Open Source Summit Europe 2024

In this presentation, we present how an analysis of companies and technical trends can lead to the formation of group-wide community and participation in open source alliance organizations. We analyzed companies and technological trends in the related technology area to clarify the situation around the company direction from top-level executives. As a result, we identified important foundations and open source projects in which companies in the related technology area were actively involved. These projects are also important for the Sony Group business. However, due to the diverse nature of Sony's business entities, the organization responsible for video production was unaware of the significance within Sony group, even though they were aware of the trends in OSS and the importance for their own business. In contrast, the organization in the electronics field lacked awareness of video production trends. We tailored the analysis results to each organization and communicated them accordingly. This explanation led to valuable insights for each tech executive, resulting in the formation of group-wide community and participation in a related alliance organization.