Annual briefing · UN Open Source Week

UN Open Source Week 2025 — briefing

An at-a-glance, fully linked summary of UN Open Source Week 2025, generated from the published dataset.

Sessions by day

Day 1 and 2 — UN Tech Over

Day 3 — OSPOs for Good

Day 4 — DPI Day

Day 5 — Community Day

Themes

Organizations

Recordings & transcripts

Selected quotes

Open source technologies are not just tools; they are building blocks for inclusive development, transparent governance, and shared innovation.
— Maurizio Massari
It was powerful to see live edits happening at the UN and to know that the UN cares about the future of the digital world, an evolving topic we should all be paying attention to.
— Edit-A-Thon volunteer
even if you're not changing jobs, your job is changing on you
— Sarah Steinberg
In humanitarian work, sustainability is not optional. Open source allows solutions to live beyond individual projects and funding cycles.
— Vipul Siddharth
it's a governance model, one that fits the complexity of our time
— Dmitry Mariyasin
This is where open source has a unique and powerful role to play.
— Tshilidzi Marwala
Don't make us reinvent the wheel—help us drive further.
— Daniel Mazur
Safeguards should therefore not be an afterthought: they should be integrated into DPIs by design.
— Amandeep Singh Gill

Generated from the UN Open Source Week 2025 dataset — every session, organization, recording and quote links to its provenanced record.