Computing IT Leaders Summit
2023-10-04 - 2023-10-05 | Down Hall, Essex, United Kingdom
Taking place at Down Hall, Essex on 4-5 October, this event will bring together the most senior IT Leaders from across the UK.
Amanda Brock will be giving a keynote on

Is open source software the answer to Al?
Why are global regulators so concerned about Open Source Software?
What are the challenges faced by the modern security leader and how do they meet them?

Attend IT Leaders Summit to arm yourself with the tools to tackle the most pressing challenges IT leaders face today.

We need to talk about open source
2023-10-12 16:30 - 21:00 UTC
If your company is involved in developing software, then you’re aware of the importance of open-source code. Developers love it! Legal departments fear it! Questions around compliance, governance, and the commercial implications of open source are ubiquitous and multi-faceted.
Enter the era of generative AI, and open models are competing with proprietary heavyweights. But which will win out in the long term? And does unfettered access to such technologies help, or hinder, the drive towards improved safety and equity?
We’re ready to open up on open source at our next Codiphy event.
This time, we’ll be focusing on the commercial aspects of using and offering open-source software, and on the intersection between open source and AI.
Click the Register button to join us at EIP’s London office for two panel sessions with top voices in the industry. We’ll end the evening with good food, good company, and an open (source) cocktail bar.

XChange MSP
2023-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT
THE CHIEF NETWORKING EVENT FOR UK
PROVIDERS OF MANAGED SERVICES
Thursday 19 October 2023 , The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT
MSPs had a paramount 2021 and 2022 with significant M&A deals impacting the channel and its partners in a considerable way. Consolidation in the managed services space continues, with big buy and builds taking place where MSPs are being rolled up by larger players. The channel continues to feel the pinch of the tech talent shortage while 2023 has so far been the year of major layoffs. These mass vendor cuts are leading staff to turn to the IT channel for employment, presenting new opportunities for MSPs.

Join CRN on 19 October at The May Fair in London to hear keynotes, panel discussions, and boardroom sessions covering these pressing topics from the UK’s premier managed service providers and decision makers.
Register for your complimentary place at XChange MSP
#XCH23

Women in Tech Festival
2023-10-31 08:00 - 17:15 UTC | 133 Houndsditch EC3A 7BX London, 133 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BX
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be giving Closing Keynote at Women in Tech Festival
16:40 – 17:10 | Closing Keynote: Changing the face of the UK tech
This session will focus on the evolving technology landscape and what to expect in a successful UK tech market in 2030, covering where the tech sector is going and what companies should be doing to build the stronger resilient and diverse community of the democratised technology future. This will consider accelerating your career progression and seizing the opportunity for personal growth as a positive part of that future.

AI Fringe - Striking the balance: Open Source in AI
2023-11-02 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | The Knowledge Centre at the British Library, London, London, United Kingdom
Striking the balance: Open Source in AI
This fireside chat will explore the intricate interplay between open-source development and generative AI. The conversation, between experts from GitHub and OpenUK, will look at the impact open-source has had on accelerating the pace of generative AI research, the benefits and risks of open-source generative AI models, and what some possible questions surrounding liability and safety might mean in practice
Fireside: Peter Cihon and Amanda Brock
Peter Cihon
Senior Policy Manager, GitHub
Amanda Brock
CEO, OpenUK
Session date: Thurs 2 Nov
Session time: 12:00-12:30
Venue: The Knowledge Centre at the British Library, London

