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100+Conversations

How can openness accelerate and strengthen struggles against the complex challenges of our time? This is the key question behind the 100+ Conversations to Inspire Our New Direction (#OKFN100) project.

Posted byby OKFN
March 25, 2024

Angela Oduor Lungati: ‘When embracing open source, one must be intentional about being inclusive’

The Executive Director of Ushahidi joins us for the ninth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
March 6, 2024

Rebecca Firth: ‘A panacea of open data is needed to tackle climate-related disasters’

The Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team joins us for the eighth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
August 21, 2023

Stefania Maurizi: ‘Secrets are the currency of power’

One of the most important investigative journalists working as a media partner of WikiLeaks joined us for the seventh #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement

Posted byby OKFN
May 29, 2023

Peter Murray-Rust: ‘The Global South is seen to be doing things better, it only lacks a unified critical mass’

A historic open science advocate and a member of the Open Definition Council joined us for the sixth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with more than 100 people about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.

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April 20, 2023

Beatriz Busaniche: ‘Hate speech is sustained by stereotypes, which are often driven by AI’

The director of Fundación Vía Libre joined us for the fifth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with more than 100 people about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
March 13, 2023

David Eaves: ‘The open data battle now is to demonstrate value, and that’s hard to do’

The initiator of Open Data Day joined us for the fourth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with 100+ people about about the current challenges and paths of action of the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
March 8, 2023

Thais Ruiz de Alda: ‘Social media platforms promote gender violence. Full stop.’

The executive director of DigitalFems joined us for the third #OKFN100, a series of conversations with 100+ people about about the current challenges and paths of action of the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
February 27, 2023

Zoë Kooyman: ‘Today, the free software message is maybe more important than ever’

The executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) joined us for the second #OKFN100, a series of conversations with 100+ people about about the current challenges and paths of action of the open movement.

Posted byby OKFN
January 11, 2023

Balázs Bodó: ‘Digital commons are actually reproducing existing power inequalities’

#OKFN100 is kicking off today, a series of conversations with 100+ people about how openness can strengthen the fights for the complex challenges of our times

Posted byby OKFN
January 10, 2022

100+ Conversations to inspire our new direction

It has been almost two decades since OKFN was founded. Back then, the open movement was navigating uncharted waters, with hope and optimism. We created new standards, engaged powerful actors…

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

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’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

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’