TOGETHER
STRONG.
Univention Summit
25 & 26 JANUARY 2024
Congress Centrum Bremen

THE UNIVENTION SUMMIT – THE BIGGEST OPEN SOURCE EVENT OF THE YEAR

At the Univention Summit in Bremen, software manufacturers, IT service providers and users will discuss trends, challenges and requirements for digital sovereignty with open source over two days.
Keynotes by internationally known speakers, panel discussions, best-practice presentations, user reports, workshops and a technology barcamp offer a wealth of exciting content and opportunities for participation for the more than 700 participants, both on-site and online.

In addition, the exhibition with around 30 software manufacturers and IT service providers offers plenty of time for joint exchange and networking. Be there when the biggest open source event of the year opens its doors again.

Summit in numbers

  • 650
    ATTENDEES ONSITE & ONLINE
  • 33
    EXHIBITORS & PARTNERS
  • 25
    Speakers

Agenda 2024: Together Strong.

Maintrack in the MorNING
9:00 to 10:30 AM

  • Welcoming the Participants

  • Keynote Peter Ganten

    CEO Univention

  • Keynote Frank Karlitschek

    CEO Nextcloud

  • Keynote Holger Dyroff

    CEO ownCloud

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

Public SeCTOR Track
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Keynotes & panels: Digital Sovereignty with openDesk

    with Andreas Reckert-Lodde (ZenDiS) and Sven Thomsen (Schleswig-Holstein)

  • Lunch break & time for the exhibition area

EducaTION Track
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Presentations & Experience Reports from the City of Wolfsburg and the BILDUNGSLOGIN

  • Lunch break & time for the exhibition area

UCS TechnoLOGY Track
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Presentations on Keycloak & Integration of meetling via Keycloak, Containerization of UCS including Demo

  • Lunch break & time for the exhibition area

WorksHOPS 1
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Partner Workshops

  • Lunch break & time for the exhibition area

WorksHOPS 2
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  • Partner Workshops

  • Lunch break & time for the exhibition area

Public SeCTOR Track
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Keynotes & Panels: How to Succeed in Public Sector Digitalization

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

EducaTION Track
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Presentations & Experience Reports

    from the City of Jena and Mario Schmid (Baden-Wuerttemberg)

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

UCS TechnoLOGY Track
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Presentations on Active Directory Integration, Status Update on the ID Broker and RAM projects

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

WorksHOPS 1
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Partner Workshops

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

WorksHOPS 2
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Partner Workshops

  • Coffee break & time for the exhibition area

Maintrack in the afterNOON
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

  • Keynote Speech STACKIT

    Benedikt Scherzinger & Stephan Ilaender

  • Keynote Speech & Panel: Impact of AI on Software Development & Open Source

  • Get-together & Time for Exhibition Area

  • Evening Program from 7:00 PM

WorksHOPS 1
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

  • Partner Workshop Nextcloud

  • Partner Workshop Collabora

  • Coffee break

  • Partner Workshop Bechtle

  • Partner Workshop Relution

  • Joint Lunch

    1:30 PM

WorksHOPS 2
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

  • Partner Workshop Open-Xchange

  • Partner Workshop Opentalk

  • Coffee break

  • Partner Workshop Dataport

  • N. N.

  • Joint Lunch

    1:30 PM

WorksHOPS 3
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

  • Partner Workshop ownCloud

  • Partner Workshop Thomas Krenn

  • Coffee break

  • Partner Workshop KIX

  • N. N.

  • Joint Lunch

    1:30 PM

WorksHOPS 4
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

  • Partner Workshop Apple

  • Partner Workshop agorum

  • Coffee break

  • Partner Workshop meetling

  • N. N.

  • Joint Lunch

    1:30 PM

Technology BarCAMP
9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

  • UCS & UCS@school Technology Barcamp

  • Joint Lunch

    1:30 PM

Impressions from 2023

WHAT THE SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS SAY

Michael Schulz-Heirich

A valuable and important conference for the ” Who is Who” of the Open Source Community. A real MUST for all champions of digital sovereignty in the public sector.

Michael Schulz-Heirich, Leiter Vertrieb Dataport

Partner EN: Dataport
Markus Michels

Open exchange, relaxed atmosphere, a lot of expertise and enthusiasm around Open Source – that’s what makes the Univention Summit special for us and why it’s the right stage for our video conferencing solution OpenTalk.

Markus Michels, CEO OpenTalk GmbH

Partner EN: OpenTalk

The network I build at the Univention Summit is (almost) as important as the infrastructure network I maintain for the schools in the district. That’s why I’m always happy to travel to Bremen.

Werner Umbach, EDP Service Schools District of Kassel

Landkreis Kassel EN: Werner Umbach
Christoph Maier: Thomas-Krenn.AG

The Univention Summit in wintry Bremen is a fixed part of the annual event calendar of the Thomas-Krenn AG. It is where technical expertise meets the excellent network of Univention partners and customers: A valuable opportunity for us to deepen existing contacts and establish new ones.

Christoph Maier – CEO Thomas-Krenn.AG

Partner EN: Thomas-Krenn.AG
Holger Dyroff: owncloud

It was a great pleasure to discuss again the possibilities of file exchange, integration into existing file storages via SAMBA and collaborative editing with medium-sized users and educational institutions. We took home valuable suggestions. As the most frequently installed 3rd party app from the App Center we are also looking forward to the next Summit!

Holger Dyroff, VP Sales & Marketing & Co-Founder ownCloud

Partner EN: owncloud
Martina Sander: Cornelsen

The use of digital offerings in schools becomes increasingly important for us as a provider of educational media. Teachers and students should be able to use them without hurdles and barriers and in infrastructures that are as open as possible. A prerequisite for this is good interaction between all school IT offerings. The Univention Summit is an excellent place for inspiration and exchange on this topic.

Martina Sander – Cornelsen Verlag

Partner EN: Cornelsen Verlag
André Müller: Bechtle GmbH

100% Open. An open and honest exchange between manufacturers and IT service providers from which both sides benefit.

Andre Müller – Bechtle GmbH

Partner EN: Bechtle
Anja Zeising: ifib

A characteristic feature of the Univention Summit is the open exchange at a high professional level from different perspectives. In a pleasant atmosphere, participants exchange information about very practical or technical, but also planning topics such as media development planning, IT support structures, requirements specification and evaluation. This is how digital transformation can succeed in the educational sector.

Anja Zeising – Institut for Information Management Bremen GmbH

Partner EN: ifib
Indra Cloet: agorum

I’m really looking forward to the next Univention Summit and the many Open Source colleagues who will be there. You always meet new, interesting people. For me, the Summit is the perfect start into the year.

Indra Cloet – agorum

Partner EN: agorum

Our partners in 2024