OpenUK

BCS Internet Specialist Group: Digital Sovereignty, Gaia X, New Regulation and OpenUK
2021-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join Amanda Brock speaking to the BCS Internet specialist group on Digital Sovereignty, Gaia X, New Regulation and OpenUK. She will speak about open source in the UK, where the geo political shift is most clearly defined by Brexit, and ask, what does this mean for open collaboration? How is the UK dealing with digital and data sovereignty and creating trust through transparency and the use of open?

DrupalCon North America 2021
2021-04-12 - 2021-04-16
DrupalCon unites experts from around the globe who create ambitious digital experiences. At DrupalCon North America 2021, the people who create the digital experiences the world relies on every day—developers, marketers, agency leaders, and business decision-makers—come together online to learn about the latest Drupal developments and contribute to the future of the open source platform.

FLIGHT Europe 2021
2021-04-20
Synopsys will bring together leading experts from around the world to discuss the latest trends in open source license compliance, legal risk, and M&A due diligence. Join Amanda Brock who will be speaking at this virtual event that is free to attend. Synopsys be announcing the agenda soon.

Open Chain UK
2021-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
OpenChain ISO 5230 is the International Standard for open source license compliance. It is simple, effective and suitable for companies of all sizes in all markets. This standard is openly developed by a vibrant user community and freely available to all. It is supported by free online self-certification, extensive reference material and official service provider partners.

Red Hat Summit 2021
2021-04-27 - 2021-04-28
The Red Hat Summit is expanding to become an all-new, flexible conference series, consisting of a 2‑part immersive virtual experience as well as a global tour of small-scale, in-person* events. This series will create collective opportunities to share experiences, innovations, and insights.
Red Hat Summit® 2021 is where we come together to uplift perspectives in enterprise IT all around the world, ensuring that every contribution has a place, every person has a voice, and every question has a meaning.

Digital Twins
2021-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Ashleigh is an experienced Digital Consultant who partners with senior executives and leading infrastructure organisations to transform and advance the value of their digital capabilities and social usefulness. After spending years developing digital strategies for the infrastructure sector, Ashleigh knows what truly makes transformation a success – data and innovation wrapped in a new approach towards people and culture.
Ashleigh was part of Arup’s Data Leadership team and led the programme delivering Arup’s Data Strategy. She has operationalised corporate start-ups, set-up thought partnership programmes and developed a National Skills Framework for Digital Built Britain.
Ashleigh is certified in Digital Business Transformation Management, Agile, Human-centred design and Programme Management.
Ashleigh holds a master’s degree in Cultural Management from Kings College London and was awarded a certificate from Bocconi University in Private Equity & Venture Capital.
Her thoughts on Open: Open is about revolutionizing the way we think about, and use, data and technology across industries and sectors. Shifting to an Open mindset presents unprecedented value that would not otherwise be achievable. Whether we want to govern our own personal data or develop a global climate solution – Open can help do so. The possibilities are endless we just need to be willing to explore them.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021
2021-05-04 - 2021-05-07
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities virtually from May 4 – 7, 2021. Join containerd, CoreDNS, Envoy, etcd, Fluentd, Harbor, Helm, Jaeger, Kubernetes, Open Policy Agent, Prometheus, Rook, TiKV, TUF, Vitess, Argo, Buildpacks, CloudEvents, CNI, Contour, Cortex, CRI-O, Dragonfly, Falco, gRPC, KubeEdge, KubeVirt, Linkerd, NATS, Notary, OpenTracing, Operator Framework, SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Thanos as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

