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SUMMARY:OpenUK Summer Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun-filled OpenUK Summer Picnic on date! Let’s enjoy the sun\, good food\, and great company together. \nOpenUK will be hosting a summer picnic on Sunday 14 July from 2-5 pm in Regents Park\, London. The exact location will be provided before the event.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-summer-picnic/
LOCATION:Regent’s Park\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240911T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240911T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T135800Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK AI Openness Round Table
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK AI Openness Round Table \n11 Sep\, Weds\, 11:00 – 12:30 \nCommittee Room G\, House of Lords Sponsored by Lord Wei
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openukaiopennessroundtable/
LOCATION:House of Lords\, Parliament Square\, London\, SW1A 0PW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events,Roundtable
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240922T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240906T101524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T140121Z
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SUMMARY:SERA and OpenUK Fringe: The Intelligent Environment: Building Sustainable Data Centres
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, 22 Sep 2024 11:00 – 12:00 \nThe Labour Environment Hub\, ACC Liverpool \n 
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/sera-and-openuk-fringe-the-intelligent-environment-building-sustainable-data-centres/
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240922T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240922T135000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240704T161017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T174110Z
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SUMMARY:SME4Labour and OpenUK Fringe: Opening AI
DESCRIPTION:SME4Labour and OpenUK Fringe: Opening AI\nSunday\, 22 Sep 2024 13:00 – 13:50\nSME4Labour pod\, Arena Room 7\, ACC Liverpool
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/sme4labour-and-openuk-fringe-opening-ai/
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240927T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240927T173000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240513T131213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241008T010859Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Research and Reporting Show and Tell September 2024
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK Research and Reporting Show and Tell September 2024 \nLicence Shifts\, Open Washing and Forking in Open Source \nDate and time \n\n\n\nFri\, 27 Sep 2024 16:00 – 17:30 BST\n\n\n\nAbout this event \nOpenUK has been reporting on open-source software since 2021 and encouraging a collaborative approach across the global research community\, leading this with bi-monthly events. Each meeting is free to attend and anyone is welcome to join and learn more about what research is being undertaken and the reporting coming down the line. \nAttendance at this event is subject to the following OpenUK policies: Code of Respect and Competition Policy \n \nResources \nSlide Deck – Show and Tell Deck \nJames Governor – Open Source Business Models & License Changes \n\nRedMonk Focus on licence changes and economics \n\n\nDr Dawn Foster – License Changes and Forking Data\n\nhttps://chaoss.community/practitioner-guide-organizational-participation/\nhttps://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science/tree/main/dataset/license-changes/fork-case-study/notebooks\nhttps://chaoss.community/\nhttps://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science\nhttps://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science/tree/main/dataset/license-changes/fork-case-study\nhttps://chaoss.community/about-chaoss-practitioner-guides/\n\nRecent Articles on Forking: \n\nAmanda Brock\n\nhttps://thenewstack.io/why-open-source-forking-is-a-hot-button-issue/\nhttps://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/2024/open-source-is-not-a-business-model\n\nStephen O’Grady\n\n\nhttps://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/07/16/post-valkey-world/\n\nStephen Walli\n\nhttps://medium.com/@stephenrwalli/forked-communities-whose-property-is-it-anyway-2ddee71f2ef1\n\n\n 
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-research-and-reporting-show-and-tell-september-2024/
CATEGORIES:Show and Tell
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T153000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240915T134945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T115221Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Data Centre Round Table
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK Data Centre Round Table \n9 October\, Weds\, 14:00 – 15:30 \nCommittee Room G\, House of Lords Sponsored by Lord Wei \nPlease arrive 30 minutes before for an airport-style security check
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openukdatacentreroundtable/
