Post by United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology

🌍 Join the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies & the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology for OSPOs for Good Day, this 25 June, during #OpenSourceWeek2026! We’re starting the day with two conversations that highlight how open source is shaping digital sovereignty and national innovation strategies around the world. 🔹 Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World How can open source strengthen resilient, interoperable, and strategically autonomous digital infrastructure? Featuring: Ruth Suehle of The Apache Software Foundation, Louise McKeever of Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Ireland, Jim Zemlin of The Linux Foundation, Margaret Dawson of SUSE, Arun Gupta of NVIDIA, Sachiko Muto of OpenForum Europe, Adriana Groh of Sovereign Tech Agency & Frank Karlitschek of Nextcloud GmbH 🔹 Country Spotlight: Lessons from Open Source Implementation in Japan Exploring the “Japan Model” and four decades of collaboration across government, academia, and industry. Featuring: Masato Endo of The Linux Foundation & Toyota Motor Corporation, Hiroyuki Ishii of Panasonic Automotive Systems and The Linux Foundation, Ken Chibana of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Masayuki Kuwata of Sony Group, Masayuki Yamada of Digital Agency, Government of Japan, Shoji Kajita of Nagoya University, Kyoto University & Apereo Foundation, and Yuichi Kusakabe at Honda! Looking forward to a morning of conversations on building a more open and collaborative digital future!