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?

Open Source 101 Conference
2021-03-30
40 Open Source Sessions and Speakers
Attend the 2021 Open Source 101 conference on Tuesday, March 30 for a full day of open source programming! The event is FREE to attend and all content will be streamed LIVE and online – this is a 100% virtual one-day conference.

CrateDB v4.5
2021-03-23 16:00 - 18:00
Crate.io welcomes members of the developer and open source community to join us as we celebrate the release of CrateDB v4.5, with which we open source our entire codebase!
In lieu of a physical meetup, we will host this virtual event to discuss:

the importance of open source software (4:00 pm – 4:30 pm)
how an open source project (Quantum Leap) currently uses CrateDB (4:30 pm – 5:00 pm)
what it means to align with open source values by OSS community advocates (5:15 pm – 6:00 pm)

Join the conversation and connect with Crate.io’s engineers, leaders, and other open-source advocates. From 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, you have the chance to talk with all participants in breakout rooms.

Software Heritage
2021-03-19 12:00 - 13:00
An alumnus of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, Roberto Di Cosmo was associate professor for almost a decade at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. In 1999, he became a Computer Science full professor at University Paris Diderot, where he was head of doctoral studies for Computer Science from 2004 to 2009. A trustee of the IMDEA Software institute, and member of the national committee for Open Science in France, he is currently on leave at Inria.

Understanding others, Understanding You - The Enneagram
2021-03-18 16:30 - 19:30
OpenUK hosts quarterly events for all volunteers of the organisation. The first of 2021 will be hosted by Tim Lawrence, Hoffman UK CO-Founder, on Digilounge. This event will allow volunteers of OpenUK to spend time working collaboratively and socialising whilst learning more about the Enneagram Personality types and using the Ennegram to understand each other, with Enneagram expert Tim Laurence.
If you are interested in attending this event, and getting involved with OpenUK, please contact hello@openuk.uk.

Standards Essential Patents and the IoT
2021-03-05 12:00 - 13:00
Robert is a solicitor at Origin Law, and specialises in intellectual property law, with a focus on the telecoms sector. He is also chair of the Fair Standards Alliance, an organisation seeking to ensure that patents essential to standards are licensed on fair and reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

Open for digital transformation - Red Hat Virtual Briefing
2021-03-04 10:00 - 12:00
In this morning briefing, you’ll hear from our experts about the three fundamentals of an open digital transformation – technology, process and culture. And how you can adopt these ‘open’ advantages to ensure your digital transformation is anything but generic.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This event is for Board level, senior executives and strategy leaders focussing on digital transformation, technology and operations, and culture

Computing Deskflix 2021 - Financial Services
2021-03-03 10:00 - 13:30
This episode of Deskflix will hear from industry experts and peers in the financial sector on their 2020 best practices, what they’ve learnt for 2021 and how they plan to overcome the next wave of disruption.
Join Amanda Brock on a panel with details to be confirmed later.

The story of the COVID Tracker Ireland App and how open source collaborations can help change the world
2021-02-26 12:00 - 13:00
Danese Cooper has spent her life dedicated to promoting open source and InnerSource (the practice of open source methods inside corporations). It is well known that many organisations are inherently resistant to change. Throughout her career, Danese has gained many insights into how to effect change in organisations and ecosystems. In this session, Danese will share many of the lessons she has learned about how to effect long lasting cultural change.
Danese Cooper is the founder and president of InnerSource Commons. She is also vice president of special initiatives at NearForm, an Irish tech firm. Previously, she was head of open source software at PayPal, CTO of the Wikimedia Foundation, chief open source evangelist for Sun, and senior director of open source strategies for Intel. Danese was also the inaugural chairperson of the Node.js Foundation. She concentrates on creating healthy open source communities and has served on the boards of Drupal Association, the Open Source Initiative, the Open Source Hardware Association, and she’s advised Mozilla and the Apache Software Foundation. Danese also runs a successful open source consultancy that counts the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the SETI Institute, Harris, and Numenta as clients. She’s been known to knit through meetings.

Open Source & Ireland’s Innovation Ecosystem
2021-02-25 16:00 - 18:00
Join Board member Phil Weir at 4:45 on a Panel Session speaking about Ireland’s Commercial Open Source Ecosystem.

