Launching OpenUK’s Meet Up groups at a location near you (we hope)
OpenUK Meet Ups kicked off in London in March and will be monthly, Glasgow and the West Country by December. Details will be kept up to date on this page and on social media using #OUKmeetup
Join a local group to meet your peers from open source software, open hardware and open data.
Enjoy
- Talks from Open Technology leaders
- Try your hand at giving a talk with our ‘First Time Five’ – a chance for a first time speaker to receive coaching on their first 5 minute talk, with talk recorded and optional sharing on Youtube.
- Swag Swap – Bring along any new swag you don’t have a use for and swap it for something you want in our Swag Swap – sustainability is at the heart of everything we do.
- Refreshments will be served.
- Free to attend.
‘First Time Five’ speaker slots will give you the opportunity to put your name and voice out there. OpenUK will offer you one to one support and mentoring as a first time speaker, in advance of your talk from a recognised industry speaker in the OpenUK team. We will record your talk, which can be shared should you wish, on youtube to support you with a video that you can use in later applications for conference talks. Step up and give speaking a try. We all have a talk in us and every good speaker began their speaking career thinking they had nothing to say…
If there isn’t a local OUKmeetup Chapter near you and you would like to launch one, contact admin@openuk.uk
Upcoming Meet-Up Events
London Meet Up – 22 June
June 22 @ 6:00 pm - June 22 @ 9:00 pm
Join us at Avanade, at 30 Cannon Street, EC4M 6XH
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.
Date: 22 June
Time: 6pm-9pm
Speaker: Kunal Kushwana
Cheryl Hung hosting a panel (panelists TBC)
Hosted by: Bart Farrell
London Meet Up – 18 July
July 18 @ 6:00 pm - July 18 @ 9:00 pm
Join us at Avanade, at 30 Cannon Street, EC4M 6XH!
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.
Date: 18 July
Time: 6pm-9pm
State of Open Subset – Episode 10
September 19 @ 3:00 pm - September 19 @ 4:00 pm
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.
State of Open Subset – Episode 11
September 26 @ 3:00 pm - September 26 @ 4:00 pm
Data consistency and recovery Operations on Kubernetes
Speaker: Michael Cade
Register now Register now url for State of Open Subset – Episode 11
Meet Ups London
Dominique Top leads our Meet Up’s in London. Interested in speaking contact admin@openuk.uk
Join London Meet-Up Group
Meet Ups Cardiff
Lewis Denham-Parry leads our Meet Up’s in Cardiff. Click below to join this group.
Join Cardiff Meet-Up Group
Meet Ups Yorkshire
Hannah Foxwell leads our Meet Up’s in Yorkshire. Check back later for more information on Meet-Ups in Yorkshire.
Meet Ups Scotland
Kenny Coyle, Paul Adams, and Ashley Nicolson lead our Meet Up’s in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling.
Join Scotland Meet-Up Group
Meet Ups Bristol
Alexander Trelore leads our Meet Up group in Bristol.
Check back here for more information coming soon!
Our Meet-Up Leaders
Alexander Trelore
Senior Software Engineer at Replicated
Meet-Up London Oct 25, 2022 – Thank you to Eddie Jaoude for the photos