The UK organisation for the business of Open Technology
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.
Mike, is the Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation and will discuss the move from the US to Europe currently being undergone by the Foundation and where opportunities to collaborate and participate may exist for OpenUK Supporters.
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.
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 […]
Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri will share his thoughts on Opening up Radio Access Networks with Commodity Hardware.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Amanda will share her experiences of over a decade in open source and 25 years as a business lawyer negotiating commercial deals with a focus on technology, and how these have formed her explanation of business models and how to make them work in open source.
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 […]
Join Board member Phil Weir at 4:45 on a Panel Session speaking about Ireland’s Commercial Open Source Ecosystem. Register here
Danese Cooper has spent her life dedicated to promoting open source and InnerSource (the practice of open source methods inside corporations). In this session, Danese will share many of the lessons she has learned about how to effect long lasting cultural change.