London Meet Up - 22 June - Midsummer Madness
2023-06-22 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Forum, 5th Floor, 30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join us for our June Midsummer Madness Meetup at
The Forum, 5th Floor, 30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD
Nearest train stations: Bank & Monument, Fenchurch Street train station
Date: 22 June
Time: 6pm-9pm
Nearest train stations: Bank & Monument tube stop <6 mins walk; and Fenchurch Street train station: <3 mins walk. This event will be a little different to previous events – we’ll be running it in “The Forum” on the 5th Floor of the building. Pizza and Ice Cream will be served.
Please see the pop-up sign in the lobby, and enter the door on the left in the ground floor.
We’ll be talking about how to engage with open source communities and make your first contribution -the recurring theme of our last few meetups.
Speaker: Kunal Kushwana
FireSide Chat: Hosted by Cheryl Hung
Community Game: Carla Gaggini and Dominic Top
MidSummer Madness Hosted by: Bart Farrell
All Welcome, any questions, contact admin@openuk.uk

State of Open Subset - Episode 9
2023-06-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
OpenUK’s State of Open Subset are weekly digital talks across 10 weeks per season.
Speaker: Paula Kennedy Working in the IT industry for over 20 years, Paula is passionate about community, diversity, equity and inclusion. In her day job, she is co-founder and Chief Operating Office of Syntasso, developing cloud-native and open-source technologies. Paula is part of the organising committee for Kubernetes Community Days UK and DevOps Days London, and is also a regular conference speaker and meetup organiser. Based in Hampshire, Paula enjoys walking her dog and attempting to run half-marathons.

Flexible Document Storage with Postgres
2023-06-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Postgres has always had strong support for relational storage. However, there are many cases where relational storage is either inefficient or overly restrictive. Postgres is a flexible relational database, designed to be extensible from its inception. One aspect of this extensibility is document storage.
Postgres has many features designed to manage document data effortlessly, including full text search, JSON, trigrams, and specialized indexing methods to allow efficient data access. This talk will cover all of these features.
Agenda:
✅ Why non-relational storage?
✅ XML: Storing and working with XML documents in Postgres.
✅ JSON: Native support for storing, querying, and manipulating JSON data in Postgres.
✅ JSONB: Taking JSON handling to the next level with binary JSON in Postgres.
✅ Character strings: Managing and optimizing document text data.
✅ Document-optimized indexing: Leveraging specialized indexing methods like trigrams, GIN, and GiST for efficient searching and retrieval.
This webinar will cover a new topic (from Bruce Momjian) exclusively for our subscribers. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge of Postgres and discover its powerful capabilities for document management ?
❗ Also, webinar recording will only be available for registered users, so be sure to register – it takes less than a minute.

Cloud Anonymous
2023-07-12 17:00 - 20:00 | The Vintry, EC4 The Vintry, Off Abchurch Lane Abchurch Lane London EC4N 5AX, United Kingdom
We’re debunking myths, discussing the realities of cloud adoption and exploring when the term cloud, became so clouded. We’re bringing together cloud architects, engineers and technologists to unpick the unspoken realities of cloud – tackling topics such as reliance on suppliers, data sovereignty, sustainability and more.
No bulls**t – just open debate and discussion with peers
Register now to reserve your space and join the radical honesty movement.
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be giving a talk along with Founder and film director Daniel Tremayne-Pitter, CISO & Cloud Security Podcast host Ashish Rajan, and ControlPlane CEO Andrew Martin.

