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Podcast Episode Title: Exploring the OpenWallet Foundation and the EU Open Source Policy Summit 

• Welcome to Upwardly Mobile, where we explore the latest trends in technology and innovation. In this episode, we'll be discussing the importance of open source in shaping our digital future, with a particular focus on the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF) and the upcoming EU Open Source Policy Summit.

Part 1: The OpenWallet Foundation (OWF)

• What is the OWF? The OpenWallet Foundation, hosted at the Linux Foundation, aims to bring developers, standard development organisations, and academia together to facilitate global interoperability of verifiable credentials.
• Mission: The OWF's mission is to enable a trusted digital future through interoperability for a wide range of wallet use cases.
• Key Goals: The foundation seeks to establish best practices and collaboratively develop digital wallet technology, creating standards-based open-source (OSS) components for issuers and wallet providers. These components should preserve user choice, security and privacy.
• Recent Developments:
  • Animo and Lissi teams have made progress in the SPRIND Funke competition.
  • The OWF will hold its inaugural High-Level Panel Meeting in Davos on 22nd January, focusing on digital wallet interoperability.
  • The Government Consultative Committee (GCC) has 23 Member States and 9 intergovernmental organisations participating, with a leadership team to be confirmed on 28th January.
  • A Global Summit is scheduled for early July 2025 in Geneva, to facilitate dialogue between OWF developers and GCC members.
  • The Technical Advisory Council (TAC) meets bi-weekly, with the first meeting of 2025 scheduled for 8th January.
• Executive Director: Daniel Goldscheider, the OWF Executive Director, recently discussed the UN and OpenWallet Digital Public Infrastructure Collaboration and will be on a panel about public sector collaboration across Europe on 31st December.
• How to Get Involved: The OWF encourages collaboration to drive the adoption of open, secure and interoperable digital wallet solutions. You can explore OWF Projects, OWF Labs, and connect via LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and Discord.

Part 2: The EU Open Source Policy Summit

• What is it? The EU Open Source Policy Summit is a premier event for high-level open source policy discussions. It provides a platform for the new EU administration to engage with the European open source community.
• When and Where: The summit is set for 31st January 2025 in Brussels, with online access.
• Purpose: The summit will explore how to use open source and global collaboration to create a competitive and sovereign digital environment.
• Key Topics:
  • The EU Digital Strategy
  • Open Source in the Manufacturing Industry
  • International Open Source Governance
  • Economic & Social Value of Open Source
  • Public Sector Open Source Strategies
  • Digital Markets Regulation
  • EU Funding Priorities: Digital Europe & Horizon
  • Open Source AI
  • Standards and Liability for Software
  • Digital Commons & Public Digital Infrastructure
  • Open Source Silicon & Geopolitics
  • Open Source in Regulated Industries
• Keynote Speakers: The summit will feature speakers from various organisations, including: Amandeep Singh Gill (United Nations), Valeriya Ionan (Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine), Daniel Goldscheider (OpenWallet Foundation) and many others.
• Panel Discussions: The summit will include panel discussions on the role of open source in Europe's digital strategy, the open-source ecosystem, global digital cooperation, open source for a competitive Europe, and the future of public sector collaboration.
• Event Format: The summit is an invite-only event, but online access is available.

Part 3: The Intersection of Open Source, Digital Wallets and Policy

• Open Source and Digital Sovereignty: The summit's focus on open source aims to address the challenges Europe faces in maintaining its competitiveness in the digital landscape.
• Digital Wallets: The OWF is working on standards to promote user choice, security and privacy.
• Policy: Both the OWF and the summit promote the use of open source technologies within the public sector and seek to create standards for the use of new technologies like AI.

Conclusion

• The OpenWallet Foundation and the EU Open Source Policy Summit are working to advance the use of open source software in Europe and around the world.
• These initiatives are crucial for creating a more inclusive, secure and innovative digital future.
• Stay tuned for more updates on how these developments unfold.

These notes provide a detailed overview of both the OpenWallet Foundation and the EU Open Source Policy Summit, highlighting their importance in the context of open source technology, digital wallets, and policy.