LOCATION:House of Commons Committee Room G\, Houses of Commons\, Palace of Westminster\, London\, SW1A 0AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241203T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241203T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240915T135224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T145856Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Filling the Gap in the UK Tech Sector Skills with Open Source Round Table
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK Filling the Gap in the UK Tech Sector Skills with Open Source Round Table \nTuesday\, 3rd December 2024\, 11:00 – 12:30 \nPlease arrive by 10:30 \nCommittee Room G\, House of Lords Sponsored by Lord Wei \nSpeakers : Amanda Brock\, CEO\, OpenUK; \nDawn Foster\, Director of Data Science\, CHAOSS Project; \nDr Jennifer Barth\, Chief Research Director\, OpenUK; \nRuss Shaw\, Founder\, Global Tech Advocates; \nSam Hepburn\, Community\, Tessl
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-skills-round-table/
LOCATION:House of Commons Committee Room G\, Houses of Commons\, Palace of Westminster\, London\, SW1A 0AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241211T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240915T161819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T123744Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK AI Openness Round Table
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK AI Openness Round Table \n11 December\, 15:00 – 16:30 \nCommittee Room G\, House of Lords Sponsored by Lord Wei \nSpeakers : Amanda Brock\, CEO\, OpenUK; \nEd Shee\, CTO\, Ignitus; \nProf Elena Simperl\, Professor of Computer Science\, Kings; \nDr Jennifer Barth\, Chief Research Officer\, OpenUK \nDr Laura Gilbert\, Director of the Incubator for AI\, 10 Downing Street; \nRobbie Jerrom\, AI Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager\, RedHat; \nSimon Wardley\, Founder\, Swardley Maps Ltd; \nTobias Hooton\, CEO\, Stelia
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-ai-openness-round-table/
LOCATION:House of Commons Committee Room G\, Houses of Commons\, Palace of Westminster\, London\, SW1A 0AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241217T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20241022T082247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T082247Z
UID:52880-1734440400-1734467400@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:OpenUK's Christmas Cracker
DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of discussion of Open Source and AI followed by an evening of Christmas Drinks Space limited – Sign up now!
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/christmascracker/
LOCATION:Civo Tech Junction\, 32-37 Cowper Street\, London\, EC2A 4AW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241220T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241220T173000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20240513T131419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241212T131506Z
UID:42995-1734710400-1734715800@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:OpenUK Research and Reporting Show and Tell December 2024
DESCRIPTION:OpenUK Research and Reporting Show and Tell December 2024\n  \n\nDate changed\n\n\n\n\nFri\, 20 Dec 2024 16:00 – 17:30 GMT\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\nOpenUK has been reporting on open source software since 2021 and encouraging a collaborative approach across the global research community\, leading this with bi-monthly events. \nEach meeting is free to attend and anyone is welcome to join and learn more about what research is being undertaken and the reporting coming down the line. \nAttendance at this event is subject to the following OpenUK policies:- \n\nCode of Respect\nPrivacy Policy\nCompetition Policy\nSustainability Policy\n\nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK\, please sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-research-and-reporting-show-and-tell-december-2024/
CATEGORIES:Show and Tell
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250108T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250115T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250106T155727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T155727Z
UID:54857-1736942400-1736946000@openuk.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250115T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250115T204500
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250106T134842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T125706Z
UID:54821-1736965800-1736973900@openuk.uk
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:20250204T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20241010T160107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T152401Z
UID:52670-1738656000-1738774800@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:State of Open Con 25
DESCRIPTION:The UK’s Open Technology Conference\nOpen Source Software\, Open Hardware\, Open Data\,\nOpen Standards\, & AI Openness \n\n4 and 5 February\, 2025\nSancroft\, Rose St\, Paternoster Sq.\,\nSt Paul’s London EC4M 7DQ
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/soocon25/
LOCATION:Sancroft\, Rose St\, Paternoster Sq.\, St Paul’s London EC4M 7DQ\, Sancroft\, Rose St\, Paternoster Sq.\, London\, London\, EC4M 7DQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250212T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250226T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250106T141112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T144644Z