London Meet Up - 18 July
2023-07-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Details

Join us at Avanade’s new offices, 30 Fenchurch Street!
July’s meetup is the last in the series of community before we take a break in August and prepare to get things going again in September.
Our first speaker is Robert Castelo, long time contributor to open source web content management system Drupal. As well as being a key contributor to Drupal security, Robert has led the London and UK Drupal community since 2005, running meetups, delivering training, and consulting on large projects. Robert will describe his experiences of working in the community, why a community of users is vital for project success, and what newer communities can learn from those more established.
Our second speaker is Angus Fox who will talk about managing the politics of community. Angus helped organise the UK Twitter development community for over 10 years during which time both the Twitter community and Twitter company had strong, often different opinions on which direction to take. Angus will present his experiences of navigating the politics of company and community to try and please all the people all the time.
Date: 18 July
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Please see the pop-up sign in the lobby, sign yourself in, and then enter the door on the left in the ground floor.
Access to the floor
In order to provide visitor passes, we’ll need you to have a full name set on your profile. If your last name is missing, you will need to sign in on the day at the front desk.
You will require ID in order to sign in.
Refreshments
Drinks will be served at 6:30pm, and food will be served at 7:30pm.
Dial-in link
A dial-in link will also be provided closer to the event, for remote joiners.

Campus Party
2023-07-25 - 2023-07-30
July 25-30, 2023
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Public Domain and Open Source SW License Conference 2023
2023-08-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Diamond Hall, 22nd floor, The Plaza Seoul Hotel, Korea, Republic of
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, gave a keynote on “The Challenge of AI, Is Open Source the Answer” at Public Domain and Open Source Software Licensing Conference.

Civo Navigate
2023-09-05 - 2023-09-06 | The Brewery, 52 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4SA, United Kingdom

Percona University London: Open Source Databases Meetup
2023-09-07 08:00 - 17:00 | University of London
We are pleased to invite you to a free one-day tech event in London, UK.
In partnership with FerretDB.
This is an excellent opportunity to discover more about open source software, tools, and services, and to bring your open source database questions to our experts and featured speakers. Build your knowledge and get up to speed on hot database topics.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to network with your peers, discover and hear how others are solving their database challenges!

International experts recognized as the most influential in the database and open-source community such as Peter Zaitsev and Amanda Brock;
5-hour meetup of knowledge and network, personal certificate of completion to each attendee;
Talks about PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes, and other Open Source solutions.

Presentations will be provided in English.
Attendance is FREE! Space is limited, so register today to save your spot.

Borderless Cyber
2023-09-12 | Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Borderless Cyber Conference
Royal Holloway, University of London
https://borderlesscyber2023.oasis-open.org
OASIS Open and Royal Holloway, University of London will host a unique conference, focusing on the convergence of the cybersecurity and privacy disciplines and addressing new technologies, research, operationalization realities, risks, and solutions. It will bring together international experts and offers opportunities for networking, good dialogue, and future collaboration.
Anyone from industry, government, or academia responsible for developing, influencing, regulating, and managing security and privacy risks in networked applications – are welcome to join.
Our OpenUK community is entitled to a 25% discount. Use the code ‘BC-Open’ by 30 July. Affordable accommodation is available on campus and nearby in Egham, Windsor and Slough. The Royal Holloway campus is accessible by train from London and only 15 minutes from Heathrow.
Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK, will be giving a talk on “Open Source AI”.

Open Technology for Sustainability Day
2023-09-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS, United Kingdom
OpenUK invites you to “Open Technology for Sustainability”
Date: 14 September 2023
Event Timing: 10.00am – 5.00pm, registration open from 9.00am
Event Address: Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS
Lunch will be provided
Event sponsored by Intel & Open Compute Project

Questions: admin@openuk.uk
Attendance at this event is subject to our Privacy Policy & Code of Conduct

Open Technology for Sustainability Day: OpenUK Scotland Social
2023-09-14 17:30 - 19:30 | Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS, United Kingdom
OpenUK are hosting an Open Technology for Sustainability Day at Dynamic Earth on Thursday 14th September.
Join us afterwards for a social event, meeting other Open Technology enthusiasts and practitioners and discussing how we can raise the OpenUK profile across Scotland. Drinks will be served.
Attendance at this event is subject to our Privacy Policy & Code of Conduct