ODI Summit 2023
2023-11-07 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online
A panel discussion – exploring the issue of derivative works, IP, copyright, licensing etc. across multiple sectors, including the arts and wider creative industries, the geospatial world, architecture, academia, music and a host of others. Creative industries are especially concerned with developments in gen AI – but they are not the only ones thinking about how to protect their interests, whilst deploying new technologies.
Chair: Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Guests:
Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google
Prof Christiane Wenderhorst, University of Vienna & Project Lead, GPAI
Vik Khurana, Partner & Specialist in Commercial Technology Law, Bristows
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Future of AI Summit 2023
2023-11-15 08:00 - 2023-11-16 17:00 UTC | 155 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
5-16 November 2023
Powering the next business revolution
In-Person & Digital | etc Venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London | #FTFutureofAI
Don’t get left behind
Everyone is talking about AI. The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, an easy-to-use interface that generates original content in a matter of seconds, has crystalised its potential. Advocates predict it will revolutionise business operations, bring major productivity gains and hard-to-compete-with advantage. Its critics cite ethical concerns, worries about scaling bias, and the impact of AI on jobs. Will AI live up to its promise? Discover what all the fuss is about and properly evaluate the AI opportunity at our flagship Future of AI.
How is AI being used to boost productivity and profits? Should you invest in AI tech now, or would it be better to wait? Is it better to develop in-house talent to build AI capability, collaborate with a specialist AI partner, or outsource it entirely? How do you achieve company-wide commitment to making AI the backbone of your business? Are your customers ready? Have you got the right governance structures in place? Get the big picture as well as clear lines of sight from early adopters on how best to explain, apply, govern, integrate, scale, and commercialise AI, wherever you are on your AI Journey.
Featuring:
In conversation: The AI Divide – Will data inequality destroy healthy competition? (16 Nov 2023)
Generating AI’s game-changing future products and services requires large quantities of data, which may create a market problem. How do smaller companies that can’t afford big data sets compete? Are there cheaper ways to develop large language models (LLMs)?
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Seth Dobrin, Member of the Board, AI Governance Board, former Chief AI Officer, IBM
Moderator: Murad Ahmed, Technology News Editor, Financial Times

Saudi Data and AI Authority’s Saudi Data Forum, 27 November, JW Marriott Riyadh
2023-11-27

GeoCom 2023, London
2023-12-05

Tech Rocks Summit
2023-12-07 - 2023-12-08 | 35 Rue Saint-Marc, 75002 Paris, France
Amanda Brock will be Keynote at Tech Rocks in Paris in October. This year, the 7th edition of the Tech.Rocks Summit will take place on October 7 and 8, 2023!

AI.dev | Open Source GenAI & ML Summit, San Jose
2023-12-12 08:00 - 2023-12-13 17:00 UTC
AI.dev is a nexus for developers delving into the intricate realm of open source generative AI and machine learning. At the heart of this event is the belief that open source is the engine of innovation in AI. By uniting the brightest developers from around the world, we aim to ignite discussions, foster collaborations, and shape the trajectory of open source AI.

The Turing Way Practitioners Hub Showcase Event
2024-03-06 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, 96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB, British Library, 96 Euston Rd., London, NW1 2DB, United Kingdom
Join us at The Turing Way Practitioners Hub Showcase Event for a special showcase featuring case studies, expert panels, and attendee-led discussions on the co-adoption of open source and AI.
Date: 6 March 2024
Time: 09:30 am – 5:00 pm GMT
Location: Online/Hybrid
Register here: The Turing Way Practitioners Hub Showcase Event | The Alan Turing Institute
Engage in insightful panel discussions:
1. “Demystifying AI for Sectors”
2. “Leveraging Knowledge from Growing Sectors”
Participate in group discussions on open source, reproducibility, and inclusive collaboration in data science and AI.
The Turing Way Practitioners Hub, supported by Innovate UK BridgeAI, is more than a forum—it’s a dynamic space for industry practitioners to collaborate on cutting-edge AI practices.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to celebrate, learn, and express your interest in being a part of the second Cohort!

THE 2nd OSPO SUMMIT
2024-03-28 08:00 - 2024-03-29 17:00 UTC
27 – 29 March, Shenzhen, China
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Keynote: “The Future of Open Source – What lies ahead?” and Book Club with the translators of the Mandarin edition of Open Source Law, Policy and Practice.

Open Source Summit 2024 North America
2024-04-16 08:00 - 2024-04-18 17:00 UTC
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.
Open Source Summit is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today.
Dr. Dawn Foster, Director of Data Science for CHAOSS and Open UK Board Member, will be participating as a speaker at the panel discussions of the event.

