Opportunity Open Source Conference

Open Source is the pillar of open knowledge and the empowering academic talent

Aug 25, 2024, 5:45 PM

40m

Room 2: Breakout

Talk (40 min) Community

Speaker

Manuel Haro

Description

FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) technologies have been consolidated since the last decade as the pillar technologies of the most important global digital trends; the above is derived from the use of technological tools with total freedom for their use, access and above all contributions in a collaborative manner.

The above has allowed to consolidate a global ecosystem that leads the development of extraordinary projects of high avant-garde, great robustness and above all open source that allows open and multidisciplinary collaboration; all the great tools and technological applications that lead fantastic projects apart from being freely accessible are strengthened by FOSS communities that additionally share the most complete documentation.

Since 2012, the Foundation for Digital Development and Open Knowledge has led a FOSS community in Mexico and several Latin American countries deploying strategies to strengthen the Open Source culture, community and ecosystem; these strategies are based on the Collaborative Innovation and Talent Catalyst Model that focuses on:

• Identifying problems in all sectors as well as opportunities to create innovative solutions. - Create bi-annual catalogues of technological development projects which they develop as part of their professional training
• Manage funds to launch calls to motivate developers who join these projects with academic scholarships, in addition to having the possibility of strengthening the projects.
• Structure training and specialization programs in technological topics to empower the entire FOSS community, organize specialized events in open technologies such as Summits, Meetups, Forums and even Creativity Hackathons.

The Model is strengthened by the Open Source Innovation Labs Network that are installed in academic institutions that make up the community, becoming specialized instances of innovation, collaboration and networking that allow the integration of multidisciplinary as well as inter-institutional teams; which lead all their academic communities and have efficient coverage.

Session author's bio

Computer Systems Engineer with a specialty in Networks and Telecommunications, passionate promoter of technological innovation and Open Source technologies, Professor at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas and the International University of La Rioja, Founder of the Free Software Laboratory of Zacatecas, Creator of the Collaborative Innovation Model and the Catalyst of Talent, Founder and President of the Foundation for Digital Development and Open Knowledge as well as leader of the Open Source Innovation Labs Network.