Minisymposium Presentation

In this panel, we have a moderated discussion with three panelists presenting very different perspectives to sustain long-term open source projects for societal interest. It will take place after their individual talks and will offer opportunities for the audience to engage as well. The objective is to open conversations in the PASC community regarding open source sustainability and shed light on key initiatives at all levels, from public policy, institutions, to the developers themselves. Among the panelists, we have: Prof. Matthias Stürmer, who represents the Parliamentary Committee for Digital Sustainability (ParlDigi) in Switzerland. This body serves as a think tank for policies in the realms of new technologies and comprises members from all the parties of the Swiss parliament. This body is also behind the Swiss Open Source Law (EMBAG). Dr. Julien Bigot, who represents CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) as a team lead of the Science of Computing group and one of the governing board members of HPSF (High Performance Software Foundation). Dr. Tarun Chadha & Dr. Uwe Schmidt represent the Research Software Engineering collective emerging in Switzerland and offer perspectives from bottom-up alliances between the developers of important open source projects in the research ecosystem.