Flying into New York for the Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) 2025 felt different. London back in June was energising; New York felt like a milestone. Convene Brookfield Place was bright autumn perfection outside and full of focused energy inside.
What struck me immediately was continuity. I saw many of the same open source advocates I’d met a few months earlier in London, all picking up conversations about what they’d tried since then. That sense of shared progression is one of the things I value most about FINOS events. Individual journeys start to look like a coordinated industry movement — and in New York, that movement had a very clear headline: return on investment.
