UN Open Source Week 2026
Jun 22–26, 2026 · New York City
pyOpenSci joins UN Open Source Week 2026 at UN Headquarters, sponsored by the Sovereign Tech Agency. Our highlight: the Monday Maintain-A-Thon and a co-led session on AI tools in open source maintenance.
pyOpenSci’s Executive Director, Leah Wasser, will be at UN Open Source Week 2026 (June 22–26) at UN Headquarters in New York City, attending as a sponsored maintainer through the Sovereign Tech Agency, recognized for pyOpenSci’s work in the open source scientific Python ecosystem.
UN Open Source Week brings together governments, international organizations, maintainers, and the broader open source community to advance open source as infrastructure for the public good.
Join us at the Maintain-A-Thon on Monday, June 22
Monday we’ll be at the Maintain-A-Thon — a hands-on day bringing together open source maintainers, stewards, and policymakers to spotlight critical open source infrastructure. In the afternoon, we’re co-leading a session on AI tools in open source maintenance (1:00 PM, breakout room to be announced that day so stay tuned).
What does it mean to maintain open-source software when the use of AI tools is rapidly reshaping all aspects of software development—from writing code, documentation, and infrastructure to submitting and reviewing contributions?
Open-source workflows have long been built on human collaboration. The shift in the pace of software development and contributions, fueled by AI tool adoption, raises new questions about trust, quality, governance, and community norms. This session brings together maintainers and contributors across projects of all sizes to share real experiences, tensions, and emerging strategies: what is working, what is not, and where things are still being figured out—resulting in a crowd-sourced field report from the maintainers’ perspective.
The Maintain-A-Thon runs 10:00–18:00 in the breakout rooms at UN Headquarters.
Throughout the week
We’ll be on site for the full program, connecting with maintainers, OSPO partners, and others working on open source as public infrastructure — including themes like digital public infrastructure, OSPOs for Good, and community-led initiatives.