Lintol Coding Challenge
2021-02-22 10:00 - 10:30
Lintol are challenging you (as a team or individual) to design a processor to check unstructured data specifically.
Different types of validation checks can be added to Lintol by building scripts called processors. For example, a processor could be designed to check for personally identifiable information such as an address, phone number, date of birth, or National Insurance Number. The possibilities for Lintol processors are endless.
What programming language can you use?
Although Python will be the focus, other programming languages are welcome. It will be easiest to get started in Python as we have the required tooling. All code needs to be licensed, either MIT or Apache and publicly available by the time of submission.
Why enter?

£1k prize fund (£500 for 1st place, two runners up will get £250)
Skill-up and enhance your coding capabilities. The Lintol team will be available to share their knowledge and support you with any questions you have
Showcase your coding skills to our judges from leading government experts in Open Data, and renowned Software Developers from the global Open Source community
A handy team-building exercise (one that can be done remotely and safely during the Covid pandemic)
Opportunities to connect and network online with the Lintol team and other competitors via the Lintol Coding Challenge’s Rocket Chat channel
Your code could be incorporated into Lintol, and ultimately help people around the globe access Open Data more efficiently.

Commercial and Business Models, making them work for open source
2021-02-12 12:00 - 13:00
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, has conducted significant research over a decade in this area, from writing her first book chapter on this to revamping that chapter for the book Free and Open Source Law Policy and Practise, being published in 2021, by Oxford University Press with open access including both ereader and PDF thanks to the sponsorship of the Vietsch Foundation.

Computing Deskflix 2021 - Hybrid and Multi Cloud
2021-02-10 10:00 - 13:30
Join Amanda Brock on a panel from 12:10 – 12:50 to discuss ‘Multi-cloud: are we nearly there yet?’ as well as other interesting panels on cloud computing.
You can register for the event here.

OpenUK @ FOSDEM
2021-02-06 08:00 - 2021-02-07 17:00
FOSDEM 2021 is fully online this year.
Online stands may seem a bit different from physical stands, but not a lot has changed. With over 50 stands, organised per theme.
OpenUK is of course going to be there – and you can find our stand here. You can also join us in our chat room where someone from OpenUK will be available to chat about all things Open.
You can browse the stands per theme here or visit all the stands here. You can also return to the main conference floor at fosdem.org.

Open Hardware at CERN
2021-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
Javier will tell you about our Open Hardware activities at CERN, including a bit of history, some details about White Rabbit (our most important OSHW project), the latest version of the CERN Open Hardware Licence and the importance of FOSS tools to design Open Hardware.
He will also submit some considerations about the special role public institutions have in the development of open source, in the hope they trigger thinking and discussion.

Opening up Radio Access Networks with Commodity Hardware
2021-01-29 12:00 - 13:00
Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri is the founder of Myriad RF, a family of open source hardware projects providing design for low-cost and fully configurable RF boards. Busherhi is also CEO of Lime Microsystems, a fabless semiconductor company that develops RF/analog mixed signal solutions. His experience spans more than 20 years in directing and managing design teams for the implementation of high performance integrated circuits within the wireless communication market. Previously, he was working with organizations such as Nokia, QinetiQ (formerly Defence Evaluation and Research Agency), and Fraunhofer IAF. Ebrahim was a professional group committee member of Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Cloud Native and Platform Issues
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:00
Cheryl Hung (@oicheryl) is VP Ecosystem at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, where she leads the CNCF End User Community. At over 140 members, including global names such as Apple, Spotify and Mastercard, it is the largest end user community of any open source foundation or standards body. CNCF is home to over 70 of the fastest growing open source infrastructure projects, including Kubernetes, Prometheus and Envoy, as part of the Linux Foundation. Cheryl is a regular keynote speaker and founded the Cloud Native London meetup with 6000 members. She previously built backend features for Google Maps as a C++ engineer, and holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, King’s College.

Founding an Open Source Business
2021-01-15 12:00 - 13:00
Rob Taylor and Rob McQueen – Join two of the UK’s leading founders of Open Source businesses to hear about why and how to found a business based on open source software.

Reinventing the Eclipse Foundation
2020-12-11 12:00 - 13:00
Nobody is better qualified to talk about the work of the Eclipse Foundation than Mike, the Executive Director, leading the Foundation’s move from the US to Europe. But, what does this mean, why is the Foundation being reinvented and where is it going?

The Open Source Initiative
2020-12-04 12:00 - 13:00
Deb Nicholson, Executive Director, the OSI will look at what the OSI is, as the owner of the Open Source Definition, where its going and the challenges it faces as we approach the 30th anniversary of open source in 2021.