OCP Regional Summit
2024-04-24 - 2024-04-25 | Lisbon, Portugal
The OCP Regional Summit brings together EMEA technical and business leadership along with the OCP Community to address important and emerging challenges such as rising concerns around data center sustainability, including energy efficiency and heat-reuse, to learn how hyperscale DC operator innovations can be part of the solution, and showcase deployments of OCP recognized data center equipment in EMEA.
Academic Passes are also available and gives FREE access to keynotes, technical sessions, Future Technologies Symposium, Expo Hall, Innovation Village and FTS Tech Demos.
To apply for an Academic Pass, here is the Academic Pass Request Form (also available on the OCP Regional Summit’s Registration page): https://lnkd.in/eGuSHUrz

TRANSFORM Bern 2024
2024-05-08 09:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Rathaus Bern, Rathausplatz 2, Rathaus Bern, Rathausplatz 2, Bern, Sweden
8 May | Bern, Switzerland
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Keynote: “Opening the public sector to the future”

LinaroConnect Madrid 2024
2024-05-14 - 2024-05-17 | Melia Avenida America, Melia Avenida America, Madrid, Spain
LinaroConnect Madrid 2024
14 – 17 May | Madrid, Spain
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Keynote: “Open Source Under Threat!”

Stockholm Tech Show 2024
2024-05-22 - 2024-05-23 | Arne Beurlings Torg 5 Kista Sweden, Arne Beurlings Torg 5 Kista Sweden
22 – 23 May, 2024 | Sweden
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK, Headline Speaker, “Innovating the future with open source software”
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OPEN SOURCE FOUNDERS SUMMIT 2024
2024-05-27 - 2024-05-28 | 159 Quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris, France, 159 Quai de Valmy, 75010, Paris, France
Open source companies face challenges and opportunities that proprietary software companies never encounter. General startup programs, investors and your own employees often won’t understand how to navigate these challenges or take advantage of the opportunities unless they have open source experience. The open source founders summit gives founders a place to learn from each other and support each other in building open source companies.
Event Details:
— It’s invite-only, in the hopes that OSFS2024 can really create an environment that allows people to be vulnerable and honest
— It’s focused on a broad view of open source companies, including DevTools and non-devtools, venture-backed and bootstrapped companies
— It’s interactive by design — there’s talks in the mornings and interactive break-out workshops in the afternoons

AI for Good Global Summit
2024-05-30 08:00 - 2024-05-31 17:00 UTC | International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Place des Nations 1211 Geneva 20, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
Enabling openness in the AI ecosystem: An interactive workshop
30 May | Geneva
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
Melinda Claybaugh, Director of Privacy Policy, Meta
Marie McAuliffe, Head of the Migration Research & Publications Division, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have demonstrated what those developing these technologies have long known – they have the potential to help people do incredible things, create a new era of economic and social opportunity, and give individuals, creators, and organizations new ways to express themselves and connect with people. As the global community seeks to address global challenges by building applications that work toward societal benefit, it’s important to consider the role Open Source AI can play in the AI ecosystem. This workshop will consider different perspectives on the benefits and facilitate an interactive discussion surrounding these emerging opportunities. This workshop will include breakout discussions on policy and implementation.

IP Essentials for Early Career Researchers
2024-05-31 09:30 - 15:00 UTC | Digital Catapult Centre, 101 Euston Road, London, NW1 2RA, United Kingdom
REASON are hosting a workshop on IP Essentials for Early Career Researchers, led by Dan Warren (Samsung).
Agenda
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Intro from Dan Warren
10.05 ‘IP basics’ – Ean Davies, Appleyard Lees
11.00 Coffee
11.30 ‘IP realities’ – Phil Hodges, Ericsson
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Panel on IP exploitation routes – panel members tbd.
14.50 Closing comments from Dan Warren
15.00 End of event
Full details and registration can be found on our Eventbrite page

Bridging the hardware and software gap to optimize HPC
2024-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Online
Bridging the hardware and software gap to optimize HPC

June 24 2024, 11:00 – Noon

Stephanie Schmidt, Intel Corp
Jeff Wittich, Ampere Computing
Amanda Brock, OpenUK

Open Source in Finance Forum 2024 | LF Foundation
2024-06-26 08:00 - 18:30 UTC | PARK PLAZA WESTMINSTER BRIDGE LONDON, 200 Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7UT, United Kingdom
The Open Source in Finance Forum is a conference for experts across financial services, technology and open source to deepen collaboration and drive innovation across the industry in order to deliver better code faster.
Financial services firms make extensive use of open source, and are now starting to take full advantage of this incredible resource. By becoming strategic contributors to open source projects, companies decrease development costs, improve security, attract developers, and innovate faster. This event will showcase recent developments and the direction of open source in financial services; provide practical knowledge and guidance on best practices, tools and technologies; explore how to build a successful community; and provide unparalleled opportunities to network with the executives and individuals driving open source in financial services.
View the schedule

