OpenUK

OSS Beer London
2024-01-18 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.
