07-03, 16:30–17:15 (Europe/Tallinn), Destination Earth (Van46 ring)
Taking advantage of this year's topic "Building a business with FOSS4G" I would like to invite you to a 45 min panel to discuss together ideas about building a different narrative about the use and benefits of Open Source with members of the FOSS4G community who are doing business in the Private and Public sector.
The idea of this panel came while attending several Geospatial industry events, after mentioning that I am an Open Source advocate the comments of people from different organizations were mainly around the costs, one of the very recurrent comments I hear is ” it is great that Open Source exists because it can help students who can't afford licenses”, other comment I hear frequently is that “Open Source is for companies very limited financially or have no money at all”.
More than a talk I would like to organize a panel with 3-4 Open Source Entrepreneurs in the one we have an open discussion about how we can change that mindset and impulse more business opportunities together.
Let’s discuss together how the community can find a way to communicate better the values and benefits of Open Source so we can change this mindset that still exists today.
Panel Participants:
Codrina Ilie - Terrasigna
Ariel Aanthieni - Kan Territory
Matthias Kuhn - OPENGIS.ch
Miriam is passionate about how Geospatial data and Earth Observation technologies can change the world. She is doing Partnerships between Space and Geospatial organizations at UP42, an organization that aims to democratize data accessibility from Space and Geospatial industries and support companies to derive insights to solve challenges on Earth. For the past years, Miriam has been involved in different Geospatial initiatives such as Geochicas where she promotes more women participation and knowledge sharing in the Geospatial spaces. Promoting OpenStreetMap and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOTOSM) in the one she is Voting Member and was President of the Board of Directors 2019-2021. She participates in these initiatives by giving workshops, conferences and coordinating efforts among Open Data key players and most recently is part of the FIRE project (Forum for Innovation and Research in European Earth Observation) as an EO Evangelist in the Energy sector. Currently, she is involved in Earth Observation, Data Analytics and Open Data initiatives.