The UK organisation for the business of Open Technology

OpenUK Future Leaders talk by Patrick Masson, the OSI and OSD, 17th April 2020. Patrick Masson joined the Open Source Initiative as General Manager after working in higher education for over twenty years, including roles as Director of the UCLA Media Lab, CIO within The State University of New York and, CTO at the University […]

OpenUK Future Leaders talk by Iain Mitchell QC, Open Source Procurement, 24th April 2020. Iain graduated from Edinburgh University in 1973 and was called to the Scottish Bar in 1976, taking silk in 1992. He was called to the English Bar in 2012. He is recommended in the Legal 500 and Chambers Directory for IT […]

Simon Wardley is a researcher for the Leading Edge Forum focused on the intersection of IT strategy and new technologies. As a geneticist with a love of mathematics and a fascination for economics, Simon has always found himself dealing with complex systems, whether in behavioural patterns, the environmental risks of chemical pollution, developing novel computer […]

Pamela is the Principal of Chestek Legal. Pam has been studying trademark law as it relates to open source software for over a decade.

Sami is an experienced Director Of Intellectual Property with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry. Skilled in IP Licensing, Open Source Software, Embedded Software, EDA, Management, Commercial Licensing, and Business Modeling. Strong legal and commercial professional with a Diploma focused in Management from Institute of Management (UK).

Andrew is Managing Partner and head of Technology Law of Moorcrofts LLP and is CEO of Orcro Limited, a compliance business specialising in risk management around software supply chain management, with particular emphasis on open source software. Formerly a software developer, Andrew qualified as a barrister in 1990 and subsequently requalified as a solicitor. He […]

OpenUK Future Leaders talk, Keith Bergelt, The Management of Patent Risk in an Increasingly Open Source Centric World, 5th June 2020 Keith Bergelt is the CEO of Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, created to support freedom of action in Linux and adjacent open source technologies. Funded by Google, IBM, […]

Neil McGovern has been involved with open source software for over 20 years, both personally and professionally. Starting in the Debian project, he held various roles, cumulating in him becoming Debian Project Leader from 2014-2015. He has also served on the boards of numerous organisations, including Software in the Public Interest, Inc. and the Open […]

Jonathan has been bringing Linux to the desktop for 20 years, working for Canonical and now Blue Systems he made the Ubuntu flavour Kubuntu and now works directly in the original and best Linux on the desktop community KDE to make KDE neon, bringing modern DevOps techniques to Linux distros. He is based in Edinburgh, […]

Amanda is CEO of the UK body for “open”, OpenUK, the Chair of the Open Source and Intellectual Property (IP) Advisory Group of the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs, the European Representative of the world’s biggest defensive patent pool, the Open Invention Network and a member of the OASIS Open Projects’ Advisory Council (open source […]

Matt has spent most of the last 20 years building products and services around open source software, on everything from embedded devices to large scale distributed systems, in companies ranging from startups to global enterprises. Most recently he has been focused on the open cloud infrastructure space, and in emerging patterns for cloud native applications. […]