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: Digita

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