At the WSIS+20 meeting at the #UnitedNations, German Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation Dr. Karsten Wildberger shared in his remarks Germany's commitment to a free, open, and interoperable global Internet and why it’s important that the Sovereign Tech Agency exists: to strengthen #digitalinfrastructure that is essential for modern societies and to enable prosperity and collaboration.
At the WSIS+20 meeting at the #UnitedNations, German Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation Dr. Karsten Wildberger shared in his remarks Germany's commitment to a free, open, and interoperable global Internet and why it’s important that the Sovereign Tech Agency exists: to strengthen #digitalinfrastructure that is essential for modern societies and to enable prosperity and collaboration.
Tim Chambers
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Who will maintain our digital future? On 3 Dec 2025 in Berlin, we’re hosting an event for the #SovereignTechFellowship. In 2025, this program has paid maintainers of essential #opensource projects, piloting a new model for supporting #digitalinfrastructure in the #publicinterest.
Join us to meet the inaugural fellows, learn lessons from the pilot year, and discuss with our expert panel on the impact of public sector fellowships for technologists.
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Kate Bowles
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Joining a new instance, posting a new #introduction.
After three years in the Fediverse, including two wonderful years at https://fediscience.org/@fresseng, I’m joining the first French instance that is both dedicated to and hosted by the academic community.
Academic and physicist, I also dabble in politics.
I will be posting about #openscience #fairdata #freesoftware #foss #CoARA #researchassesment #scientificintegrity #digitalinfrastructure ... and #Fediverse
Wouter Tebbens ⁂
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My meme dealer provided me these, thanks Beni!
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Joining a new instance, posting a new #introduction.
After three years in the Fediverse, including two wonderful years at https://fediscience.org/@fresseng, I’m joining the first French instance that is both dedicated to and hosted by the academic community.
Academic and physicist, I also dabble in politics.
I will be posting about #openscience #fairdata #freesoftware #foss #CoARA #researchassesment #scientificintegrity #digitalinfrastructure ... and #Fediverse
My meme dealer provided me these, thanks Beni!
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Who will maintain our digital future? On 3 Dec 2025 in Berlin, we’re hosting an event for the #SovereignTechFellowship. In 2025, this program has paid maintainers of essential #opensource projects, piloting a new model for supporting #digitalinfrastructure in the #publicinterest.
Join us to meet the inaugural fellows, learn lessons from the pilot year, and discuss with our expert panel on the impact of public sector fellowships for technologists.
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Who will maintain our digital future? On 3 Dec 2025 in Berlin, we’re hosting an event for the #SovereignTechFellowship. In 2025, this program has paid maintainers of essential #opensource projects, piloting a new model for supporting #digitalinfrastructure in the #publicinterest.
Join us to meet the inaugural fellows, learn lessons from the pilot year, and discuss with our expert panel on the impact of public sector fellowships for technologists.
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Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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"It's not about winning the game. It's about owning the game. And infrastructure is power."
→ We all depend on the same foundational layer: protocols, languages, libraries, and tools
→ This cooperative layer enables competition and fast-moving innovation
→ The ecosystem embodies democratic values: participation, transparency, accountability
→ It emerged bottom-up from developers who built the digital world we use daily
Strengthening our #digitalcommons must be a strategic priority. We can't afford to lose this foundation or allow it to be monopolized.
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"It's not about winning the game. It's about owning the game. And infrastructure is power."