Pierre-Yves Gibello

Pierre-Yves, initially a software R&D engineer, is the CEO of OW2, a European FOSS foundation established in France in 2007: before, he was an open source supporter for nearly 30 years, writing code, doing business and consulting, working with academia, teaching computer science and participating in OW2 as an elected Board representative.
OW2 is also part of open source funding, involved in the European “NGI Zero Commons” cascade funding programme led by NLnet.

Talk at SFSCON

• Edition 2026
  EuroCommons: migrating together towards open source digital commons

  A European initiative backed and funded by the French Economic Developement bank "Caisse des Dépôts"
• Edition 2025
  Smart devices in the AI age: why only open source, collective action and public funding can make us sovereign and prevent dystopy

  Plea for an extended "social economy" paradigm as a new social contract

BOFs at SFSCON

• Edition 2026
  Funding your project with Open Internet Stack (after NGI)

  The famous NGI programme is over: but now comes Open Internet Stack!
• Edition 2025
  Funding your project with NGI Zero Commons Fund

  All you may wish to know about NGI, its funding opportunities and community.