This month’s update highlights significant momentum in global adoption, alongside a big ‘Open Chain and Friends’ event with many tracks including Compliance, AI, CRA, Automotive, Education, and so on.
April has been a productive month for the OpenChain Project, with strong engagement across the Linux Foundation ecosystem, new working group activities, and continued progress on key deliverables that support software supply chain trust and compliance.
What happened in April? See the highlights below.
Welcome OpenChain New Board Member-Yoshiyuki Ito From Renesas
Welcome OpenChain New Board Member: Yoshiyuki Ito From Renesas.
We are pleased to welcome Yoshiyuki Ito from Renesas as a new member of the OpenChain Board. His experience and leadership in semiconductor and embedded systems will further strengthen OpenChain’s global governance and ecosystem collaboration.
OpenChain Engagement with COPU in Beijing
OpenChain Engagement with COPU in Beijing
OpenChain recently visited Professor Lu, founder of COPU in Beijing, and both parties look forward to strong future collaboration in advancing open source governance and ecosystem development.
The Teoresi Group Approach to Open Source Governance
The Teoresi Group continues to strengthen its structured approach to open source governance, focusing on compliance, security, and sustainable software supply chain practices across its engineering activities. for more information, see https://openchainproject.org/news/2026/05/05/the-teoresi-group-approach-to-open-source-governance
OpenChain Community Day in Tokyo
OpenChain Community Day was successfully hosted at the Sony office in Tokyo, with around 60 participants in attendance. The event featured discussions on OpenChain ISO standards, OSPO experiences in the automotive industry, as well as emerging topics such as CRA and AI.
OpenChain Beijing 2026 and Ospology Live in Beijing
OpenChain Beijing and OSpology Live were successfully held in Beijing in May, bringing together the community to exchange insights on open source governance, compliance, AI, Agentic AI and ecosystem collaboration.
