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Accountability in Open Source Software Ecosystems

Software and Societal Systems Department

Workshop on Accountability and Open Source Software

Oct 14 –15, 2025

Workshop Agenda 

Time

Event

Details

Day 0: October 13

6pm Onwards Dinner
Please refer to personal invitations for venue details

Day 1: October 14

Please refer to personal invitations for venue details
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Welcome and Workshop Introduction  , Professor, Software and Societal Systems Department, School of Computer Science, ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote , Principal Program Manager at the Azure Office of the CTO, Microsoft, Open Source Advocate
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Panel Discussion #1: 

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

Moderator:

  • , Professor, Software and Societal Systems Department, School of Computer Science, ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ

Panelists:

  • : Krehbiel Chair in Innovation in Business & Technology, University of Limerick
  • : Mutual of Omaha Distinguished Chair of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska; Co-founder of the Linux Foundation Community Health Analytics OSS Project (CHAOSS)
  • : One of the long-time leaders of the Rust project; Co-lead Rust Language Team; Senior Principal Engineer at Amazon
  • : Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, University of Pennsylvania
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Breakout discussion session Breakout rooms 
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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: 

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

Panelists:

  • : Open Source strategist at AWS
  • : Feld Family Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management & Organizations; Boston University
  • : Ericsson-Harlan Mills Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee 
  • : Postdoctoral Associate, ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Breakout discussion session

 Breakout rooms

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Break

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Day 1 concluding remarks and instructions for dinner

6PM Onwards

Dinner

Please refer to personal invitations for venue details

Day 2: October 15

 

 
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

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: 

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

Panelists:

  • : Director of the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) at Carnegie Mellon Libraries.
  • : Executive Director, CROSS (Center for Research in Open Source Software), UC Santa Cruz
  • : Head of the Amazon Open Source Program Office
  •  Principal Program Manager at the Azure Office of the CTO, Microsoft, Open Source Advocate
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

 Breakout discussion session

Breakout rooms
11:00 AM –11:30 AM

 Break

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

 Breakout session summaries

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM

Concluding remarks and next steps

1:00 PM Onwards

Boxed lunch and departure