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SUMMARY:OpenUK London Meetup #17: Open Data
DESCRIPTION:We focus a lot on the pillar of open source software\, but OpenUK also stands on Open Data and Open Hardware. After our break in August\, this month we are getting into all things Open Data. \n6:30 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n7:00 pm: Lorna Mitchell talking about Open Standards for APIs with QnA.\n7:20 pm: Terrence Eden talking about how AI Scrapers can be Polite to Open Data sets with QnA.\n7:40 pm: Have an open data project to share? We are looking for another? Can be done remote!\nPlease bring swag for our swag swap table!\n8:30-8:45 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!\nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/londonmeetup17/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Apprentice Meetup #2
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for Wednesday 9th October for our 2nd OpenUK Apprentice meetup hosted by Thomas Meadows and Nelson Batsford. \nSAVE THE DATE! \n6:00 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n7:00 pm: Alexander Scammon\, G-Research\n8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Red Badger for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-apprentice-meetup-2/
LOCATION:Red Badger\, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard\, London\, EC1Y 8AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London Meetup #18: Can Open Source Be a Business?
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for Tuesday 15th October for our 18th OpenUK London community meetup. This month we are discussing the dichotomy of can open source even be a business? Following last month’s Economics of Open Source report\, we will dive into and discuss the results and talk about how you can get the most out of your most often free open source contributions or how could it be a business? \nSAVE THE DATE! \n6:45 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n6:55 pm: Sharing of the findings of the OpenUK Economics of Open Source Report by OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock\n7:10 pm: Panel including Liam Crilly\, Lee Wright\, Liam Crilly\, Amanda Brock\, Matt Barker and Paula Kennedy\, moderated by Jen Riggins\n7:45 pm: Breakout TBA but it’ll get our community talking to each other!\n8:30-8:45 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!\nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-18-can-open-source-be-a-business/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241106T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241106T130000
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Digital Meetup #4 The IndieWeb
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 6th November for the Fourth OpenUK Digital Meetup\, our online-only event for OpenUK community members. \nIn this lunch-time webinar\, we’ll be joined by Ana Rodrigues (ohhelloana.blog)\, Calum Ryan (calumryan.com); as usual our hosts Lorna Mitchell (lornajane.net) and Jamie Tanna (jvt.me). \nWe’ll be learning all about why you should have your own website\, the amazing things it unlocks\, some of the benefits of owning your own identity and data in the current state of social media\, and what it means to be indieweb vs IndieWeb (https://indieweb.org). \nThis will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes. \nBy registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. By attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. If you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/digitalmeetup4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20240912T145845Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Apprentice Meetup #3
DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled due to industrial action. We hope to invite Ash to join us next time he is in London and we will keep you updated. Looking forward to seeing you in December. \n_ \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/apprenticemeetup3/
LOCATION:Red Badger\, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard\, London\, EC1Y 8AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241119T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241119T204500
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London Meetup #19: Open Hardware
DESCRIPTION:Got an awesome Open Source Hardware project you want to demo? Contact us! We’d love to have you present (in person or remotely). We also welcome if you have any groovy hardware we can giveaway at the event! \n  \nMark your calendars for Tuesday 19th November for our 19th OpenUK London community meetup. We spend a lot of time focusing on Open Source Software\, but that’s just one of OpenUK’s three pillars. Back in September\, we covered Open Data. In this\, our last London meetup of 2024\, we are finally talking Open Hardware! \n  \n6:30 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!) \n6:55 pm: Jenny Molloy\, presentation on open DNA toolkits\, followed by QnA \n7:15 pm: Rob Taylor\, presentation on Open Source IC design for Automotive: Real World Experience\, followed by QnA \n7:35 pm: Tim Telford\, presentation on Open source hardware design for commercial Test and Measurement applications\, followed by QnA \nMore to come! Maybe you? \n  \nJoin as this is our last meetup for 2024 so don’t miss out! See you next year! \n  \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \n  \nThank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \n  \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/londonmeetup19/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20240912T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T134554Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Apprentice Meetup #4
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for Wednesday 11th December for our 4th OpenUK Apprentice meetup hosted by Thomas Meadows and Nelson Batsford. \nSAVE THE DATE! \n6:00 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n7:00 pm: Justin Cormack\, CEO\, Docker\n8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Red Badger for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-apprentice-meetup-4/
