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Reshaping the Web with the Solid Project : Jesse Wright, Louise Burke, Professor Pierre-Antoine Champin and Laurens Debackere
Tuesday February 4, 2025 2:50pm - 3:30pm GMT
Grand Hall 1
Imagine a Web where individuals truly control their personal data, where privacy, data portability, and user-centricity are foundational principles baked into the Web’s architecture. That’s the promise of Solid—a groundbreaking open-source initiative founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

In October 2024, the Open Data Institute (ODI) took stewardship of the project to foster the open-source community and drive global adoption. In this session, Louise Burke (CEO, ODI) and Jesse Wright (Solid Lead, ODI) will provide a brief technical overview of Solid, highlight its adoption across projects and industries, and outline how you can contribute to its growth. Whether you’re a developer, policymaker or c-suite executive, join us in building a user-centric Web.
Speakers
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Louise Burke

CEO, ODI
Louise is the ODI’s Chief Executive Officer and leads the team to deliver on the organisation’s mission and vision. Having joined the ODI in 2012 Louise previously held roles as chief finance officer and chief operating officer. She has expertise in data governance, data literacy... Read More →
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Professor Pierre-Antoine Champin

Pierre-Antoine is the W3C Staff Contact for the Linked Web Storage (Solid) Working Group. He joined W3C in February 2021, as a fellow from ERCIM, then from Inria. He is a member of the Strategy Team, with a focus on Data Interoperability. Before that, he has been involved in many... Read More →
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Laurens Debackere

Laurens Debackere is co-chair of the W3C Linked Web Storage (Solid) Working Group and Lead Solution Architect with Digitaal Vlaanderen's data platform, specializing in Semantic Web technologies and decentralized data exchange. With deep expertise in Solid and Linked Data, he has made... Read More →
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Jesse Wright

Solid Lead, The ODI
Jesse Wright, is a researcher, software engineer, and open-source advocate dedicated to advancing user-centric web technologies. As the Solid Lead at the Open Data Institute (ODI), Jesse steers the technical roadmap, governance, and community engagement for Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Solid... Read More →
Tuesday February 4, 2025 2:50pm - 3:30pm GMT
Grand Hall 1
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