Florent Zara
Florent has been involved (both personally and professionally) in the FLOSS community since 1999. Professionally, Florent has worked for nearly 20 years in a consulting company as a Open Source advisor for large companies, helping them with software quality, Open Source governance, licensing, Innersource, as well as change management. Today, as Open Source Services Team Lead, he’s helping (new) Eclipse members and projects better understand, manage and master Open Source. He’s also an active participant in the OSPO Alliance and the Good Governance Initiative. On his personal side, he’s an administrator and board member at LinuxFr.org (reference french-speaking, community driven website about Free and Open Source software).
Sessions
Training-as-Code: Scaling Open Source Literacy
Lightning Talk
16. March 2026, 17:35 - 17:40
Auditorium
Shared educational efforts need more than static files; they require a scalable, community-driven approach. This talk introduces Eclipse OSILK, a "Training-as-Code" project using AsciiDoc for modular, maintainable training. It enables organizations to tailor content easily while keeping it as evergreen as the software itself.
Governance & Community
From Tires to Code: Building Michelin’s OSPO
Talk
16. March 2026, 16:40 - 17:10
Auditorium
Michelin, a 136-year-old industrial giant, is building its open source culture. This talk is a feedback from our OSPO, detailing our strategy, governance, and change management programs. We'll share our progress and achievements, our key lessons, and the significant challenges still ahead on our journey.