UID:54830-1740594600-1740601800@openuk.uk
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250312T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250319T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250319T204500
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250618T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250618T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250530T202325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T202617Z
UID:58034-1750271400-1750278600@openuk.uk
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 AI for Public Good Report Launch and Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Launching OpenUK’s latest AI Openness report with a drinks reception at the beautiful Pavilion and Terrace at the House of Commons. \nHosted by Sarah Edwards\, MP \nJoin us to meet contributors to our report\, which updates the landscape on AI Openness in 2025\, and share the real challenges and conversations in this space: \n\nGeopolitics and the new landscape\nShifting the language -open source to Public Good and disaggregation\nData and AI inputs\nThe DeepSeek effect and OpenAI’s upcoming open language model LLM\nThe role of open source tooling in global AI governance\nSecuring Agentic AI and Quantum Readiness\nReturn on Investment\nThe data centre bubble\nWhy the UK doesn’t need an open source policy for software or AI\nThe Journey to the India AI Summit and its focus on access\n\nThe evening will be a celebration of our report\, during which you will hear from a few of our contributors. \n  \nAgenda\n\n18:00 Arrival\n18:30 – 21.30 Drinks and canapes\n19:00 – 19:40 Report launch and speakers
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-annual-report-launch-and-drinks/
LOCATION:House of Commons Terrace
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events,Roundtable
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250714T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250714T163000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250307T140800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T102241Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable in Parliament\, The UK Data Library and GaiaX
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by James Naish MP\nPlease note data change to 14 July at 15:00 \nThis roundtable will discuss the proposed UK Data Library and its potential to interact with the EU’s GaiaX. Speakers will include GaiaX CEO\, Ulrich Ahle. \n 
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-data-library-x-gaiax-roundtable/
LOCATION:House of Parliament\, 1 Parliament Square\, London\, SW1A 2 JR
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events,Roundtable
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ORGANIZER;CN="OpenUK":MAILTO:admin@openuk.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250804T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250804T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250723T133556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T212242Z
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SUMMARY:AI Openness and Access for All - Hyderabad
DESCRIPTION:One of a several events across India coalescing the open source and AI openness communities to support shaping the AI Impact Summit agenda
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/ai-openness-and-access-for-all-hyderabad/
LOCATION:Infosys\, Plot No\, 44\, Hosur Rd Konappana Agrahara\, Electronic City Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560100\, India
CATEGORIES:AI Events,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250808T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250808T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250723T133558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T212416Z
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SUMMARY:AI Openness and Access for All - Bangalore
DESCRIPTION:One of a several events across India coalescing the open source and AI openness communities to support shaping the AI Impact Summit agenda
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/ai-openness-and-access-for-all-bangalore/
LOCATION:Infosys\, Plot No\, 44\, Hosur Rd Konappana Agrahara\, Electronic City Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560100\, India
CATEGORIES:AI Events,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250809T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250809T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250723T133601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T212422Z
UID:72149-1754748000-1754758800@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:AI Openness and Access for All - Mumbai
DESCRIPTION:One of a several events across India coalescing the open source and AI openness communities to support shaping the AI Impact Summit agenda
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/ai-openness-and-access-for-all-mumbai/
LOCATION:ITM Institute of Design and Media ( ITM IDM) Floor 1\, Suvidha Square\, Junction of Ceaser Road\, Swami Vivekananda Rd Sector 4\, Kharghar Mumbai\, Maharashtra\, 400058\, India
CATEGORIES:AI Events,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250811T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250811T183000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250723T133603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T212427Z
UID:72161-1754928000-1754937000@openuk.uk
SUMMARY:AI Openness and Access for All\, Delhi
DESCRIPTION:One of a several events across India coalescing the open source and AI openness communities to support shaping the AI Impact Summit agenda
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/ai-openness-and-access-for-all-delhi/
LOCATION:CBIP\, Malcha Marg\, New Delhi\, 110021
CATEGORIES:AI Events,OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251021T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250703T131446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T141618Z
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SUMMARY:Agent Open Unconference with the AI Alliance
DESCRIPTION:Agent Open Unconference with the AI Alliance
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/agentopen/
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251216T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250710T095100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T125845Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Party 2025
DESCRIPTION:An evening of festive fun at the Civil Service Club\, London \nJoin some of the OpenUK Community over drinks and a buffet supper\, as we welcome a very special guest this Christmas \nTickets are limited and will sell out in advance. \n 
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/christmasparty2025/
LOCATION:Civil Service Club\, Trafalgar Rooom\, 13-15 Great Scotland Yard\, London\, SW1A 2HJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260128T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260128T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20250307T141012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T145425Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable in Parliament\, Filling the Skills Gap with Open Source
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/fillingthegapswithopensource/
LOCATION:Portcullis House\, 1 Victoria Embankment\, London\, SW1A 2JR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events,Roundtable
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260217T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260217T112500
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CREATED:20260206T135503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T114212Z
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SUMMARY:OpenUK and OpenHQ Present: MCP\, Open Standards and Data Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Hosts:  \n1 Amanda Brock\, CEO\, OpenUK \n2 Karan MV\, Developer Relations\, GitHub \nWorkshop Leaders: \n1 Simon Hansford\, COO\, Civo \n2 Saiyam Pathak\, Founder\, Kubesimplify \n3 Rohit Ghumare\, Ambassador\, OpenUK \n4 James Lovegrove\, Head of Policy\, RedHat \n5 Naresh Vyas\, Founder and CTO\, TwoCents.ai \n6 Anil Madhavapeddy\, Cambridge University \n7 Shivay Lamba\, Program committee\, JSNation \n17 Feb 2026\, 10:30 – 11:25\nRoom number 16\, Bharat Mandapam \n  \nAbout  \n1 Amanda Brock\, CEO\, OpenUK \n \nOpenUK CEO and Executive Producer State of Open Con\, Amanda’s 25 years’ legal experience includes being instrumental in shaping open source’s legal frameworks and internet law in 2000’s. Sought-after international keynote speaker\, tech press contributor and editor “Open Source: Law\, Policy and Practice” (2022). \nRecognition: Raconteur 50 CEOs (2025); Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women (2023-2025); Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023 – 2025); Lifetime Achievement WIPL (2022); Women Who Will (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022\, 2023); Novi Awards (2024). \nAdvisory: Public Boards UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure; KDE. Commercial Boards: Mimoto; Scarf; FerretDB and Space Aye. Fellow\, Open Forum Academy; Distinguished Fellow\, Rust Foundation; European Representative\, OIN; Ambassador\, Open Charge Alliance; Board Member Mojaloop Foundation; and Expert Network\, Digital Innovation Board of ITU. \n  \n2 Karan MV\, Developer Relations Leader\, GitHub \n \nKaran is the Director\, International Developer Relations at GitHub\, where he works closely with developers across enterprises\, startups\, nonprofits\, academia\, and the open source community. He operates at the intersection of AI and open source\, helping organizations and individuals accelerate software development with GitHub at the center of their workflows. Karan represents GitHub’s developer and ecosystem strategy in India\, playing a leading role in shaping how the company engages with one of the world’s fastest-growing developer communities. He has featured in major developer keynotes alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella\, where he showcased GitHub’s products and shared the story of how AI and open source are transforming software development. A hands-on developer himself\, Karan writes code daily and brings a unique blend of technical depth\, ecosystem experience\, and business insight. He is deeply passionate about the convergence of AI and open source\, and how this intersection is shaping the next generation of developers and software. \n  \nWorkshop Leaders: \n1 Simon Hansford\, COO\, Civo \n \nSimon Hansford is a veteran technology