What OpenStack taught Europe

Thierry Carrez, General Manager of Linux Foundation Europe, on what twenty years of open infrastructure teach about neutral governance and sovereignty.

Thierry Carrez, General Manager, Linux Foundation Europe · with Luca Berton

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Thierry Carrez is General Manager of Linux Foundation Europe. Before that he spent many years at the OpenStack Foundation and the Open Infrastructure Foundation.

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Why this conversation

Sovereignty was the word of the week in Prague. Thierry Carrez recorded with the show after lunch on the Thursday, on what twenty years of OpenStack and open infrastructure teach about neutral governance and sovereignty.

When it comes out

The episode is recorded and in the edit. Like every episode it goes out on YouTube first, then on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. The story of the week it was filmed is in Open Source Summit Europe 2026: who we met.

About Thierry Carrez

Thierry Carrez is General Manager of Linux Foundation Europe. Before that he spent many years at the OpenStack Foundation and the Open Infrastructure Foundation.

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