In this very first OnRamp webinar session of the year 2026, we will discover how a nearly 200-year-old innovator like ZEISS is embracing open source. Holger Streidl will introduce their journey toward empowering developers, navigating organizational and legal challenges, and building a sustainable, risk-aware Open Source culture.
It’s the grand return of field experience reports. Don’t miss it!
In the November session of the OnRamp webinar, Philippe Ombredanne will introduces Package-URL (PURL) as an open standard that provides a consistent, universal way to identify software packages across ecosystems, addressing critical issues in vulnerability tracking, license compliance, and supply chain security. Philippe, the creator of PURL, will explain its origins and how the specification evolved to balance cross-ecosystem consistency with ecosystem-specific details.
Save the date, for a new tool on you utility belt!
Alignment isn't just for AI… but also for OSPOs! Our guest for our first OnRamp session of the year is Tobie Langel Open ecosystem strategy consultant at UnlockOpen. He will delve into a difficult but critical discussion:
"increasing OPSO awareness and impact by aligning with organizational mission, goals, and strategy"
Another round in the academic world for our OnRamp series. In a couple of weeks, we will welcome John Whelan who’s Director of the OSPO of the Trinity College of Dublin. He will showcase “Case Studies from the Frontiers of Knowledge Transfer in a European University”
Save the date!
In October, our next OnRamp meeting will feature Anne-Marie Scott from the board of the Apereo Foundation. She’ll tell us about OSPOs in the Academic World.
It’s open to all with no registration in a safe environment. Just come and grab a seat.
This month's On-Ramp meeting will welcome Jan Ainali who's Codebase Steward at Foundation for Public Code. He'll present us the Governance Game and how your organisation can use it to create discussions about effective open source governance.
? June 16st, 2023
⏰ 10:30-12:00 am CEST
▶️ https://ospo.zone/onramp/
It's open to all with no registration in a safe environment. Just come and grab a seat.
The OSPO Alliance is proud to announce the availability of two updated translations of the Good Governance Handbook v1.1:
▶️ Grab your copy at https://ospo.zone/ggi/
This month, we will welcome Wolfgang Gehring, FOSS Ambassador & OSPO Lead at Mercedes-Benz-TI. He'll tell the story of their Free and Open Source Sofware (aka FOSS) journey they started about 6 years ago.
The OSPO OnRamp meeting series provides an open, neutral and friendly forum, low-threshold entry point to exchange and learn about the basics of how to set up an Open Source Program Office and get started with open source.
Our next OnRamp meeting will feature Gabriel Ku Wei Bin from Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). He'll introduce FSFE ’s Legal Network and its Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW).
