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# Speaking at Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2026
- URL: https://thibaultmilan.com/talks/speaking-at-open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/
- Published: 2026-09-21T13:47:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T13:52:20.000Z
- Description: Speaking at Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2026 on building AI solutions with open source models instead of hyperscalers.
- Author: Thibault Milan
- Tags: talk, open-source, Artificial Intelligence, Public Talk, #nav

I'll be speaking at the [Open Source Conference Luxembourg](https://conference.opensource.lu/?ref=thibaultmilan.com) on October 7th in Belval.

The talk: *"Leaving the hyperscalers without leaving the game: building our AI solutions with open source models."*

At Paperjam, we're facing a defining choice. Build our future AI solutions on open source models instead of handing everything over to the hyperscalers. This isn't a mission-accomplished retrospective. It's a real-time logbook, written as we make the decisions.

### Why this, why now

The real trade-offs are rarely as clean as vendor pitch decks make them sound: data sovereignty, cost, dependence versus control, and whether open models are actually mature enough for the concrete needs of a B2B media company. I'll be sharing the decision framework we're building right now, the pitfalls we see coming before we've even hit them (infrastructure, maintenance, in-house skills), and why open source AI isn't an ideological totem. It's a strategic choice to own.

### The details

- 📅 October 7, 2026, 5:00–5:30 PM
- 📍 Terres Rouges Building, Belval | Academia & EdTech track
- 🗓️ [Add the talk to your calendar](https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/talk/QAZFBB.ics?ref=thibaultmilan.com)
- 📋 [Full conference agenda](https://conference.opensource.lu/agenda/?ref=thibaultmilan.com)
- 🎟️ [Registration](https://conference.opensource.lu/registration/?ref=thibaultmilan.com)

If you're in Luxembourg that day, come by. This is exactly the kind of subject where I have more questions than certainties.