DevCon 2025 to Spotlight Open-Source Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future

The OHDSI community will host DevCon 2025, the fourth annual gathering dedicated to advancing open-source development and collaboration, on April 25 within our Teams environment (9 am – 2 pm ET). This event will bring together developers and innovators to explore the latest tools, technologies, and strategies shaping the future of open-source software in healthcare and data science. The event kicks off with an exciting series of talks showcasing cutting-edge OHDSI projects, including updates on core infrastructure, cohort construction, and novel integrations with modern data platforms.

Engage in a dynamic developer dialogue on key topics such as DevOps, DBT, and the growing role of large language models in open-source development. This interactive session will provide insights from industry leaders on emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in the evolving open-source landscape. 

The day concludes with a panel on building sustainable open-source ecosystems, where experts will share their experiences in fostering long-term collaboration, innovation, and community-driven development. As the open-source movement continues to grow, understanding sustainable models is more critical than ever.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow developers, exchange ideas, and contribute to the future of open-source technology at OHDSI DevCon 2025. Please use the link below to join the session.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:15am ET • Welcome & Introduction
 • Paul Nagy, Johns Hopkins University

9:15 – 11:30am ET • OHDSI Projects Lightning Talks
 • Stabilizing Gaia Core – Robert Miller, Miller Data Solutions
 • CustomVocabularyBuilder – Jared Houghtaling, Tufts University
 • CohortConstructor – Núria Mercadé-Besora, University of Oxford
 • Updates on Strategus – Anthony Sena, Johnson & Johnson
 • Experiences with SQLMesh/CICD integration with Databricks – Vishnu Chandrabalan, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
 • Updates from the Technical Advisory Board – Frank Defalco, Johnson & Johnson

11:30 – 12:30pm ET • Developer dialogue: Dev ops, DBT and, of course, LLMs
Moderator: Katy Sadowski, Boehringer Ingelheim
 • Eduard Korchmar, EPAM Systems
 • Egill Fridgeirsson, Erasmus MC
 • Martin Lavallee, Boehringer Ingelheim
 • Lawrence Adams, Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value Based Healthcare

12:30 – 1:00pm ET • Break

1:00 – 2:00pm ET • Sustainable Open-Source Ecosystems Panel
Moderator: Paul Nagy, Sean O’Reilly
 • Data4Life – Peter Hoffmann
 • The Hyve – Jan Blom/Wouter Franke
 • Cognome – James Green

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