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Berlin Buzzwords
2022-06-12 - 2022-06-14 | Berlin, Germany
Berlin Buzzwords is Germany’s most exciting conference on storing, processing, streaming and searching large amounts of digital data, with a focus on open source software projects.
The conference will kick off with a barcamp day followed by two days of talk, workshops and discussions!

OpenUK Summer Burns Supper
2022-06-09 18:00 - 2022-06-10 00:00 UTC | House of Commons Members Dining Room, Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0PW, United Kingdom
Join us for a special Burns Supper (delayed from January due to Covid!).
Anyone interested in buying a Corporate Table sponsorship at £1,100 per table or attending as an individual at £100 per head should contact admin@openuk.uk.

Federated Africa and Middle East Conference on Software Engineering
2022-06-07 - 2022-06-08 | Egypt / Uganda
The Africa and Middle East Conference on Software Engineering (AMECSE) and Software Engineering in Africa (SEiA) conference have joined forces and grew into the so-called Federated Africa and Middle East Conference on Software Engineering (FAMECSE).
FAMECSE aims at promoting and strengthening the Software Engineering community in Africa and the Middle East by gathering practitioners and researchers to present and share the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of Software Engineering of interest to the region.

EMF Camp 2022
2022-06-02 - 2022-06-05 | Eastnor, UK, Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Eastnor, HR8 1RQ, United Kingdom
Imagine a camping festival with a power grid and high-speed internet access; a temporary village of geeks, crafters, and technology enthusiasts that’s lit up by night, and buzzing with activity during the day. Thousands of curious people will descend on our friendly open space to learn, share, and talk about what they love.

Percona Live
2022-05-16 - 2022-05-18 | AT&T Hotel and Conference Centre, 1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Percona Live 2022 will be May 16-18 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas, USA.
Percona Live is a 3-day event of keynotes, educational sessions, hands-on activities, and more:

Hear the biggest names in the industry discuss their experience, dive deep into software, and offer actionable advice.
Learn about how open source database technology can power your applications, improve your websites, secure your data, and solve critical database issues.
Get top tips from database experts to help you make the most of your open source database environments.

OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock will be providing a Keynote on Tuesday 17th May at 9am entitled “How is open source shaping up to survive and thrive in the Roaring 20’s?”.
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KubeCon and Cloud Native Europe (In Person & Virtual)
2022-05-16 - 2022-05-20 | Feria Valencia, Avenida de las ferias s/n, Valencia, 46035, Spain
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Valencia, Spain from May 16 – 20, 2022. Join containerd, CoreDNS, Envoy, etcd, Fluentd, Harbor, Helm, Jaeger, Kubernetes, Linkerd, Open Policy Agent, Prometheus, Rook, TiKV, TUF, Vitess, Argo, Buildpacks, Cilium, CloudEvents, CNI, Contour, Cortex, CRI-O, Crossplane, dapr, Dragonfly, Emissary Ingress, Falco, Flagger, Flux, gRPC, KEDA, KubeEdge, Longhorn, NATS, Notary, OpenTelemetry, Operator Framework, SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Thanos as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

Future Founders Training: Session 8
2022-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 8: People, Hiring and Scaling
Speakers: Matthew Yonkovit, Murielle Brenon, Paul Holt
Moderator: Lee Wright
Topics:
– when to bring on your first employees
– hiring process
– what roles to hire
– hiring from community
– managing community
– scaling issues

ScotlandIS - Digital Technology Awards 2022
2022-05-12 | Radisson Blu Glasgow, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL, United Kingdom
The ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards showcase excellence within the industry rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of businesses large and small – and the people who drive them.
After a successful virtual event in 2021, we are pleased to once again be gathering in person on Thursday 12th May to celebrate everyone involved in the industry and highlight some of the great achievements within the tech sector over the last 12 months.
With only four award categories last year, we are back up to our usual number – with a few brand new categories to shake things up for 2022. Applications open from 17th December 2021 and close on 16th March 2022 – apply here now.
We look forward to you joining us for a night of food, fun and celebration of the industry!
Digital Tech 2022 will take place on Thursday 12th May, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow.
If you have any questions about this year’s Digital Tech Awards or would like to register interest for tickets, please contact our Events Producer, Catriona Blair, at catriona.blair@scotlandis.com.

Future Founders Training: Session 7
2022-04-01 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 7: Community and DevRel in Open Tech
Speakers: Alison Dowdney, Dominique Top, Laura Czajkowski
Moderator: Matt Barker
Topics:
– Why do you need a community?
– Building community and engagement with a community
– Contributing to your own community
– Hiring from a community
– Why communities fork
– Successful models with and without community contributors
– Customer to community, community to customer

Legal and Licensing Workshop (Date TBC)
2022-04-01 | Gothenberg, Sweden
Since 2008, the FSFE Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW) has been the world’s premier event for debating, discussing, and sharing knowledge about Free Software legal affairs.
In 2022, share your knowledge with other legal experts, technologists, and thought leaders. By submitting your topic for consideration for the LLW 2022, you will be part of the momentum to advance the state of the art of knowledge in the field of Free Software legal and licensing issues.

