Digital Sovereignty and Open Source – Shaping an answer to geopolitical instabilities
Session Abstract
ZenDiS, Germany’s Center for Digital Sovereignty, aims to strengthen public IT against rising geopolitical threats by promoting Open Source alternatives and reducing tech dependencies. In her keynote, Jutta Horstmann will present ZenDiS’s platform, products, and cross-European collaboration efforts.
Session Description
The Trump administration will increase geopolitical instabilities, which Europe needs to be prepared for. As Germany’s Center for Digital Sovereignty of the Public Sector, ZenDiS strives to enable and empower the German public IT for these upcoming threats.
ZenDiS focuses on dissolving existing technological dependencies by equipping the public sector with Open Source alternatives and the capabilities to apply them successfully.
For ZenDiS Digital sovereignty does not end at Germany’s national borders. Instead, ZenDiS is convinced that they can only be successful in a joint European endeavor.
In her keynote, Jutta Horstmann will introduce ZenDiS, their platform (openCode), products (openDesk and more), and services to the public sector.
She will also share ZenDiS’s experiences in cross-national collaboration, and invite to European-level collaboration.
