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Symposium and summit 2023

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The event took place on February 7th 2023 at the UNESCO headquarters.

You can watch the recording of the event online:

We recommend you the article Positioning software source code as digital heritage for sustainable development by UNESCO.

The full transcript is available in PDF format.

Software Heritage annual community event

Software is all around us: it powers our industry, fuels innovation, supports scientific research and lies at the heart of our societies.

The Software Heritage project, launched in 2016 by Inria (France), aims at collecting, preserving, and making readily available the source code of all software ever written, building an essential infrastructure at the service of cultural heritage, digital development, science, industry, and society as a whole.

On April 3rd, 2017, a landmark partnership agreement was signed between UNESCO and Inria to establish a framework for collaboration on preserving the knowledge embedded in software source code, and making it widely available, centered around the ongoing development of the Software Heritage archive within the framework of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.

In 2021 we celebrated the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the project. This year, in 2023, we’re gathering to take stock of the achievements and status of the initiative, and to highlight the relevance of its mission in the context of today’s dynamic digital innovation landscape.

Five-years of Software Heritage in five minutes

Programme

The half-day event, which will follow a hybrid format of virtual and on-site participation at the UNESCO Headquarters, will focus on several major dimensions of relevance to the Software Heritage archive:

  • Software source code as documentary heritage and an enabler for digital skills education
  • Software source code as a first class research object in the Open Science ecosystem
  • Software source code as enabler for Innovation and sharing in industry and administration
  • Perspectives on long term preservation
  • Technological advances anabling massive analysis of software source code

Below you can find the preliminary program, that will be progressively enriched and completed.

9:30 Welcome address and opening

  • Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO
  • Stéphanie Schaer, Directrice interministérielle du numérique, France
  • Bruno Sportisse, Inria CEO
  • Roberto Di Cosmo, Director, Software Heritage
10:00 Panel on Software Source code as part of Memory of the World
  • Claire Gillissen-Duval, Senior Director, EMEA & MEE Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Corporate Affairs, SAP  
  • Natasa Milic-Frayling CEO, Intact Digital Ltd; UNESCO Preservation Sub-Committee; Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham
  • Brigitte Vézina, Director of Policy and Open Culture, Creative Commons
10:45 Perspectives on long term preservation
  • DNA storage and the future for long-term archival (Marc Antonini, coordinator of the MoleculArXiV flagship project)
  • Large-scale compression of software source code (Paolo Ferragina, Pisa University) 
  • The ENEA Software Heritage mirror (Giovanni Ponti, Head of Division for Development of Computer Science Systems and ICT at ENEA) 
11:15 Coffee Break
11:30 Open Science Panel
  • Steve Crawford, Open Source Science Initiative Lead, NASA
  • Karel Luyben, President of the EOSC Association
  • Bhanu R Neupane, Advisor, ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions, UNESCO
12:15 Perspectives from industry and public administration
  • Open Source and Open Ecosystems (Alexios Zavras, Chief Open Source Compliance Officer, Intel) 
  • Building shared infrastructures (Gael Blondelle, Chief Membership Officer, Eclipse Foundation) 
  • Software reuse for public services through source code sharing (Gijs Hillenius, European Commission Open Source Programme Office) 
  • Software Source Code as a key for Innovation (Florent Kirchner, SGPI, France)
13:00 Closing and group photo
14:30 Community meeting

You can consult the topics discussed during this workshop 

The #SWH_Symposium2023 in pictures

Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO | © Inria / Photo B. Fourrier
Marla da Silva – Communications Manager / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Jean-François Abramatic – EIT / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association
Stefano Zacchiroli – CTO / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Stefano Zacchiroli – CTO
Stefano Zacchiroli – CTO
Stefano Zacchiroli – CTO
Jean-François Abramatic – EIT / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association
Jean-François Abramatic – EIT / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Alexios Zavras – Intel / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
David Douard – Software engineer developer
Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager / Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Valentin Lorentz – Software engineer / Sabrina Granger – open science community manager / Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager
Valentin Lorentz – Software engineer / Sabrina Granger – open science community manager / Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager
David Douard – Software engineer developer
Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager
Valentin Lorentz – Software engineer / Sabrina Granger – open science community manager
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager / Nicolas Dandrimont – Software engineer
Team Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO | © Inria / Photo B. Fourrier
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage’s team
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation
Gael Blondelle – Eclipse Foundation
Alexios Zavras – Intel / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Marla da Silva – Communications Manager
Alexios Zavras – Intel
Alexios Zavras – Intel
Alexios Zavras – Intel
Unesco | Paris – © Inria / Photo B. Fourrier
Alexios Zavras – Intel / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Alexios Zavras – Intel / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Alexios Zavras – Intel / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA
Marla da Silva – Communications Manager / Morane Gruenpeter – Software engineer and project manager
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA
Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit at UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit at UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit at UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit at UNESCO
Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association
Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Karel Luyben – President of EOSC Association / Steve Crawford – Open Source Science Initiative Lead – NASA / Bhanu R Neupane – Advisor – ICT and Sciences and Open Solutions – UNESCO
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa
Benoît Chauvet – software engineering manager / Morane Gruenpeter – software engineer and project manager
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Giovanni Ponti – ENEA
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Giovanni Ponti – ENEA
Vincent Sellier – system engineer / Benoît Chauvet – Software engineering manager
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Giovanni Ponti – ENEA
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa
Marla da Silva – Communication Manager
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Paolo Ferragina – Università di Pisa / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Giovanni Ponti – ENEA
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Florent Kirchner Head of the French National Cybersecurity Strategy – Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Benoît Chauvet – software engineering manager / David Douard – Engineer developer
Benoît Chauvet – software engineering manager / David Douard – Engineer developer
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP
Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP
Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital
Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons / Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP
Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital
Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Claire Gillissen-Duval – SAP / Natasa Milic-Frayling – Intas Digital / Brigitte Vézina – Creative Commons
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO / Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage
Bruno Sportisse – PDG Inria / Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM / Fackson Banda – UNESCO
Tawfik Jelassi – UNESCO / Stéphanie Schaer – DINUM
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Software Heritage Symposium and Summit – UNESCO
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco
Roberto Di Cosmo – Director of Software Heritage / Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco
Tawfik Jelassi – Unesco / Stéphanie Schaer – Dinum / Fackson Banda – Unesco

All pictures © Inria / Photo B. Fourrier

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