Unlocking the Power of Data for Space Exploration
2021-05-07 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
Future Leaders is taking on the West Coast, with this weeks talk given by Dr Chris MattMann.
Chris Mattmann is an experienced IT Executive, CTO and Division Manager of the AI, Analytics and Innovative Development Organization in the Information Technology and Solutions Directorate at NASA JPL. At JPL Mattmann is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer and reports to the CIO and Director for IT, and manages advanced IT research and open source and technology evaluation and user infusion capabilities. Mattmann is JPL’s first Principal Scientist in the area of Data Science. The designation of Principal is awarded to recognize sustained outstanding individual contributions in advancing scientific or technical knowledge, or advancing the implementation of technical and engineering practices on projects, programs, or the Institution. He has over 20 years of experience at JPL and has conceived, realized and delivered the architecture for the next generation of reusable science data processing systems for NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory, NPP Sounder PEATE, and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Earth science missions. Mattmann’s work has been funded by NASA, DARPA, DHS, NSF, NIH, NLM and by private industry and commercial partnerships. He was the first Vice President (VP) of Apache OODT (Object Oriented Data Technology), the first NASA project at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and he led the project’s transition from JPL to the ASF.

Percona Live ONLINE
2021-05-12 - 2021-05-13
Percona Live is a community-focused event for database developers, administrators, and decision-makers to network with peers and technology professionals. Come learn from the best and brightest in the open source database community as they share their knowledge, experience, and use cases with you in small group sessions and tutorials.
Join our Ambassador and Percona VP Martin James from his kitchen for 160 hours of content from 120 different presenters!

Entering the Open Source Emerging Market
2021-05-14 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Our second speaker from the West Coast is VM (Vicky) Brasseur on Entering the Open Source Emerging Market.
VM (Vicky) Brasseur is an award-winning free/open source advocate and corporate strategist, international keynote speaker, and writer. She’s the author of Forge Your Future with Open Source, the only book detailing how to contribute to free/open source (FOSS) projects. Aside from articles in various publications, she also writes about FOSS, business, and their intersection on her blog.

SUSECON Digital 2021
2021-05-18 - 2021-05-20
SUSECON Digital 2021 will deliver the outstanding technical content and interaction with open source experts that you expect from SUSECON – including Kubernetes expertise from Rancher for the first time!
The excitement starts Tuesday, May 18 as SUSE’s CEO, Melissa Di Donato takes center stage to discuss SUSE’s strategy and commitment to customer success. Her keynote will be followed by the Engineering and Innovation Keynote, delivered by Sheng Liang, President of Engineering & Innovation. Then explore the worlds of Linux, Kubernetes and Edge innovation with SUSE in breakout sessions, case studies, demos and live conversations with open source experts. When you need a break, we’ve got wellness sessions, games and entertainment for you as well. Three days of access to the best minds in the industry… come for the content and stay for the experience!

Open Source Community Day 2021
2021-05-18
Open Source Community Day is a FREE virtual one-day conference for any developer working with the latest technologies on open-source projects.
The open source movement and collaborative community development has powered innovation in areas too numerous to list. From the original days of Linux to innovations in analytics, cloud, and data, open source has addressed some of the toughest technical requirements in the enterprise today. It’s clear this trend will continue into the coming years, so join us to learn more about open source projects, connect with fellow developers, and find your next project or opportunity!

Open Source Community Day 2021
2021-05-20
Open Source Community Day is a FREE virtual one-day conference for any developer focused on the latest technologies in open-source.
Join Amanda Brock at 14:00-14:30 on the ‘Women in Open Source Tech Entrepreneurship Panel’ to hear some practical advice for open source entrepreneurs.

The AGPL, Network Copyleft and the Cloud
2021-05-21 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Richard Fontana is Senior Commercial Counsel at Red Hat. His work at Red Hat spans many aspects of software development, distribution and deployment, with a particular focus on open source-related legal matters. He is a former board director of the Open Source Initiative and was the chair of the OSI’s License Review Committee for several years. Fontana was previously Senior Director and Associate General Counsel for Cloud and Open Source at Hewlett Packard and Counsel at the Software Freedom Law Centre, where he worked on the drafting of the GPLv3 license family.

Ofgem: Regulating for a green, fair future
2021-05-24 12:00 - 16:00 UTC
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, an event of global significance for coordinated action on climate change. Ofgem is determined not just to do everything they can to support a carbon-neutral future in the UK, but to use COP26 to accelerate greener, fairer energy globally through collaboration with international regulators.
Join Amanda Brock from 3:10-3:50 on a Panel Discussion on Data and Digitalisation.

