OpenUK

CHEDDAR & Friends Symposium of Advanced Connectivity Industry Day
2025-07-15 - 2025-07-16
15 July — Friends of CHEDDAR Day
A Celebration of Dr Mallik Tatipamula (Ericsson), Royal Society Fellow
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK, Uk Research & collaborations
Talk Panel Speakers: Funding landscape experts (EU, DSIT, EPSRC, Innovate UK)
Funding insights
Drinks reception & poster session
16 July — Industry Day
Innovation & industry engagement
Standards – All You Can Eat!
Women in telecoms panel
Spin-off & innovation panel
Ronnie Vasishta, SVP Telecoms, NVIDIA, US
Dan Warren, Director, Communications Research, Samsung R&D UK
Drinks reception & poster session

Roundtable in Parliament, The UK Data Library and GaiaX
2025-07-14 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | House of Parliament, 1 Parliament Square, London, SW1A 2 JR
Sponsored by James Naish MP
Please note data change to 14 July at 15:00
This roundtable will discuss the proposed UK Data Library and its potential to interact with the EU’s GaiaX. Speakers will include GaiaX CEO, Ulrich Ahle.

AESIN Conference 2025
2025-07-11 08:00 - 17:00
We are delighted to announce the AESIN Conference 2025 to be held on 11th July.
We will be celebrating UK’s outstanding automotive electronics related organisations as we bring technology to the forefront.
Once again we will be heading to the British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire. The British Motor Museum holds the world’s largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.
Our network has been at the forefront of advancing and promoting the automotive electronics and software systems industry for over a decade, and we want to commemorate our continued success with a conference that you won’t want to miss.
Come together with fellow industry leaders and experts as we reflect on our achievements and look to the future of the automotive electronics industry. With inspiring keynote speakers, technical presentations, and engaging panel discussions, you’ll gain valuable insights and ideas to help elevate your own experiences and businesses.
NOTE: As this is a business event, please register with your organisations email address and not a generic address (Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail etc).

OpenUK London #26: Security (In-Person signups only)
2025-07-09 18:30 - 20:45
Join the OpenUK #LondonMeetup for an #OpenSource #Cybersecurity deep dive 9th July with Sal Kimmich, Daniel Appelquist and Vinit Patel!
We’ve got an action-packed evening planned with insightful talks and a fun, interactive game. Whether you’re a seasoned security expert or just starting to think about securing your projects, there’s something here for everyone.

7:00 PM: “Security, Privacy and Authenticity” by Daniel Appelquist.
7:20 PM: “Securing Agentic: Evolution of Security Posture” by Sal Kimmich.
7:40 PM: “Using LLMs to discover malware and undisclosed vulnerabilities in OS tools” by Vinit Patel of Aikido Security. This talk will cover a multi-year research project that led to improved open source security and open source intelligence.
8:00 PM: NPM Imposters Game! The team at Aikido Security is facilitating a fast, team-based game where you’ll put your skills to the test spotting malicious NPM packages. (This game is for in-person attendees only).

When: Wednesday July 9 2025
Time: Doors open at 6:30 PM
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn, network and enhance your cybersecurity knowledge within the open source community!

AI For Good Global Summit 2025
2025-07-08 08:00 - 2025-07-11 17:00
The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading UN event on AI that brings together top names in AI, with a high-level lineup of global decision makers.
Our goal is to identify practical applications of AI, accelerate progress towards the UN SDGs and scale solutions for global impact.
AI for Good is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology – in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland.

OpenUK AI for Public Good Report Launch and Drinks
2025-07-03 18:30 - 21:00 | House of Commons Terrace
Launching OpenUK’s latest AI Openness report with a drinks reception at the beautiful Pavilion and Terrace at the House of Commons.
Hosted by Sarah Edwards, MP
Join us to meet contributors to our report, which updates the landscape on AI Openness in 2025, and share the real challenges and conversations in this space:

Geopolitics and the new landscape
Shifting the language -open source to Public Good and disaggregation
Data and AI inputs
The DeepSeek effect and OpenAI’s upcoming open language model LLM
The role of open source tooling in global AI governance
Securing Agentic AI and Quantum Readiness
Return on Investment
The data centre bubble
Why the UK doesn’t need an open source policy for software or AI
The Journey to the India AI Summit and its focus on access

The evening will be a celebration of our report, during which you will hear from a few of our contributors.

