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.
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