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Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit

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Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit ran on Jan 28, 2026 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. It is a Technology conference. ConferenceGrid lists 17 speakers and 43 sponsors. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Last verified Jun 15, 2026

To mark the 10th anniversary of Software Heritage, UNESCO and Software Heritage will co-host the 2026 Symposium on January 28, 2026. This event brings together partners from research, education, culture, public administration, and the private sector to recognize software source code as part of digital heritage, foster its long-term preservation, and promote…

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17Speakers
43Sponsors
0Sessions
54Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Software, in alphabetical order.

Adriana Groh
CEO · Sovereign Tech Agency
Anne Bouverot
Co-chair of France’s AI & Digital Council. France’s Special Envoy for AI
Anuchika Stanislaus
French General Secretary for Investment (SGPI)
Bruno Sportisse
Chairman and CEO · Inria
Cédric Auliac
Director of AI Factory France (AI2F) · GENCI
Cristina Shimoda
AI Program · Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Brazil
Dario Taraborelli
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
Eurico Wongo Gungula
Rector · Oscar Ribas University & UNESCO Focal Point for Open Science in Angola
Hakim Hacid
Chief Researcher · Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
Henri Verdier
Director General · Inria Foundation
Marin Dacos
Representative of the Director General for Research and Innovation (DGRI)
Omar Mohsine
Office of the UN Digital Envoy
Roberto Di Cosmo
Founder and Director · Software Heritage
Stéphanie Schaer
Interministerial Digital Director · France
Tanja Vos
Informatics Europe / ERCIM – ESSIA
Tawfik Jelassi
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO · UNESCO
Thibaut Kleiner
Director for Future Networks, DG Connect · European Commission

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

CEAPlatinum
CNRSPlatinum
HuaweiPlatinum
IBMDiamond
InfosysPlatinum
MESRIPlatinum
MicrosoftDiamond
Technology Innovation Institute (TII)Diamond
Amazon Web ServicesGold
GoogleGold
Open Invention NetworkGold
Université de ParisGold
AdaCoreSilver
CRKN consortiumSilver
French Government (DINUM)Silver
GitHubSilver
Sorbonne UniversitéSilver
Università di PisaSilver
CouperinBronze
CSAL – Consortium of Swiss Academic LibrariesBronze
NWO – Dutch Research CouncilBronze
Sant’Anna School of Advanced StudiesBronze
Scuola Normale SuperioreBronze
Université de LorraineBronze
Université Paris SaclayBronze
CAST Software
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Dans
Directorate General of Armaments – DGA
FOSSID
Hugging Face
Inria
Intel
Nokia Bell Labs
Red Hat
SCANOSS
ServiceNow
Société Générale
Software Heritage
UNESCO

Quick answers

When is Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit?
Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit ran on Jan 28, 2026 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
Where is Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit held?
Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
Who is speaking at Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit?
ConferenceGrid lists 17 speakers, including Adriana Groh (CEO, Sovereign Tech Agency), Anne Bouverot (Co-chair of France’s AI & Digital Council. France’s Special Envoy for AI) and Anuchika Stanislaus (French General Secretary for Investment (SGPI)).
Who sponsors Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit?
ConferenceGrid lists 43 sponsors, including CEA, CNRS, Huawei, IBM and Infosys.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 54 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

54 companies. three 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
3All threespeak · spons · exh
40Sponsoringsponsor only
11Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Inria·Software Heritage·UNESCO

Speakers by seniority

59% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite318%
  • Founder / Owner16%
  • Director / Head of635%
  • Other roles741%

Of 17 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1InriaSponsor1
2Software HeritageSponsor1
3UNESCOSponsor1
4AdaCoreSponsor · Silver-
5AWSSponsor · Gold-
6CAST SoftwareSponsor-
7CEASponsor · Platinum-
8Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Sponsor-
9CNRSSponsor · Platinum-
10CouperinSponsor · Bronze-
11CRKN consortiumSponsor · Silver-
12CSAL – Consortium of Swiss Academic LibrariesSponsor · Bronze-
13DansSponsor-
14Directorate General of Armaments – DGASponsor-
Sponsors by tier
diamond3
7% of 43
platinum5
12% of 43
gold4
9% of 43
silver6
14% of 43
bronze7
16% of 43
unspecified18
42% of 43
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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