Speaker info
Philippe Ombredanne
CTO and Co-Founder
nexB
Philippe Ombredanne is the CTO and co-founder of nexB, a company dedicated to making open source software easier and safer to reuse. He is the lead maintainer of the AboutCode suite of open source tools for software composition analysis (SCA), including ScanCode, DejaCode, and VulnerableCode. He is the creator of Package-URL (PURL) and a co-founder of the SPDX and ClearlyDefined initiatives.
A passionate FOSS advocate, Philippe has spent over two decades building open source tools and open data to automate license compliance and software supply chain security. nexB, founded in 2003, is a bootstrapped company whose open source code, specifications, and data are widely used by leading SCA companies and startups worldwide.
Schedule
Monday, 18 May 2026
CRA compliance for OSS businesses (workshop)
A workshop on understanding and preparing for the EU Cyber Resilience Act as an open source business.
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Structuring your 'business' as a non-profit entity (talk)
A lightning talk exploring the advantages, challenges, and practicalities of structuring an open source venture as a non-profit organization.