OpenUK

State of Open Con 26 On The Road, Edinburgh: Opening the AI Stack
2026-06-05 | Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre, 175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh, EH12 9SB, United Kingdom
Date: 5 June
Time: 09:30 – 18:00
Location: RBS Conference Centre
175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh EH12 9SB
State of Open Con 26 On The Road, hosted by OpenUK takes the UK’s open technology conference, now in its 4th year, across the UK. Where better to kick off than in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, on 5th June? The day will focus on the AI stack, working up from Compute through Models and Agents to user experiences and ROI. You can guarantee that there will be a fair level of debate around sovereignty in the AI Stack as we look at open source software, data, hardware, standards and AI. Tickets include catering and the conference party on 4th June.
​State of Open Con 26 On The Road will also be in Cambridge, Bristol, and Belfast, and info will be shared in the OpenUK Newsletter, and LinkedIn.

OpenUK Cyber Regulation Report 2026 Press Launch
2026-06-09 08:30 - 09:30 UTC | Fieldfisher, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London, EC4R 3TT, United Kingdom
Cyber Regulation Report 2026 Press Launch
Speakers
Professor Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK & OpenHQ
Andrew Martin, CEO, ControlPlane
Dr Jennifer Barth, CRO, OpenUK
Karan Saini, Research Manager, OpenHQ
Matt Barker, CEO & Co-Founder, BoltMCP
​Tuesday 9 June 2026, 08:30 – 09:30 AM
​FieldFisher Office
To attend, please email mailto:admin@openuk.uk

Digital and AI Sovereignty - Building a Sovereign Future in a Globally Collaborative World
2026-06-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Fieldfisher, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London, EC4R 3TT, United Kingdom
Speakers
Moderator, Professor Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK & OpenHQ
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy, Cambridge University
George Robinson, Head of Government Affairs, VodafoneThree
Jonny Williams, Chief Digital Adviser for UK Public Sector, Red Hat
Julia Lopez, MP, Conservative Party
Laura Gilbert, Senior Director of AI, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Matt Barker, Founder and CEO, BoltMCP
Matthew Crawford, Director of IP and AI Compliance, Arm
Max Beverton Palmer, Head of Public Policy UK, Nvidia
Mike Bracken, Founding Partner, Public Digital
Lord Nat Wei, House of Lords
More speakers to be added
​​Wednesday 10 June 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
​FieldFisher Office
To attend, please contact mailto:admin@openuk.uk

OpenUK Rising Ambassadors and Ambassadors Evening
2026-09-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Civo Tech Junction, 32-37 Cowper Street, London, EC2A 4AW, United Kingdom
​This evening will bring together our recently announced cohorts of OpenUK Ambassadors, Rising Ambassadors and OpenHQ International Ambassadors, in an evening in London showcasing the Rising Ambassadors’ work in open source and AI.

​Sponsored by Civo

​18.00 Arrival and Drinks
​18.30 Welcome, Amanda Brock
​18.45 – 19.30 Lightning talks by Rising Ambassadors
​19.30 – 20.30 Meet the other Ambassadors

Please contact mailto:admin@openuk.uk to attend this event

State of Open Con 26 On The Road: Belfast
2026-10-06 09:30 - 18:30
Date: 6th October
Location: To be announced soon
Registration coming soon

OpenUK 7th Annual Awards and Gala Dinner
2026-11-05 18:30 - 22:30
OpenUK 7th Annual Awards and Gala Dinner
House of Commons, 18.30 – 22.30
Attendance by invitation only
