Hello project leads,
As you navigate evolving regulations and security requirements, Open Community Experience 2026 in Brussels (21-23 April) offers the specific technical and legal roadmap your project needs.
The 2026 program is specifically designed to address the high-stakes technical and regulatory challenges facing our projects, including the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and long-term project sustainability.
We’ve curated the top 5 sessions specifically for Eclipse Foundation Project Leads:
Building the future: Strategic inclusion for the next wave of contributors (Carmen Delgado, Nadia Aimé and Ixchel Ruiz) – An interactive workshop on scaling your contributor base.
Layered compliance: Using the Swiss cheese model to prevent catastrophic failure (Georg Link) - Discover how layered compliance strategies can help open source projects reduce security and regulatory risks.
Your open source project can pay your bills: Here’s how (Jessica Schneider and Christian Eltzschig) – A session exploring funding models, monetisation approaches, and ecosystem partnerships that can support open source projects.
How configuration-as-code eliminates invisible work for open source maintainers (Lukas Pühringer) - Learn how configuration-as-code can automate repository governance and security policies, reducing administrative overhead for open source maintainers
Understanding machine decisions (Haishi Bai) - Discover how explainable AI techniques help developers understand and validate machine learning decisions, enabling more transparent and trustworthy AI systems.
Exclusive discount for project leads: Use your special 25% discount at registration to join us: OCXPL25
See you in Brussels!
The OCX 26 Team