Talking Drupal #528 - Drupal Goes to the U.N.

Today we are talking about The United Nations Open Source Week, Digital Public Infrastructure, and Digital sovereignty with guest Tiffany Farriss & Mike Gifford. We'll also cover Local Association (EU Sites Project) as our module of the week.

For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/528

Topics

• Drupal at the United Nations Open Source Week
• The Role of Open Source in Digital Governance
• Global Collaboration and Open Source Initiatives
• Challenges and Opportunities in Open Source Adoption
• The Role of Open Source Program Offices
• Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure
• The Importance of Digital Sovereignty
• Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Public Goods
• Balancing Innovation and Standardization
• The Impact of Market Capture on Innovation
• Funding Open Source as Public Infrastructure
• Future of Drupal in Global Digital Infrastructure

Resources

• Funding Open Source like public infrastructure
• chaos gone global
• UN digital
• NEDCamp 2023 Keynote
• Enshittification
• Recording
  • https://govstack.global/
  • https://www.sovereign.tech/
  • https://www.drupal.be/en/drupal-eu-government-day-2026
  • https://govstack.global/
  • https://sdgs.un.org/goals
  • https://chaoss.community/
  • https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025
• Tiffany's talk about Drupal at UN
• EvolveDigital NYC summit on Nov 20-21

Guests

Tiffany Farriss - www.palantir.net farriss
Mike Gifford - accessibility.civicactions.com mgifford

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Maya Schaeffer - evolvingweb.com mayalena

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

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