OpenUK Awards
OpenUK’s Awards and Honours Lists are part of a UK focused open tech recognition programme that spans software, hardware, data, and AI and spans the intersection of technology and business.
In their 5th year they have become the “Oscars of open source” will include a black tie gala dinner and awards ceremony at the House of Lords, sponsored by Lord Wei, on 28 November 2024. This free to attend event will have see all shortlisted nominees given one invite.
Nominations for the 12 categories of awards will go live late June.
For 2024 our Judges are Hannah Foxwell (Chief Judge), Jonathan Riddell and Tandy Nicole.
OpenUK Awards 2024, Fifth Edition
Celebrating UK Leadership and Global Collaboration in Open Technology
Awards timetable
- Nominations open July 9th, 2024
- Nominations close midnight UK September 15th, 2024
- Shortlist of up to 3 nominees per category announced early October 2024
- Winners Announced November 28th, 2024: Black Tie Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the House of Lords, sponsored by Lord Wei
OpenUK 2024 Award Shortlist
Software Sponsored by Linaro
Hardware Sponsored by DevTank
Data sponsored by the Open Data Institute
Security sponsored by Control Plane
Sustainability sponsored by Avanade
Startup sponsored by Runa Capital
Finance Sponsored by SEEKR
Law and Policy sponsored by Iain G Mitchell KC
Belonging Sponsored by Arm
Young Person sponsored by Venafi Jetstack, Consult
Individual sponsored by Red Badger
AI sponsored by AutoGPT
Nomination information
- Nominations in more than one category are welcome
- Self nominations as an individual, project or organisation are welcome as well as nominations for third parties
- Nominated individuals must be resident in the UK for the preceding 12 months as at July 9th for individual or key contributor to projects
- Individuals nominated for the young person category must be aged 18-25 on July 9th
- Nominated Projects must provide list of UK resident participants who were resident in the UK during the preceding 12 months as at July 9th or show as significant UK connection
- All companies nominated should have a UK registered entity and must provide a UK company number
- All shortlisted nominees will be invited to attend the House of Lords ceremony and dinner free of charge but travel costs are their responsibility and no contribution from OpenUK is available. One place per shortlisted nominee, per category
- All shortlisted nominees will receive a trophy
- Only one winner per category
- Each winner will be provided with a Winner’s trophy. One trophy per category only
- Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
- No cash alternative
- OpenUK will have no responsibility for any entry not received, received late, or with missing information
- Only nominees who have accepted their nomination by email will be included in those judged and eligible to be short-listed
- Laws of England and Wales apply
- All nominees who accept their nominations agree to these terms and agree to the use of their name, and image in digital and other media by OpenUK
- Promoter, OpenUK, 8 Coldbath Square, London EC1R 5HL Company Number: 11209475 , VAT Registration: GB379697512
Award Winners 2023
Software • SeaQL
Hardware • ChipFlow
Data • 360Giving
Security • Sigstore
Sustainability • OpenSmartMonitor
Startup • QuestDB
Finance • NatWest
Law and Policy • Andrew Katz
Belonging • Open Data Scotland
Young Person • Kunal Kushwaha
Individual • Dawn Foster
AI • AutoGPT by Significant Gravitas
Award Winners 2022
Belonging • The Turing Way
Software • BBC Research & Development
Data • Libraries Hacked
Sustainability • Szymon Duchniewicz
Hardware • LowRISC
Individual • Anais Urlichs
Finance • Waltz
Young person • Jack Gilmore
Security • Liz Rice
Award Winners 2021
Belonging • Endless Compute, Robert McQueen
Software • The Herald Proximity Project
Data • Open Knowledge Foundation
Sustainability • Icebreaker One
Hardware • DevTank HILTOP
Individual • Kevin Mayfield
Finance • Wise
Young person (under 25) • Samuel Van Stroud
Award Winners 2020
Young Person • Josh Lowe
Individual • Liz Rice
Financial Services and Fintech in Open Source • Parity
Open Data • National Library of Wales
Open Hardware • LowRISK
Open Source Software • HospitalRun