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FOSS Backstage Day 1!

The first day of FOSS Backstage came to an end. Time for a little recap.

We kicked off the first day of FOSS Backstage with our keynote speaker Jutta Horstmann on “Digital Sovereignty and Open Source – Shaping an answer to geopolitical instabilities“. Jutta introduced ZenDiS, its platform (openCode), products (openDesk and more) and services for the public sector, and shared ZenDiS’s experience in cross-national collaboration.

Participants could enjoy 24 sessions across three stages. Recordings of our sessions will be uploaded to our YouTube channel by the end of next week.

Our Lightning Talks session at this year’s FOSS Backstage, hosted by Kris Freedain, allowed attendees to share their short ideas, pitches and more about free and open-source software in 5-minute presentations. The recordings will be uploaded to our YouTube channel as well.

We rounded off the day with our Get-Together, enjoying tasty snacks and drinks, kindly sponsored by our partner, Grafana Labs.

Be sure to follow the hashtag “fossback” in the Fediverse to get more impressions from the community!

We look forward to many more insightful sessions and conversations tomorrow on day 2 of FOSS Backstage!

Looking for a FOSS Backstage souvenir? Get your FOSS Backstage T-shirt! (Available at the registration desk in the lobby)

Photos by Jan Michalko

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