OpenUK is the UK Organisation for the business of Open Technology being open source software, open hardware and open data – “The 3 Opens”.
OpenUK’s purpose is UK leadership and international collaboration in Open Technology which it achieves this through 3 Pillars:
Community: creating a cohesive business community working in Open Technology across the UK;
Legal and Policy: using this community’s voice to influence the UK being a great place for Open Technology through appropriate laws and policies; and
Learning: promoting education and learning of skills in Open Technology.
Our 2022 focus is on Skills, Security and Sustainability.
We are a UK not for profit organisation and advocacy group funded by partner Sponsorship, Donations, Grants and individual Supporters.
State of Open: The UK in 2023, Phase Two “Show us the Money”
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OpenUK’s “Summer of Open Source Software” recognised as one of 8 Notable Open Source Security Initiatives of 2022 by CSO online, 2023 Second Summer of Open Source Security kicks off in July
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State of Open Subset – Episode 11
September 29 @ 12:00 pm - September 29 @ 1:00 pm
Data consistency and recovery Operations on Kubernetes
Speaker: Michael Cade
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State of Open Subset – Episode 12 – Developer Empathy is Your Superpower
October 6 @ 12:00 pm - October 6 @ 1:00 pm
Developer empathy is your superpower
Abstract: Some of the finest leaders are the ones who remember what it was like to work their way up from the bottom or who can foresee themselves in other positions. As corporations are being taken over, we have seen a shift in how companies function on a human level. In this session, you’ll learn how to use empathy driven development as your superpower to become a better engineer. The talk would start by demystifying the myths, followed by how to embed empathy in your engineering practices. We’ll focus on how developer empathy plays a major role...
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OpenUK’s State of Open AI Report quoted by Lawrence Hecht in The New Stack
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The New Stack reports Open Source AI and the Llama 2 Kerfuffle
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CityLife reports Open Source AI and the Llama 2 Kerfuffle
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