2026-06-19 –, D0206 (capacity 154)
By 2026, the regulatory landscape for tech industry has fundamentally shifted, with unprecedented implications to open source. From the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) to "Digital Sovereignty" - these terms rightfully sound like the antithesis of the open values. But the story of the last 2-3 years isn't one of defeat. It’s a story of how the open source community "debugged" the law.
In this talk we reveal how engineers entered the negotiation rooms to fix critical bugs in the legislation and standards. We will look at the technical reality behind the CRA Open Source victory, translating "Secure by Design" for open source directly into European Standards. We will also reframe Digital Sovereignty into the real engineering values of innovating resilience, quality and security that comes from transparency and freedom that only open source can offer.
Join us to see how we turn regulation from a blocker into a feature, ensuring the "Open Source Way" remains the standard for innovation.
Roman is a cybersecurity expert and leader with 17+ years of experience securing complex systems and products. As Principal Architect at Red Hat, he drives open-source security strategy and cross-industry collaboration to build trusted software ecosystems. Formerly, he led Product Security & Privacy for Data Center and AI software at Intel. Roman contributes to global open-source security initiatives and standardization efforts, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act.