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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