Software, hardware, and practices developed and shared under open licenses with collaborative governance.
Across years
| Theme | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | 12 | 12 | 131 |
UN Open Source Week 2026
- UN Tech Over Hack-A-Thon, Edit-A-Thon, and Maintain-A-Thon
- UN Tech Over Hack-A-Thon
- Edit-A-Thon
- Maintain-A-Thon
- Octane Side Event: Sustainable Open Source Funding Infrastructure
- Octane Side Event: Sustainable Open Source Funding Infrastructure (RSVP + Details). Location: Michael J Fox Foundation Offices, 111 W34th St
- Check-In
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Fireside Chat: How is AI Changing the World of Work?
- Panel: Preparing Countries for an AI Future
- Reception
- Open Source x AI
- Opening Keynotes and Fireside Chat
- Setting the Stage: Open Source and AI for Humanity
- High-Level Discussion: Open Source for Digital Development
- Open Robots
- Lunch Break
- Building Digitally Friendly Cities: Open Source, AI and Human-Centered Data
- Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, and Public AI Infrastructure in Africa
- Responsible GenAI at Scale: Open Source Commons and Governance
- What AI Changes for Open Source Risk and Resilience
- Youth-Led Open Source AI for Sustainable Futures: Bridging Developed and Developing Countries
- **DPGA & UNICEF** — What AI Changes for Open Source Risk and Resilience
- AI's Impact on Open Source
- Open Agents
- Open Agents
- **UN-ODET & UNICC** — Open Agents
- Closing Discussion: Openness for Digital Cooperation
- Closing Discussion: Openness for Digital Cooperation
- UN Open Source Week Reception
- Open Source Community Drinks NYC
- CHAOSS Breakfast
- DPGA Members’ Breakfast (by invitation only)
- Opening Keynotes
- Opening Fireside Chat
- Turning Global Commitments into Action
- Advancing Population-Scale Innovation with Safe & Inclusive DPI
- UNICC & UNESCO DPI Sustainability for Health, Learning and Science
- A DPI Approach to Next Generation Trade and Transport
- Advancing Population-Scale Innovation with Safe & Inclusive DPI (1)
- Building Inclusion: Identity, Payments, and the Real Cost of Digital Public Infrastructure
- DPI Sustainability for Health, Learning and Science
- The DPI Scale-Up Dilemma: Move Fast, Build Trust, Leave No One Behind
- **DPGA, UNDP, & UN-ODET** — The DPI Scale-Up Dilemma: Move Fast, Build Trust, Leave No One Behind
- **UNICEF** — A DPI Approach to Next Generation Trade and Transport
- **Government Of Dominican Republic, UNICC, UNESCO, & DHIS2** — DPI Sustainability for Health, Learning and Science
- **DPGA, UN-ODET, & UNDP** — DPI That Delivers: From Failure Points to Multistakeholder Actions
- Lunch Break
- Government of the Dominican Republic & UNICEF – Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- Advancing Population-Scale Innovation with Safe & Inclusive DPI (2)
- Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- Women Building Digital: The GovStack Women in GovTech Challenge
- DPI That Delivers: From Failure Points to Multistakeholder Actions
- Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- **Government of the Dominican Republic & UNICEF** – Making DPI Work for Children: From Country Experience to Implementer Tactics
- **Open Cities Lab** – Women Building Digital: The GovStack Women in GovTech Challenge
- **UN-ODET & UNESCO** – Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- **UN-ODET, UNESCO, & Software Heritage** – Public Code Observatory: Mapping Public Sector Contributions to Open Source Worldwide
- DPI for Inclusive Growth
- **UN ODET & Government of Nigeria** — DPI for Inclusive Growth
- Closing Remarks
- Closing Session
- Reception: The Global Case for Open in AI: How Open Source and Open Standards Build Trust Across Borders
- OSPOs for Good
- Opening Keynotes
- Opening Keynotes
- Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
- Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
- **Nextcloud Server & SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** — Open Source and Digital Sovereignty in a Connected World
- UN ODET — Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship
- UN ODET & GitHub — Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Public Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)
- IDB — Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Country Spotlight: Lessons from Open Source Implementation in Japan
- Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship
- Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Public Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)
- Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Unlocking Financial Intelligence with Open Source
- Country Spotlight: Lessons from Open Source Implementation in Japan
- **UN ODET** — Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship
- **UN ODET & GitHub** — Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Public Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)
- **IDB** — Financing Open Source and Digital Public Goods: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
- Lunch Break
- ADB & UN ODET — AI as a Digital Public Good: Insights from ADB’s Research
- UN ODET & Decidim — Cities, Democracy, and Open Source
- UN ODET & ITU — From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- AI as a Digital Public Good: Insights from ADB’s Research
