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 ↴

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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?

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.

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