AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Japan

Mr. Masanori Kusunoki has been involved in open-source activities since his student days and has worked with notable organizations including Microsoft, Yahoo! JAPAN, and MUFG. In 2021, he transitioned to the role of Director-General at the newly established Digital Agency. His professional experience further extends to positions such as Digital Service Fellow of Tokyo, Policy Advisor for Fukuoka City, and convener of the domestic committee for ISO/TC307. At the Digital Agency, he has overseen initiatives related to the Social Security and Tax number law, Digital Signature law, the standardization of local government systems, and AI policy development.

As LF Edge governing board member, Sujata Tibrewala advocates for a cross-functional, cross-organizational forum of open source leaders across Industry to ensure Alignment to Corporate Business Goals and consistent and positive presence in communities. She prides herself in using her extensive experience in open source to being a developer liason and mentor, no matter where they come from, which leads to growth of open source projects into vendor neutral mature communities. She is a co-chair for IEEE Edge Automation Platform Roadmap, co-lead of the selection committee for IEEE Connecting the Unconnected challenge and a frequent presenter at various IEEE and industry conferences. Under her leadership, the Intel Network Developer Evangelism program was nominated for Network Transformation Awards 2018, and received the Edison award and Network Developer Dynamo award at Intel. She has held positions of Director at Silicon Valley Engineering Council and TSC chair for Documentation Sub-committee Akraino. She has a Masters from IISc Bangalore and a Bachelors from IIT Kharagpur and has completed an Executive Women Leadership Program from Stanford.

Vivek Mahajan is a global business leader as well as an innovation and technology executive with extensive experience working for leading global tech companies, mist recently Fujitsu.After graduating with a Master’s in electrical engineering and an MBA in Finance/Accounting, he started his career in Silicon Valley as an information technology specialist. Vivek has lived and worked globally including United States, Australia, Singapore, Japan and India.

Omar Mohsine is a member of the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy on Technology. He additionally leads the open source team within the UN Office of Information and Communication Technologies and serves as the co-chair of the UN Open Source Community of Practice. In this role, Omar is the primary organizer of the annual “”OSPOs for Good”” conference held at UN headquarters.

With over 15 years of experience working in various capacities across different continents, Omar has spearheaded numerous projects for the UN, focusing on public-private partnerships and innovation management. He has also designed UN open source competitions aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Omar is deeply committed to building new partnerships with technology stakeholders to support the United Nations’ mandate.

Ana is the OSPO Program Manager at the Linux Foundation project TODO Group, formed by an open community of practitioners who aim to create, share knowledge, and develop best practices practices on open source management in organizations and ¡ run successful Open Source Program Offices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, where she finished her MSc in Data Science, whose final thesis focused on measuring DevRel’s success within Open Source development communities.

Jonathan Corbet is the kernel documentation maintainer, co-founder of LWN.net, a member of the Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board, and the lead author of Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition.  He lives in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Kazuo Tsubouchi is responsible for developing next-generation E/E architecture and software PF that enables SDV at Honda. He started his career as a development engineer and team leader for factory automation products and has over 30 years of experience in embedded software. He joined Denso in 2001 and was in charge of developing software PF for car navigation systems, and realized Denso’s first Linux-based car navigation system in 2013. In parallel, he started and led OSS activities such as AGL, Genivi, etc. He also extended the scope of his activities to AUTOSAR and JASPAR, serving as PL for AUTOSAR and as WG’s lead for JASPAR. From 2018, he led the development of the software architecture and software PF for Denso’s next-generation integrated system. After that, he joined Honda in 2024 and has been with Honda since then.

I’m a developer and contributor to the GNU project. I co-founded the French Free Software Unit (aka the FR OSPO), which promotes the use and sharing of Free Software within the French administration.

I launched the BlueHats movement in 2018 and the code.gouv.fr website in 2021.

Over the past decade, ‘build from source’ solutions like Yocto Project have enabled diverse edge deployments by allowing customization of embedded Linux devices. However, rising demands for connectivity, OTA updates, and machine learning have increased complexity and costs due to the use of multiple distributions. This fragmentation complicates security monitoring, software updates, and overall management.

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Kate Stewart works with the safety, security and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open source projects. She has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects, as well as supporting other embedded projects. With more than 30 years of experience in the software industry, she has held a variety of roles in software development, architecture, and product management, primarily in the tooling and embedded ecosystem working with international teams.

Dan Cauchy is the General Manager of Automotive at The Linux Foundation and the Executive Director of Automotive Grade Linux, a cross-industry effort to build an open software platform for automotive applications. Cauchy has over 22 years of experience spanning the automotive, telecom, networking, and mobile business verticals. Prior to his current position, he was the VP and GM of MontaVista’s Automotive Business Unit (acquired by Mentor). During this period, Cauchy served on the Board of Directors of the GENIVI Alliance and was responsible for the creation of the GENIVI Compliance Program, which he chaired for three years. He also has extensive startup experience and served as the Director of Product Management at Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens Networks) and the Director of Architecture and Strategy at BlueLeaf Networks (now Picarro). Cauchy also previously held senior management and engineering leadership positions at Cisco Systems, Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel), and Nortel.

Brian has served most recently as General Manager and CTO of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), has served as Executive Director of Hyperledger, and formerly as CTO of the World Economic Forum. He currently serves on the boards of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) since 2013, the Mozilla Foundation since 2003, and the Filecoin Foundation since 2021.

Noriaki Fukuyasu is currently VP of Japan Operations at The Linux Foundation. Noriaki brings experience from previous roles at Finantix, Turbolinux, Zend Japan and Turbolinux India. He holds a 1998 – 2001 MA in International Relations, International Development at Nagoya University. With a robust skill set that includes Business Development, Marketing, Eto, Linux, Platform and more.

Jim’s career spans three of the largest technology trends to rise over the last decade: mobile computing, cloud computing and open source software. Today, as executive director of The Linux Foundation, he uses this experience to accelerate innovation in technology through the use of open source and Linux.

At The Linux Foundation, Jim works with the world’s largest technology companies, including IBM, Intel, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others to help define the future of computing on the server, in the cloud, and on a variety of new mobile computing devices. His work at the vendor-neutral Linux Foundation gives him a unique and aggregate perspective on the global technology industry.

Jim has been recognized for his insights on the changing economics of the technology industry. His writing has appeared in Businessweek, Wired, and other top technology journals, and he is a regular keynote speaker at industry events. He advises a variety of startups, including Splashtop, and sits on the boards of the Global Economic Symposium, Open Source For America, and Chinese Open Source Promotion Union.