Name: Keynote: Free to Use, Not Free to Run: Reinventing Package Registries - Robin Bender Ginn, Executive Director, OpenJS Foundation
Start: 2026-05-20T10:05:00-0500
End: 2026-05-20T10:20:00-0500

May 18-20, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
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Keynote: Free to Use, Not Free to Run: Reinventing Package Registries - Robin Bender Ginn, Executive Director, OpenJS Foundation

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:05am - 10:20am CDT

101 A-J (Level One)

The package registries that distribute software across every major open source language ecosystem, from Python and Rust to JavaScript, Java, PHP, and beyond, will collectively serve over 10 trillion downloads in 2026, all of them free. But the infrastructure behind those downloads has never been free, and the small number of donors and volunteers quietly absorbing those costs can no longer keep pace with AI-driven demand and machine-scale supply chain attacks. In response, registry leaders have formally convened under the Linux Foundation to reinvent the model through the newly formed Sustaining Package Registries Working Group. This keynote explains what's breaking, what's changing, and what it means for every organization that builds on open source.

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Robin Bender Ginn

Executive Director, OpenJS Foundation

Robin Bender Ginn is the Executive Director of the OpenJS Foundation. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, OpenJS is the neutral home to grow and sustain the JavaScript and web ecosystem with 35 projects including Appium, Electron, Jest, jQuery, Node.js and webpack. Previously, Robin led... Read More →

Wednesday May 20, 2026 10:05am - 10:20am CDT
101 A-J (Level One)

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Robin Bender Ginn

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Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026

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