London Data Week 2024
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-07
Data is part of our everyday lives as Londoners, from choosing the best Tube route to finding your next pair of trainers. Join us at London Data Week for a citywide festival about data to learn, create, discuss, and explore how to use data to shape our city for the better. After an incredible first year in 2023, London Data Week is back for 2024!
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IEEE 6G Summit Leeds 2024 in Conjunction with WINCOM
2024-07-25 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
IEEE 6G Summit Leeds 2024 in Conjunction with WINCOM
July 25, 2024
Leeds, UK
https://www.wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2024/
IEEE 6G Summit Leeds 2024
6G is expected to leverage technologies like terahertz frequencies, advanced antenna systems, and artificial intelligence to enable faster and more efficient wireless communication. It may also involve innovations in areas such as holographic communications, immersive augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and the integration of communication networks with other emerging technologies.

The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 Hong Kong
2024-08-21 08:00 - 2024-08-23 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong, 38 Hung Luen Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference joins with Open Source Summit and AI_dev to gather adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Hong Kong from 21-23 August 2024. Join us and immerse yourself in the heart of cloud native computing, open source innovation, and the intricate realm of generative AI and machine learning.
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, will be attending this event.

Percona University Istanbul Open Source Databases Meetup 2024
2024-09-07 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/Moscow) | Workinton the Kozyatağı, Umut Sokak #10-12 Ataşehir, İstanbul, Turkey, 34752
Sept 7, 2024, İstanbul, Turkey
OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock will be talking at this event. Topic TBA.
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Percona University comes to İstanbul, Turkey! We organize an in-person free database meetup on September 7th and invite everyone to join us.
This is a great opportunity to discover more about open source software, tools, and services, and to bring your open source database questions to our experts and featured speakers. Build your knowledge and get up to speed on hot database topics.
Experts will present talks about open source, cloud, PostgreSQL, monitoring and other topics.
Agenda:

Opening talk: State of Open Source Databases by Peter Zaitsev (Founder, Percona);
Moving MongoDB Workloads to Postgres by Peter Farkas (CEO & Co-founder at FerretDB);
Unusual Useful Types for Postgres by Yurii Rashkovskii (Founder at Omnigres);
Database Design and Modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL byAlkin Tezuysal (Executive VP Global Services, ChistaDATA);
An introduction to TiDB by Daniël van Eeden (Technical Support Engineer, PingCAP);
Navigating Postgres and Pgpool with a MySQL Expert’s Perspective by Patrick Galbraith (Principal Engineer, Consultant);
Cloud-native Postgres Observability Peter Zaitsev (Founder, Percona);

Attendance is free for everyone. Register to save your spot!

6th Annual Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Conference 2024
2024-09-09 - 2024-09-10 | Nobu Hotel Portman Square, 22 Portman Square, London, W1H 7BG
Sep 9 – 10 2024, London
OpenUK CISO; ControlPlane Founder and CEO Andrew Martin is speaking about ‘Defending AI on Kubernetes: Red Team Playbook’
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? ControlPlane is at the 6th Annual Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services Conference 2024, helping to shape the future of AI in finance
Explore groundbreaking advancements and share insights on secure and scalable cloud native infrastructure ☁️ Andrew Martin is speaking about ‘Defending AI on Kubernetes: Red Team Playbook’ ❗https://lnkd.in/e4uHD4bd
? When: 10th September, 9:00 am – 9:30 am BST
Follow our LinkedIn page to get more information on this event soon ?️ For registration, please visit the event page: https://lnkd.in/eXMPqWTM

Open Source Summit Europe
2024-09-16 08:00 - 2024-09-18 17:00 UTC
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.

CIO100 Awards UK
2024-09-19 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | County Hall, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB, United Kingdom
Awards Ceremony: 19 September 2024 | Venue: County Hall London
Entries open: 28 March 2024
Deadline: 14 June 2024
Recognising the best technology leaders in the UK
