The OSPO OnRamp meeting series provides a low-threshold entry point for organisations that want to exchange and learn about the basics on how to set up an Open Source Program Office and get started into open source.
The 90 minute meeting is planned in a monthly cadence and will mainly consist of two parts.
In the first part an invited presenter will share experiences, lessons learned and other cool stuff. We plan to record this part of the meeting and to upload the recording later at the OSPO OnRamp website for later reference. This way we hope to gather and retain valuable information for the community.
In the second part of the meeting we would like to provide a trustful and protected environment where all participants can openly share and discuss their challenges, problems or other actual topics around establishing Open Source in their respective organisations. This part of the meeting will be held according to the Chatham House Rules. Therefore there will be no recording of this part of the meeting.
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Past meetings: you can find all available recordings and available content from the previous meetings 🔄 here.
Next meeting(s)
Meetings are scheduled for every third Friday of every other the month from 10:30-12:00 CE(S)T.
📅 Friday, July 3rd, 10:30-12:00 CEST
🎙️ Frédéric Sicot, eXpert in Open Source and InnerSource Software.
📜 Airbus OSPO: the (ongoing) journey of developers in a heavy industry.Long before formal structures were in place, data scientists across various Airbus divisions began collaborating on shared software. They were practicing InnerSource before they even knew the term. However, they quickly realized that scaling this grassroots effort required a massive cultural transformation—one involving overcoming legal hurdles, cultivating a dedicated community, securing leadership buy-in, providing technical support, and creating genuine incentives for participation. To champion this transformation, Airbus established its Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in 2023 to redefine how a global aerospace leader handles digital sovereignty and supply chain resilience. This session provides a three-year retrospective on the OSPO’s evolution across three critical pillars:
- Inbound & Governance: Navigating the “unprocured” nature of Open Source Software (OSS). We will share how we empower developers to act as the first line of defense for compliance and cyber-risk management, particularly within the emerging landscape of Open Source AI.
- Outbound & Sustainability: Moving beyond mere consumption to an “Upstream First” culture, ensuring we actively influence and sustain the critical technologies we depend on.
- InnerSource: Leveraging open-source methodologies internally to break down silos and modernize our engineering culture within a high-compliance environment.
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📅 Friday, September 18th, 10:30-12:00 CEST
🎙️ Julien Millau, Distinguished Engineer at Michelin .
📜 From Tires to Code: Building Michelin’s OSPO.Launching an OSPO in a global, non-tech-native corporation presents unique cultural, legal, and organizational hurdles. This session provides a practical feedback on how Michelin built and now operates its OSPO. We will walk through the entire journey, covering:
- The historical context and business strategy that drove the need for a formal OSPO.
- The practical steps of establishing a strong governance model and the OSPO’s structure
- A deep dive into our multi-faceted program for cultural change. This is now the core of our strategy and includes:
- Company-wide training modules (which we are now in the process of open sourcing).
- A gamified badging system to incentivise learning and contribution.
- The creation and management of an OSS Champions community to scale our efforts.
- Our approach to external communication
- The tools we use.
- And finally, the road ahead us: the significant challenges that remain on our journey. .
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📅 Friday, October 16th, 10:30-12:00 CEST
🎙️ Speaker, to be announced.
📜 to be announced.Abstract to be announced.
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📅 Friday, November 20th, 10:30-12:00 CEST
🎙️ Speaker, to be announced.
📜 to be announced.Abstract to be announced.
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For your convenience, we provide:
- 🗓️ an online calendar. Click this link to open it.
- ⤵️ a way to add them dynamically to your own calendar app and stay up to date. Add to your calendar app an Internet calendar using this link.
Mailing list
All news, infos and updates will be shared on the OSPO OnRamp mailing list.
Please subscribe at https://framalistes.org/sympa/info/ospo.onramp.
Meeting topics
We would love to see topic proposals for the meeting via the maillinglist. The following list can be seen as starting point, which we will extend based on the community input:
- How to select the “right” open source project for adoption and contributions.
- How to identity sustainable, secure open source projects with respect also to processes and documentation.
- How to attract/raise interest of the C-Level management for a dedicated Open Source strategy.
- How to ease the formal “entry barriers” for developers to join open source activities.
- How to engage with the Open Source community as a company.
We don’t plan to establish a formal voting process but confirming interest into proposed projects via the mailing list will help us to identify the most relevant topics for the community.
Initially we will reach out to the OSPO Alliance network to identify speakers, who are willing to share insights from their perspective, but mid- to long-term we hope that the community itself will identify the right speakers for upcoming meetings.
Additional Resources
Resources coming from different Open Source and/or OSPO communities and Open Source professionals to help people advance in their open source journey.
Guides and books: