CIO ForwardTech London 2026
2026-05-14
CIO ForwardTech London – Keynote Address Open Source
CIO ForwardTech brings together IT leaders to explore the trends shaping today’s technology markets and the innovations on the horizon. As a partner, you can connect with IT leaders actively seeking future-ready solutions—through speaking opportunities, exhibition booths, and 1-to-1 meetings.

Embedded Linux Conference North America
2026-05-18 - 2026-05-20
Embedded Linux Conference North America
Date: 18th – 20th May || Mode: In-person || Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Open Source Summit North America
2026-05-18 - 2026-05-20
Open Source Summit North America
Date: 18th – 20th May || Mode: In-person || Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

OpenSSF Community Day North America 2026
2026-05-21
OpenSSF Community Day North America 2026
Date: 21st May || Mode: In-person || Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Data Fest 2026
2026-05-27 - 2026-05-28
27 – 28 May 2026 || In Person || Edinburgh
https://datafest.global/

State of Open Con 26 On The Road, Edinburgh: Opening the AI Stack
2026-06-05 | Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre, 175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh, EH12 9SB, United Kingdom
Date: 5 June
Time: 09:30 – 18:00
Location: RBS Conference Centre
175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh EH12 9SB
State of Open Con 26 On The Road, hosted by OpenUK takes the UK’s open technology conference, now in its 4th year, across the UK. Where better to kick off than in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, on 5th June? The day will focus on the AI stack, working up from Compute through Models and Agents to user experiences and ROI. You can guarantee that there will be a fair level of debate around sovereignty in the AI Stack as we look at open source software, data, hardware, standards and AI. Tickets include catering and the conference party on 4th June.
​State of Open Con 26 On The Road will also be in Cambridge, Bristol, and Belfast, and info will be shared in the OpenUK Newsletter, and LinkedIn.

Berlin Buzzwords 2026
2026-06-07 - 2026-06-09
Berlin Buzzwords
Date: 7th – 9th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Berlin, Germany

London Tech Week 2026
2026-06-08 - 2026-06-12
8-12 June, London

CommCon 2026 - Düsseldorf
2026-06-09 - 2026-06-11
9-11 June || In person || Germany
Location: LAVAlabs Moving Images GmbH & Co. KG, Ackerstraße 11, 40233 Düsseldorf, Germany

OpenUK Cyber Regulation Report 2026 Press Launch
2026-06-09 08:30 - 09:30 UTC | Fieldfisher, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London, EC4R 3TT, United Kingdom
Cyber Regulation Report 2026 Press Launch
Speakers
Professor Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK & OpenHQ
Andrew Martin, CEO, ControlPlane
Dr Jennifer Barth, CRO, OpenUK
Karan Saini, Research Manager, OpenHQ
Matt Barker, CEO & Co-Founder, BoltMCP
​Tuesday 9 June 2026, 08:30 – 09:30 AM
​FieldFisher Office
To attend, please email mailto:admin@openuk.uk

Digital and AI Sovereignty - Building a Sovereign Future in a Globally Collaborative World
2026-06-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Fieldfisher, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Ln, London, EC4R 3TT, United Kingdom
Speakers
Moderator, Professor Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK & OpenHQ
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy, Cambridge University
George Robinson, Head of Government Affairs, VodafoneThree
Jonny Williams, Chief Digital Adviser for UK Public Sector, Red Hat
Julia Lopez, MP, Conservative Party
Laura Gilbert, Senior Director of AI, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Matt Barker, Founder and CEO, BoltMCP
Matthew Crawford, Director of IP and AI Compliance, Arm
Max Beverton Palmer, Head of Public Policy UK, Nvidia
Mike Bracken, Founding Partner, Public Digital
Lord Nat Wei, House of Lords
More speakers to be added
​​Wednesday 10 June 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
​FieldFisher Office
To attend, please contact mailto:admin@openuk.uk

Fourth Workshop on Multimodal AI
2026-06-11 - 2026-06-12
11–12 June 2026, UCL East Campus, One Pool Street, London, UK
UK Open Multimodal AI Network

React Summit 2026
2026-06-12 - 2026-06-16
React Summit
Date: 12th – 16th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Agent Craft - A One Day Event For Agent Builders
2026-06-12
Friday 12 June
9:30 – 16:00

BrainStation

​Agent Craft is an inspiring, practical and interactive event for agent builders.
​On Friday 12th June we wrap up London Tech week in style, gathering 100 Agent Builders in Shoreditch, creating space to learn from industry leaders and from each other.
​Who should attend?

