OSS + ELC EU 2026: Full Schedule

7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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13:50 CEST

Sponsored Session: Building Secure and Compliant Critical Infrastructure with Open Source - Benjamin Weber, Hitachi Energy & Bernhard Denner, Hitachi Rail

Thursday October 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:30 CEST

Club A (Floor 1)

Critical infrastructure operators face growing pressure to modernize their systems while maintaining the highest levels of security, reliability, and regulatory compliance in an era shaped by regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and NIS2. In this session, Hitachi shares two real-world modernization journeys with open source from the energy and railway sectors.

The first half focuses on Hitachi Energy’s adoption of Embedded Linux and Yocto for next-generation grid automation products. Hitachi Energy actively contributes to the modernization of energy systems, making electricity more accessible worldwide. In product development, adopting Embedded Linux and Yocto enhances flexibility and maintainability, with strong legal compliance, license management, and open-source collaboration. Hitachi Energy is rolling out Linux-based energy grid automation products and this talk covers their transition to embedded Linux via Yocto, addressing industry protocol support, impacts of the EU Cyber Resilience Act, OSS license challenges, and navigating these within a slow-evolving sector.

The second half presents Hitachi Rail’s modernization of mission-critical railway management systems using Keycloak, an an open source identity and access management platform. As railway systems become increasingly interconnected, cybersecurity and identity management have become fundamental architectural concerns. We show how secure-by-design principles were applied to modernizing legacy environments, with Keycloak. We also demonstrate how Keycloak helps address several IEC 62443-4-2 requirements and provides a strong foundation for meeting emerging regulatory expectations such as CRA.

Speakers

Bernhard Denner

Chief Architect, Hitachi Rail

Bernhard is the Chief Architect of a cloud-native application platform that forms the foundation of many Hitachi Rail products. With a strong background in IT system administration and software engineering, he began automating infrastructure long before “DevOps” became widely... Read More →

Benjamin Weber

Business R&D Manager, Hitachi Energy

Benjamin holds a PhD in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich and is with Hitachi Energy in the role of "Team Lead and Project Manager Linux". He held various positions in diverse industries as firmware developer for Linux and other systems as well as design engineer for a fabless... Read More →

Thursday October 8, 2026 13:50 - 14:30 CEST
Club A (Floor 1)

Safety-Critical Software

16:40 CEST

OpenGrid: An Open-Source Electric Grid Modeling Ecosystem - Alice Yake, David Paolella, James Hewett & Ryan Attig, Breakthrough Energy

Thursday October 8, 2026 16:40 - 17:20 CEST

Club A (Floor 1)

Modeling underlies the grid we all rely on. Every decision to build a new power plant or transmission line starts with a model run, yet planning models are often opaque, expensive, and difficult to replicate. That lack of transparency, along with uneven access to high-fidelity tools and data, breeds distrust and delay in the planning processes essential to decarbonizing the grid and expanding energy access worldwide. Open-source planning tools are growing in number and capability, but real barriers to adoption remain. OpenGrid aims to build a shared infrastructure foundation for open-source modeling, so open tools and data can become a credible industry standard. This session introduces the OpenGrid initiative, announced as a project under Linux Foundation fiscal sponsorship, covering both the thinking behind it, the plans to build it out and how you can get involved.

Speakers

David Paolella

Director, Research and Analytics, GRIDS, Breakthrough Energy

James Hewett

Breakthrough Energy

Ryan Attig

Breakthrough Energy

Alice Yake

VP GRIDS, Breakthrough Energy

Alice Yake, Vice President of GRIDS at Breakthrough Energy, leads efforts to develop an open-source modeling ecosystem for delivering reliable, low-emission electricity globally, addressing the complexities of system design, regulations, and zero-carbon goals. With over 25 years of... Read More →

Thursday October 8, 2026 16:40 - 17:20 CEST
Club A (Floor 1)