Time

Event

Details

Day 0: October 13

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Day 1: October 14

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Panel Discussion #1: 

Who are the stakeholders of open source software communities? How can we identify their needs?

Moderator:

• Jim Herbsleb, Professor, Software and Societal Systems Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Panelists:

• Brian Fitzgerald: Krehbiel Chair in Innovation in Business & Technology, University of Limerick
• Matt Germonprez: Mutual of Omaha Distinguished Chair of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska; Co-founder of the Linux Foundation Community Health Analytics OSS Project (CHAOSS)
• Nicholas Matsakis: One of the long-time leaders of the Rust project; Co-lead Rust Language Team; Senior Principal Engineer at Amazon
• Christopher Yoo: Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, University of Pennsylvania

Panel Discussion #2:

How can we rally stakeholders, including OSS communities, to consider broader concerns such as OSS supply chain security, performance, and API feature requirements etc.? To what extent do we need to do that? Which stakeholders are able to respond to and fulfill such responsibilities?

Moderator: 

• Sonali Shah: Professor & May Faculty Fellow, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panelists:

• Rich Bowen: Open Source strategist at AWS
• Siobhan O’Mahony: Feld Family Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management & Organizations; Boston University
• Audris Mockus: Ericsson-Harlan Mills Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee 
• Nandini Sharma: Postdoctoral Associate, Carnegie Mellon University

Breakout discussion session

 Breakout rooms

Break

Day 1 concluding remarks and instructions for dinner

Dinner

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Day 2: October 15

Breakfast

Panel Discussion #3:

How can the stakeholders of open source ecosystems engage with each other? What are the ways in which meaningful interaction can be enabled with communities? What is the role of OSPOs in doing the same?

Moderator: 

• Georg Link: Co-founder of the Linux Foundation Community Health Analytics OSS (CHAOSS) Project

Panelists:

• Sayeed Choudhury: Director of the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) at Carnegie Mellon Libraries.
• Stephanie Lieggi: Executive Director, CROSS (Center for Research in Open Source Software), UC Santa Cruz
• Nithya Ruff: Head of the Amazon Open Source Program Office
• Stephen Walli: Principal Program Manager at the Azure Office of the CTO, Microsoft, Open Source Advocate

 Breakout discussion session

 Break

 Breakout session summaries

Concluding remarks and next steps

Boxed lunch and departure