Containers - Everything You Need to Know
2020-11-27 12:00 - 13:00
Armijn Hemel, Founder Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions is a leader in the container space, as one of the co-authors of the Linux Foundation report on containers, https://www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/publications/
Armijn is a rare beast, someone who understands both the technology and the governance of containers. His session will explain everything you need to know about containers, which are critical to the platform infrastructure and create a new set of issues for governance.

5G and OpenRAN
2020-11-20 12:00 - 13:00
Tomas Lamanauskas, a leader in the mobile sector explains 5G and OpenRAN to the OpenUK Future Leaders group, sharing his thoughts as OpenUK launches its Emerging Mobile Work Group being led by Tomas as part of their 2021 Policy initiatives.

Brexit, GeoPolitical Shift and the Future of Open
2020-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK shares her thoughts on the impact of the very imminent Brexit, Geopolitical shift across Europe, the US and Asia and the need for ongoing transparent and open collaboration on a global basis, to improve Government trust and faciliate innovation.

Open Source Lisbon 2020
2020-11-11 08:00 - 17:00
https://openuk.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/D18_15_TALK-Amanda.mp4

Open Hardware and the Circular Economy
2020-11-06 12:00 - 13:00
John Laban of the Open Compute Project is an OpenUK director and talks today about how open hardware will contribute to the circular economy.

Why the GPL is Great for Business
2020-10-30 12:00 - 13:00
Frank is the founder of Nextcloud and Own Cloud and talks about commercial models for open source and running a business based on GPL code.

OpenUK Awards
2020-10-20 17:30 - 20:00
The highlight of 2020 for the Open Community
A celebration of UK Leadership in Open Technology, sponsored by Bristows law firm
Doors open 5.30pm. Allocated seating.
Event 6-8pm
Awards will be presented in 6 categories:
Individual
Young Person
Open Source Software
Open Hardware
Open Data
Open Source in Finance (sponsored by FINOS)
OpenUK Kids’ Competition – Special Guest Imogen Heap will announce Kids’ Competition Winners
Keynote by Jono Bacon
Guest tickets, including a *goody box*, available by invite only to nominees and guests or through a *diversity scholarship ticket*, supported by FINOS. For information and to apply for a diversity scholarship https://openuk.uk/finos-scholarship-programme-application/ Applications must be received by 5pm on 30 September. Successful applicants informed by 7 October, registration required 8 October to receive a goody box.
Viewing tickets (include platform participation but not a goody box) available free of charge at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openuk-digital-awards-ceremony-sponsored-by-bristows-tickets-110797979740
Table plan and joining instructions shared with ticket holders in advance

IBM's Journey to Open Source
2020-10-02 12:00 - 13:00
Adam Jollans is a product marketing manager in the worldwide LinuxONE marketing team. In this role he is responsible for developing the marketing strategy for IBM’s LinuxONE server and its ecosystem.
He has been involved with Linux and open source since 1998, including leading the cross-IBM Linux strategy. He joined IBM in 1984, and has worked in a range of technical, sales and marketing roles.
Prior to joining IBM, he worked as an application software designer and programmer.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge, England in 1980 with a degree in Computer Science, and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered IT Professional.

OpenChain - A New Standard in Open Source
2020-09-25 12:00 - 13:00
Shane Coughlan leads the OpenChain project at the Linux Foundation. We managed to steal a few minutes of his time to talk about OpenChain, open source, compliance and security. But first, a brief backgrounder on Shane. Shane has been involved in open source in one way or another since 1998.

Open Knowledge is Not Neutral
2020-07-31 12:00 - 13:00
Dr Sara Thomas is the Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK, part time.
She was the Wikimedian in Residence at the Scottish Libraries and Information Council, working primarily with public libraries in Scotland, between August 2017-April 2018. She was also Resident at Museums Galleries Scotland from January 2015 – July 2016, working nationally to advocate for the use of open knowledge in a heritage context.
She got an honorable mention in the “Wikimedian of the Year” category in the UK in 2018.
Sara has an MA(Hons) in English Literature, a PhD in Popular Music (both from the University of Glasgow), and a Diploma in Fundraising from the Institute of Fundraising.
From December 2016-December 2017 she was the Project Officer for Dig It! 2017. She’s worked for music venues, music festivals, heritage organisations, charities, amongst others.
