Spotlighting regulatory and functional requirements on FOSS
- CRA and Vulnerability Handling, Zephyr, Compliance Toolchain -

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The OSADL Networking Day 2026 will take place at:
Conference Center of DJH Youth Hostel Heidelberg International
Room "Heidelberg 1-3"
Tiergartenstraße 5
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Get-together from 8:30am CEST
Start of the conference: 9am CEST

Agenda Networking Day - Evening event - Registration -  How to get there - Hotel accomodation - Presentations and video clips (available after event)

All OSADL members are cordially invited to participate in the OSADL Networking Day 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany. This yearly in-person-only event offers an opportunity to share experiences, discuss best practices, and shape the OSADL community. It consists of a conference session with talks by renowned experts, hands-on workshops, open discussion rounds and plenty of time for networking, followed by an evening program and a dinner for all participants and speakers. The OSADL team is looking forward to welcoming as many OSADL members as possible and, on request, a limited number of invited guests to Heidelberg for the 2026 edition of this well-established member event.

Conference session

This year, the Networking Day's conference part aims to offer a selection of topics under the heading "Spotlighting regulatory and functional requirements on FOSS". There will be three topic tracks, one on vulnerability handling in FOSS components in light of the Cyber Resilience Act, one on Zephyr RTOS, and one on FOSS compliance toolchains. In each topic track, participants can expect deep-dives into legal, technical and practical facets of the specific areas.

The conference session will kick off with a keynote that considers the human aspect of implementing regulatory and functional requirements. This is followed by plenary talks on each of the three topic tracks. In the afternoon, the three topic tracks will divide into parallel breakout sessions with two rounds each. The breakout sessions will consist of hands-on workshops or moderated discussion rounds that are opened by lightning talks.

We are pleased and grateful that the speakers have accepted our invitation to share their knowledge and exchange ideas with the participants.

Evening event

After a full day of insightful sessions and technical deep dives, the evening program offers a change of pace with an entertaining escape room experience "Hacker Attack". All participants will face challenges and solves riddles together to find the culprits. Once the "crisis" has been resolved, we warmly invite you to a relaxed barbecue dinner with plenty of networking opportunities in a casual atmosphere over food and drinks.

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• Michele Gobbi, METTLER TOLEDO: Gobbi Michele is Head of Product Security at METTLER TOLEDO, where he leads the global product security strategy across digital and connected product portfolios. In this role, he is responsible for defining and driving secure development practices, vulnerability handling and disclosure, and regulatory cybersecurity compliance for products with digital elements, including alignment with standards and regulations such as IEC 62443 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Michele serves also as Open Source Compliance Officer where he owns and governs the company-wide Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) policy, ensuring that the use of open source components across products and platforms complies with licensing, security, and regulatory requirements. With over 15 years of experience in Product Lifecycle Management, digital transformation, and IT leadership, Michele specializes in DevOps practices, Agile methodology, and complex IT infrastructure management. He holds a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Padova University and has published research on 4G cellular network systems. Fluent in Italian and English, he currently resides in Wetzikon, Switzerland.
• Dr. Tobias Kästner, inovex: Dr. Tobias Kästner has been working in the field of medical devices for over 15 years. He originally studied physics, and since then his key areas of expertise have been the analysis of complex problems and the design of system and software architectures. Throughout his career, he has developed a strong preference for open-source technologies such as Yocto Linux and various FOSS RTOSes, and for almost a decade now, he has been “in love” with Zephyr. To ensure that as many medical devices as possible can one day be developed and operated with Zephyr, he recently joined the Zephyr project’s efforts to obtain a safety certification for parts of its codebase. He currently works at inovex GmbH as a Solution Architect for Medical IoT and also functions as Safety Architect for the Zephyr project.
• Marta Rybczynska, Ygreky: Marta Rybczynska is a network security specialist with 20 years of experience in Open Source, including 15 years in embedded Linux development. She works across the full embedded software stack - from low-level, architecture-specific Linux kernel components to system libraries, frameworks, and user interfaces. She is the founder of Ygreky, an open source security company focused on advancing the security of embedded systems through practical engineering, training, and ecosystem collaboration. Her core expertise lies in Linux kernel internals and security for embedded systems, with a strong focus on building robust, maintainable, and regulation-ready platforms. Marta is a member of the security team of the Yocto Project, a member of the OpenEmbedded Technical Steering Committee, and co-maintainer of the meta-security layer. She previously served as Vice-President and Treasurer of KDE e.V., contributing to governance and sustainability in the Free Software ecosystem. She has also authored kernel-related guest articles for LWN.net. A frequent international speaker, Marta has presented at major technical and open source conferences including LinuxCon, Open Source Summit, Embedded Linux Conference, Akademy, and FOSDEM, bridging deep technical expertise with practical security and compliance insights for embedded developers.
• Jan Altenberg, OSADL: Jan Altenberg has more than 15 years of experience in developing and maintaining Embedded Linux systems. Jan studied information technologies at the University of Cooperative Education in Stuttgart (Germany). From 2002 - 2006 he was involved in the OCEAN project, a European research project, which defined an open controller platform based on real-time Linux and real-time CORBA. From 2007 to 2019 he worked for Linutronix as a Consultant, Trainer and Head of Technical sales. From April 2019 to 2021 he worked as Open-Source Technology Expert and Open-Source Compliance Officer for Continental Automotive GmbH. Since October 2021 Jan works as Senior Open Source Consultant and Embedded Systems Integrator at the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) eG and since 2024, he also serves on the OSADL board of directors. Jan is a frequent speaker on several conferences. In 2014, 2018 and 2019 he has been awarded with the "best speaker award" at the Embedded Software Engineering Congress in Sindelfingen (Germany).

