Name: BoF: Rebuilding Trust: A FAIR Path Forward for WordPress and Open Source (Continued) - Karim Marucchi, Crowd Favorite & Joost de Valk, Emilia Capital/Yoast
Start: 2025-06-23T17:30:00-0600
End: 2025-06-23T18:30:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Monday June 23, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 2F

In this joint keynote, Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi introduce the FAIR Package Manager, a community-driven initiative redefining how to distribute and secure WordPress plugins and themes. In light of growing concerns around governance, supply chain integrity, and centralized control, they will explore what it means to decentralize responsibly, protect Open Source values, and ensure the long-term sustainability of the WordPress ecosystem. This session offers a candid look at the road ahead, and a call to action for the broader Open Source community.

Speakers

Karim Marucchi

Chief Executive Officer, Crowd Favorite

Karim Marucchi was Born in Rome and holds a Master of Architecture from La Sapienza University. Today as CEO of Crowd Favorite, a Digital Strategy and Engineering firm, he and his team work with Fortune 500 companies on planning and building tomorrow's Digital Transformations. His... Read More →

Joost de Valk

Founder, Yoast & Internet Entrepreneur

Hi! I’m Joost de Valk, an internet entrepreneur from the Netherlands.I’m married to Marieke; we have four children and live in Wijchen, the Netherlands.As the founder of Yoast, I have a long history in digital marketing and WordPress. My wife Marieke was Yoast’s co-founder and CEO (taking over from me) from January 2019 until we sold it to Newfold Digital in 2021.Marieke and I invest in companies that play at least partly in the digital space (and often... Read More →

Monday June 23, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2F

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Karim Marucchi

Joost de Valk

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