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SakaiCon 2023 in Review

August 22, 2023
SakaiCon 2023 took place in July, primarily online but with some in-person events at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. There were more than 200 registered attendees from around the world and a diverse range of topics to discuss.

Apereo Board Chair Anne-Marie Scott is Keynote Speaker at ALT

August 17, 2023
Anne-Marie Scott will be one of the keynote speakers this coming September for the U.K.-based Association for Learning Technology conference. 

Apereo Micro Conference - September 2023

August 15, 2023
Save the date: Apereo Micro-conference on September 13th at 11 am Eastern US. Georg Link will join the Apereo community to discuss Project Health in Academic Open Source.

2023 uPortal Steering Committee elections

August 14, 2023
Please consider nominating yourself or someone else to serve on the uPortal Steering Committee. Anyone can nominate or be nominated, and nominations should be done on-list by Monday, 8/21. 

Apereo Foundation Joins OSPO Alliance to Foster Open Source Collaboration and Best Practices

August 9, 2023
The Apereo Foundation has joined the OSPO Alliance, a collective of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), in an effort to promote best practices and advance the adoption of open source initiatives across industries.

Apereo Micro Conference - August 2023

July 27, 2023
Save the date: Apereo Micro Conference - August Samson Goddy, Co-Founder of the Open Source Community Africa will present From Users to Contributors: Strategies to effective community management

Apereo Foundation Joins Open Policy Alliance

July 27, 2023
Apereo joins Open Policy Alliance - The public policy team of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has launched the Open Policy Alliance (OPA), a new program aimed at building and supporting a coalition of underrepresented voices from public benefit and charitable foundations.

Results for 2023 Elections for Apereo Board of Directors

July 19, 2023
Congratulations to Inge Donkervoort, Sam Lee Pan, and Stuart Phillipson on their election to a second term on the Apereo Board.

Announcing the 2023 Dolphin Awardees and Fellows

July 7, 2023
Each year, the Apereo Foundation celebrates the many volunteer efforts, innovations, and success stories of our open source communities. The 2023 Apereo Dolphin Awards and Fellowships will be recognized during a ceremony at Open Apereo events at FOSSY 2023 in Portland, OR. We will continue to celebrate the incredible efforts of our award winners and fellows throughout the year. Join us in congratulating and thanking our recipients for their service to the Foundation!

2023 Apereo Foundation AGM

June 29, 2023
Apereo's Annual General Meeting will occur virtually on July 26th, 2023.

Apereo Foundation Fast - Interview with Jim Helwig

June 14, 2023
2022 IAN Award Winner Jim Helwig joined Apereo Foundation Fast to share his Apereo story and thoughts on the value of open source.

Apereo Micro-Conferences: June 14th - Defining an Open Source AI

June 12, 2023
Apereo Micro-Conference series for June - Defining an Open Source AI June's speaker is Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative June 14, 11am Eastern

Negative Impacts of the Cyber Resilience Act on Open Source in Higher Education

May 31, 2023
Apereo's recent MicroConfernece, Public Policy Impacting Open Source Projects and Communities, introduced widespread concern and worry across the open source ecosystem (OSS) that, despite the longstanding support for and focus on OSS from the European Commission, the proposed Cyber Resilience Act misunderstands OSS development and consequently there could be severe unintended impacts to Institutions of Higher Education.

Patrick Masson named Apereo Foundation Executive Director

May 22, 2023
The Apereo Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Masson to Apereo's Executive Director position. 

Apereo Foundation Fast Interview with Alan Regan

May 5, 2023
2022 Dolphin Apereo Fellow, Alan Regan, joined Apereo Foundation Fast to discuss his years of involvement in the Open Apereo planning committee and Sakai community. Alan is the Senior Director of IT Client Services at Pepperdine University and a second-time Apereo Fellow.

Sakai CON 2023 - Registration Now Open

May 3, 2023
Registration is now open for #SakaiCon2023 -- Tuesday, July 18, and Wednesday, July 19, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Join us to explore how Sakai is Great for Learning.

Apereo Board Candidates 2023

April 28, 2023
The Apereo Foundation holds annual elections for open positions on its Board of Directors. The duties and responsibilities of board members, together with rules governing their election are set out in Article 5 of the Apereo by-laws. Apereo elections occur online via Helios Voting. The voting period opens June 5th, 2023.

May Micro-Conf: Mike Milinkovich of Eclipse Foundation

April 25, 2023
Join Apereo on May 10th for a conversation with Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation.

2023 Apereo Board of Directors Nominations

April 18, 2023
The Apereo community is welcome to submit nominations to the Apereo Board of Directors until Friday, April 28th, 2023.

Opencast named leading solution for video management

April 14, 2023
ZKI the German Higher Education IT association identified Apereo's Opencast project as the leading solution for video management among German universities.

Open Apereo 2023 at FOSSY in Portland, OR

April 11, 2023
Open Apereo 2023 will take place in person as a part of the “FOSS for Education” track at FOSSY - July 13th-16th - Portland, Oregon, USA. Tickets for FOSSY 2023 are now available.