OpenUK

Foss Backstage 2024
2024-03-04 08:00 - 2024-03-05 17:00 UTC | bUm – Raum für solidarisches Miteinander, Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21 10999 Berlin, Berlin, 10999, Germany
What makes an Open Source project flourish?
We want to encourage more discourse about the non-coding aspects of successful open source projects. Join us to learn more about what goes on behind the stages of Free and Open Source Software! The sixth edition of FOSS Backstage will take place in Berlin (and online) on 4th and 5th March 2024.

Join us for an extra day!

On March 6th we want to gather everyone interested in User Experience & Design within Free and Open Source software projects for our new sub-event FOSS Backstage Design!
https://24.foss-backstage.de/foss-backstage-design/

Cross Cloud Spaces Workshop 2024
2024-02-26 08:00 - 17:00 | W Barcelona, Passeig de Joan de Borbó Barcelona, Barcelona, 08039, Spain
Cross Cloud Spaces Workshop 2024

True multi-cloud services, data and apps | February 26, 2024 | Barcelona

Join us at the Open Services Cloud Event for the Cross Cloud Space Workshop, where you can discover how true multi-cloud services, data, and apps enhance cloud interoperability, ultimately boosting the competitiveness and digital sovereignty of the EU.

OpenUK London Meetup #11: Open Source Community
2024-02-20 18:30 - 20:45 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join us on Tuesday 20th February for our 11th OpenUK London community meetup! Following up what will sure be a community-centric, fun and informative State of Open Con earlier this month, we think it only makes sense to focus on what makes open source unique – it’s community!
Join us to work together to discuss what makes an open source community, how you can better participate in them, and how you can help people grow within a sustainable open source community.
Save the date now!
6:30 pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
7:00 pm: Warmup (livestream begins). Community members Salman Shah and Abinash N Ramesh will kick off a conversation on open source community sustainability.
7:30 pm: Breakout workshop Post-it time! Let’s talk community cultivation tactics following Mozilla’s Mountain of Engagement – Discovery, First Contact, Participation, Sustained Participation, Networked Participation, Leadership – what is needed at each stage of engagement? Technical and non-technical contributions?
8:15-8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time.
Please 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!
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. 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.

State of Open Con 24
2024-02-06 08:00 - 2024-02-07 17:00 | The Brewery, 52 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SA, United Kingdom
The UK conference for “Open Technology” – open source software, open hardware, open data, open innovation, open AI and open standards.
SOOCon25 brings together Enterprise, Public Sector, Government, Academia and Open Technology communities and businesses in one event.

FOSDEM 2024
2024-02-03 08:00 - 2024-02-04 17:00
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!

OpenUK Scotland, Glasgow Meetup
2024-01-31 19:00 - 21:00 | BBC Scotland 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The next OpenUK Scotland Meetup will be hosted at BBC, Pacific Quay on Wednesday, January 31st. The talk will be hosted in the viewing theatre on the ground floor.
This meetup has Allie, a Libera.chat staffer giving us a deep dive into the inner workings of the network.
Libera.chat is bustling hub of open-source collaboration. It’s not just an IRC network; it’s the vibrant beating heart of some of the largest open-source communities globally. In this discussion, we explore the intricate infrastructure supporting this network and uncover the complexities involved in running a platform that serves these dynamic communities.
We will be having another speaker as well. To be announced!

OpenUK London #10: OKRs and Goal-Setting
2024-01-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Details

Join OpenUK on Tuesday 16th January for our tenth OpenUK community meetup – and first of the new year! We will talk about goal setting for your open source communities and businesses, and specifically Objectives and Key Results aka OKRs.
6:30pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
7:15pm: Goal-setting 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, just raise your hand and we’ll add you)
8:00pm: Breakout OKRs workshop, facilitated by 1ovmany‘s Erin Davies and Sammy Cranwell
8:45-9pm: Raffle winner announcement, cleanup and see-ya-next-time.
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. Just another reason not to miss this epic night!
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. 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.

OSS Beer London
2024-01-18 19:00 - 22:00
Evidently AI, Syntasso, Atomico and Runa Capital join forces for a casual “git together” in London for open source startup founders, executives and community leaders.
​Get ready for an evening of insightful conversations, networking and free beers!
​If you’re a startup founder or just active in the open source community, this is an event you won’t want to miss: come join us and let’s raise a toast to our vibrant OSS community!
​The event space is limited, so open-source founders are approved for participation on a first come, first served basis!

Developing the future UK tech sector through open source contributions
2024-01-17 17:30 - 19:00 | House of Commons Committee Room G, Houses of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
As the UK seeks to become the next Silicon Valley it faces the challenge of a skills gap. Talent flight and migration has always attracted UK talent to the US. Whilst this is typical of all countries a common language has made this more apparent in respect of UK talent.
Open source software offers individuals based anywhere in the UK with a device, connectivity, and basic education in tech the opportunity to develop and hone their skills through code and other contributions to open source projects.
As they contribute to projects they build a living CV on GitHub etc. This and their progress can be seen by users of these projects and GitHub across the planet.
With the ability to remote work, open source employees are based globally and work for top international companies from High Tech to start-ups across the world, and particularly the Bay Area where open source is best understood as forming the basis of today’s digital world.
By building this living CV on GitHub UK-based talent may move from being part of the open source community to employed individuals leveraging the skills they have honed in open source with their global employers. Many will go on to build careers as part of the global tech sector despite remaining in the UK.
These individuals crew the open source submarine under the UK’s digital economy and in 2022 27% of UK tech sector Gross Value Add (GVA) came from them and UK based open source companies. This number has the potential to grow to benefit the UK economy whilst at the same time we see talent flight stemmed.
OpenUK has been building awareness of the UK-based open source businesses and individuals contributing both code and other skills to global open source projects, products and companies. The UK is number one in Europe in terms of the number of contributors to open source software and lines of code contributed. You can see more in its reports, particularly its 2023 Skills report, OpenUK Reports
For the agenda, please register on EventBrite

AI.dev | Open Source GenAI & ML Summit, San Jose
2023-12-12 08:00 - 2023-12-13 17:00
AI.dev is a nexus for developers delving into the intricate realm of open source generative AI and machine learning. At the heart of this event is the belief that open source is the engine of innovation in AI. By uniting the brightest developers from around the world, we aim to ignite discussions, foster collaborations, and shape the trajectory of open source AI.

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!

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

GeoCom 2023, London
2023-12-05

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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