Last week, I attended the UN Open Source Week at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC

a global gathering at the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and public good ↴

cultivating sovereignty and stewardship // one must imagine Sisyphus happy // prev consensys / chainbound / NPR // https://fevenm.substack.com

The week brought together diplomats, technologists, founders, enterprise teams, and open source leaders to discuss critical topics shaping our digital future and to ask:

How do we scale and sustain open digital ecosystems that serve the public?

Topics included:
→ Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)
→ AI and digital governance
→ The future of work
→ Capacity building across borders
→ Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs)
→ Long-term sustainability of OSS

I left the week asking: How can we use open source to build, maintain, and protect sovereignty and internet freedom for individuals, communities, and for the systems that connect us?

The two main conference days were:
╰┈➤ OSPOs for Good
╰┈➤ Digital Public Infrastructure Day

These explored how open source can strengthen governments, institutions, and services at a systems level. 

With offsite sessions at LinkedIn, PwC, and IBM capping off the week.

Day 1 featured three hackathons hosted by the UN:
→ UNICEF Hackathon
→ Edit-A-Thon
→ Maintain-A-Thon

Each focused on real-world collaboration and public-interest tech. Loved being a part of all the conversations and building during this day.