Speaker
Sīlavāpi (ex Ruth) Cheesley
Sīlavāpi is an Open Source advocate with over 20 years of experience using and contributing to many different projects.
Having served on the Community Leadership Team of the Joomla! project and built a full-service digital agency, she now works as Project Lead for Mautic, supporting the community who build and maintain the world's first Open Source Marketing Automation platform.
Sīlavāpi is also an ordained Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Order, a lover of cats, a keen triathlete and flautist (but not at the same time!) and is based in the East of England.
The Mautic Update
Once a year our whole community gathers in one room, and this session is where we take stock together.
The Mautic Update is the Project Lead's annual account of how the project is really doing. We will walk through what has been released over the past twelve months and the work that made it possible, look transparently at our funding, our governance and the health of our contributor base, and set out the roadmap and the priorities I would like us to hold for the year ahead.
There is a wider story running alongside all of this. Organisations across Europe and beyond are rethinking what it means to depend on platforms they do not control, and marketing automation is one of the places that dependency has the biggest impact when it comes to customer data. I will talk about where Mautic sits in that shift, and what we need to do to position Mautic as the go-to solution.
Expect candour rather than a highlight reel, a clear picture of where we need help, and time to ask me whatever you want to know about the direction we are taking.
Panel: Keeping Mautic Strong for the Future: What Makes Open Source Last?
Open source has never been more important, yet the foundations that make open source projects thrive are under pressure.
AI is changing the landscape, with new opportunities but also new challenges. Regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act are adding to the workload. Cultural changes and economic cycles affect funding and corporate participation as well as contributions from individuals.
So how can we make open source - and Mautic - last?
This panel discusses the specific situation that Mautic is in, but also ponders the critical factors behind successful, resilient open source projects (even if far outside the mainstream), and how contribution and financial support can be developed for the future.
The goal is not to predict the future of open source, but to explore how we can help shape it :)