The Open Source for Geospatial Foundation - in Europe and beyond

OSGeo + Europe = 💚

Abstract

The Open Source for Geospatial Foundation is the software foundation that initiated and anchors the FOSS4G conferences and its side events across the world, be they regional or global, since 2006. The first keynote of FOSS4G Europe 2026 is an introduction in the rationale of OSGeo, its worldwide community and how a 20-years old software foundation driven fully by volunteers navigates the shapeshifting challenges of our world today, from financial sustainability in an increasingly unstable world, to new legislation impacts on the open source communities to AI. In Europe and beyond.

Bio

Tom Kralidis is with the Meteorological Service of Canada and longtime contributor to FOSS4G. He leads and contributes to numerous projects in the Geopython ecosystem. He is the 2024 recipient of the Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G), awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community.

Tom is the co-chair of the OGC API - Records Standards Working Group, chair of the WMO Expert Team on Metadata, and serves on the OSGeo Board of Directors.