OpenUK

M&A and Open Chain
2020-05-29 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 is Irish and British and is also an Irish solicitor (non practising).
He has advised companies worldwide, including global multinationals, on issues relating to open source software and software supply chain compliance. Both Moorcrofts and Orcro are partners of the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain compliance programme, and Andrew is heavily involved in the development of OpenChain’s processes and materials, including the OpenChain specification which is currently under consideration as an ISO standard. Andrew also has an interest in open hardware, having drafted the popular Solderpad Open Hardware licence, and he is also on the core drafting team of the CERN Open Hardware Licence. Andrew has been a board member of several industry and open bodies, including the Telecommunications Industry Association, Public Software CIC and the MariaDB Foundation.
He is a visiting researcher at the University of Skövde in Sweden where he has published a number of papers, and his work includes a collaboration on the definition of open standards which has been adopted as public policy by the Swedish Government. He is a Fellow of Open Forum Academy and sits on the IP Advisory board of the UN’s Technology Innovation Lab project, and his work has been published by the OUP and EUP among others. He spoken at conferences worldwide, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Far East.

Intro to Open Chain Compliance
2020-05-22 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
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).

Open and Trademarks
2020-05-15 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Pamela is the Principal of Chestek Legal. Pam has been studying trademark law as it relates to open source software for over a decade.

Wardley Maps & Open Source History
2020-05-01 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 systems, or managing companies. He is a passionate advocate and researcher in the fields of open source, commoditisation, innovation, organisational structure, and cybernetics.

Open Source Procurement
2020-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 Law, IP Law, and commercial dispute resolution.
As well as being the Chairman of the Scottish Society of Computers & Law, he is also Chair of the CCBE Surveillance Working Group, a Member of the CCBE IT Committee; a member of the Bar Council IT Panel, a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and serves on the Electronic Evidence Working Party of the Centre for European Policy Studies. He holds an honorary lectureship in IT Law in the ITM Institute at the Wilhelms-Universität, Münster and his publications include chapters in Electronic Evidence (Butterworths) and in Open Source Software: Law, Policy and Practice (OUP). He is also one of the joint editors of JOLTS.

Open Healthcare
2020-04-21 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Kumar Jacob MBE
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The OSI and OSD
2020-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 of Massachusetts’ Office of the President.
As GM, Patrick manages all aspects of the OSI’s operations, membership, advocacy, development, and serves as an ex officio member of the OSI Board of Directors.
Patrick is an Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, teaching Open Source Principles and Practices within the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and serves on Brandeis University’s Graduate Professional Studies Advisory Board. Patrick was elected to his local Board of Education in 2014.

Hat Labs and Hacking
2020-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
James Kingston
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A Covid19 response discussion
2020-04-07 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Terence Eden
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Licensing Deep Dive
2020-04-03 12:00 - 23:59 UTC
OpenUK Future Leaders talk by Andrew Katz, Licensing Deep Dive, 29th May 2020
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 is Irish and British and is also an Irish solicitor (non practising).
He has advised companies worldwide, including global multinationals, on issues relating to open source software and software supply chain compliance. Both Moorcrofts and Orcro are partners of the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain compliance programme, and Andrew is heavily involved in the development of OpenChain’s processes and materials, including the OpenChain specification which is currently under consideration as an ISO standard. Andrew also has an interest in open hardware, having drafted the popular Solderpad Open Hardware licence, and he is also on the core drafting team of the CERN Open Hardware Licence. Andrew has been a board member of several industry and open bodies, including the Telecommunications Industry Association, Public Software CIC and the MariaDB Foundation.
He is a visiting researcher at the University of Skövde in Sweden where he has published a number of papers, and his work includes a collaboration on the definition of open standards which has been adopted as public policy by the Swedish Government. He is a Fellow of Open Forum Academy and sits on the IP Advisory board of the UN’s Technology Innovation Lab project, and his work has been published by the OUP and EUP among others. He spoken at conferences worldwide, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Far East.

Introduction to Open Source - Part 2
2020-03-27 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)

Introduction to Open Source - Part 1
2020-03-20 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
OpenUK Future Leaders Talk by Sami Atabani

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).

OpenUK Healthcare Evening featuring Karen Sandler
2020-02-06 18:00 - 21:30 UTC | DRIVE, Level 1, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LE, United Kingdom
OpenUK Open Healthcare evening sponsored by DITO and Great Ormond Street, DRIVE.
An evening of talks, and discussion of the place of open source in the NHS and healthcare. Keynote speaker and talks, drinks, nibbles and the opportunity to meet like minded people with an interest in health care and technology, supporting or curious about Open, over drinks and nibbles.
Keynote: Karen Sandler, Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy, former executive director of the GNOME Foundation, an attorney, and former general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Centre is based in New York. Karen will be introducing her big software heart and Digital Autonomy in her keynote speech. Learn more about Karen’s views in her recent blog for OpenUK.
Speaker from the Office of the Minister for Health or NHSX TBC.
Stuart Mackintosh, Founder of OpusVL, Director OpenUK and Lead of the DITO Project will update on the Innovate UK Funded EOP’s project.
