We are proud to introduce our three keynote speakers:
ASTOR NUMMELIN KARLBERG, Director of Open Source Sovereignty, SUSE
Astor Nummelin Carlberg is a senior strategist operating at the intersection of digital infrastructure and European public policy. As Director of Open Source Sovereignty at SUSE, he leads engagement with European institutions to advance a secure and transparent digital future. Formerly the Executive Director of OpenForum Europe, Astor has an extensive track record in legislative work within the European Parliament, focusing on interoperability, the AI Act, and the Cyber Resilience Act.
PATRIK FÄLTSTRÖM, Netnod
Patrik has been an active participant in Internet governance issues at the global level. In the late 1990s he was a member of the gTLD Policy Oversight Committee, a process that helped form the foundation for the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He was involved in the creation of the Internet Governance Forum in the United Nations, where he also served for three years as a member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group and then advisor to the Chair for two years. He was an appointed advisor to the Swedish IT Minister between 2003 and 2014, a member of the ICANN Security and Stability Committee since 2005 and its chair 2011-2017. In 2014 he was appointed to the Research Advisory Network of the Global Commission of Internet Governance. From 2014-2016 he was vice-chair of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG). Since World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) 2012 he has been participating in the preparation of the Swedish view in International Telecommunication Union (ITU) related issues.
DANIEL STENBERG, CURL
Daniel Stenberg is the founder and lead developer of the curl project. He is an open source software developer, actively participating in several networking related projects. He has worked on Open Source HTTP implementations for almost thirty years, been involved in the IETF for fifteen years. He was awarded the Polhem Prize in 2017.
