The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is considered the world's largest physics lab and sits on the border of France and Switzerland, close to Geneva. It is known for operating the Large Hadron Collider, and also runs many other research projects as well as all the supporting infrastructure. CERN's community is a strong user, supporter and contributor to Open Source and is proud to have been the founder of many Open Source innovations, among them being the World Wide Web. Open Source is one of the key elements of CERN's Open Science activities.
A few years ago, CERN launched an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to better support Open Source Hardware and Software practices at CERN: a service "from the community to the community" to make sure CERN's Open Source projects, contributions and usage is consistent, long-lived and following best practices.
This talk will present the journey leading to the creation of CERN'S OSPO, a selection of current activities the upcoming challenges in the area.
