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The OpenChain Project provided a Global Update at Open Source Tech Day 2025 event in Seoul, South Korea on the 21st of October 2025. This event brought together government, industry and academic experts to discuss the intersection of open innovation and commerce. Shane Coughlan, OpenChain General Manager, took the stage to represent the community and encourage a more trusted supply chain.

Review the Slides:

Join a webinar on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 to understand key compliance obligations, consent mechanisms, and cross-border data transfer requirements. This 60-minute session offers a general overview and practical understanding to help both individuals and companies align  with India’s DPDPA 2023. The event will be lead by Biju Nair, Chair of the OpenChain India Work Group.

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The OpenChain Project delivered a keynote at the recent ZF Conference in Germany. This event, targeted towards internal terms across the ZF Group, and to customers and suppliers, provided a platform to discuss open source strategy and practical management. As an adopter of OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, ZG Group has taken a leadership position in seeking excellence in the open source automotive supply chain.

Check Out The OpenChain Keynote Slides Below:

We Discussed:

Lead by Chris Wood (Chair, Specification Work Group) and Martin Yagi (Chair Education Work Group), the call covered the following agenda:

• OpenChain Project News
• Specification Work Group – CRA, other regulations and our standards
• Education Work Group – Update on Status and Community Work Items
• Any Other Business?

A reminder for those in Asia – while this edition of the monthly call is happening in the darkest hours of the night (01:30 in Japan!), we also have a monthly Europe / Asia call that works better for those in Eastern time zones. Check out the schedule for this and all our other meetings here:
https://openchainproject.org/participate

Watch the Recording:

Check out the Meeting Slides:

• https://github.com/OpenChain-Project/Meeting-Minutes/tree/main/Slides/2025

Coming Next:

• A ton of work pending on education, and a survey to be released for the spec. Expect a strong focus on looking at what we have accomplished, looking at feedback, and making it better.

Join Our Work:

Everyone is welcome to be part of the Specification Work Group. You can join their mailing list here:
https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/specification/

You can find and be part of all OpenChain calls through our participation page here:
https://openchainproject.org/participate

During our regular OpenChain AI Work Group meeting for North America and Europe the agenda was:

• Item #1: We have completed the AI SBOM Compliance Management Guide
• Item #2: We are going live on 20th October – your help with promotion is requested
• Item #3: We have started coordination with Lord Clement-Jones in the UK, UK working group, Spec Group, LF legal conference and PyTorch conference
• Item #4: Early market feedback can be used to update the guide for solution/market fit – Your help is requested
• Item #5: FINOS working group
• Item #6: Any Other Business

Watch the Recording:

Get Involved:

Everyone is welcome to be part of this activity! OpenChain has free, open access to all its work groups and study groups. Just turn up, and listen in, and contribute comments, ideas and suggestions.

✉️ We have a dedicated mailing list for the AI Work Group: https://lists.openchainproject.org/g/ai

Attend Future Meetings:

You can find and get the dial-in details for all future meetings from our participate page here: https://www.openchainproject.org/participate