SODA DATA VISION 23
2023-09-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Itsasmuseum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, will be talking on a panel with Andrew Martin about “Let us talk about Data Governance and Regulations”.
SODA Data Vision 2023, by SODA Foundation, is the premier open source conference for Data and Storage Management. This one day hybrid event, In conjunction with OSS Europe 2023, will bring together 650 (150 in-person) leading experts, architects, developers, end users, vendors and integrators to discuss the most recent innovations, future trends, real use cases, and practical challenges for data and storage. It will provide deep insights to current solutions, research and how the future is getting shaped in Data and Storage Management for cloud-native, containers, distributed computing, big data, AI, machine learning, and more.
In addition to technical sessions, the conference provides excellent opportunities for attendees to exchange ideas, learn the latest technologies in the industry, networking and find potential partners for collaboration. We look forward to welcoming you at SODA Data Vision 2023.

Open Source Summit Europe 2023
2023-09-19 - 2023-09-21 | BILBAO, SPAIN, Spain
Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.
Open Source Summit is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today.
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be giving a talk about “ADHD – The Power of Diagnosis”.

OpenUK London Meetup September - Open and AI?
2023-09-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join us September 19th to discuss the hot topic of 2023: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
AI is much talked about, everywhere from the news, in Parliament, to the boardroom and pubs across the country, but, what really is AI, and how does openness matter with it?
To get things kicked off, Matt Armstrong-Barnes from HPE will present a level set on AI, what it is, who is using it, what it is being used for, and possible directions.
Next Wendy Ding from the Alan Turing Institute and contributor to the recent OpenUK AI Openness Report will discuss the importance of open in AI and why open approaches lead to better results.
Food and drinks will be provided and there will be plenty of time to chat with other attendees and debate with the speakers.
Thank you once again to Avanade for sponsoring the venue and providing the refreshments.
Matt Armstrong-Barnes
As a Chief Technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Matt has a passion for artificial intelligence and data science.
He has held senior management positions and been accountable for the overall architecture (including Business, Security, Integration and Technology), technical risks, IT strategy, and technology change for customers.
He holds a Degree in Computer Science, with a Masters in Artificial Intelligence. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, Chartered IT Professional and Chair of Smart Cities at TechUK, and was awarded the title of Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council.
Wendy Ding
Jennifer Ding is a senior researcher at The Alan Turing Institute, co-leading the Research Application Management (RAM) team. Previously, she was a startup founder and data scientist at several public interest tech companies, creating data products for industry and government partners. She enjoys massaging data big and small, and is a co-founder of London Data Week.
Date: 19 September
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Please see the pop-up sign in the lobby, sign yourself in, and then enter the door on the left in the ground floor.
Access to meetup
In order to provide visitor passes, we’ll need you to have a full name set on your profile and you will require ID in order to sign in.
Refreshments
Drinks will be served at 6:30pm, and food will be served after the first talk.
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State of Open Subset - Episode 10
2023-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Open Source DEI: Transitioning from Intentions to Impact
Speaker: Anita Ilhuman
Anita is a Developer Advocate and technical writer. With 2+ years of experience, she has a track record in Web development and DevRel on a global scale. She is passionate about educating the developer market about new tools and technologies. She has spoken at various international conferences like KubeCon China, DevConf.cz, FOSSBackstage, FOSDEM and many more. Her favourite topics to write and speak about include Cloud technologies, Documentation, Open source, DEI best practices, and Women in Tech.

Benefits and Challenges of Open Source
2023-09-29 | NYU Stern School of Business, New York, United States
The Benefits and Challenges of Open Source: Fostering Innovation, Igniting Growth, and the Promise of Equitable Design
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be participating in a panel at NYU Stern School of Business, New York, on 29th September 2023.

