How Ireland created COVID Green and why they open sourced it – Open Source Summit Europe 2020

We are seeing an unprecedented increase in open source activity to respond to the COVID-19 crisis with solutions. Ireland was much in the news in July with the release of their COVID Tracing App, which garnered over a million installs (over 25% of the population of Ireland) within the first 48 hrs. A week later they donated their open source code to the fledgeling Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) project to promote wider reuse of their successful app. Learn about the process the team went through to create this landmark app, including considerations of product design, privacy architecture, how and when to open source the code, how to test it to allay the fears of privacy advocates, & how to market it for maximum local adoption.

Panelists
Jenny Wanger – Head of Implementer’s Forum, Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH)
Danese Cooper – VP, Special Initiatives, NearForm
Cian O’Maidin – CEO, NearForm, Ltd.
Gar Mac Criosta – Product Manager, Irish COVID Tracing App, HSE Ireland

source
linux foundation