LOCATION:Red Badger\, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard\, London\, EC1Y 8AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250108T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20240912T150108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T134900Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Apprentice Meetup #5
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for Wednesday 8th January for our 5th OpenUK Apprentice meetup hosted by Thomas Meadows and Nelson Batsford. \nSAVE THE DATE! \n6:00 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n7:00 pm: Dawn Foster\, CHAOSS Project\n8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Red Badger for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-apprentice-meetup-5/
LOCATION:Red Badger\, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard\, London\, EC1Y 8AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250115T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250106T155727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T155727Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Digital #5 Self-hosting: open source tools for every day
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 15th January for the Fifth OpenUK Digital Meetup\, our online-only event for OpenUK community members. \nWe will have the speaker info to be announced soon. This will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes. \nBy registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. By attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. If you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. \nJoin here\nDigital Meetup #5 Self-hosting: open source tools for every day\nWednesday\, 15 January · 12:00 – 1:00pm\nVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/npr-nyyv-uta
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openukdigital5/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250115T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250115T204500
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250106T134842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T125706Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #20: Open AI
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 15th January we’re back with our 20th OpenUK London community meetup! We’ve had the hype\, now let’s get real with how AI is working for us\, of course the open source kind! (Open AI in the title is not to be confused with OpenAI because that is not open.) \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\nAdd to our whiteboarding brainstorm \n6:45 pm: Welcome\, reminder of code of conduct\, and discussion of whiteboard\n7:00 pm: State of AI Openness 2024 explained with Amanda Brock\, OpenUK CEO\n7:20pm: Speech to Speech translation with a cascade of open source models\, presented by AI developer Nikita Krasnytskyi\n7:40 pm: Unum Cloud\, advanced AI computing company for scaling intelligence\, presented by founder Ash Vardanian\n8:00 pm: presentation by Matt Carey\n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. Bring tupperware so we don’t waste pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuklondon20openai/
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250212T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20240912T150205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T143706Z
UID:51620-1739383200-1739392200@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:OpenUK Apprentice meet-up #6
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for Wednesday 12th February for our 6th OpenUK Apprentice meet-up hosted by Thomas Meadows and Nelson Batsford. \nSAVE THE DATE! \n6:00 pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n7:00 pm: Tom Wilkie\, Grafana Labs\n8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. \nThank you to our sponsors Red Badger for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-apprentice-meetup-6/
LOCATION:Red Badger\, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard\, London\, EC1Y 8AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250106T141112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T144644Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #21: Open Databases
DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 26th February for our next meet-up. We’ll be sharing what we’ve learned with open databases. Want to be involved? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community! \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\nTBD\n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuklondon21opendatabases/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250312T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250307T155046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T124617Z
UID:56519-1741780800-1741784400@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:OpenUK Digital Meetup #6 A fireside chat with core maintainers
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 12th March for the 6th OpenUK Digital Meetup\, our online-only event for OpenUK community members. \nThis will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes. \nBy registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. By attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. If you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. \nJoin here\nDigital Meetup # fireside chat with core maintainers\nWednesday\, 12 March · 12:00 – 1:00pm\nTime zone: Europe/London\nVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/okb-vufi-ejh
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/digitalmeetup6/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250319T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250319T204500
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250106T142058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T144901Z
UID:54839-1742409000-1742417100@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:OpenUK London #22: Save the Date
DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 19th March for our next meet-up. Have an open topic you want us to talk about in 2025? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community! \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\nTBD\n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuklondon22/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250423T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250423T204500
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250106T173332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T123432Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #23: Save the Date
DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 23rd April for our next meet-up. Have an open topic you want us to talk about in 2025? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community!\n\n\n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\nTBD\n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuklondon23savethedate/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250521T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250521T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T212733
CREATED:20250310T130453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T123451Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Digital Meetup #7 Data Sovereignty
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 21st May for the 7th OpenUK Digital Meetup\, our online-only event for OpenUK community members. \nThis will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes. \nBy registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. By attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. If you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. \nJoin here\nDigital Meetup #7\nWednesday\, 21 March · 12:00 – 13:00pm\nTime zone: Europe/London\nVideo call link: meet.google.com/okb-vufi-ejh
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-digital-meetup-8/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #25: Documentation (In-Person signups)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 18th June for our next meetup. Since docs are essential to open source success\, this month\, we have a Collab with our friends at the Write The Docs London Meetup! \nThis meetup will be all about the thing likely most lacking but important for your open source project to be found and to engage people from all walks in using your project — DOCS! How can you ensure you have good documentation? How can you translate to other languages? Can GenAI help or hinder your Docs? Any open source tools that help? \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n6:50 pm: Welcome\, code of conduct and warmup\n7:00 pm: Blessing Ene Anyebe on Building a Documentation Culture in Open Source Communities\, joining us remotely from Nigeria\n7:30 pm: Hanku Lee\, asking Where has documentation automation gotten us? Including open source projects: Fedora\, Rocky Linux (localization)\, Ubuntu docs (localization team)\, and Hugo Paige\, joining us remotely from South Korea\n8:00 pm: Our meetup co-host Jennifer Riggins will run a workshop on engaging\, readable (by humans and Google documentation) — feel free to nominate your doc to talk about! \n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nThis remains an interactive Hybrid event\, however\, the meetup invites are split up and RSVPs for in-person are opened three weeks out. Please only sign up for this event if you can definitely attend in person. We welcome everyone sign up for the online version even as a save the date! \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-25-documentation-in-person-signups/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetups,OpenUK Events
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #26: Security (In-Person signups only)
DESCRIPTION:Join the OpenUK #LondonMeetup for an #OpenSource #Cybersecurity deep dive 9th July with Sal Kimmich\, Daniel Appelquist and Vinit Patel!\nWe’ve got an action-packed evening planned with insightful talks and a fun\, interactive game. Whether you’re a seasoned security expert or just starting to think about securing your projects\, there’s something here for everyone. \n\n7:00 PM: “Security\, Privacy and Authenticity” by Daniel Appelquist.\n7:20 PM: “Securing Agentic: Evolution of Security Posture” by Sal Kimmich.\n7:40 PM: “Using LLMs to discover malware and undisclosed vulnerabilities in OS tools” by Vinit Patel of Aikido Security. This talk will cover a multi-year research project that led to improved open source security and open source intelligence.\n8:00 PM: NPM Imposters Game! The team at Aikido Security is facilitating a fast\, team-based game where you’ll put your skills to the test spotting malicious NPM packages. (This game is for in-person attendees only).\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday July 9 2025\nTime: Doors open at 6:30 PM \nDon’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn\, network and enhance your cybersecurity knowledge within the open source community!
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/londonmeetup26irl/
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #27: Marketing Your Project (virtual signups)
DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday 17th September! Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed your summer! Want to be involved? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community! \n6:40 pm: Hop on to network online early!\n6:50 pm: Welcome\, code of conduct and warmup \n7:00 pm: Long-time member Olga Rusakova will facilitate an intentionally hybrid workshop on the why and the how of marketing your open source project! (How else will you get users and contributors!)\nWe are also going to have an Open Source Volunteer Board! We will have both a digital pitch board – and you can also bring printed out with a QR codes – where everyone can create ads ahead for volunteer roles you need help with in your project and WHY they should join yours! \n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nThis remains an intentionally\, interactive Hybrid event\, however\, the meetup invites are split up and RSVPs for the in-person event are opened three weeks out. You are also welcome to join us in London for free pizza!