The conference language of the 2026 OSADL Networking Day is English. All presentation material will be in English, too.

After a full day of insightful sessions and technical deep dives, the evening program offers a change of pace with an entertaining escape room experience "Hacker Attack". All participants will face challenges and solves riddles together to find the culprits. Once the "crisis" has been resolved, we warmly invite you to a relaxed barbecue dinner with plenty of networking opportunities in a casual atmosphere over food and drinks.

Time:
16:45 - 17:15   Short break with snacks and drinks
17:15 - 18:45   Escape game
18:45 -              Barbecue at the conference center's gardens

Venue:

DJH Youth Hostel, same venue as the conference.

Return transport:
Public bus lines 31 and 20 can be taken from the stop “Jugendherberge” outside the venue.
Line 31: Direction “HD Hauptbahnhof" passes Heidelberg Main Station; Direction "S-Bf.Altstadt" passes Bismarckplatz (city center). It runs every 10 minutes before 9pm and every 30 minutes after 9 pm.
Line 20: Direction “S-Bahnhof Altstadt.” passes Heidelberg Main Station. It runs every 20 minutes; the last bus departs at 9:08 pm.

For registration please use the online registration form available here: Registration Networking Day. Please register as soon as possible – preferably before June 5, 2026. Participation is free of charge.

Please note that the OSADL Networking Day is an internal OSADL event; thus, participation is actually only open to OSADL regular members, OSADL associate members and OSADL academic members. In addition, a small number of seats have been reserved for non-members who are interested in OSADL's work and would like to learn more about OSADL and, particularly, how networking and interaction among members are taking place.

The total number of participants of the Networking Day is limited to 100 and we ask for your understanding that we will handle the registrations on a "first come - first served" basis.

When you register for participation at the event you agree that your personal data entered in the registration form will be processed at OSADL as necessary (see our privacy policy).

You may revoke this agreement at any time by email, mail or phone using the communication data provided at the imprint page, but this will also cancel your registration.

Conference Center of DJH Youth Hostel Heidelberg International
(Konferenzzentrum der DJH Jugendherberge Heidelberg International)
Room "Heidelberg 1-3"
Tiergartenstraße 5
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221 65119-0

• How to get to the Conference Center of DJH Youth Hostel Heidelberg International: 
  • Directions
  • Detailed plan (PDF)
  • Overview plan (JPG)
    

By car: 
Coming from expressway A5 or A6, at "Kreuz Heidelberg" please follow expressway A656 direction Heidelberg. At the end of expressway A656 turn left direction "Neuenheimer Feld" and follow the signs "Jugendherberge / Zoo".

Parking:
Parking spaces are available in the parking garage of Heidelberg Zoo, Tiergartenstraße 3, 69120 Heidelberg. The day pass costs 10 EUR. Four e-charging stations are available there. From the parking garage it's a 3-minute walk to the DJH Conference Center. An overview of all other parking possibilities in the Neuenheimer Feld area can be found here.

Public transport:
From Heidelberg main station take bus line 20 direction Neuenheim Sportzentrum Nord, and exit at bus stop Neuenheim, "Jugendherberge".

From Heidelberg Bismarckplatz or Universitätsplatz (old town) take bus line 31, direction "Chirurgische Klinik/Kopfklinik" and exit at bus stop Neuenheim "Jugendherberge".

More connections can be found on the Heidelberg public transportation website: RNV

OSADL has blocked a limited number of room contingent at the Intercity Hotel Heidelberg:

• Location: Kurfürsten-Anlage 81, 69115 Heidelberg, approx. 2.8 km to conference venue

• Contact: phone +49 (0)0622118810, email, Website.

• Price per person/night: 125 EUR excluding breakfast.

• Contingent period: Two nights, from June 23 to 24 and from June 24 to 25

• Expiration date of the contingent: May 12, 2026

Please contact the hotels directly, if you wish to book a room at the indicated price from these contingents. The rooms will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Further hotel recommendations:

• Hotel Raphaela, Lutherstr. 17, 69120 Heidelberg, phone: +49 (0)6221 6743300, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 2,7 km
• DK Hotel Heidelberg, Mühltalstr. 41, 69121 Heidelberg, phone: +49 (0)6221 7250114, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 2,9 km
• Premier Inn Heidelberg Bahnstadt, Czernyring 26-28, 69115 Heidelberg, phone +49 (0)6221 - 6484896, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 3 km
• Plaza Premium Heidelberg, Sofienstr. 6-8, 69115 Heidelberg,  phone +49 (0)6221 - 4353920, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 3,2 km
• HIP Hotel, Hauptstraße 115, 69117 Heidelberg, phone +49 (0)6221 20879, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 4 km
• acor Boutique Hotel, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 55, 69117 Heidelberg, phone +49 (0)6221 6735310, email, Website, distance to conference venue: approx. 4 km

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any questions:
Wenjie Mao
officeªosadl.org
Phone.: +49 6221 98504 17