Here is a tailored invitation for Johan Linåker, positioned around public-sector Open Source Program Offices, institutional capability, digital sovereignty, and practical government implementation.
Dear Johan,
I hope this finds you well.
I am writing to invite you to participate in MOBILIZED: CONVERGENCE, a new global media-and-action experience from Mobilized News designed to bring together the people, ideas, tools, and public-interest solutions needed to redesign systems for life.
The purpose of CONVERGENCE is simple but urgent:
How do we move from systems that extract, divide, confuse, and control — to systems that inform, connect, restore, and empower?
Your research and work on public-sector open source, Open Source Program Offices, institutional capability, and digital commons speaks directly to one of the most practical questions at the center of this initiative: How can public institutions build, govern, maintain, and share digital infrastructure in ways that strengthen public value rather than deepen dependency?
CONVERGENCE is not being designed as a traditional conference or vendor expo. It is being created as a living media commons and working assembly: part public-interest technology forum, part solutions showcase, part live newsroom, part collaboration network, and part global action lab.
Our operating framework is:
Signals → Stories → Solutions → Events → Collaboration → Action
We would be honored to invite you to participate as a systems lab contributor, featured expert, or strategic advisor for one of the central themes of the event:
Public-Sector Open Source as Institutional Capability
Some of the questions we hope to explore include:
- How can governments move from isolated technology procurement to shared digital capability?
- What is a public-sector Open Source Program Office, and why does it matter?
- How can cities, regions, agencies, schools, and public institutions collaborate on common digital infrastructure?
- What capabilities must governments develop internally to avoid long-term vendor dependency?
- How can public agencies contribute back to open-source ecosystems rather than only consume them?
- What governance models help sustain public digital commons?
- How can open-source adoption become practical, safe, maintainable, and trusted inside public institutions?
Your perspective would help frame one of the defining implementation questions of CONVERGENCE:
How do we help public institutions move from digital dependency to digital competence, stewardship, and collaboration?
We are inviting a founding circle of leaders across digital sovereignty, open-source infrastructure, digital democracy, ethical AI, public digital goods, cybersecurity, regenerative economics, independent media, and community resilience.
The goal is not only to host conversations, but to produce practical outcomes, including:
- A Public-Sector Open Source Adoption Guide
- A Community Digital Sovereignty Toolkit
- A Public Digital Infrastructure Action Guide
- A practical overview of Open Source Program Offices for public institutions
- A Solutions Map of open, interoperable, rights-respecting tools and models
- Live and recorded interviews for global distribution
- Replication pathways for cities, public agencies, schools, nonprofits, media organizations, and civic groups that want to adopt open-source systems responsibly
Mobilized News was founded on the belief that a well-informed public is the most powerful and valuable natural resource of all. With CONVERGENCE, we are creating a platform where knowledge does not remain isolated, but becomes shared capability.
We would be grateful to explore your participation in one or more of the following ways:
- Featured conversation on public-sector Open Source Program Offices
- Systems lab on public digital infrastructure and open-source governance
- Interview for Mobilized News
- Strategic advisory conversation
- Contributor to the Public-Sector Open Source Adoption Guide
- Partner introduction to aligned open-source, government innovation, and digital commons networks
We believe your voice would be essential in helping participants understand that open source is not simply a software choice. It is a way for public institutions to build capacity, cooperate across boundaries, reduce dependency, strengthen transparency, and steward digital infrastructure for long-term public value.
Thank you for considering this invitation. We would be honored to speak with you or your team and explore how MOBILIZED: CONVERGENCE can amplify and support the work you are already helping lead.
With appreciation and respect,
Steven Jay
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
Mobilized News
MobilizedNews.com
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