FOSS Backstage 2025

Mathias Bolt Lesniak

Mathias Bolt Lesniak lives outside Oslo, Norway, with his Kiwi wife and two kids. He is the official project ambassador of the TYPO3 CMS project and lives to increase the impact of open source through increased cross-community collaboration. He is an experienced and lively public speaker who builds engagement in open source communities by highlighting the connection between code and society at large. He has done numerous conference keynotes and motivational talks centering on topics less commonly addressed — but vitally important to open source success.


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Session

03-10
12:10
30min
How to Explain the Impact of Your Open Source Work
Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire, Mathias Bolt Lesniak

This talk connects the everyday open source work we do with the big changes we (can) make. It gives you zeal and perspectives for explaining what you do. If there’s a type of talk every open source event should have, this is the one — because explaining open source can be hard.

Growing Open Source
bUm Box