April 23
Special workshop:
Open‑Source Strategies for Europe’s Sovereign Digital Infrastructure – Striving for industrial European open-source platforms
The COP-PILOT Horizon project will participate in the Open Community for Research 2026, a two-day event co-located with the Open Community Experience 2026, organised by the Eclipse Foundation. The event brings together researchers, industry representatives, and policymakers to explore how open-source collaboration can accelerate the translation of research into scalable, interoperable digital solutions.
Rolf Riemenschneider, Project Officer for both O-CEI Horizon and COP-PILOT Horizon, will share insights on the policy and strategic importance of open-source ecosystems for Europe’s digital sovereignty. His presentation will highlight how collaborative development models, standards-driven platforms, and open-source infrastructures contribute to building a sovereign European software stack that supports innovation, interoperability, and secure cross-sector data exchange.
George Katsikas, COP-PILOT’s Technical Coordinator, will provide a detailed introduction to the project, presenting the vision for a Pan-European standardized marketplace of services across five heterogeneous vertical sectors. He will explain the open-source reference architecture underpinning the project, covering telco, cloud, edge, and AI domains, and demonstrate how the COP-PILOT platform maps to this architecture. His talk will also highlight how COP-PILOT is laying the foundation for future European flagship initiatives, such as Euro-3C, and contributing to the long-term development of interoperable, standards-based European digital infrastructures.
Through these presentations, COP-PILOT will showcase how open-source collaboration, a standardized platform approach, and cross-sector integration are key to driving sustainable innovation and digital sovereignty in Europe.
