Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Open Voice Network (OVON)
EU Transparency Register
218932744012-33 First registered on 03 Sep 2021
Goals / Remit
The Open Voice Network (OVON) is a neutral, global organization dedicated to standards development for voice assistance – and, an open, inclusive, and trustworthy future of voice assistance. The OVON is the voice-centric open-source community and non-profit industry association of the Linux Foundation. It enjoys the participation of voice advocates and specialists from thirteen nations.
The Open Voice Network is focused on the issues that matter most to the users of voice assistance: 1) the protection of consumer and commercial privacy, 2) interoperability between voice assistant platforms and systems, and the 3) ownership (and access to) of brand- and organization-specific voice destinations. The Network is also studying the issues of synthetic voice, and surveying numerous ethical AI guidelines, with the aim of developing enterprise ethical use guidance for voice assistance.Main EU files targeted
Digital Markets Act; Sector Inquiry Into Consumer Internet of Things; Application of GDPR to the technology of voice assistance, as expressed in the 02/21 European Data Protection Board Guidelines on Virtual Voice Assistants.
Address
Head Office
The Open Voice Network 548 Market Street PMB 57274
San Francisco 94104-5401
UNITED STATESEU Office
3333 NE Fremont Street
Portland 97212
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount oita coleman 10,000€ - 24,999€ james larson 10,000€ - 24,999€ jon christopher stine 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name jon christopher stine deborah dahl james larson oita coleman Closed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital
Other activities
The Open Voice Network is the open-source community for voice technology within the Linux Foundation, the non-profit technology organization that enables companies worldwide to drive global innovation by growing open technology ecosystems that transform industries.
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Jul 2021 Location Brussels (VC) Subject Digital issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)