Open Source Experience
December 10-11, 2025
Paris (Cité des Sciences)
Website: https://www.opensource-experience.com/

OW2 is ambassador partner of Open Source Experience. Pierre-Yves Gibello OW2 CEO is involved in the Program Committee. We are currently working on setting up the OW2 village in the exhibition, please contact us for more information. 

For an idea of how it looks like, please see below or have a look at the photos from last year's OW2 booth.

About OSXP : Supported by Systematic Paris-Region, Open Source Experience is the Tech – Usage – Business event dedicated to Open Source IT solutions, bringing together over 4,000 professionals and players in the digital sector over 2 days!

Open Source Experience focuses on open source technologies, solutions and challenges in France and Europe, and highlights the driving role of open source innovations in the digital transformation of organisations in technologies such as AI, Data Management, IoT, Cloud and Blockchain.

As an international showcase for the technological excellence and economic dynamism of the French open source sector, the event brings together global technology players, professional associations, companies and public authorities, a vast network of SMEs and research bodies.

OW2 announces three OW2con’25 Best Project Awards during its annual conference OW2con’25

 
Three OW2 projects are rewarded today for their remarkable contributions to the open source ecosystem and their outstanding results in Community building, Technology expertise or Market success story.

Paris, France, June 17, 2025 – OW2, the international community of open source software for information systems announces today the winners of OW2con'25 Best Project Awards. The awards recognize OW2 projects for their outstanding contributions to the open source ecosystem, in three categories : community, technology, and market performance.
The winners of the OW2con'25 Best Project Awards are:

• Technology : The 2025 OW2 Best Project Technology Award goes to LDAP Tool Box Service Desk.
  LDAP Tool Box Service Desk is a web admin tool for LDAP directories, offering an open-source solution for standard OpenLDAP or Microsoft AD since version 0.6. It simplifies account management with a single-page interface, allowing users to unlock and reset passwords without privileged access. The project won the Technology Prize for  its innovative approach to LDAP administration. PHP modules in the ltb-common library ensured compatibility with both systems, and current users appreciate its ease of use and ongoing contributions. Future enhancements include adding account creation/deletion and group membership features.

• Community : The 2025 OW2 Best Project Community Award goes to the Cryptpad project.
  CryptPad's community-driven approach and user innovation win the Community Prize. It offers secure, end-to-end encrypted collaboration across platforms. The software has grown globally, including the UN's use of its forms for Open Source Principles. A 2025 milestone includes new Document editors supporting DOCX/ODT/PPTX/ODP files. CryptPad supports both hosted and self-hosted solutions with client-side encryption ensuring user data remains private.

• Market : The 2025 OW2 Best Project Market Award goes to Linphone.
  Linphone is a comprehensive and secure unified communication platform integrating audio, video, instant messaging, and conferencing into one interface, fully relying on standard protocols. It evolved from a "garage" project into a revenue-driven company over 20 years, transforming into an intuitive consumer platform with advanced features and infrastructure (e.g., Flexisip servers). Initially catering to technical users, it now diversifies its target audience—SMEs, integrators, local authorities, and MSPs—to offer multiple hosting solutions, enabling tailored features and competitive alternatives.

To find more information about the OW2con'25 award results, please visit: https://www.ow2con.org/view/2025/Awards_Results

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, Centreon, CLIF, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Linphone, Lutece, OCS Inventory, PrestaShop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.
Contacts

After the success of the first edition, AlpOSS is coming back in 2025 ! 

AlpOSS "Alpes Open Source Software" is a local conference on open source software, organized at the premises of the town of Echirolles (near Grenoble). 

This event is the result of a collective initiative of three local digital players with varied profiles: Belledonne Communication (publisher of the Linphone open source solution), the town of Échirolles and OW2 for the community side. 

Its aim is to create links between suppliers of innovative open source technologies and users, to discuss collaboration models and business models, and to structure and revitalize the local ecosystem.

For more information please visit the website: https://alposs.fr/

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Presentation slides

All slides in PDF used in AlpOSS presentations can be found in the program. 

OW2 is co-organizing monthly webinars about open source software management in the framework of the OSPO Alliance.
To discover the next topics and speakers, visit the OSPO Alliance website.