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Hello everyone, thank you for those that just joined us, and I'm happy to see that some people are

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brave enough to stay in other two hours with us, especially because this is a public sector

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a moment of the day, so it's not necessarily the most popular, and we put a lot of efforts.

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We put a lot of efforts into trying to make it interesting for you today, so the block is constructed

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after around two main subjects, first we will try and go through what's happening in Europe right now.

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We have some very interesting speakers that are joining us from different perspectives from the public sector, from the political field as well.

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And after that, the second part of the block will be dedicated to more international projects,

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which also obviously have echoes and effects on what's happening here in Europe in shaping up our public sector using open source.

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So I think it's a very interesting opportunity to reflect on how can Europe play role in this, and obviously we'll see a bit more about this from the perspective of our speakers.

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Yeah, I don't know if you want to.

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We have an introduce yourself yet, sorry.

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My name is Axel Tivney, I'm a policy advisor open for Europe, and I specialize in public sector open source or the use of public sector open source.

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So I'm very happy to try and present that today.

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And hi, Saleneis, I work with the European Commission's open source program office, and I help the deaf room put together deaf room.

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That's it.

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Yeah.

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Basically, we'll have first presentations, and after that the second half of each hour block will be a discussion, you're obviously invited to participate as questions.

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Say what you think, please, as always, be kind and nice to your speakers, that taking time on the Sunday to come here.

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Some of them have never been to Foss Dam, and this is a policy dev room, so not everyone here is as used to Foss Dam as you are.

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So yeah, but I think we can already start.

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And first, we'll welcome Hanya Verrabeck, that we've an accredited parliamentary assistant with a big example member of the European Parliament, and she's going to come and talk a bit about what's happening there.

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And from the political perspective, give us some insight.

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Yeah, please.

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Welcome.

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You get the time to make a contact for the video.