​You’re building AI Agents
​You want to learn how to build AI Agents
​You’re transforming your business with AI Agents
​You want advice on security and reliability for AI Agents

​The Day
​We spend the morning hearing from inspiring keynote speakers with incredible demos of agents in action.

​Then in the afternoon it’s over to you. You drive the agenda. What do you want to talk about? What are you building? What challenges are you facing?

​Pitch your topic
​Vote for your favourites
​Start the discussion

​The unconference format in the afternoon is the ultimate networking and peer to peer learning opportunity. Whether there are 30 or just 3 people in your session, you know you’ve found your people. The people who care about the same problems as you.
​The full agenda for the day is shared on our website.
​Topics We Expect to Cover
​OpenClaw | Agent Security | Multi-Agent Teams | Context Engineering | Agent Orchestration | MCP | A2A | LangChain | Reliability | Claude Code | AgentKit | Agentic Coding

​The Venue
​BrainStation, 55-57 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QA
​We want to share a special thank you to BrainStation for making this event possible. You rock!
​London Tech Week | The AI Summit London
​We’re proud to be an official fringe event for The AI Summit London.

​Community
​This event is hosted by AI for the rest of us. A community of over 1500 people who gather once a month to learn about AI together. Community discounts are available through our weekly newsletter so subscribe now to save a few quid!
​Accessibility and Inclusion
​We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and welcoming space. Before purchasing your ticket please review our code of conduct.
​If you have any accessibility requirements we have shared the facilities available and we are happy to answer any question you have.
​We also reserve a handful of tickets for our diversity and job seeker scholarships. If you cannot afford the ticket price you can apply for a sponsored ticket.

BBF 2026
2026-06-15 - 2026-06-21
June 15-21 || In-person || Berlin
w3.hub, Möckernstrasse 120, 10963 Berlin (next to Gleisdreieckpark)

Open Source Summit India 2026
2026-06-16 - 2026-06-17
Open Source Summit India
Date: 16th – 17th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Mumbai, India

Viva Technology 2026
2026-06-17 - 2026-06-20
Viva Technology
17-20 June, Paris, France

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2026
2026-06-18 - 2026-06-19
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India
Date: 18th – 19th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Mumbai, India

UN Open Source Week 2026
2026-06-22 - 2026-06-26
UN Open Source Week
Date: 22nd – 26th June || Mode: In-person || Location: New York City, New York, USA

OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026
2026-06-22 - 2026-06-26
OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026
Date: 22nd – 26th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Vienna, Austria

PlatformCon Live Day London
2026-06-23
23 June 2026, London

Open Source in Finance Forum London 2026
2026-06-25
Open Source in Finance Forum London
Date: 25th June || Mode: In-person || Location: London, England

Redefining the Enterprise to Drive Measurable Business Value with AI
2026-06-29 - 2026-06-30
Reuters Momentum AI London 2026 brings together 300 vetted CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, and their teams for candid peer benchmarking and honest conversations about what works and what doesn’t in enterprise AI transformation.
Across two days, engage in Chatham House roundtable discussions, closed-door labs, multi-stakeholder panels, and case studies with actual numbers.
Follow a clear journey through six essential steps for enterprise AI mastery:
1. Benchmark AI Maturity
2. Align Leadership & Enterprise AI Policy
3. Accelerate Adoption with Literacy & Culture that Sticks
4. Scaling AI for Tangible Business Value
5. Governance by Principle
6. Investments, ROI & Future Horizons
Date: 29-30 June 2026
Location: 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3YD
Website: https://events.reutersevents.com/momentum/london

Automotive Open Source Summit 2026
2026-06-30
Automotive Open Source Summit 2026
Date: 30th June || Mode: In-person || Location: Starnberg, Germany

AI for Good Summit 2026
2026-07-07 - 2026-07-09
AI for Good
7-9 July, Geneva, Switzerland

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026
2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan
Date: 29th – 30th July || Mode: In-person || Location: Yokohama, Japan

Black Hat USA 2026
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-06
Black Hat USA 2026
Dare: August 1-6, 2026, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas

DefCon Training
2026-08-08 - 2026-08-11
DefCon Training
Date: 8th – 11th August || Mode: In-person || Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

FOSS4G Hiroshima
2026-08-30 - 2026-09-05
FOSS4G Hiroshima
Date: 30th August – 5th September || Mode: In-person || Location: Hiroshima, Japan

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra China
2026-09-08 - 2026-09-09
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra China
Date: 8th – 9th September || Mode: In-person || Location: Shanghai, China