Agenda

18:00 Arrival
18:30 – 21.30 Drinks and canapes
19:00 – 19:40 Report launch and speakers

Open Source Summit North America 2025
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-25 17:00
Save the Date!
June 23-25, 2025
Denver, CO
#OSSummit

OpenUK London #25: Documentation (In-Person signups)
2025-06-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Wednesday 18th June for our next meetup. Since docs are essential to open source success, this month, we have a Collab with our friends at the Write The Docs London Meetup!
This meetup will be all about the thing likely most lacking but important for your open source project to be found and to engage people from all walks in using your project — DOCS! How can you ensure you have good documentation? How can you translate to other languages? Can GenAI help or hinder your Docs? Any open source tools that help?
6:30 pm: Arrive on time, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
6:50 pm: Welcome, code of conduct and warmup
7:00 pm: Blessing Ene Anyebe on Building a Documentation Culture in Open Source Communities, joining us remotely from Nigeria
7:30 pm: Hanku Lee, asking Where has documentation automation gotten us? Including open source projects: Fedora, Rocky Linux (localization), Ubuntu docs (localization team), and Hugo Paige, joining us remotely from South Korea
8:00 pm: Our meetup co-host Jennifer Riggins will run a workshop on engaging, readable (by humans and Google documentation) — feel free to nominate your doc to talk about!
8:45 pm: Clean up and leave.
This remains an interactive Hybrid event, however, the meetup invites are split up and RSVPs for in-person are opened three weeks out. Please only sign up for this event if you can definitely attend in person. We welcome everyone sign up for the online version even as a save the date!
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!
The link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before, so please check back.
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. After attending, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.

Kubecon Japan 2025
2025-06-16 08:00 - 2025-06-17 17:00
Save the Date!
June 16-17 2025
Tokyo, Japan
#KubeCon
#CloudNativeCon

Kubecon China 2025
2025-06-10 08:00 - 2025-06-11 17:00
Save the Date!
June 10-11 2025
Hong Kong, China
#KubeCon
#CloudNativeCon

OpenUK Digital Meetup #7 Data Sovereignty
2025-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 21st May for the 7th OpenUK Digital Meetup, our online-only event for OpenUK community members.
This will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes.
By registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. 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.
Join here
Digital Meetup #7
Wednesday, 21 March · 12:00 – 13:00pm
Time zone: Europe/London
Video call link: meet.google.com/okb-vufi-ejh

Open Source Founders Summit 2025
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-20
Open Source Founders Summit 2025
Paris, France – La Rotonde de Stalingrad
The conference about building financially successful and sustainable open source companies.

15 May, Institute of Directors AI event, “How much ‘regulation’ is enough without stifling innovation?”
2025-05-15 17:00 - 20:30

Linaro Connect 2025
2025-05-14 - 2025-05-16 | Lisbon, Portugal
Fully immerse yourself on how to best implement, leverage and foster Arm solutions. Don’t miss our keynotes, sessions, live demos and the opportunity to talk to our Arm software experts!

The Benefitting from the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan Summit 2025
2025-05-07 08:00 - 17:00
The Benefitting from the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan Summit 2025 7th May.

29 April, Open Charge Alliance webinar, Open source and open standards - the highway to governance
2025-04-29 18:00 - 19:00

OpenUK London #23: Save the Date
2025-04-23 18:30 - 20:45 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 23rd April for our next meet-up. Have an open topic you want us to talk about in 2025? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community!

6:30 pm: Arrive on time, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
TBD
8:45 pm: Clean up and leave.
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!
The link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before, so please check back.
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. After attending, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.

Kubernetes in the UK, Kubecon Europe 2025
2025-04-02 17:00 - 17:30 | ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock,, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in London, England on 2nd April, 2025. Join our CNCF Graduated and Incubating Projects as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.

