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Read OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock’s blog about the Open Technology for Sustainability Day.

Thanks to Red Hat and Federated Hermes for sponsorship of the Day and to all who have worked so hard to make this happen.

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First Open Technology for Sustainability Day Highlights

Opening Session – Who Cares?
Amanda Brock, CEO OpenUK
Moderator: Cristian Parrino, Chief Sustainability Officer OpenUK
Faith Boal, aged 11
Ronan Fernandes, aged 10
Femi Owolade-Coombes, aged 15

Keynote
Lord Maude of Horsham

Launch of the OpenUK Consortium Carbon Negative Data Centre Blueprint
Video Launch
Introduction by Moderator: Cristian Parrino, Chief Sustainability Officer OpenUK
Panel:

  • Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
  • Leanne Kemp, CEO, Everledger
  • Lucy Yu, Director, Octopus Energy Centre for Net Zero
  • Max Schulze, Executive Chairman, Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance

Open Collaboration Opening Sustainability led by Red Hat
Introduction by Moderator: Grainne Hamilton, Co-Founder, InterChange
Panel:

  • Catherine Stihler, CEO, Creative Commons
  • Salem Avan, Director, United Nations
  • Chris Baynham-Hughes, Customer Innovation Advocate, Red Hat

Opening Up the Energy Sector
Moderator: Gavin Starks, CEO, Icebreaker one
Panel:

  • Helen Crooks, Head of Data, OFGEM
  • Lonneke Driessen, Director of Standardisation, ElaadNL (Open Charge Alliance)
  • Dr Richard Dobson, Practice Manager – Data Systems, Energy Systems Catapult

OpenUK – building the Sustainable Open Future for the UK
Introduction by Moderator: Matthew Barker, President and Founder JetStack and OpenUK Entrepreneur in Residence
Panel:

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer, Isovalent and Chair CNCF Technical Oversight Committee
  • Lowena Hull, Second Year Student Cambridge and OpenUK Kids Course Creative Director
  • Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
  • Will Page, Economist and Author

Speakers

Host for the Day
Amanda Brock
CEO, OpenUK
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Participant Collaboration Panel
Catherine Stihler
CEO, Creative Commons
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Participant Collaboration Panel
Chris Baynham-Hughes
Customer Innovation Advocate for Red Hat Open Innovation Labs in EMEA, Red Hat
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Moderator Blueprint Panel
Cristian Parrino
CEO, The Azaylia Foundation
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Youth Leader
Femi Owolade-Coombes
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Keynote
Lord Francis Maude of Horsham
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Moderator Energy Panel
Gavin Starks
CEO, Icebreaker One
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Moderator Collaboration Panel
Gráinne Hamilton
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Interchange
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Energy Panel Participant
Helen Crooks
Head of Data, OFGEM
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Participant Blueprint Panel
Leanne Kemp
Chief Sustainability Officer
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Participant Sustainable Future Panel
Liz Rice
Chief Open Source Officer, Isovalent
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Director of Standardisation
Lonneke Driessen
Director Standardization and Test Lab, ElaadNL
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Participant Sustainable Future Panel
Lowena Hull
Creative Director - OpenUK Kids Camp
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Participant Blueprint Panel
Lucy Yu
CEO, Centre for Net Zero
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Moderator Sustainable Future Panel
Matt Barker
Entrepreneur in Residence
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Participant Blueprint Panel
COP26
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Speaker
May Cheung
Chief Financial Officer
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Practice Manager - Data Systems
Dr Richard Dobson
Practice Manager - Data Systems, Energy System Catapult
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Participant Collaboration Panel
Salem Avan
Director, Policy, Strategy & Governance Division, United Nations
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Panel Participant Sustainable Future
Will Page
Economist and Author ex Spotify
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