Data sovereignty: what approach should the UK take?
2021-05-26 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Over recent years, data and data regulation have grown in focus as a key issue for governments to wrestle with, both domestically and internationally. A government’s approach to data has an effect on its public services, its economy, its approach to defence and security, its citizens’ privacy and ultimately on its sovereignty. The panel will consider questions around the regulation and monetisation of data, and how the UK’s approach will impact on the Government’s vision of a Global Britain as a leader in science and technology.

WomenTech Global Conference 2021
2021-06-07 - 2021-06-10
WomenTech Global Conference will feature a full week of live events hosted daily from June 7 – 11, 2021 across various timezones including Americas, GMT & APAC. WTGC will enable participants to create a powerful conference experience, with inspiring keynotes, industry-specific summits, sponsor info sessions, career growth expo, workshops, open space discussion groups, contributions sprints, 1:1 networking opportunities, and interactive community content.
Join Amanda Brock on the 8th June at 9:10 speaking on The importance of global collaboration in a world of Brexit and Geo Political Shift.

GAIA-X Summit Round 2: Use case update
2021-06-09
Join Amanda Brock for the GAIA-X Summit Round 2: Use case update webinar. You can watch the whole webinar using the link below.

Open Source and Licensing in 2021
2021-06-11 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Our final West Coast Edition of the Future Leaders Training will be with Luis Villa on Open Source and Licensing in 2021.
Luis Villa is a lawyer, executive, and (former) software developer, specializing in open source licensing, product counseling, technology transactions, and community strategy. He is the co-founder of Tidelift, who are creating a new way to support and use open source software.
Before Tidelift, Luis worked on some of the most high-profile technology projects in the world, including:

At the Wikimedia Foundation, Luis served as Deputy General Counsel, advising on product development, IP licensing, and many other aspects of the Foundation’s day-to-day operation; and then led the Community Engagement Department, a team of 40 employees tasked with supporting Wikimedia’s 80,000 regular volunteers.
At Mozilla, he led the revision of the Mozilla Public License.
At Greenberg Traurig, he counseled clients large and small on open licenses, technology transactions, and represented Google at trial in the Google-Oracle lawsuit.
As a volunteer, Luis has served on the board of directors of the Open Source Initiative, as an Invited Expert on the Patents and Standards Interest Group at the World Wide Web Consortium, and on the Legal Working Group of Open Street Map.
At the Berkman Center For Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, he was “geek in residence”, doing project management for Berkman projects like StopBadware and H2O, as well as general geekery of various and sundry sorts.
At Ximian, he was a proud member and occasional manager of the desktop team, which became Novell’s Linux Desktop group.
At GNOME, Luis was a founding member of the GNOME bugsquad, and was the ‘bugmaster’ for many GNOME releases. He was also elected to several terms on the GNOME Foundation Board.

Berlin Buzzwords 2021
2021-06-14 - 2021-06-17
Berlin Buzzwords is back! And they cannot make any promises on the WHERE (virtual or onsite), they can tell you WHEN!
June 14 – 17, 2021

Join Amanda Brock where she will be speaking about Commercial Models in Open Source.

As soon as possible, they will let you know more details on the location or in how far they will be able to make an onsite-event together with you. This is why for now, there will only be conference passes for a virtual event available.
As part of our Belonging Network we are proud to promote access to Diversity tickets. Diversity Tickets are fully sponsored (i.e. free) tickets that are available to people from underrepresented groups within the Berlin Buzzwords community. This includes, but is not limited to: women, people of colour, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, and people facing economic or social hardships. If you would like a diversity ticket, please select it from the ticket shop on this page. If you have any questions about eligibility for Diversity tickets please feel free to email Max at info@berlinbuzzwords.de

Open Source Lisbon 2021
2021-06-17 - 2021-06-18
Powered by Syone, Open Source Lisbon is the biggest Open Source event in Portugal.
​This year, they will have a two-day online event to celebrate the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union and the Open Source software strategy outlined by the European Commission.
The 19th edition of Open Source Lisbon will be the perfect event to spread Europe’s vision as a leader in adopting open technologies, share open source discussions with the community and to show how technology can improve citizens life quality.
The first day will be dedicated to the Public Sector and European Union subjects. On the second, they will have their well-known event, talking about the Open Source Mindset in a Shifting World. And you’re invited for both! Join Amanda Brock, CEO and many other great speakers.