Exploring the UK's Data Hub with Gaia-X - Workshop for Enterprises and the Public Sector - REGISTRATION CLOSED
2022-03-31 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | BTIC (Business Technology Innovation Centre) – Atos, Midcity Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA, United Kingdom
Sponsored by: OpenUK, Atos, OVHcloud, Vodafone
This workshop will seek to establish moving ahead with Gaia-X Hub for UK over next 12 months.
More Information Here
Any questions or to attend please contact admin@openuk.uk

FOSS Backstage (In Person & Virtual)
2022-03-17 - 2022-03-18 | TUECHTIG, Oudenarder Straße 16 (Building D06, 1st Floor),, Berlin, 13347, Germany
The conference on everything related to governance, collaboration, legal and economics within the scope of FOSS.
Join us for two days of discussion and learning about non-technical aspects of open source development. Topics include open source project leadership best practices, community management, open source project metrics, open source strategy for enterprise, adopting open source collaboration in corporations, legal matters when dealing with open source and many more.

Future Founders Training: Session 6
2022-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 6: Raising and Runway in Open Tech Businesses
Panellists: Adrian Colyer, Henry Nash, Leanne Kemp, Sam Weaver
Moderator: Matt Barker
Topics:
– Explaining your open source business to investors
– Creating a pitch for an open source business
– Advantage of ubiquity
– When to raise
– Investors: UK, Europe and US
– Runway

Technology Patent Network 2022
2022-03-09 - 2022-03-10 | Online
The Go-To Event for Global IP Leaders
The 2022 virtual edition will showcase leading experts from around the world.
Join an unparalleled line-up of in-house counsel, regulators, private practices, technology providers and other key industry stakeholders and delve into global developments and strategies for IP in frontier technologies.
OpenUK’s Amanda Brock will be speaking at this event on Day 2, Thursday 10th March at 3 pm.

OpenUK International Women's Day Lunch - Sponsored by OVHcloud and Hosted by Baroness Kennedy
2022-03-07 12:00 - 14:30 UTC | House of Lords, Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0PW, United Kingdom
OpenUK is hosting a lunch sponsored by OVHcloud at the House of Lords for International Women’s Day and hosted by Baroness Kennedy.
Baroness Kennedy’s work supporting 100 Female Judges in Afghanistan has been incredible: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/qc-baroness-helena-kennedy-calls-on-uk-to-support-female-judges-at-risk-in-afghanistan
Three of the Judges will join us.
The format for the day will include a half hour workshop on the Social Justice Charter Baroness Kennedy released at COP26 and some questions around the intersection of law, technology and Social Justice. We will release this as part of our Sustainability work for IWD.
Contact admin@openuk.uk if you are interested in attending.

Future Founders Training: Session 5
2022-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 5: Revenue Generation and Models
Speakers: Amanda Brock, Dawn Foster, Lorna Mitchell
Moderator: Liz Rice
Topics:
– Commercial companies involvement in open source
– Business models : Open Core / As a service / Subscription/ Support etc
– Risks for different models
– Interaction with open source licensed code and considerations

Women in IT Awards | UK Edition
2022-02-28 19:00 - 2022-03-01 00:30 UTC | JW Marriott, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, W1K 7TN, United Kingdom
CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY.
DiversityQ is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Women in IT Awards UK 2022!
The winners will be revealed at our first in-person awards ceremony since 2020 on Monday 28 February 2022 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London.
Now in their eighth year, the prestigious awards have recognised and celebrated over 1,000 women, allies, and organisations across the UK for their outstanding contribution to the technology industry.
Since 2015 we’ve provided a regional and global platform to showcase amazing professionals that are working to break digital boundaries and promote the importance of a more inclusive tech sector.

Future Founders Training: Session 4
2022-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 4: Sales in Open Source Businesses
Speakers: Lee Wright, Paul Holt, Victor Tuson Palau
Moderator: Matt Barker
Topics:
– The differences between selling in proprietary vs open source companies.
– Identifying a buyer vs a user of your project
– Selling value on top of open source
– SaaS, on-prem and multi cloud sales approaches

FOSDEM 2022
2022-02-05 - 2022-02-06 | Virtual
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
This year, it will be virtual. We are planning a UK Wide FOSDEM Watch Party on 5 February. Hold the date and watch this space for more information of Hubs to join across the UK.
Submit a Dev Room or talk at FOSDEM’s site.

