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August 5, 2026

Preliminary agenda announced for the Open Technology Research Symposium 2026

This year’s Symposium is guided by the theme “Shaping the Open Transition”. The program features speakers from Fiji, Ireland, Australia, India, Slovenia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Nigeria, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

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July 30, 2026

New frontiers for open knowledge – OKFN Newsletter July 2026

SkyCommons Observatory released, protecting our BrainCommons, a responsible AI chatbot, shared learnings at UN Big Data, preparing for the Open Technology Symposium, and more.

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July 30, 2026

8 Recommendations to Shape the Future of our Brain Commons

After reading about, experiencing and analysing the current technical and regulatory landscape of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), and speaking with technologists, policy makers, legal scholars, and data experts, we encapsulated our…

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July 23, 2026

Frictionless Community Call June 2026

The Frictionless community reconvened to enhance governance, explore AI integration, and establish GitHub as the primary discussion platform

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July 23, 2026

Opening Remarks: An Open Neurotech Stack

A recap of the BrainCommons opening session on the importance of making brain-computer interfaces open by design

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July 23, 2026

The Future of Freedom of Thought: Keeping Human Agency Open in the Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Will we surrender our rights to free thought? – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Susie Alegre

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July 23, 2026

Freedom of Thought in the Age of Neurotechnology

How neurotech challenges the very idea of ‘thinking for oneself’ – a recap of the Brain Commons keynote by Christoph Bublitz

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July 23, 2026

Governing the Brain Commons: Openness as Public Infrastructure

A recap of the Brain Commons panel on the governance of neurotech and neural data

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July 23, 2026

Understanding the BCI Stack: Where Openness Matters

A recap of the BrainCommons panel on how openness works in practice at different layers of the tech stack

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June 25, 2026

Making AI work for communities – OKFN Newsletter June 2026

AI and open data, archives and climate, BrainCommons, SkyCommons, MCP, CKAN, and more.

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Design choices for a responsible AI chatbot: a conversation with #semanticClimate

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’