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-27-marketing-your-project-virtual-signups/
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #27: Marketing Your Project (In-Person signups only)
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 17th September! Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed your summer! Want to be involved? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community! \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)\n6:50 pm: Welcome\, code of conduct and warmup \n7:00 pm: Long-time member Olga Rusakova will facilitate an intentionally hybrid workshop on the why and the how of marketing your open source project! (How else will you get users and contributors!)\nWe are also going to have an Open Source Volunteer Board! We will have both a digital pitch board – and you can also bring printed out with a QR codes – where everyone can create ads ahead for volunteer roles you need help with in your project and WHY they should join yours! \n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nThis remains an intentionally interactive Hybrid event\, however\, the meetup invites are split up and RSVPs for in-person are opened three weeks out. Please only sign up for this event if you can definitely attend in person. We welcome everyone to signup for the online event event as a save the date!
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-27-marketing-your-project-in-person-signups-only/
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #28: AI Unconference (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:This month familiar face\, community member and AI engineer Tibor Ormosi is going facilitate a fantastic\, hybrid unconference on AI! With the awesome help of online facilitator Nikita Koselev! \nWe’ll dive into: \n\nOpen Source AI Technology (frameworks\, implementation\, deployment)\nAI Ethics & Governance (ethical frameworks\, transparency\, responsible practice)\nAI-Enabled Leadership (organizational impact\, communication models)\n\nWant to help facilitate the in person or online portion of this interactive event? Let us know in our OpenUK Slack community! \n6:30 pm: Arrive on time\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!) Can join early online to network too!\n6:50 pm: Welcome\, code of conduct and warmup\n7:00 pm: A brief introduction to the format and “rules of unconference engagement.”\n7:15 pm to 8:30 pm: Two facilitated discussion sessions in approximately three breakout groups (both in-person and online).\n8:45 pm: Clean up and leave. \nPlease only sign up for in person if you can attend in person\, so we don’t waste food etc. But feel free to save the date by signing up online now\nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza! \nThis will be Fergus and Jen‘s penultimate meetup. Join the OpenUK Slack community to continue the conversation about open software\, hardware and data and to support each other. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter. After attending\, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-28-ai-unconference-hybrid/
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London #29: Greener Software (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:This month we will talk about the open source tools\, frameworks and more that are helping us reduce our carbon footprints! \n6:30 pm: IRL start arriving at Avanade for pizza\, networking and swag swap. Online\, feel free to login early and chat on Teams\n6:50 pm: Welcome\, codes of conduct and warmup\n7:00 pm: Peter Gallagher\, Microsoft MVP\, talking about his open source project Notts IoT adapting a Raspberry Pi as a pollinator detector\n7:25 pm: Break\n7:40pm: Hannah Clutton\, of Accenture Sustainability\, and Ruby Dickinson\, of the Green Software Foundation\, talking about an intelligent garden with embedded tree sensors at the Chelsea Flower Show.\nDuring break times\, Sarah Hsu will be signing copies of Building Greener Software\, by Sarah\, Anne Currie and Sara Bergman. 10 copies will be provided courtesy of O’Reilly\, so come early or bring your own!\n8:45 pm: Wrap up \nThis will be Fergus and Jen‘s last meetup. \nJoin the OpenUK Slack community to continue the conversation about open software\, hardware and data and to support each other. \nICYMI: During our September meetup\, Tia Nguyen shared a great green software project that we wanted to promote again here: a VS Code extension that shows live electricity grid’s carbon intensity and encourages low-carbon coding \nPlease only sign up for in person if you can attend in person\, so we don’t waste food etc. But feel free to save the date by signing up online now\nThe link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before\, so please check back. \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy. Please read ahead.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-29-greener-software/
CATEGORIES:Meetups
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