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Dear Readers,
We continue an action-packed calendar through October. This morning, we have shared a blog post providing more information about the work that we have been doing with the UK public sector, which includes asking them to fund open source and a whole lot more. See more in the blog post link below.
I was lucky enough to be asked to keynote the CERN OSPO event and to be listed as a Key Attendee at the Indian Global Leaders Impact Summit next February in Delhi. We hope that we will be hosting some interesting content there, too so watch this space for more info.
The 6th Annual Awards Nominee shortlist will be shared this week, so look out for this on our website, social media and in a special newsletter celebrating UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology.
“The UK’s future leadership in open source” Blog
Explaining the work we’ve been doing at OpenUK with UKRI and the UK public sector to understand funding and building an open source-friendly future landscape to enable sustainable software infrastructure.
As open source maintainer Mike McQuaid points out, “The world has learned that open source software can’t be sustained on goodwill alone, but it also can’t be fixed by money alone. What’s needed is a balance: investment in people, process and the long-term maintenance that enables innovation both inside and built on top of open source software.”
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AI Impact Summit
India’s 🇮🇳 2026 Global AI Impact Summit has impressive key participants Anna Tumadóttir, Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis… and Amanda Brock. The evolution of the summits since the UK kicked them off at Bletchley in ’23 sees a shift to openness. I’m grateful to the Indian Government and the organisation team for their inclusion. We’ll discuss open source and AI openness, likely in the context of data and sovereignty. If you’re interested in participating, we are building our event now and looking for sponsors mailto:admin@openuk.uk
You’ll also find us in Bangalore in November, releasing a report for Bangalore Tech Week along with Dr. Laura Gilbert CBE and the Summit organiser Abhishek Singh and at Civo Navigate India
Our conversation will fit perfectly with the Summit’s: Mission – Impact; 3 Sutras: People, Planet and Progress; and 7 Chakras: Human Capital, Inclusion for Social Empowerment, Safe and Trusted AI, Resilience, Innovation and Efficiency, Science, Democratising AI Resource, AI for Economic Growth and Social Good
Keynote at CERN OSPO event
Keynoting at the CERN OSPO event was a major excitement, as it would be for most fully signed-up NERDS and included a tour of their Antimatter Lab. It was the start of what we hope will be an ongoing partnership with the team at CERN.
Roundtable: Filling the Skills Gap with Open Source moved to 28 January 2026
Sadly this roundtable has been moved to January due to Parliamentary availability.
We will be covering the inevitable AI, as well as Digital Sovereignty. More roundtables will be shared shortly, and our rescheduled Skills Gap session will be hosted by Sarah Edwards MP on 28 January. These events are held in committee rooms within the Palaces of Westminster, under Chatham House rules and are not open to the press.
OpenUK Meetups
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OpenUK Events
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Join some of the OpenUK team and our community at our Christmas Party on 16th December in London. We’ll be joined by a very special guest 🎅 Only a few spots remain. |
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Events OpenUK will be at
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Open Source Experience 2025 10-11 December, Paris |
India–AI Impact Summit 2026 19-20 February, New Delhi |
OpenUK in the Press
- Amanda Brock, CEO, says she is aware of the government’s plans to introduce regulatory sandboxes, but says “what will really matter is how that is done” to Sifted
- OpenUK’s legal advisory board response to the Intellectual Property Office Standard Essential Patents Consultation emphasises the need for reform as flagged in mLex
- InsiderMedia reports Birmingham Tech Week unveils headline speakers
- BusinessLive reports Tech Week returns to Birmingham
- Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce reports Birmingham Tech Week announces headline sponsor and keynote speakers
- Raconteur 50: Meet 50 Exceptional CEOs of 2025
If you want to celebrate the festive season with us, then sign up for one of the last few places at our Christmas party in London. We will also be having a smaller group Christmas lunch in Edinburgh on 22 December too.
We are keen to hear from anyone who wants to get more involved in our activities, so drop us a note mailto:admin@openuk.uk.
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Best wishes,
Amanda
Amanda Brock, CEO
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