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title: UN meeting (placeholder)
date: '2026-06-21'
title: "UN Open Source Week 2026"
date: '2026-06-18'
excerpt: >
Placeholder for a UN-related meeting or side event in June 2026. Replace
with the official title, venue, and registration when details are available.
pyOpenSci joins UN Open Source Week 2026 at UN Headquarters, sponsored by the
Sovereign Tech Agency. Our highlight: the Monday Maintain-A-Thon and a
co-led session on AI tools in open source maintenance.
image:
src: images/headers/pyopensci-sustainability.png
alt: Decorative pyOpenSci header image
src: images/headers/un-open-source-week-2026-group-photo.png
alt: pyOpenSci community members at UN Open Source Week Maintain-A-Thon at UN Headquarters
event:
start_date: '2026-06-21'
end_date: '2026-06-27'
start_date: '2026-06-22'
end_date: '2026-06-26'
location: New York City
conference: UN Open Source Week 2026
event_type: community
home_highlight: >-
UN Open Source Week — pyOpenSci is leading an AI discussion
UN Open Source Week — pyOpenSci at the Maintain-A-Thon and on site all week
---

## Details coming soon
pyOpenSci's Executive Director, Leah Wasser, will be at [UN Open Source Week 2026](https://www.unopensource.org/agenda)
(June 22–26) at UN Headquarters in New York City, attending as a sponsored
maintainer through the [Sovereign Tech Agency](https://www.sovereign.tech/),
recognized for pyOpenSci's work in the open source scientific Python ecosystem.

This week-long placeholder (**21–27 June 2026**) exercises multi-day live event
handling on the events page. Update or remove when real details are confirmed.
UN Open Source Week brings together governments, international organizations,
maintainers, and the broader open source community to advance open source as
infrastructure for the public good.

## Join us at the Maintain-A-Thon on Monday, June 22

Monday we'll be at the **Maintain-A-Thon** — a hands-on day bringing
together open source maintainers, stewards, and policymakers to spotlight
critical open source infrastructure. In the afternoon, we're co-leading a session on **AI tools in open source
maintenance** (1:00 PM, breakout room to be announced that day so stay tuned).

{{< admonition type="info" title="Session abstract" >}}
What does it mean to maintain open-source software when the use of AI tools is
rapidly reshaping all aspects of software development—from writing code,
documentation, and infrastructure to submitting and reviewing contributions?

Open-source workflows have long been built on human collaboration. The shift
in the pace of software development and contributions, fueled by AI tool
adoption, raises new questions about trust, quality, governance, and community
norms. This session brings together maintainers and contributors across projects
of all sizes to share real experiences, tensions, and emerging strategies: what
is working, what is not, and where things are still being figured out—resulting
in a crowd-sourced field report from the maintainers' perspective.
{{< /admonition >}}

The Maintain-A-Thon runs 10:00–18:00 in the breakout rooms at UN Headquarters.

## Throughout the week

We'll be on site for the full program, connecting with maintainers, OSPO
partners, and others working on open source as public infrastructure —
including themes like digital public infrastructure, OSPOs for Good, and
community-led initiatives.

[View the full agenda →](https://www.unopensource.org/agenda)
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