NMI Semi35 Conference
2025-03-25 08:00 - 17:00
NMI Conference 2025 | Glasgow
Join us at this one-day event in Glasgow as we consider the technology and business trends which will shape the global semiconductor industry over the next decade. Learn how UK companies are innovating now to create world-class products ready for 2035.
Products for future markets in quantum, photonics, med-tech, sustainability, net zero, space and autonomous mobility.
The next ten years will see significant change through digital transformation, exascale compute, 6G connectivity and at-scale deployment of AI and quantum.
The global semiconductor market is forecast to be $2tn by 2035 driven by these growth end markets and the drive to Net Zero and sustainability.
Hear from startups, scale-ups, international players and researchers how the UK sector is building its place in the future.
With a keen market focus, we will hear from leading companies in the UK as well as internationally how the industry will grow to take on emerging challenges and opportunities in the next decade.
Alongside the conference, the NMI exhibition will showcase the latest products and innovations from across the semiconductor value chain and provide a unique networking opportunity for designers, manufacturers, suppliers and end-users to create valuable business connections. The research institute poster session will also return this year as we aim to highlight leading UK research innovation.

OpenUK London #22: Save the Date
2025-03-19 18:30 - 20:45 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 19th March for our next meet-up. Have an open topic you want us to talk about in 2025? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community!
6:30 pm: Arrive on time, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
TBD
8:45 pm: Clean up and leave.
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!
The link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before, so please check back.
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. After attending, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.

AI UK 2025
2025-03-17 08:00 - 2025-03-18 17:00
AI UK 2025, Talk, “AI Openness – what does this mean and why do we care”, London – Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
The UK’s national showcase of data science and artificial intelligence (AI)
Hosted by The Alan Turing Institute, AI UK is an in-depth exploration of how data science and AI can be used to solve real-world challenges. Our diverse programme was thematically structured around the latest innovations from across the AI ecosystem. With a broad range of interactive content, covering the latest thinking on fundamental AI, digital twins, algorithmic bias, AI ethics – and much more.

FOSSASIA Summit 2025
2025-03-13 08:00 - 2025-03-15 17:00 | True Digital Park West, Soi Punnawithi 4, Bang Chak Subdistrict, Phra Khanong District, Bangkok, 10260, Thailand, True Digital Park West, Soi Punnawithi 4, Bangkok, Bang Chak Subdistrict, Phra Khanong District, 10260, Thailand
The FOSSASIA Summit is an annual event that has been at the forefront of open technologies for over 15 years, bringing together a global community of developers, innovators, enterprises, and educators. Since its founding in 2009, the summit has evolved into a crucial platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange in the free and open source software (FOSS) ecosystem.
The 2025 edition, set to take place in Bangkok, will be a 3-day hybrid event offering both in-person and online experiences. Building on the success of the 2024 summit in Hanoi, which drew over 5,000 participants, the event offers an opportunity to explore cutting-edge developments in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Web3, Robotics, Hardware and more. It will also serve as a critical forum for enterprises seeking flexible, sustainable open-source solutions while playing a key role in integrating open source into education, preparing the next generation of the tech workforce.
Information for international visitors

Venue: The event location of FOSSASIA Summit is: True Digital Park West, 111 Sukhumvit Rd, Bang Chak, Phra Khanong, Bangkok 10260. The venue is situated in the Punnawithi area and directly accessible via the BTS Skytrain (Punnawithi Station). Alternative transportation options such as taxis and ride-sharing services like Grab, Bolt, and Gojek are also available.

Accommodation: Bangkok offers a diverse range of accommodation options to suit every budget and preference. For hassle-free travel, choose a hotel near a BTS Skytrain or MRT station. If you’d like to stay close to the event venue, consider the On Nut or Punnawithi areas. For those looking to explore the city’s attractions, Sukhumvit, Silom, or Pratunam are highly recommended.

