Toward Sustainable OSPO - Lessons Learned From One Year of OSPO Operations at Hitachi

Learn how to establish and sustain an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) within a large enterprise through this 21-minute conference talk from Linux Foundation experts. Discover Hitachi's journey of officially launching their OSPO in November 2024 and how they accelerated business growth through strategic collaboration with open source software communities. Explore practical strategies for embedding OSPOs within organizational structures to ensure long-term sustainability, including effective coordination methods with the Linux Foundation and internal departments across group companies. Gain insights into the critical distinction between merely establishing an OSPO and successfully integrating it as a resilient, impactful component of enterprise operations. Examine real-world outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned from Hitachi's first year of OSPO operations, with particular relevance to the growing momentum of OSPO adoption in Japan and the essential role of open source software in AI and cloud systems.