Le Symposium sera articulé autour de 4 thématiques clés :

– Cybersecurity and regulation: In the era of heightened regulation, including the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), ensuring a robust and open infrastructure for software preservation and traceability is vital. Stricter global cybersecurity and compliance requirements pose challenges to the software ecosystem but also open pathways for innovation.

– Open and transparent AI: AI’s transformative potential must be harnessed responsibly to serve the entire global community, particularly regions in the Global South. Transparency in AI development and deployment is crucial for building trust, ensuring ethical practices, and reducing inequality. Software Heritage, through its preservation of source code and partnership with initiatives like StarCoder2, provides a foundational infrastructure for creating and sharing open AI models.

– Open Science: This session will delve into how Open Science practices, supported by Software Heritage, foster collaboration, accelerate discovery and promote scientific endeavors globally.

– Cultural preservation and education: Software source code is a unique form of cultural and documentary heritage, with immense educational value. Recognizing software creators, including contributions from women and minorities, is critical to capturing the full narrative of digital innovation.

Le programme prévisionnel est ici. Les interventions seront en anglais. Inscription gratuite et obligatoire : https://framaforms.org/swh-2025-symposium-public-registration-form-1734093081.