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Christopher DiBona (he/him)

Vice President, Open Ecosystems, Microsoft

Chris DiBona is a world authority on developer ecosystems and Open Source software, currently serving as Vice President in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft. He has been an advisor to the UK based think tank RUSI since 2016. He served on the Commerce Department's Data Access Commission under Obama/Pritzker. During his 18-year tenure at Google, he ran the polling locations and patents search verticals and APIs.

Additionally, he created the open source programs office at Google and helped across Alphabet entities including Waymo, Intrinsic, and Verily. 

Sessions

Main Track

Owning the stack: Digital independence with open source infrastructure

May 26, 20265:30 PM – 6:10 PM GMT+0
English
As AI accelerates a global change in governance, governments face a critical choice: become dependent on external systems or secure the ability to operate independently. This session moves beyond the theory of sovereignty to the mechanics of autonomy. See More.