Webinar: NGI0 Business Circle

Speakers: APELL and OW2

Thursday June 26, 2025. 13.00-14.00 CEST (Brussels time)
Location: You can join the session on the BigBlueButton platform via the following link: https://vc.ngi-0.eu/rooms/ahq-y96-uhs-jka/join.

NGI0 Business Circle: Improve your project maturity

Innovative projects often face challenges beyond technical development. Many brilliant ideas struggle with visibility, sustainability, user adoption, or connecting to relevant stakeholders. The Business Circle initiative is offered by NGI0 partners OW2 and APELL. It provides dedicated business consulting and mentorship tailored to you and your project. In this webinar you will meet the people who established the Business Circle and hear from them how they can help you improve project maturity by increasing market readiness, offering compliance services including the Cyber Resilience Act, strategies for Open Source governance, and reaching new audiences.

Speakers

Pierre-Yves Gibello, CEO of OW2
Pierre-Yves started out as a software R&D engineer and became CEO of OW2 in 2022. He has been an open source supporter for nearly 30 years, writing code, doing business and consulting, working with academia, teaching computer science and participating in OW2 as an elected Board representative. Pierre-Yves will talk about the services offered by OW2.

The second speaker who will discuss the offerings of APELL, will be announced soon.

NGI0 partners APELL and OW2

The Business Circle is offered bij NGI Zero partners APELL and OW2. The speakers are representatives of these two organisations. APELL, the European Open Source Software Business Association, is the umbrella organisation for national Open Source business associations in Europe. Founded in 2020, it aims to increase opportunities for the members of the Association’s member organisations, and to raise awareness for the strategic importance of Open Source for Europe. APELL promotes a sovereign, inclusive, ethical digital market.
OW2 is an independent, non-profit association dedicated to promoting open source software and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects.

Partner webinars on support services

Besides receiving financial support, NGI Zero grantees can also request practical support. The NGI Zero coalition partners offer their specialized knowledge to help project teams to bridge gaps in their skills and expertise. In the Partner Webinar Series we have the people who offer the service explain what problems they can help solve and what to expect when requesting their service. Previous iterations of this webinar series showcased: security audits, Copyright and license advice, accessibility audits, standardisation advice, and an episode on specialized support services including technical writing, testing, translation & localisation, user experience, and troubleshooting.