Visa: Many nationalities qualify for visa-free entry to Thailand for up to 30 days, while others may need a Visa on Arrival or a Tourist Visa. To find out the specific visa requirements based on your nationality, visit: https://www.thaievisa.go.th

OpenUK Digital Meetup #6 A fireside chat with core maintainers
2025-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
SAVE THE DATE Join us on Wednesday 12th March for the 6th OpenUK Digital Meetup, our online-only event for OpenUK community members.
This will be a lunchtime webinar. The event will not be recorded for publishing but for transcript purposes.
By registering the attendee confirms their acceptance of OpenUK’s Privacy Policy. 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.
Join here
Digital Meetup # fireside chat with core maintainers
Wednesday, 12 March · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Time zone: Europe/London
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/okb-vufi-ejh

SUSECON25
2025-03-10 08:00 - 2025-03-14 17:00 | Universal Orlando Resort, 6601 Adventure Way, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
SUSECON is our annual global conference where SUSE customers, partners and community members delve into how the latest open source advances can meet the technical needs and business challenges of the enterprise IT customer. Join us to share experiences, knowledge, best practices and innovations for the future.

tech*STARS Milan unfog your DIGITAL MIND
2025-03-06 - 2025-03-07
tech.Stars Milano – the ultimate tech extravaganza. Are you searching for a platform to challenge the norms and object the old and rusty? Do you want to celebrate innovation and have a playground for your techy mind to unfold? tech.Stars Milano is crafted with you in mind.

A two-day tech event in Milan, delivering challenges and discussions at the heart of Italy, with solutions across diversity & inclusion; sustainability; finance, banking & insurance; healthcare, automotive and retail.

Unfog your mind: it’s about you, the trailblazer, the innovator, the forward-thinker.

And as the sun sets, dive into a festival of live performances – your heart racing, your inner geek grooving. Ready for a night of tech, beats, and eats?

OpenUK London #21: Open Databases
2025-02-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
SIGN UP TO SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday 26th February for our next meet-up. We’ll be sharing what we’ve learned with open databases. Want to be involved? Tell us in our OpenUK Slack community!
6:30 pm: Arrive on time, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
TBD
8:45 pm: Clean up and leave.
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building. Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space and yummy pizza!
The link for the online version of this event will be added about a week before, so please check back.
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. After attending, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.

OpenUK Apprentice meet-up #6
2025-02-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Red Badger, 4th Floor 2 Old Street Yard, London, EC1Y 8AF, United Kingdom
Mark your calendars for Wednesday 12th February for our 6th OpenUK Apprentice meet-up hosted by Thomas Meadows and Nelson Batsford.
SAVE THE DATE!
6:00 pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat. Scope out our swag table (bring pieces to contribute or trade!)
7:00 pm: Tom Wilkie, Grafana Labs
8:30 pm: Cleanup and see-ya-next-time.
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue. Note the venue does not permit e-scooters or bicycles within the building.
Thank you to our sponsors Red Badger for providing this great space and yummy pizza!
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. After attending, look out for an email with an invite to our burgeoning Slack community as a way to keep in touch and support each other between activities.

Artificial Intelligence Action Summit
2025-02-10 - 2025-02-11
On 10 and 11 February 2025, France will host the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit, gathering at the Grand Palais, Heads of State and Government, leaders of international organizations, CEOs of small and large companies, representatives of academia, non-governmental organizations, artists and members of civil society.

Trends in Semiconductor System Design
2025-02-06 08:30 - 17:00 | Novotel Reading Centre, 25b Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1DP, United Kingdom
We will examine emerging trends in semiconductor system design with an emphasis on how AI/ML is used in product design and the design flow.

State of Open Con 25
2025-02-04 08:00 - 2025-02-05 17:00 | Sancroft, Rose St, Paternoster Sq., St Paul’s London EC4M 7DQ, Sancroft, Rose St, Paternoster Sq., London, London, EC4M 7DQ, United Kingdom
The UK’s Open Technology Conference
Open Source Software, Open Hardware, Open Data,
Open Standards, & AI Openness

4 and 5 February, 2025
Sancroft, Rose St, Paternoster Sq.,
St Paul’s London EC4M 7DQ
