MCP Adoption and Why OSPO Skills Matter - Ana Jiménez Santamaría

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MCP Adoption and Why OSPO Skills Matter - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation (TODO Group and PyTorch Foundation)

As organizations explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP), many of the early conversations naturally happen around AI tooling, integrations, and experimentation. At the same time, MCP may also raise questions that are familiar to Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and related teams or professionals with open source management experience, including governance, contribution strategy, standards engagement, and cross-functional coordination

This talk reflects on what organizations might gain by bringing those perspectives into MCP discussions earlier, as well as into their broader Agentic AI strategy. Rather than treating MCP only as a technical AI topic, the session will explore it as an area where open source process knowledge may also add value. Attendees will leave with ideas for how OSPOs can contribute to MCP adoption in practical, collaborative, and organization-aware ways