- Building Open Source Capacity at Scale — University OSPOs as Engines for SDG Impact
- Cities, Democracy, and Open Source
- From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Industry Spotlight: Open Source in the Automotive Industry
- AI as a Digital Public Good: Insights from ADB’s Research
- **ADB & UN ODET** — AI as a Digital Public Good: Insights from ADB’s Research
- **UN ODET & Decidim** — Cities, Democracy, and Open Source
- **UN ODET & ITU** — From Policy to Practice: Establishing Government OSPOs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Open Source at the United Nations
- Open Source at the United Nations
- **UNESCO & FAO** — Open Source at the United Nations
- Strategic Independence Across Layers of Governance
- Strategic Independence Across Layers of Governance
- GitHub's Strengthening Global Open Source Collaboration Amid Rising Nationalism
- Reception
- Community-Led Side Events
- Plenary Session
- Open Source AI for the Public Good
- Public Investment for Open Source Infrastructure: The Sovereign Tech Agency Model in a Global Ecosystem
- Africa Accelerator for DPI
- UNICEF
- Democratizing AI: Security, Sovereignty, and Inclusive Ecosystems featuring two expert panels
- Nations and Sovereignty: cobuilding national and international capacity within and across borders
- Shaping a DPI: From Concept to Operation
- Open Source for Good Health and Well being
- Lunch Break
- Open Source and the Future of Verifiable AI
- Building the Next Generation: models and methods for growing capacity via the next generation of open source contributors and contributions
- Designing Sovereign and Interoperable DPI Ecosystems: Standards, Procurement, and Contribution in Practice
- Scaling accessibility and inclusivity through Open Source
- Who Builds, Who Leads, Who Benefits: Structural Levers for Inclusive Open Source
- DPG Showcase & Networking – Community Event
- Deploying AI Responsibly: Hands-On Technical and Civic Strategy
- Funding and Sustainability: Securing capacity in the literal cybersecurity sense, and securing investments, creating value, and sustaining impact
- Growing Inclusive Digital Commons: Open Solutions, Communities, and AI in Practice
- Open Source for Climate, Energy, and Sustainability
- DPG Showcase & Networking – Community Event (More details TBA) Growing Inclusive Digital Commons: Open Solutions, Communities, and AI in Practice
- DPG Showcase & Networking – Community Event Growing Inclusive Digital Commons: Open Solutions, Communities, and AI in Practice
- Toward Sovereign and Resilient AI: Governance, Open Source, and What Comes Next
- Unlocking the Power of Open Source for Sustainable Digital Public Infrastructure: Introducing the Open Source Enablement Compass (OSEC)
- Digital Commons in the era of AI: Open Data, Civic Infrastructure, and DPI in Practice
- Inclusion, Localization, and Last-Mile Design
- Closing Session
- Reception
- Community-Driven Sessions on Open Source and Digital Collaboration
UN Open Source Week 2025
- Opening Plenary
- "Ahead of the Storm" Hackathon — Open Geospatial Analytics for Children-Centric Climate Emergency Response
- Edit-A-Thon — Knowledge as a Commons
- Open Source Skills in the AI Era — Perspectives from the European Open Source Academy
- OSPOs for Good — Opening Keynotes
- Open Source for Humanitarian Impact
- Scaling Open Source Principles Internally: The InnerSource Journey
- Open Source and Public Interest
- Breaking Silos: Open Source and Open Data Drive Interoperability
- The Role of Open Source in Digital Public Infrastructure
- DPI Day — Closing Ceremony
- Community Day
UN Open Source Week 2024
- Opening Plenary: Embracing Open Source Technology to Achieve the SDGs
- Thematic Track #1: AI and Open Source
- Spotlight Panel: Open Source in the Global South
- Thematic Track #2: Open Source at the UN
- Presentation: Reboot the Earth
- Thematic Track #3: Open Source and Governments
- Thematic Track #4: Open Source at Work in the World
- Devrooms: Open Source at Work in the World
- Spotlight Panel: Youth and Open Source
- Thematic Track #5: Open Source Networked Cities
- Spotlight Panel: Open Source and Civil Society
- Closing Plenary — The Next Decade: Envisioning the Future of Open Source
Organizations active on this theme
People who spoke on this theme
Reading list — standards & references
- Global Digital Compact (GDC)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- UN Open Source Catalogue
- UN Open Source Policy Framework
- UN Open Source Principles
Quotes
Open source technologies are not just tools; they are building blocks for inclusive development, transparent governance, and shared innovation.— Maurizio Massari, UN Open Source Week 2025
In humanitarian work, sustainability is not optional. Open source allows solutions to live beyond individual projects and funding cycles.— Vipul Siddharth, UN Open Source Week 2025
it's a governance model, one that fits the complexity of our time— Dmitry Mariyasin, UN Open Source Week 2025
This is where open source has a unique and powerful role to play.— Tshilidzi Marwala, UN Open Source Week 2025
open source should be open to everyone and everyone should benefit— Bernardo Mariano Junior, UN Open Source Week 2025
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