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Dear Readers,
With less than 2 weeks to go to State of Open Con the excitement is mounting and we are about to share our plenary speaker agenda. You can see our incredible plenaries from the world of open tech as they focus on The Future of Open Source and AI Openness, setting a theme for each day. They include Amanda Brock as a host; and the speakers Aarushi Kansal, Anastasia Stasenko, Anandhi Bumstead, Avi Press, Chi Onwurah, Chris Aniszczyk, Dan Lorenc, Dawn Foster, Dr Laura Gilbert, Emily Middleton, Guy Pordjany, Lord Nat Wei, Luis Villa, Lord Clement-Jones CBE, Michel-Marie Maudet, Paula Hunter, and Peter Zaitsev.
As well as 25 table holders, we have Tiana Lea taking portraits, The Department of Science, Information and Technology undertaking an AI Consultation and a number of AI demos and workshops.
Don’t miss this amazing London event bringing the global open tech community to London.
State of Open Con 25
The conference schedule across 7 tracks is now live and tickets priced £250 (including catering on both days) are on sale. We have a number of free tickets for students and the unemployed and you can apply for one at mailto:admin@openuk.uk
Our online job board, in partnership with Open Source Job Hub and sponsored by G Research, and our board will be kept up to date during the event alongside the Conference job board.
OpenUK’s Show and Tell Research and Reporting
AI Openness January 24 16:00 – 17:30
Join us for the bi-monthly online Show and Tell Research and Reporting on “AI Openness” with our hosts Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK and Dr Jennifer Barth, Chief Research Officer, OpenUK. We have guest speakers: Hilary Carter, Linux Foundation to talk about “Shaping the Future of Generative AI” and Iain Mitchell KC, Stable for “AI Ethics”.
OpenUK Meetups
OpenUK Apprentice Meetup #612 February, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Red Badger, London Sign up |
OpenUK London Meetup #2126 February, 6:30 pm – 8:45 pm Avanade, London |
Please visit OpenUK Events on Meetup for more Meetups and Virtual signups.
Press
OUK CEO Amanda Brock comments to Forbes on the launch of an Open Weights Definition by the Open Source Alliance in the run up to SOOCon25 and the French Global Open Source Action Summit |
Our CEO Amanda Brock writes about the difficult path to a brave new world – the interaction of governments with tech in our digital reality |
Events of Interest
Linaro Connect May 13-15, Lisbon |
Open Source Founders Summit May 19-20, Paris |
Looking forward to seeing many of you shortly at State of Open Con!
Best wishes,
Amanda
Amanda Brock, CEO
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