State of Open Subset - Episode 11
2023-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Data consistency and recovery Operations on Kubernetes
Speaker: Michael Cade

Computing IT Leaders Summit
2023-10-04 - 2023-10-05 | Down Hall, Essex, United Kingdom
Taking place at Down Hall, Essex on 4-5 October, this event will bring together the most senior IT Leaders from across the UK.
Amanda Brock will be giving a keynote on

Is open source software the answer to Al?
Why are global regulators so concerned about Open Source Software?
What are the challenges faced by the modern security leader and how do they meet them?

Attend IT Leaders Summit to arm yourself with the tools to tackle the most pressing challenges IT leaders face today.

SCL 50th Anniversary Conference
2023-10-10 08:30 - 17:00 | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL, United Kingdom
Secure your spot now and be part of this historic event that combines knowledge, celebration, and forward-thinking insights.
Society for Computers and Law 50th Anniversary Conference (Fully hybrid)
Date: Tuesday 10 October 2023
Venue: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL.
Registration: from 8.30 am
How to book: If you wish to attend this event please book online or email hello@scl.org and request an invoice.

What does the Labour Party need to know about AI Openness?
2023-10-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom
While the Risk Summit is focusing on existential threats, this session will focus on the real challenges, risks and benefits of AI and how AI Openness impact these.
Speakers:
Dragonfly CTO & BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group Chair – Adam Leon Smith
Labour Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy – Alex Davies-Jones
OpenUK CEO – Amanda Brock – Moderator
Meta Director of Public Policy – Chris Yiu
OpenUK AI info:
OpenUK produced its first report on AI Openness on 13 July 2023, https://openuk.uk/stateofopen/
and then on 18 July supported Meta’s Llama 2 launch as a global partner, https://ai.meta.com/llama/

Our speakers:
Adam Leon Smith

Adam Leon Smith is Chair of the BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group, and CTO of Dragonfly. He has two decades of experience of verifying and validating complex systems, ranging from challenger banks to critical national infrastructure. He has been working on AI standardisation projects for five years with ISO/IEC and CEN/CENELEC.
Alex Davies Jones

Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she is Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Econonmy.
Chris Yiu

Chris Yiu is Director of Public Policy at Meta, where he leads the company’s public policy teams across Northern Europe. Meta operates a range of apps including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, produces the Meta Quest line of VR devices, and is pioneering an open approach to AI and innovation. He is also a non-executive director of the Tony Blair Institute, an advisor at the David Hume Institute, and a trustee of the ENABLE Group.
Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock is CEO of OpenUK, the UK organisation for the business of Open Technology. A lawyer of 25 years’ experience, she previously chaired the Open Source and IP Advisory Group of the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs, sat on the OASIS Open Projects, Initiative and UK Government Energy Sector Digitalisation Task Force Advisory Boards and was an elected Board Member of the Open Source Initiative. She was General Counsel of Canonical for 5 years from 2008 and set up and ran their legal function. Amanda is an appointed member of the Cabinet Office’s Open Standards Board; Member of the British Computer Society Inaugural Influence Board; Advisory Board Member Mimoto; and European Representative of the Open Invention Network.

We need to talk about open source
2023-10-12 16:30 - 21:00
If your company is involved in developing software, then you’re aware of the importance of open-source code. Developers love it! Legal departments fear it! Questions around compliance, governance, and the commercial implications of open source are ubiquitous and multi-faceted.
Enter the era of generative AI, and open models are competing with proprietary heavyweights. But which will win out in the long term? And does unfettered access to such technologies help, or hinder, the drive towards improved safety and equity?
We’re ready to open up on open source at our next Codiphy event.
This time, we’ll be focusing on the commercial aspects of using and offering open-source software, and on the intersection between open source and AI.
Click the Register button to join us at EIP’s London office for two panel sessions with top voices in the industry. We’ll end the evening with good food, good company, and an open (source) cocktail bar.

