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Dear Readers,

Greetings from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon here in London which sees a record breaking crowd attend the second European KubeCon + CloudNativeCon to be held in London. We are delighted to share our report on the UK’s contributions to Kubernetes and CNCF and to welcome the world to London to celebrate open source and the impact both Kubernetes and CNCF have had on democratising tech. Particular thanks to Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF for contributing the forward.

We will be sharing the agenda for our May 14 Thought Leadership Day shortly and can promise some amazing content. If you can join us on the afternoon of the 14th, please get signed up.

Kubernetes and the UK

OpenUK launched its UK and Kubernetes Report today alongside Europe’s largest Kubecon with over 13,000 registered attendees in London, 2 April 2025. Europe’s first KubeCon held in 2016 could not have foreseen the scale of growth or the UK’s level of contribution where today it is the world’s 3rd largest contributor to Kubernetes and Europe’s leader. From the early days of Kubernetes in 2014 to 2025 contributions the report features key insights into Kubernetes in the UK from Alexis Richardson, Andrew Martin, Amanda Brock, Cheryl Hung, Chris Aniszczyk, Dr Jennifer Barth, Justin Cormack, Kat Cosgrove, Liz Rice, Matt Barker, Nicki Watt. Read Here

OpenUK Meetups

London Apprentice Meetup #8 16 April, 18:30 – 20:35 Red Badger, London						London Meetup#23 WebAssembly ecosystem WASM 23 April, 18:30 – 20:45 Avanade, London
Digital Meetup#7 Data Sovereignty 21 May, 12:00 – 13:00 Online

Visit OpenUK Events to see our meet-ups and to sign up.

OpenUK Events

Register now for our June roundtable in the House of Lords sponsored by Sarah Edwards MP where we will be discussing Data Libraries and Gaia X.

Register now for our July roundtable in the House of Lords sponsored by Sarah Edwards MP where we will be discussing how open source can fill the skill gaps in the UK.

Sign up now for OpenUK’s Thought Leadership day on the 14th May at the beautiful Pembroke College in Cambridge sponsored by the Energy & Environment Group, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Agenda will be shared shortly.

Register here

Events OpenUK will be attending

CEO Amanda Brock, will keynote and be joined by some of our AI Advisory Board in speaking at,  “UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan Summit 2025”, 7th May, in London Register here

Join our friends at Devoxx UK in London from the 7th-9th May. This event is organised by Kim Fletcher and Sam Hepburn who manage OpenUK’s volunteers at State of Open Con and is not to be missed Register here

Press

ITPro: Entrepreneur in Residence Matt Barker and Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK quoted on the safe use of open source – 26 March 2025

The Stack: As DeepSeek releases V3 we see a non-reasoning model with parameter usage reduction that will shift the AI market again – 25 March 2025

Computing: Increasing concerns as the EU focuses on localising tech – 18 March 2025

The Stack: Amanda Brock OpenUK CEO’s  raises concerns at company demands for a sovereign stack in a world of geopolitical shift – 17 March 2025

Computing: Amanda Brock OpenUK CEO’s OpEd on The ongoing need for open source and international collaboration in a time of geopolitical shift. Is there such a thing as a sovereign tech stack? – 11 March 2025

Cloud Therapist: Cheryl Hung and Amanda Brock, OpenUK’s CEO talking open source licensing with Richard Simon on the Cloud Therapist podcast – 11 March 2025

In our next update we will also be sharing details of our Summer Report and survey launch, upcoming awards launch and our series of Roundtables in Parliament this summer.

Best wishes,

Amanda

Amanda Brock, CEO

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