Apereo MicroConferences

2023 Inaugural Speakers Open Source Leaders and Influencers

Apereo Foundation invites you to join us for our monthly micro conferences! 

Apereo Foundation’s MicroConferences bring together leaders from across open source education technology to discuss the latest topics and trends impacting higher education.

Each month, leaders and influencers in the open source world will speak about topics ranging from research and community building to policy shifts impacting the world of open source and education. 

This free service provided by the Apereo Foundation and our partners requires registration to attend the live event. Contact registrar@apereo.org to join the invitation list. All are welcome!

Upcoming Micro-Conferences and Workshops

Hax Community

The Sustainable Impact and Innovation Pipeline (SIIP) - Conversation with HAX
May 13, 2026, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Bryan Ollendyke - Full-stack developer / Change Agent / HAX Project Lead / HAX Lab Faculty - will be joined by the following co-presenters:

Bill Rose - Instructional Designer / HAX Product Owner

Dr. Jenny Frank - Associate Professor of Educational Psychology / HAX Lab Faculty

Dr. David Fusco - Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Master's Programs / HAX Lab Faculty

Winston JW White - M.S., Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations Software & Cybersecurity Engineer, Open Sourcerer (not too serious), 2x NASA Intern

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Previous Micro-Conferences and Workshops

Evelien Renders

April Apereo MicroConference: Open Standards and Interoperability
April 8, 2026, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Evelien Renders, President of EUNIS & Advisor on the Internationalization of Education at SURF

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March 2026 Microconf Flyer, Open Source and Business a Conversation with Apereo-Aligned CEOs

Open Source and Business: A Conversation with Apereo-Aligned CEOs

March 11, 2026, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Inge Donkervoort, CEO of DLearning; Dr. Kirsten Heiss, CEO OpenCampus; Kate Valenti, CEO of Unicon; Salvador Pellicer Farreri, CEO of Entornos De Formacóin S.L. and Marcel Oostdijk, CEO of Outfox

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Olawale Fabiyi

Building bridges, not Islands: A Blueprint for Open Source Innovation in Education and Emerging Ecosystems
February 11, 2026, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Olawale Fabiyi, HEMIS Technical Advisor at The Gambia’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science & Technology

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OpenCampus

Deploying AI-Enhanced Student Information System Workflows Using Drupal and ECA via OpenCampus
January 14, 2026, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Kirsten Heiss, Managing Director at OpenCampus
Melissa Mitchell, Head of Business Development and Product Innovation at OpenCampus

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2025 Dec MicroCon Flyer with dylan and Chelsea ITHAKA S+R

Sustaining Open Source in the Research Enterprise
December 10, 2025, 11:00 AM America/New_York
Speaker:

Dylan Ruediger, Principal for the research enterprise at Ithaka S+R

Chelsea McCracken, Researcher on Ithaka S+R’s Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums team

Moderator:

Patrick Masson, Executive Director of The Apereo Foundation

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