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Explore the technical and policy dimensions of establishing an EU-wide Sovereign Tech Fund through this expert panel discussion featuring representatives from OpenForum Europe, GitHub, SAP, Sovereign Tech Agency, FreeBSD, and independent experts. Examine the proposed EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) as a mechanism inspired by Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency to address critical maintenance gaps in open source components that underpin European digital infrastructure. Survey technical findings from a June 2025 feasibility study revealing the economic, legal, and political arguments for implementing an EU-wide Sovereign Tech Fund, while expert panelists unpack the technical architecture of the open source maintenance crisis. Discover how the proposed EU-STF creates practical mechanisms for collaborative public-private efforts and explore key use cases that demonstrate its potential impact. Learn implementation models that bridge the gap between how developers understand maintenance challenges—including technical debt, security vulnerabilities, and dependency management—and how policymakers frame these issues around resilience, sovereignty, and compliance. Gain actionable insights into designing public FOSS funds to reach critical but under-resourced components, aligning FOSS maintenance funding goals with the needs of both developers and policymakers, and understanding how to help make the EU-STF a reality for securing Europe's digital infrastructure.
