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Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit

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o 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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17Voices
43Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
54Companies · in total
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The Voices

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
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Underwritten By

The houses 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
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

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.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
40Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
11Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Inria·Software Heritage·UNESCO

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, 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 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01InriaSp1V
  2. 02Software HeritageSp1V
  3. 03UNESCOSp1V
  4. 04AdaCoreSp·S
  5. 05AWSSp·G
  6. 06CAST SoftwareSp
  7. 07CEASp·P
  8. 08Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Sp
  9. 09CNRSSp·P
  10. 10CouperinSp·B
  11. 11CRKN consortiumSp·S
  12. 12CSAL – Consortium of Swiss Academic LibrariesSp·B
  13. 13DansSp
  14. 14Directorate General of Armaments – DGASp
04Fig. 04 — 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
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters