OpenUK

OggCamp 2026
2026-04-25 - 2026-04-26 | The Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville St, Manchester, M1 3BB, United Kingdom
OggCamp 2026
Date: 25th – 26th April || Mode: In-person || Location: Manchester, UK

OpenSearchCon Europe
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-17
OpenSearchCon Europe
Date: 16th – 17th April || Mode: In-person || Location: Prague, Czechia

CityJS London
2026-04-15 - 2026-04-16
CityJS London
Date: 15th – 17th April || Mode: In-person || Location: Kensington Town Hall, London

Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop 2026
2026-04-15 - 2026-04-17
Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop 2026
Date: 15th – 17th April || Mode: In-person || Location: Berlin, Germany

Kubecon Europe 2026
2026-03-23 - 2026-03-26
KubeCon/CloudNativeCon EU
Date: 23rd – 26th March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

fluxCon Europe
2026-03-23
fluxCon Europe
Date: 23rd March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Platform Engineering Day Europe
2026-03-23
Platform Engineering Day Europe
Date: 23rd March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Open Source Security Con Europe
2026-03-23
Open Source SecurityCon Europe
Date: 23rd March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

CiliumCon Europe
2026-03-23
CiliumCon Europe
Date: 23rd March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cloud Native Telco Day
2026-03-23
Cloud Native Telco Day
Date: 23rd March || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Monki Gras 2026
2026-03-19 - 2026-03-20
Monkigras
Date: 19th – 20th March || Mode: In-person || Location: London, UK

FOSS Backstage 2026
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-17
FOSS Backstage
Date: 16th – 17th March || Mode: In-person || Location: Berlin, Germany

QCon London 2026
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-19
QCon London 2026
Date: 16th – 19th March || Mode: In-person || Location: The QEII Centre, London, UK

FOSSASIA Summit
2026-03-09 - 2026-03-10
FOSSASIA Summit
Date: 9th – 10th March || Mode: In-person || Location: Bankok, Thailand

AI Leaders Roundtable: Open Telco AI
2026-03-04
AI Leaders Roundtable: Open Telco AI, Roundtable
Date: 4 March 2026 || Mode: In-Person || Location: Barcelona, Spain

SCALE 23x
2026-03-03 - 2026-03-08
SCaLE 23x
Date: 5th – 8th March || Mode: In-person || Location: Pasadena, California, USA

India–AI Impact Summit 2026
2026-02-19 08:00 - 2026-02-20 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata)

Container Days London
2026-02-11
11 February 2026, Container Days London, Keynote, “Open Source powering the Digital Economy”, London

FOSDEM 26
2026-01-31 - 2026-02-01
FOSDEM 26
Date: 31st January – 1st February || Mode: In-person || Location: Brussels, Belgium.
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. You don’t need to register. Just turn up and join in!

Roundtable in Parliament, Filling the Skills Gap with Open Source
2026-01-28 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Portcullis House, 1 Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JR, United Kingdom

Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit
2026-01-28
Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit
Date: 28th January || Mode: Hybrid || Location: Paris, France.

The Future of Open Source and AI in Africa
2026-01-25 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Discover how Open Source and Artificial Intelligence are shaping Africa’s digital transformation in this exclusive webinar featuring Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK. This session explores the evolving role of open technologies, community-driven innovation, and the opportunities AI brings to governments, startups, and developers across the continent. Join us to learn about future trends, ethical considerations, policy impacts, and how African innovators can lead the next technological revolution. 🎙️

AI & Advanced Communications Conference
2026-01-15 09:30 - 16:00 UTC
This conference offers the opportunity to arm yourself with the latest information and insights ahead of an AI focused MWC agenda.
Register to join the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) for its upcoming conference “AI & Advanced Communications Conference” Open to all from the telecoms ecosystem, this conference offers the opportunity to share the latest insights, challenges, research and innovation being undertaken in the UK in the area of AI and Telecoms.
With viewpoints from datacentre infrastructure, telecoms industry, and research organisations, this event will offer fresh third-party insights, highlight the current thinking in the UK, the work being done currently and future plans, as well as showcase what the UK brings to the discussion on AI and telecoms joint evolution. This event will serve to arm the UK telecoms ecosystem with the latest information and evidence about research and commercial activities in the UK, enabling and informing collaborations and engagements in this fast moving space.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect, collaborate, and hear the latest insights on AI for networks and networks for AI.

Christmas Party 2025
2025-12-16 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Civil Service Club, Trafalgar Rooom, 13-15 Great Scotland Yard, London, SW1A 2HJ, United Kingdom
An evening of festive fun at the Civil Service Club, London
Join some of the OpenUK Community over drinks and a buffet supper, as we welcome a very special guest this Christmas
Tickets are limited and will sell out in advance.

PET ARENA CTF Competition
2025-12-15 - 2026-02-06
Calling all (EU-based) PETs researchers, graduate students, data scientists DP wonks, ML afficionados, and Cybersecurity experts to join this first-of-a-kind CTF (Capture The Flag) competition on privacy-preserving database systems hosted by Oblivious and TikTok. Prizes total €7000 + honorable mentions + career mentorship

UK-Japan telecoms R&D workshop
2025-12-11 08:00 - 2025-12-12 17:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
1st UK-Japan Advanced Connectivity Technologies Innovation Forum
Co-organised by NICT and UKRI EPSRC, with support from MIC and DSIT

Linux Foundation Open Compliance Summit
2025-12-11 08:00 - 2025-12-12 17:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
The Open Compliance Summit is an event for Linux Foundation members and select invitees to discuss open source license, security and export control compliance. This is the world’s foremost venue to discuss, learn about and network with experienced peers in the domain of open source process management. Our goal is to ensure the global development community, supply chain and support chain works effectively and efficiently.

Open Source Summit Japan 2025
2025-12-08 08:00 - 2025-12-10 17:00 UTC
December 8-10,2025
Tokyo, Japan
#OSSummit

China Open Source Conference (COSCon)’25
2025-12-06 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK, will be giving a Keynote, “Open Source in the age of AI”, at COSCon’25, Beijing.
The China Open Source Conference is the most influential open source event in China. This year marks its 10th anniversary.

Bengaluru Tech Summit
2025-11-18 08:00 - 2025-11-20 17:00 UTC
OpenUK/OpenHQ’s The Road to The AI Impact Summit – AI Openness Report Launch Panel at Bengaluru Tech Summit