Command-Line Interface Design: Philosophy and Practice
2021-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
If you’ve ever used a terminal, you know that it can be a confusing, inconsistent, even hostile experience. If you’ve ever tried to write programs for the terminal, you start to understand why: very few conventions and best practices exist, and those that do are hard to find.
This absence led me and some friends to write the Command Line Interface Guidelines (CLIG.dev), an open-source set of guidelines for designing command-line programs, based partly on experience building and maintaining programs such as Docker Compose. CLIG is part philosophy and part practical advice; in this talk, Aanand will take you through what he considers to be the most important parts of both, and hopefully inspire you to create delightful command-line programs of your own.
Aanand Prasad is an engineer and former startup founder who has been making command-line tools for 12 years, the most well-known one being Docker Compose. He’s originally from London, and is currently building frontend architecture at Squarespace in New York.

OpenUK State of Open Phases One & Two
2021-07-09 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Amanda Brock CEO during our Future Leaders Session who will be going through Phases One and Two of OpenUK’s State of Open: The UK in 2021.

Data Sharing for Data Science
2021-09-02 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Combining data in surprising ways is a powerful technique in data science. For example, weather data combined with the right economic indicators can improve retail demand forecasting, but weather data combined with socio-economic indicators is also being used to prevent insect-borne disease. Whatever the data combination you’re looking for, data sharing is often a key step, and this can bring its own surprising challenges. Data sharing is not just a matter of getting permission. It also requires discovering who has the data you need, how to access it, how to deal with mismatches between different data sets and much more.
Please join us as our panelists share stories from their different experiences to dig into the technical and organizational challenges of data sharing and what you can do about them. We’ll also discuss new data initiatives including European-based Gaia-X and Linux Foundation’s Agstack among others.
Data scientists, data engineers, CDOs, CTOs, CIOs and data architects all should find this event useful.
*FOR FULL SPEAKER BIOS PLEASE VISIT MEETUP
SPEAKERS:
Ellen Friedman – Principal Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise + frmr committer Apache Software projects [MODERATOR]
Ted Dunning – CTO, Data Fabric, Hewlett Packard Enterprise + frmr CTO at MapR
Joanna McKenzie – Principal Data Scientist, The Data Lab – Innovation Centre
Suparna Bhattacharya – Distinguished Technologist, HPE AI Research

OpenUK Office Hours
2021-09-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-09-21 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/Paris)
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.

Kubernetes Community Days UK 2021
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-16
Kubernetes Community Days UK is a virtual event bringing together the cloud native community from across the UK to learn, network and collaborate. Kubernetes Community Days UK is supported by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and organised by community group leaders.
Over the course of two days we will share stories of people using these technologies, both successes and failures – through in-depth technical talks, demonstrations of open source projects and workshops.

Linux Foundation European Summit 2021
2021-09-28 - 2021-10-01 | Hyatt Regency Seattle, 808 Howell St, Seattle, WA, WA 98101, United States

OSPOCon
2021-09-29 - 2021-10-01
Introducing OSPOCon.
This event is designed for those working in open source program offices in organizations that rely on open source technologies to learn & share best practices, experiences & tooling to overcome challenges. Presenting by The Linux Foundation and TODO Group, and being held with Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference 2021, join us at OSPOCon to learn and share best practices and experiences to help create better, more efficient open source ecosystems.
Registration will open in Spring 2021 – sign up to be notified here: https://bit.ly/2ZGCXQa.
Call for Proposals is now open – learn more here: https://bit.ly/2ZJmRVV.

Open Source Strategy Forum
2021-10-05
Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) is the only conference dedicated to driving collaboration and innovation in financial services through open source software and standards. We bring together experts across financial services, technology, and open source to engage our community in stimulating and thought-provoking conversations about how to best (and safely) leverage open source software to solve industry challenges.