OpenUK Black History Month Lunch
2023-10-13 12:00 - 15:00 | House of Lords, Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0PW, United Kingdom

All Things Open
2023-10-15 - 2023-10-17
October 15-17
Raleigh, NC USA

Kubernetes Community Days UK 2023
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-18 | CodeNode – 10 South Place London, EC2M 7EB
Dates just announced: 17th -18th October 2023
Location: CodeNode – 10 South Place London, EC2M 7EB
Keep an eye on their website for updates

OCP Global Summit
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-19
The 2023 OCP Global Summit will be an in-person event.
October 17-19, 2023 : San Jose, California
Registration for the 2023 OCP Global Summit will open in June.
Early Bird: $700 (June 1 – July 31)
General: $900 ( August 1 – October 15)
On-site: $1,200 (October 16 – 19)
The Call for Presentations will Open May 8, 2023 and will Close June 16, 2023.

XChange MSP
2023-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT
THE CHIEF NETWORKING EVENT FOR UK
PROVIDERS OF MANAGED SERVICES
Thursday 19 October 2023 , The May Fair Hotel Stratton Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8LT
MSPs had a paramount 2021 and 2022 with significant M&A deals impacting the channel and its partners in a considerable way. Consolidation in the managed services space continues, with big buy and builds taking place where MSPs are being rolled up by larger players. The channel continues to feel the pinch of the tech talent shortage while 2023 has so far been the year of major layoffs. These mass vendor cuts are leading staff to turn to the IT channel for employment, presenting new opportunities for MSPs.

Join CRN on 19 October at The May Fair in London to hear keynotes, panel discussions, and boardroom sessions covering these pressing topics from the UK’s premier managed service providers and decision makers.
Register for your complimentary place at XChange MSP
#XCH23

LF Member Summit
2023-10-24 - 2023-10-26
October 24 – 26, 2023
Monterey, California

OpenUK London Meetup #8: Future of Open Source in 2024
2023-10-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Avanade, 30 Fenchurch St, London, City of London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
Join OpenUK on Tuesday 24 October for our next OpenUK community meetup, which has us starting to think about what we want open source to look like in 2024. What roles are needed?
How can we create stronger communities? Any project goals? Anything the OpenUK community can help with?
We wont have a speaker at this event as it’s a fishbowl and this is your opportunity to swim in our bowl and share your thoughts on the future of open source software.
Every attendee – online or in person – can chose to put their name forward into a prize draw to win a free ticket to the Second Annual State of Open Con taking place on 7-8 February, 2024, in central London. So this won’t be a night to be missed!
6:30pm: Arrive, grab a bev, a slice and a chat.
7:30pm: We will kick off with a couple ice breakers and then jump right into the main event.
7:45pm: The main activity format will be a fishbowl:
five seats at the front of the room, with one always empty.
If a fifth sits down, one of the others gets up. A continuous discussion that flows around a topic. Anyone is welcome to jump right into the “bowl” at any time with questions, topics or responses.
(Live stream will also allow remote joiners to participate)
8:45-9pm: Raffle winner announcement, cleanup and goodbyes.
Everybody is also welcome to join online.
We will even have a computer ready to fill that fourth seat if online participants raise their hands to join the discussion. (Log-in details will be sent out to all attendees the night before.)
Please remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person, as it is required to access the venue.
Thank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space!
By attending this or any OpenUK event, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy
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Women in Tech Festival
2023-10-31 08:00 - 17:15 | 133 Houndsditch EC3A 7BX London, 133 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BX
Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, will be giving Closing Keynote at Women in Tech Festival
16:40 – 17:10 | Closing Keynote: Changing the face of the UK tech
This session will focus on the evolving technology landscape and what to expect in a successful UK tech market in 2030, covering where the tech sector is going and what companies should be doing to build the stronger resilient and diverse community of the democratised technology future. This will consider accelerating your career progression and seizing the opportunity for personal growth as a positive part of that future.