Future Founders Training: Session 3
2022-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 3: Corporate Structure and IP considerations for Open Tech businesses Open Source Licensing
Panel: Amanda Brock, Andrew Katz, Chris Eastham, and Rochelle Farmer
Topics:
– Copyright and code
– What is open source – OSD and what that means
– What does an open source licence mean – outbound
– Taking contributions and contribution agreements
– building a business on open source licensed code
– Open core and licensing
– Non code assets and licensing – creative commons
– Contribution agreements -inbound
– Controversy and licence shifts
– Standards and open source
Company Structure
– Limited companies and structuring for IP maximisation
– Patents and defensive organisations
– Brands and TradeMarks – open source trademark policies
– Community interactions with brand
– Naming projects, products and your company
– Foundations
– Corporate or fiduciary sponsors
– Open Chain, policies, procedures and governance

The EU Open Source Policy Summit
2022-02-04 09:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | Virtual
OpenUK will be leading on sustainability with CEO, Amanda Brock, moderating a panel including Cristian Parrino, OpenUK’s Chief Sustainability Officer, at the Open Forum Europe policy day on 4th February.
OpenUK is also delighted to be the Bronze sponsor of the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2022 organised by OpenForum Europe on 4 February 2022.
This year’s theme: Open Source & the Grand Challenges.
Register now to join global technology and policy leaders to discuss how collaboration and competition are being rethought as we are innovating to solve the complex global challenges.

Future Founders Training: Session 2
2022-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 2: Product Market Fit / developing a product
Panel: Fiona Nielsen, Justin Cormack, Sam Weaver, Tom Wilkie
Moderator: Matt Barker
– Feature development – internal resources, community, customers
– Building a road map
– Features which will be free v features which will be paid for
– Implementing the right pricing structure
– Customer onboarding and delivery

Future Founders Training: Session 1
2022-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 1: Introductory session: Why found an Open Source Business?
Panel: Alexis Richardson, David Mytton, Liz Rice
Moderator: Matt Barker
Discussion topics:
– How did founders enter open source tech?
– Why did they start an open tech business
– What challenges did they face
– How did they overcome those challenges
– How do they view the state of open source today?
– Why should someone start an open source business?
– What advice would you give to any potential founders

Webinar: COP26 and beyond: How IT can help achieve net zero
2022-01-19 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Online
BCS President, John Higgins CBE FBCS, chairs a focused analysis of IT’s critical place in addressing the climate crisis.
Panel chair
BCS President, John Higgins CBE FBCS
Panellists

Amanda Brock CEO, Open UK
John Booth MBCS, CDCAP, CDCSP, Carbon3IT
Adam Leon Smith CITP FBCS

Agenda
13:00 – Webinar starts on Zoom
14:30 – Close
Synopsis
COP26 brought the world’s attention to bear on climate change and the need to deliver net zero within a shrinking time frame.
Many smart, internationally agreed, well financed, equitable and timely solutions are needed. The task seems huge but, we do have a powerful ally: technology.
Tech can play a leading part in achieving net zero – if there is the global political will and funding to do so, according to a recent press release published by BCS.
A panel of BCS experts chaired by our President, John Higgins CBE FBCS, explores our industry’s role and the contribution it can make to achieving net zero.
Momentum around this critical topic is gathering and so is necessity.
COP27 will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on 7-18 November 2022. As such, the online session will be interactive.
Please come prepared with questions for our experts, many of whom are part of the new BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG).
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is brought to you by: BCS The Chartered Institute for IT

FIWARE Smart Fest
2022-01-19 - 2022-01-20 | Virtual
Get ready to make Data Spaces really happen.
Meet users and experts from leading industries, European associations, advisory boards and governmental organisations to discuss the very next steps to take – and learn about the current state of play of the development of data spaces.
One to the biggest – and free of charge – virtual events of the season about Data Spaces. Grab your ticket to this unique interactive event.

Westminster eForum: Data protection and the future of data regulation in the UK
2022-01-18 08:30 - 13:00 UTC | Turkey
This conference will consider key priorities for the future of data protection and regulation in the UK in the context of key developments, including:

a consultation on the future of the UK’s data regime, building on the National Data Strategy
plans to reform the role and scope of the ICO
the development of future ‘data adequacy’ partnerships to boost growth and trade

OpenUK Office Hours
2021-12-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-11-16 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | Turkey
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.

Internetdagarna - Publicly Financed Code and Data as Digital Commons
2021-11-22 - 2021-11-23 | Turkey
The Internet Days is Sweden’s most important knowledge hub for everyone who loves the Internet. The conference is organized by The Swedish Internet Foundation and takes place on November 22-23 2021.Internetdagarna (The Internet Days) is a conference where people meet for two days to gain new and in-depth knowledge of the Internet and the impact of digitalization on society. Their goal is that as many as possible of those who want to participate in the Internet Days should have the chance to do so without breaking the bank.
Join Amanda Brock as she speaks about the extent open source is used on an international level.
