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SODA DATA VISION 23
2023-09-18 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Itsasmuseum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, will be talking on a panel with Andrew Martin about “Let us talk about Data Governance and Regulations”.
SODA Data Vision 2023, by SODA Foundation, is the premier open source conference for Data and Storage Management. This one day hybrid event, In conjunction with OSS Europe 2023, will bring together 650 (150 in-person) leading experts, architects, developers, end users, vendors and integrators to discuss the most recent innovations, future trends, real use cases, and practical challenges for data and storage. It will provide deep insights to current solutions, research and how the future is getting shaped in Data and Storage Management for cloud-native, containers, distributed computing, big data, AI, machine learning, and more.
In addition to technical sessions, the conference provides excellent opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas, learn the latest technologies in the industry, networking and find potential partners for collaboration. We look forward to welcoming you at SODA Data Vision 2023.

Open Source Summit Europe 2023
2023-09-19 - 2023-09-21 | BILBAO, SPAIN, Spain
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.
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be giving a talk about “ADHD – The Power of Diagnosis”.

OpenUK London Meetup September - Open and AI?
2023-09-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join us September 19th to discuss the hot topic of 2023: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
AI is much talked about, everywhere from the news, in Parliament, to the boardroom and pubs across the country, but, what really is AI, and how does openness matter with it?
To get things kicked off, Matt Armstrong-Barnes from HPE will present a level set on AI, what it is, who is using it, what it is being used for, and possible directions.
Next Wendy Ding from the Alan Turing Institute and contributor to the recent OpenUK AI Openness Report will discuss the importance of open in AI and why open approaches lead to better results.
Food and drinks will be provided and there will be plenty of time to chat with other attendees and debate with the speakers.
Thank you once again to Avanade for sponsoring the venue and providing the refreshments.
Matt Armstrong-Barnes
As a Chief Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Matt has a passion for artificial intelligence and data science.
He has held senior management positions and been accountable for the overall architecture (including Business, Security, Integration and Technology), technical risks, IT strategy, and technology change for customers.
He holds a Degree in Computer Science, with a Masters in Artificial Intelligence. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, Chartered IT Professional and Chair of Smart Cities at TechUK, and was awarded the title of Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council.
Wendy Ding
Jennifer Ding is a senior researcher at The Alan Turing Institute, co-leading the Research Application Management (RAM) team. Previously, she was a startup founder and data scientist at several public interest tech companies, creating data products for industry and government partners. She enjoys massaging data big and small, and is a co-founder of London Data Week.
Date: 19 September
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
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Drinks will be served at 6:30pm, and food will be served after the first talk.
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State of Open Subset - Episode 10
2023-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Open Source DEI: Transitioning from Intentions to Impact
Speaker: Anita Ilhuman
Anita is a Developer Advocate and technical writer. With 2+ years of experience, she has a track record in Web development and DevRel on a global scale. She is passionate about educating the developer market about new tools and technologies. She has spoken at various international conferences like KubeCon China, DevConf.cz, FOSSBackstage, FOSDEM and many more. Her favourite topics to write and speak about include Cloud technologies, Documentation, Open source, DEI best practices, and Women in Tech.

Benefits and Challenges of Open Source
2023-09-29 | NYU Stern School of Business, New York, United States
The Benefits and Challenges of Open Source: Fostering Innovation, Igniting Growth, and the Promise of Equitable Design
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be participating in a panel at NYU Stern School of Business, New York, on 29th September 2023.

State of Open Subset - Episode 11
2023-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Data consistency and recovery Operations on Kubernetes
Speaker: Michael Cade

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.

SCL 50th Anniversary Conference
2023-10-10 08:30 - 17:00 | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL, United Kingdom
Secure your spot now and be part of this historic event that combines knowledge, celebration, and forward-thinking insights.
Society for Computers and Law 50th Anniversary Conference (Fully hybrid)
Date: Tuesday 10 October 2023
Venue: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL.
Registration: from 8.30 am
How to book: If you wish to attend this event please book online or email hello@scl.org and request an invoice.

What does the Labour Party need to know about AI Openness?
2023-10-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom
While the Risk Summit is focusing on existential threats, this session will focus on the real challenges, risks and benefits of AI and how AI Openness impact these.
Speakers:
Dragonfly CTO & BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group Chair – Adam Leon Smith
Labour Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy – Alex Davies-Jones
OpenUK CEO – Amanda Brock – Moderator
Meta Director of Public Policy – Chris Yiu
OpenUK AI info:
OpenUK produced its first report on AI Openness on 13 July 2023, https://openuk.uk/stateofopen/
and then on 18 July supported Meta’s Llama 2 launch as a global partner, https://ai.meta.com/llama/

Our speakers:
Adam Leon Smith

Adam Leon Smith is Chair of the BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group, and CTO of Dragonfly. He has two decades of experience of verifying and validating complex systems, ranging from challenger banks to critical national infrastructure. He has been working on AI standardisation projects for five years with ISO/IEC and CEN/CENELEC.
Alex Davies Jones

Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she is Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Econonmy.
Chris Yiu

Chris Yiu is Director of Public Policy at Meta, where he leads the company’s public policy teams across Northern Europe. Meta operates a range of apps including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, produces the Meta Quest line of VR devices, and is pioneering an open approach to AI and innovation. He is also a non-executive director of the Tony Blair Institute, an advisor at the David Hume Institute, and a trustee of the ENABLE Group.
Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock is CEO of OpenUK, the UK organisation for the business of Open Technology. A lawyer of 25 years’ experience, she previously chaired the Open Source and IP Advisory Group of the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs, sat on the OASIS Open Projects, Initiative and UK Government Energy Sector Digitalisation Task Force Advisory Boards and was an elected Board Member of the Open Source Initiative. She was General Counsel of Canonical for 5 years from 2008 and set up and ran their legal function. Amanda is an appointed member of the Cabinet Office’s Open Standards Board; Member of the British Computer Society Inaugural Influence Board; Advisory Board Member Mimoto; and European Representative of the Open Invention Network.

