FOSS Backstage 2026

Cassie Jiun Seo

Cassie Jiun Seo is a technology practitioner working on digital interventions in humanitarian, development, and migration contexts. She consults for the World Health Organization and is an affiliate researcher at Cambridge University’s Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy.


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03-16
16:05
30min
Curating Power: FOSS in the Service of National Interests
Cassie Jiun Seo

Around the world, governments are building and exporting their own “open” technology stacks — from India Stack to the emerging Deutschland Stack — blending open-source ideals with national strategy. This talk dives into how states are curating open technologies to reflect political philosophies, advance digital sovereignty, and shape global norm.

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