UN Open Source Week 2025
Citation
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET) and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT). “Highlights from UN Open Source Week 2025.” Web page, unopensource.org, 2026. https://www.unopensource.org/un-osw-2025. Read 2026-10-26.
Bottom line
- The 2025 event had “1000+” attendees from 75 countries, “150+” speakers, “100+” partners and sponsors, and “2500+” remote viewers.
- OSPOs for Good “showcased how Open Source Programme Offices strengthened collaboration across UN Member States and advanced digital governance, AI policy, and innovation.”
Background
See UN Open Source Week homepage. The full record is the UN Open Source Week 2025 Conference Report.
Key claims
- Three tracks: the UN Tech Over Hackathon, OSPOs for Good and DPI Day.
- “UN Open Source Week is co-hosted by the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET) and the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT).”
Evidence and method
A highlights page (310 words), with links to UN Web TV recordings.
Limits
- Summary figures only. The speaker count differs from the report, which says “more than 160 speakers”.