Creative Days X Paloma Oliveira

Workshop. Open Source: Building equitable, inclusive and sustainable tech communities

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English
Thu, 21.05.2026
10.00 - 12.30
Westbahnstudios, Preysinggasse 5, 1150 Wien
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Creative minds gather at Creative Days Vienna for two days of lectures, tours, performances, installations and networking to discuss the latest interplay of technology, culture and society.

 

Open source is one of the most powerful cultural and political concepts of our time. It provides a framework for building technology, institutions and communities based on equity, decentralisation and collective power. This workshop is aimed at software developers, creative technologists, entrepreneurs and founders working in the digital space and sector, as well as anyone else who wants to delve deeper into designing inclusive and sustainable digital spaces.

 

Taking open source as both a method and a provocation, it draws on “Diversifying Open Source” by Paloma Oliveira, and asks what becomes possible when shared knowledge, mutual care and public participation shape the systems we depend on. Participants will explore the history and philosophy of open source, encounter projects that are already challenging extractive models, and sketch their own visions for sustainable, fair and genuinely shared futures — ambitious enough to inspire pride and elegant enough to celebrate with champagne at night.

 

See the full program of the Creative Days Vienna 2026 here.

Expert

Paloma Oliveira
Paloma Oliveira
Open source advocate, software developer, community organizer, artist, curator

Paloma is a wholehearted explorer who navigates various social, professional, and investigative endeavors connecting people, ideas, and passions. Author of the book “Diversifying Open Source” by Apress, a book that emerges from years of collaborative culture work—building together with great minds toward more kind, socially just, and regenerative ways of working and being together. She focuses on technologies that enable autonomy, equity, and care for humans and the more-than-human world, recognizing that our digital futures are inextricably woven with ecological wellbeing. Currently working at the Sovereign Tech Agency, she is helping define what open digital infrastructure is and how that is shaping the commons we all rely on.

Kristina Maurer
Kristina Maurer
Media scientist and cultural producer

At the Vienna Business Agency, she works as an expert in the Digital Economy Department, where she develops services, programs and networking formats for Vienna’s AI and data economy. Her focus lies on values-based support for the city’s digital sector in the spirit of digital humanism and on exploring the intersection of ICT and sustainability. Previously, she served as Head of European Projects at the Ars Electronica Festival Linz and, as executive producer, oversaw the redesign of the Ars Electronica Center in 2019. Her research interests concern human-centered, values-driven digital technology development and its sociopolitical and societal implications. She also supports responsible innovation and cooperation in global tech ecosystems.

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