Programme 2024
November 8-9th
A 2-day festival on Friday, 8th November and Saturday, 9th November 2024
Please note that the programme is subject to change and will be continuously updated until the conference opens.
All times are expressed in Central European Time (CET) UTC+01:00.
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Day 1Friday,08th November 2024
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08:30
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09:00
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09:15
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09:30
Open Source Businesses as an Independent, Sustainable way to Fund Open Source
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 30 mins -
10:00
European SFS Award 2024
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsFree Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and Linux User Group Bozen-Bolzano-Bulsan assign the “European SFS Award”
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10:15
SFS Award 2024
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsLinux User Group Bozen-Bolzano-Bulsan assigns the “South Tyrol Free Software Award”
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10:30
Open Source in EU policy
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 20 minsMaking laws with the Open Source community in mind
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10:30
Side Event School Reading
Ada & Zangemann
Where: Auditorium (A2) Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation Europeby Matthias Kirschner; illustrated by Sandra Brandstätter
A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream
This illustrated children’s book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realizes how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
Ada & Zangemann will inspire children’s interest in tinkering and encourage shaping technology.
The reading will be performed in German.
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10:50
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11:00
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Let’s all get over the CRA!
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minshow I stopped worrying about the consequences of the CRA for Open Source innovation in Europe and moved to something else
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11:00
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11:00
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11:00
Apisense – Easily monitor and track your REST-API data quality
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 minsAn easy and modular solution to faulty REST-API data developed in collaboration with the Open Data Hub
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11:20
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11:20
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11:20
Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green! Bringing Free Software To Eco-Consumers
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 mins -
11:20
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11:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
CRA & PLD Liability rules and Software Freedom
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation Europe -
11:40
DOOF – an Open Source Orchestration Framework for Decentralized Consent Management
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins -
11:40
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11:40
MariaDB Vector: Why your AI data should be in an RDBMS
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 minsDatabases and AI: How to supercharge application development with MariaDB vector
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12:00
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Cyber Resilience Act, already too late to comply?
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsCompliance is dead, long live compliance
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12:00
Accelerating territory’s development through Open Data
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsOpen Data Hub and south tyrolean examples
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12:00
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12:00
1, 2, 3, Doc Kit!
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 minsAutomate the creation of software documentation
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12:20
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
AI no-code for marketing
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsHow artificial intelligence can really help create a marketing strategy
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12:20
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12:20
Enabling global interoperability among smart devices is only possible through Open Source
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 minsOniro and OpenHarmony a cooperation to build a global ecosystem
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12:20
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12:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
We went to court against Apple – a case for Software Freedom
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeBreaking lock-ins over devices with Free Software
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12:40
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12:40
Smart Werke Meran – Lorawan Use Cases
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 minsOur Use Cases realized with 100% Open Source
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12:40
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13:00
Side Event Hackathon
NOI Hackathon SFSCON Edition
Where: NOISE24 hours of hacking, collaborating, co-creating, and developing for (currently secret) topics that will be revealed at the start of the Hackathon. Generate new ideas alone or in a team. This one is for creative people, creators, developers, designers, data experts, entrepreneurs, tech geeks, coding lovers… of any level and with any background – just get involved! Our Hackathon revolves around Open Data and Open Source and all developed projects will be published in a public git repository. And, yes, we have prizes for our winners but the aim of the event is to inspire, so if you are on the fence about a career in tech, get involved and give it a go.
REGISTRATION NEEDED AT: https://hackathon.bz.it/
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13:00
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13:00
BASIC CORE South Tyrol
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsA project to solve the topographical complexity of the National Spatial Data Catalogue
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13:00
2025 scenario on OpenISA OpenPower Open Hardware computing
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 mins2025 Real scenario on Open Hardware based on OpenISA OpenPower CPU
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13:00
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13:20
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
SPDXv3: Advancing Transparency in Software
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsA newly released standard for complete information
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13:20
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13:20
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13:20
Software Engineering Automation: From early tools to Generative AI and beyond
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins -
13:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
(re)classifying FOSS licenses
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsNew strategy for classifying licenses in a better way
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13:40
Hacking your (electric) car: the importance of Open Data
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeGathering information from the OBD (On Board Diagnostic) port of your car could be challenging
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13:40
Raspberry Pi and Node-RED: Open Source Tools for Local Automation and Industrial IoT applications
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FOS SpA -
13:40
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14:00
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14:00
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Lessons from the EU’s Next Generation Internet Initiatives
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeWhat We've Learnt From Looking At 500 Free Software Projects
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14:00
The Innovation Paradox
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsDo you really know how to unleash and manage innovation?
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14:00
Approaches to Object Detection: Edge-Based and AI-Based
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FOS SpA -
14:00
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14:20
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
The ZOOOM project: final results and future outlooks
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins -
14:20
The FSFE Italy Project from Understanding to Testing
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeHow I applied design-thinking to re-design the Italian Free Software Community
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14:20
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14:20
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14:40
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14:40
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14:40
NGI: No more EU funding for Free Software?!