We need to talk about open source
2023-10-12 16:30 - 21:00
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.

OpenUK Black History Month Lunch
2023-10-13 12:00 - 15:00 | House of Lords, Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0PW, United Kingdom

All Things Open
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-17
October 15-17
Raleigh, NC USA

Kubernetes Community Days UK 2023
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-18 | CodeNode – 10 South Place London, EC2M 7EB
Dates just announced: 17th -18th October 2023
Location: CodeNode – 10 South Place London, EC2M 7EB
Keep an eye on their website for updates

OCP Global Summit
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-19
The 2023 OCP Global Summit will be an in-person event.
October 17-19, 2023 : San Jose, California
Registration for the 2023 OCP Global Summit will open in June.
Early Bird: $700 (June 1 – July 31)
General: $900 ( August 1 – October 15)
On-site: $1,200 (October 16 – 19)
The Call for Presentations will Open May 8, 2023 and will Close June 16, 2023.

XChange MSP
2023-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | 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

LF Member Summit
2023-10-24 - 2023-10-26
October 24 – 26, 2023
Monterey, California

OpenUK London Meetup #8: Future of Open Source in 2024
2023-10-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join OpenUK on Tuesday 24 October for our next OpenUK community meetup, which has us starting to think about what we want open source to look like in 2024. What roles are needed?
How can we create stronger communities? Any project goals? Anything the OpenUK community can help with?
We wont have a speaker at this event as it’s a fishbowl and this is your opportunity to swim in our bowl and share your thoughts on the future of open source software.
Every attendee – online or in person – can chose to put their name forward into a prize draw to win a free ticket to the Second Annual State of Open Con taking place on 7-8 February, 2024, in central London. So this won’t be a night to be missed!
6:30pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat.
7:30pm: We will kick off with a couple ice breakers and then jump right into the main event.
7:45pm: The main activity format will be a fishbowl:
five seats at the front of the room, with one always empty.
If a fifth sits down, one of the others gets up. A continuous discussion that flows around a topic. Anyone is welcome to jump right into the “bowl” at any time with questions, topics or responses.
(Live stream will also allow remote joiners to participate)
8:45-9pm: Raffle winner announcement, cleanup and goodbyes.
Everybody is also welcome to join online.
We will even have a computer ready to fill that fourth seat if online participants raise their hands to join the discussion. (Log-in details will be sent out to all attendees the night before.)
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue.
Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space!
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.

Women in Tech Festival
2023-10-31 08:00 - 17:15 | 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 | 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

Kubecon North America
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-09
November 6 – 9 2023
Chicago, Illinois

ODI Summit 2023
2023-11-07 10:00 - 17:00 | 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
At the end of this document you will find further information about the Open Data Institute (ODI) and the ODI Summit if you need it. But hopefully the visual assets and the suggested text will be enough for you to create posts on your social media channels and share with your networks.

SFSCon
2023-11-10 - 2023-11-11
Nov 10-11, 2023
Bolzano, Italy

Future of AI Summit 2023
2023-11-15 08:00 - 2023-11-16 17:00 | 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

State of Open: The UK in 2023 Report Launch
2023-11-21 08:30 - 10:30 | BFI Cinema Stephen Streeet, United Kingdom
State of Open: “Skills or Bust” Documentary and Report Launch
OpenUK had a private event at BFI Cinema in Stephen Street for a discussion on the findings of the State of Open: The UK in 2023 Phase 3: “Skills or Bust” and State of Open: “Skills or Bust” Documentary.

OpenUK London #9: Platform Engineering
2023-11-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join OpenUK on Tuesday 21 November for our ninth OpenUK community meetup! We will talk about the hot topic of 2023: platform engineering! How do we use it to do more with less? To increase developer productivity? To facilitate a conversation between engineering and business? How do we create a product that our internal devs actually want to use? How do you find your minimal viable platform? How do you measure the developer experience?
6:30pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat.
7:15pm: We will kick off with a panel on the state of platform engineering with OpenCredo’s Nicki Watt, DevRel Daniel Bryant, Syntasso’s Cat Morris, all who have been there, done that (will be live-streamed)
8:00pm: Breakout Platform-as-a-Product workshop, facilitated by Tyk’s Richard Johnston (We can do a virtual breakout too!)
8:45-9pm: Raffle winner announcement, cleanup and goodbyes.
Every attendee – online or in person – can choose to put their name forward into a prize draw to win a free ticket to the Second Annual State of Open Con taking place on 7-8 February, 2024, in central London. So this won’t be a night to be missed!
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue.
Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space!
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.

OpenUK meet-up in Edinburgh
2023-11-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Scottish Widows, 69 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 1HL
Join OpenUK meet-up in Edinburgh on 22nd November 2023 from 6 to 9PM.

Host:
Craig Wylie, Engineering Lead in Cloud, Lloyds Banking Group @TheWylieKyote

Speakers:
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK @AmandaBrockUK
Mike McQuaid, CTO and Co-Founder, Workbrew @MikeMcQuaid

Attendance at this event is subject to our Privacy Policy & Code of Conduct

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

GeoCom 2023, London
2023-12-05

Open Source Experience 2023
2023-12-06 - 2023-12-07
Dec 6-7, 2023
Paris, France

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!
