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The Open Social Summit '25 is the annual gathering of community and platform builders in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Speakers this year will share their knowledge on topics such as engagement strategy, artificial intelligence, data sovereignty and the Open Social product roadmap. Various community builders will talk about recipes for success (and failure) when it comes to managing and growing online communities.

Whether you are a seasoned community builder, or just starting to build your platform, this event will teach, inspire and connect you with the broader Open Social community.

Confirmed speakers:

• Taco Potze, Co-founder & CEO at Open Social
• Bram ten Hove, Co-founder & CTO at Open Social
• Louise de Laat, WE BUILD Consortium
• Jamie Abrahams, Drupal AI Initiative Lead and Co-founder at FreelyGive
• Emile Berckmoes, Platform Strategist at Product Department
• Eloy Crespo, VP Business Development at Collabora
• Erik Ballhausen, ICT Advisor, Erasmus+ at European Commission
• Gayan Peiris, Head of Data, Technology and AI at UNDP
• Manuela Capraro, Global Manager, Learning at WAGGGS
• Moritz Arendt, Head of Product at Open Social 
• Victoria Vorobiova, Design Lead at Open Social 

Representatives of organizations attending: European Commission, United Nations, WAGGGS and many more.

Agenda:

• 09:30 - Launching the Community Collaboration Platform and our vision on the future, by Taco Potze, Co-founder & CEO at Open Social 
• 10:00 - Measuring the ROI of community collaboration with Lumina Insights, by Bram ten Hove, Co-founder & CTO at Open Social 
• 10:30 - A Case from the WE BUILD Consortium, by Louise de Laat, WE BUILD Consortium 
• 11:00 - Break 
• 11:20 - Designing future-proof solutions: building our Document Collaboration Suite, by Victoria Vorobiova, Design Lead at Open Social 
• 11:50 - Collaborative open-source document editing: Collabora Online’s new features and roadmap, by Eloy Crespo, VP Business Development at Collabora 
• 12:30 - Navigating multi-community ecosystems, by Erik Ballhausen, ICT Advisor at Erasmus+ at European Commission 
• 13:00 - Lunch 
• 14:00 - Product Insights: Engagement Studio, Connection Hub & Gaia AI, by Moritz Arendt, Head of Product at Open Social 
• 14:30 - From Knowledge Silos to Collective Intelligence: The UNDP SparkBlue Journey, by Gayan Peiris, Head of Data, Technology and AI at UNDP 
• 15:00 - Drupal Meets AI: Exploring Vision Agents & the Gaia AI, by Jamie Abrahams, Co-Founder at FreelyGive; Founding Member of Drupal AI Initiative 
• 15:30 - Break 
• 15:50 - TBD, by Manuela Capraro, Global Manager, Learning at WAGGGS 
• 16:20 - What makes a community platform succeed: strategy foundations and theory, by Emile Berckmoes, Founder at Product Department 
• 16:50 - Fireside Q&A Panel, featuring Taco Potze (Open Social), Erik Ballhausen (EU Commission), Gayan Peiris (UNDP), and Paul Gatoux (Platform.sh) 
• 17:20 - Closing Reflections & What’s Next 
• 17:30 - Drinks & Boat Tour of Amsterdam

Curious what to expect? 
Check out our Summit'24 Recap blog or the videos of the previous Summit on our channel.

The Open Social Summit '25 in sponsored by cloud hosting provider Platform.sh and document editing suite Collabora

Questions? Reach us at summit@getopensocial.com
or learn more about Open Social's Community Collaboration Platform at our website.