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation Europe -
14:40
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14:40
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15:00
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15:00
What the open source community means to me
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsSome very personal thoughts on why contributing can enrich your life
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15:00
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15:00
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15:20
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15:20
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
From Personalized to Programmed
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsThe Dilemma of AI Customization
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15:20
A Journey of Contribution and Collaboration in Open Source
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsWhy Foundations are Essential
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15:20
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15:20
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15:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Fostering Innovation in IT Businesses through Open Source Software Involvement
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins -
15:40
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15:40
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15:40
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16:00
Side Event - Crane Hall BOF meetings
Software Heritage — an archive for humanity
Where: Crane Hall Duration: 40 mins -
16:00
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Tackling Openwashers, Freeloaders and Cuckoos
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeHow to safeguard the Free Software market against unfair competition
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16:00
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16:00
Nurturing OpenJDK distribution: Eclipse Temurin Success History and plan
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins -
16:20
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Web Accessibility is actually well-forgotten old
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins -
16:20
Building the Public Interest Desktop
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 minsOur experience organizing GNOME's Sovereign Tech Fund project
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16:20
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16:20
Designing open source tools for Citizen Coders
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 minsEmpower non-professional developers to drive innovation!
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16:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
LibreOffice as JavaScript idiomatic WebWidget + Library
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 minsMaking LibreOffice a native part of the web, using FOSS for highly customizable office document handling in the browser, based on WASM.
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16:40
Let’s share our love for Free Software
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeI love Free Software Day 2025
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16:40
Containerization and micro-services in real life change security and vulnerability management. Let’s Discuss.
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 minsSecurity Configuration for Containerization and micro-services applications
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16:40
Free your Games
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeA Minetest story
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17:00
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
Using software tools and AI to audit e-commerce food regulations
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins -
17:00
MoodleXR: A Next-Generation Open-Source Platform for Immersive Learning
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FOS SpA -
17:00
Cyber Risk Management: let’s try to manage it with open source and free software
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 minsOpen source solutions in the cybersecurity landscape, oriented to manage processes
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17:00
How to set up an Open Source Program Office? Get insights and use cases from the OSPO Alliance
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: OW2 -
17:20
Side Event - Crane Hall BOF meetings
Best examples of Open Communities
Where: Crane Hall Duration: 40 minshow might we create the perfect environment for the development, strenghtening and growth of an open community?
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17:20
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17:20
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17:20
IT Security – Don’t let Open Source Software become the next menace
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 15 minsCriminals and Govs are levereging Open Source tools, libraries and software to break into organizations. Let's stop 'em.
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17:20
Decentralized Search Over Decentralized Storage
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: OW2Coupling an AI-powered search engine with a self-hosted personal cloud
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17:40
Ethics, Policy, Legal & Economics
State of Microsoft Windows Refund (2024)
Where: Seminar 1 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeGetting a Refund of your Microsoft Windows License - present and future
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17:40
Let’s spark children’s interest in coding
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeOur experiences and how you can contribute
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17:40
Optimizing Cloud Compute Resources with Spare Cores
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: OW2
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Day 2Saturday,09th November 2024
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08:30
Starting of the second day
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08:30
Welcome Coffee
Where: Foyer -
09:20
Let’s spark more Adas in our tech world! workshop
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 60 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation Europe, SheTechWomen* in tech
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09:20
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09:30
Side Event MiniNOI x SFSCON
Scratch Stories with Ada & Zangemann
Where: Seminar 4 Duration: 150 mins Supported by: MiniNOICalling all kids aged 7 to 10! Coding and programming will be the focus of this special Science Club. A workshop on programming with very special people is waiting for you!
The workshop will be held in Italian.REGISTRATION (from 23rd October) NEEDED AT: https://registration.noi.bz.it/event/speakers?id=MiniNOI_x_SFSCON1147463429
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09:40
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10:20
Side Event - FSFE - Italian community meeting
Voices of Free Software: connect, learn, inspire!
Where: Seminar 3 Duration: 160 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeFSFE Italian Community Meeting
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10:40
Knitting Our Internet workshop
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 55 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeAn interactive journey through the history of the Internet, and how to save it, together
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11:40
about:Fediverse
Where: Seminar 2 Duration: 15 mins Supported by: FSFE – Free Software Foundation EuropeAn introduction to the decentralised social network
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12:00
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13:00
Closing of the SFSCON 2024
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16:30
Side Event Hackathon
Winner proclamation and closing of the NOI Hackathon SFSCON Edition
Where: Seminar 1
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Team SFSCON 2024
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Marta Andreoli
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Roberto Cavaliere
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Silvia Della Morte
MiniNOI -
Vittorio Manti
Moderator -
Luisa Marangon
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Tommaso Marmo
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Marco Perini
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Cristian Pozza
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Ilaria Pozzi
MiniNOI -
Martin Rabanser
Moderator -
Stefania Tiboni
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Clemens Zagler
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Luca Zorloni
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Stefano Seppi
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Arianna Candioli
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Lisa Geier
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Luca Miotto
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Patrick Ohnewein
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Emily Louise Simonis
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