Cornelius Schumacher, chair of the Technical Committee of the OpenRail Association, was a guest at the Open Transport Meetup to present the OpenRail Association. He talked about how the organization operates, looking back at the first couple of months since its formal foundation in January 2024, about the first projects, which were onboarded, and what the OpenRail Association strives for in the future.
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For the second time, team members of the OpenRail Association have coordinated the Railways and Open Transport devroom at FOSDEM. For this 4-hours track we chose 10 presentations by experts with diverse backgrounds from the large amount of submissions. While most talks at FOSDEM circulated around programming, cloud, or system administration topics, we experienced an overwhelming interest in railways and transportation.
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Today, the OpenRail Association officially launched its activities with its first Board of Directors meeting held in Paris and its incorporation as a Belgian non-profit organization. This important milestone marks a major step in our mission to provide a neutral platform for the collaborative development of Open Source software within the railway sector.
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