Commons AI 2026 Program

Commons AI will take place on December 1, 2026, at CNIT FOREST, 2 Place de la Défense, 92092 Puteaux during the FOST (Future of Software Technologies) event.

Free registration with the code COMMONSAI149RRR177

It gives access to the whole FOST event from December 1 to 3, 2026.

With the button below, the code is prefilled on the FOST website: just click “Redeem” to apply it.

Commons AI brings together people engaged in the study and/or support of digital commons who are exploring and working toward the creation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through a digital commons approach.

The day will run from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm in the Dattier 3 room. It will be mostly in English, with five sessions.

One day, five sessions

Session 1: Debunking: building actual open AI is possible! 🇬🇧

11:10 am to 12:10 pm

With Stefan Koehler (PrAIvate), Christian Quest & Amélie Crépin (Panoramax/IGN) and Gaël Varoquaux (Inria, Probabl)
Moderated by Elsa Le Duigou (DINUM) and Yann Lechelle (Probabl)

Session 2: Working with AI to build digital commons: lessons learned from communities 🇬🇧

12:15 to 1:00 pm

With Bruno Caldas Vianna (CITM-UPC), Jérémy Perret & Charlie Vernot-Rochey (Coexiscience)
Moderated by Jeanne Brétécher (Social Good Accelerator) and Célya Gruson Daniel (inno³)

Session 3: The “dark commons” and countermoves 🇬🇧

2:00 to 3:00 pm

With Jean Constantin (Inria) & Bastien Guerry (Software Heritage), Alek Tarkowski (Open Future) and Ilario Valdelli (Wikimedia CH)
Moderated by Ramya Chandrasekhar (CNRS)

Session 4: AI and sectorial commons: mapping stakeholders and issues 🇬🇧

3:00 to 3:55 pm

With Florian Caringi (BPCE) and a speaker from the EuroCommons program (to be confirmed)

Moderated by Benjamin Jean (inno³)

Session 5: Evaluation challenges and changing practices with AI (in French) 🇫🇷

4:30 to 5:30 pm

With Simon Zilinskas-Inta (ComparIA), Laure Bourgois (Inria), Jean-Marc Borredon (Annemasse Agglo and City of Annemasse) and Elsa Le Duigou (DINUM)

Moderated by Pierre Colle (ANCT)

For more information on each session and speaker, see the program on the FOST website.

Registration

Free registration with the code COMMONSAI149RRR177.

Organizing Committee

Vincent Bachelet (Panthéon-Sorbonne/Inno3)
Jeanne Brétécher (Social Good Accelerator)
Ramya Chandrasekhar (CNRS/Open Knowledge Foundation, Université Paris Panthéon Assas)
Manon Galle (ANCT Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires)
Nicolas Jullien (IMT Atlantique/Marsouin)
Elsa Le Duigou (DINUM)
Cailean Osborne and Yann Lechelle (Probabl)

Meet the committee members

Coordination

Commons AI is coordinated by Inno3 (Célya Gruson Daniel and Benjamin Jean) with the support of Mehdi Medjaoui and the FOST team.

Find out more

If you have any questions about the event or a specific request, please contact Célya Gruson Daniel by email: cgruson-daniel@inno3.fr