On 15 and 16 September 2025, the RheinEnergieSTADION will be transformed into the meeting place for IT security: the Internet Security Days (ISD). Since 2011, experts, security managers and user companies have been coming together here to address the most important issues in the field of cyber security.
This year, the focus is on three key areas:
OpenCloud is also represented with a Deep Dive presentation - presented by Peer Heinlein, CEO and founder of the Heinlein Group and OpenCloud:
A community has to do, what a community has to do: from fork to future workspace!
Tech Stage | 16. September 2025 | 11:40 a.m.
What to do when the foundations are suddenly shaken?
When proprietary products are discontinued or sold, companies quickly come under pressure: migrations become an obligation, costs explode, dependencies become entrenched.
Open source offers a way out.
It offers the freedom to develop software independently, work together with new partners - or simply continue on the familiar course. The freedom not to be forced, but to decide for yourself.
But what does this look like in practice? Peer Heinlein reports on a current example: from a courageous fork to the vision of a Future Workspace for Europe - digitally sovereign, open source, operated in its own data centres.
We look forward to exchanging ideas with all those who not only use open source, but also help shape it - strategically, collaboratively and with a view to the future.
With the code ISD25-SPEAKER you will receive a 15% discount on the conference ticket (excluding member tickets & special offers).
More about the programme and registration: Internet Security Days 2025