Amanda Brock said, “Conversations that small expert groups have been sharing in silos will be opened up to the broader audience via the SOOCon24 plenaries which will share the real challenges and risks to the future of open source and its impact on AI. Sometimes there’s a perception that the myth of the developer in the basement is the reality of open source. That’s a world away from reality. Their code is a gift of the individual to society with a profound effect on innovation. We will also discuss what open source really means and other shades of openness.”