Theme briefing · UN Open Source Week

Open Standards

How “Open Standards” runs through UN Open Source Week, across years — every session, organization, person and reference linked back to its record.

Openly developed specifications that enable interoperability and portability across systems and borders.

Across years

Sessions per year on Open Standards
Theme	2025	2026
Open Standards	5	3

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UN Open Source Week 2026 (3 sessions)

Reception: The Global Case for Open in AI: How Open Source and Open Standards Build Trust Across Borders · Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Data Governance for the Public Good: Equity, Openness and Community Stewardship · Thursday, 25 June 2026
Digital Commons in the era of AI: Open Data, Civic Infrastructure, and DPI in Practice · Friday, 26 June 2026

UN Open Source Week 2025 (5 sessions)

Advancing Open Source AI for the Public Good · Day 1 and 2 — UN Tech Over
AI and Open Source: Building Ethical and Transparent Systems · Day 3 — OSPOs for Good
Breaking Silos: Open Source and Open Data Drive Interoperability · Day 3 — OSPOs for Good
Navigating Digital Cooperation Across Layers of Governance · Day 3 — OSPOs for Good
Digital Sovereignty in Practice: Co-Creating Trustworthy and Inclusive DPI · Day 4 — DPI Day

Reading list — standards & references

Digital Public Goods (DPG) Standard · standard
Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) v1.0 · definition

Aggregated across years from the published session, organization, speaker, reference and quote records — each links back to its source.