski
Director of Strategy at Open Future · Open Future
Bert Boerland
Charlie Martial Ngounou
Managing Partner at PLACE Hub, Founder and President at AfroLeadership · PLACE Hub / AfroLeadership
Cibele Zolnier
Claire Jenifer Pershan
EU Advocacy Lead at Mozilla · Mozilla
Clare Dillon
Farooq Zakhilwal
Gabriel Toscano
Teaching Assistant at Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Technology Policy Analyst at Open Source Initiative · Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy / Open Source Initiative
Henry Poole
Ignasi Labastida i Juan
Rector’s Delegate for Scientific Publications and Open Science at University of Barcelona · University of Barcelona
Jake Kendall
Jennifer Tridgell
Independent Consultant, PhD Candidate and World Ramsay Scholar (International Law x Computer Science) at University of Cambridge · University of Cambridge
Jenny Molloy
Assistant Research Professor at University of Cambridge, Group Leader at ICGEB, Member at European Open Source Academy · University of Cambridge / ICGEB / European Open Source Academy
Johan Linåker
Julius Murke
Katharina Meyer
Director at Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund · Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund
Koto Qalo
Laia Domenech Burin
Maja Bogataj Jancic
Marco Germanò
Doctoral Researcher (S.J.D.) at University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Research Affiliate at NYU School of Law (Guarini Global Law & Tech) · University of Toronto Faculty of Law / NYU School of Law
Mathieu O’Neil
Professor of Communication at University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre, Honorary Associate Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University · University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre / Australian National University
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Digital Future
OpenForum Europe
Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Source Initiative
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Agenda

Selected from 35 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday 26th 09:00–09:15

    Welcome Session

  • Monday 26th 09:15–09:45

    Keynote #1 – Speaker TBD

  • Monday 26th 09:45–10:05

    Governance Before Technology: Lessons from Integrate Pasifika for Open Knowledge Infrastructure and Digital Sovereignty in the Pacific

    Governance
  • Monday 26th 10:05–10:25

    How Open Should We Go? A Decision Framework for Open Sourcing, InnerSourcing, or Closing Public Sector Code

    Governance
  • Monday 26th 10:25–10:55

    Reconceptualizing data governance as the interplay between increasing and decreasing openness

    Governance
  • Monday 26th 10:55–11:25

    Digital Commons as Civic Infrastructure: Governance Frameworks for Open Source AI and Public Accountability

    Governance
  • Monday 26th 11:25–11:45

    Theme Q&A – Governance

    Governance
  • Monday 26th 11:45–12:05

    Coffee Break

    Breaks
  • Monday 26th 12:05–12:35

    Extending digital sovereignty beyond software: the role of open source hardware

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 26 companies, parsed from the program.

26 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
22Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

15% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner38%
  • Director / Head of38%
  • Manager / Lead25%
  • Engineer · IC25%
  • Research / Science718%
  • Other roles2357%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Digital FutureSp
  2. 02OpenForum EuropeSp
  3. 03Open Knowledge FoundationSp
  4. 04Open Source InitiativeSp
  5. 05Barcelona Supercomputing Centre1V
  6. 06CNRS1V
  7. 07Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund1V
  8. 08Digital Public Goods Alliance1V
  9. 09Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy / Open Source Initiative1V
  10. 10European University Institute1V
  11. 11FGV Law School1V
  12. 12Mozilla1V
  13. 13Open Future1V
  14. 14PLACE Hub / AfroLeadership1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified4
100% of 4