entrepreneur and the Chief Commercial Officer at Civo\, a global challenger hyperscaler and pioneer in cloud-native infrastructure. A specialist in scaling high-growth technology businesses\, Simon previously co-founded and led UKCloud as CEO\, establishing it as the premier cloud provider for the UK Public Sector. \nCivo is at the forefront of the “neocloud” movement\, spearheading the development of relaxAI—a sovereign\, privacy-first AI assistant designed to challenge traditional black-box models. At the AI Impact Summit\, Simon shares insights on how open standards and Model Context Protocol (MCP) are essential for building secure\, transparent\, and truly agentic AI ecosystems. \n  \n2 Saiyam Pathak\, Founder\, Kubesimplify \n \nSaiyam Pathak is the Founder of Kubesimplify and Head of Developer Relations at Loft Labs\, where he works at the intersection of Kubernetes\, AI infrastructure\, and platform engineering. He is the author of AI for Enterprises\, Co-Chair of KubeCon India\, and Chair of the CNCF TAG Operational Resilience. With over a decade of experience\, Saiyam has worked across multiple facets of Kubernetes in production\, including platform design\, multi-tenancy\, security\, observability\, and large-scale AI workloads. He is passionate about helping organizations adopt cloud-native and AI technologies through practical education\, hands-on workshops\, and community-driven initiatives. \n  \n3 Rohit Ghumare\, Ambassador\, OpenUK \n \nRohit Ghumare is a recognized Open Source champion\, serving as a CNCF Ambassador (Marketing Chair 2025)\, Google Developer Expert Cloud/AI and Docker Captain. He is a passionate AI & DevOps Advocate and true Community Evangelist\, leading multiple communities and fostering AI\, DevOps\, and Developer Relations awareness. Rohit’s contributions to the open-source ecosystem include projects serving millions\, delivering presentations\, crafting documentation and blogs\, and contributing code. Currently leading Developer Relations at Motia.dev and Founder of DevRelAsService\, his focus includes innovating within the AI Agentic Infrastructure technology stacks\, drawing on his expertise in LLMs\, Kubernetes\, and cloud-native solutions. Creator of CreateMVPs.app\, and AgenstSkills.com \n  \n4 James Lovegrove\, Head of Policy\, RedHat \n \nJames Lovegrove is Public Policy Director for EMEA and APAC at Red Hat\, the world’s leader of open source solutions. James works at the public policy intersection of open source\, AI\, cybersecurity and digital sovereignty. With over 25 years of experience spanning technology\, law\, and government\, James advises policymakers and industry leaders on how regulation impacts open source and the broader open innovation ecosystem. James co-leads Red Hat’s legal/policy activity on global sovereignty work and co-chairs the EMEA pubsec sales team.  \n  \n5 Naresh Vyas\, Founder and CTO\, TwoCents.ai \n \nTechnology leader in Financial Services delivering AI‑driven\, digital banking platforms across major institutions\, including Citigroup\, Goldman Sachs\, NatWest\, Royal Bank of Scotland\, and Standard Chartered Bank. Currently based in Silicon Valley\, he is the Co-founder and CTO of Twocents.ai\, making advanced financial strategies of the top 1% available to everyone. Naresh serves on advisory boards focused on AI ethics and robust controls for Gen AI in highly regulated environments. He has led open collaboration with big tech\, startups\, and universities\, helping form joint ventures to address climate change\, legal accessibility\, and universal health care. \n  \n6 Professor Anil Madhavapeddy\, Cambridge University \n \nAnil Madhavapeddy is the Professor of Planetary Computing at the Department of Computer Science and Technology in the University of Cambridge\, a Fellow of Pembroke College\, Cambridge\, and a J M Keynes Fellow. \n  \n7 Shivay Lamba\, Program committee\, JSNation \n \nShivay Lamba is a Machine Learning Engineer and open source maintainer passionate about AI and edge computing. With experience across startups and enterprise tech\, he focuses on simplifying complex technologies for developers. Shivay actively speaks at global conferences\, organizes community events\, and contributes to projects in cloud-native ecosystems\, WebAssembly\, and machine learning. He has also built and mentored educational programs like Google Summer of Code to bridge gaps in emerging tech adoption. When not coding\, he enjoys writing\, traveling\, and mentoring young technologists.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/indiamainsummitworkshop/
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260217T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T032253
CREATED:20260206T135912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T114326Z
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SUMMARY:The Open Source Leaders Roundtable: An AI Impact Summit Fringe Event
DESCRIPTION:17th February\, 18.00 – 20.00 India International Centre (IIC)\, Annex\nBy invite only \nIf you are a leader in open source and would like to join our Leaders Roundtable and the Mozilla party\, please contact mailto:admin@openuk.uk as space is limited.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/indiafringeleadersroundtable/
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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