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This year’s UN Open Source Week 2025, June 16-20) will once again bring together a global “who is who” of Open Source leaders (see the 2024 conference report).

​As part of the official community programming on Friday, June 20, the Common Crawl Foundation, in partnership with IBM, BrightQuery, and the AI Alliance, will be hosting a half-day event at the IBM One Madison office in New York City.

​This half-day gathering will spotlight open data, trustworthy AI, and the evolving role of open source in shaping ethical, transparent technologies. The event features talks, panels, and networking with global leaders at the forefront of open innovation, and will include unconference-style breakouts and lightning talks from AI Alliance members, with a focus on Open Trusted Data and how to make data for AI work in safe and responsible ways.

​Agenda: 12.30pm – Doors open 1.00pm – Welcome & brief introduction to the AI Alliance 1.20pm – Presentations

​Intro to Common Crawl Foundation, web languages and annotation, policy work ​Intro to Open Trusted Data Initiative (OTDI) ​Intro to BrightQuery ​2.00pm – Panel discussion

​Ethics of large-scale data collection ​Preserving authenticity in user preference signals ​Governance and transparency in AI training data usage ​Collaborative standards across the AI ecosystem ​Building trust in public data pipelines ​2.45pm – Coffee break 3.00pm – Lightning talks & unconference 4.15pm – Report back 4.25pm – Closing remarks 4.30pm – Reception 5.30pm – The end!

​More details, speakers, panelists, etc., to be announced soon!