Open Source: The future for European Institutions

Open Source:The future for European institutions

Georg C. F. Greve 29/11/2016

Open Source: the future for the European institutionsA sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation

DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels

My perspective



Swiss Business, European Team



Collaboration Solution



Kolab Timeline



What is Open Source?



An economic perspective



Open Ecosystems of Innovation are the future

Ecosystems of innovation are the future.



Incremental innovation is not enough… ...and sometimes dangerous.Incremental innovation is not enough...

...and can become dangerous.



Monoculture



Looking for alternatives…



Open Innovation Ecosystem



Political Questions



“...without a joint programme of development and production, Europe would be left trailing in the wake of

the Americans, who dominated the industry – and looked set to consolidate their supremacy. European firms would become little more than sub-contractors

to American manufacturers. Hundreds of thousands of jobs could be at risk and European (economy) would be

dependent on the United States.” (edited for length & anonymity)

Guess what?



The Result?



It’s time to work together.

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