Keynote at The DEVOPS Conference Global – London, on March 2024:
Will opening AI destroy open source software?

Nobody can escape AI. It has those concerned with existential risk in a tizzy and the rest of the world working out how it will impact our jobs and businesses. All difficult to work out without actually understanding what AI is capable of and what its impact is.

This talk focuses on:

– What is open source?
– What is AI openness?
– What are the risks and benefits of opening up AI and, equally, the risks of trying to close it?
– How is AI impacting society as a whole, particularly open source?
– And where is this all going?

Episode 67: Document Database FerretDB with Peter Farkas, Co-Founder/CEO

“Mike recorded this episode at the or SoCon, which is the largest FOSDEM fringe event.  Unlike FOSDEM, it’s a more traditional event with badges and keynotes, and registration, and coffee, or tea, if you’re British, and after the chaos of FOSDEM, it’s a nice change.”

My Favourite Failure: Losing £500k on an event that should’ve been the start of my new career – Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock, the CEO of Open UK, took a decade too long to jump from her legal career to what she really craved – the frenzy of entrepreneurship. She stayed in law too long because she’d experienced a sobering failure years ago – running an event which lost half a million pounds. What happened?

Hosted by Secret Leaders Podcast

Geeking Out: Overtime with Guest Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock’s passion for #opensource led her to organize #StateOfOpenCon. Adriana Villela geeks out with Amanda for this special bonus edition of the podcast, as Amanda talks about what it takes to organize a tech conference (2 years in a row!), and what makes this conference special!

Hosted by Geeking Out Podcast

Open Source AI and the Llama 2 Kerfuffle

The definition of open source is being challenged in the age of AI. Three experts join the conversation to discuss what needs to evolve. Erica Brescia, a managing director at Redpoint Ventures, and Steven Vaughan-Nichols, founder of Open Source Watch, joined the discussion with Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK.

Hosted by The New Stack

From the Legal Profession to Open Technology: Amanda Brock with Digitalisation World

Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK – the not-for-profit organisation representing the UK’s Open Technology sector – started her career in the legal sector and when she did move across to the IT industry discovered a more enlightened approach to diversity, equality and inclusion, but one that still had a way to go! In this interview, she shares some brilliant insights and observations as to the attitudes she has encountered in her career, and how she is optimistic as to the future.

Open Source Is The Future Of Innovation : OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock

With 3 million GitHub accounts, the UK is the leader in open source in Europe. A unique organization, OpenUK, is working to create a cohesive business community and advocating for UK leadership and international collaboration in open technology. In this interview recorded at the Open Source Summit in Vancouver, OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock explains what OpenUK is all about and shares what is happening in the UK, particularly in the open source arena.

Hosted by Linux Foundation

State of Open Con Podcast – Episode 1

Amanda Brock and Kris Bondi, Executive Director & Co-founder of Mimoto to discuss the State of Open Con.

Open Source Law, Policy and Practice Book Podcast, with book Editor and OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock and Co-Host Matt Yonkovitz, interviewing the authors of the 24 book chapters.

The Authors: Keith Bergelt, Ian Walden, Ross Gardler, Stephen Walli, Jilayne Lovejoy, Miriam Ballhausen, McCoy Smith, Pamela Chestek, Malcolm Bain, Mirko Boehm, Knut Blind, Nikolaus Thumm, Amanda Brock, Toby Crick, Kate Stewart, Shane Coughlan, Nithya Ruff, Karen Sandler, Richard Fontana, Andrew Katz, Mark Radcliffe, Iain G. Mitchell KC, Mishi Choudhary, Michael Cheng, Charles-Henri Schulz, Carlo Piana 

Book editor Amanda Brock and co-host Matt Yonkovit are joined by Jilayne Lovejoy, Commercial Counsel at Red Hat, to discuss the book launch panel at the All Things Open Conference in Raleigh, NC. Pamela also speaks on her book chapter topic ‘Contributor Agreements’.

Book editor Amanda Brock and co-host Matt Yonkovit are joined by Pamela Chestek, the principal of Chestek Legal, to discuss the book launch panel at the All Things Open Conference in Raleigh, NC. Pamela also speaks on her book chapter topic ‘Trademarks’.

Book editor Amanda Brock and co-host Matt Yonkovit are joined by Kate Stewart of The Linux Foundation to discuss the book launch panel at the All Things Open Conference in Raleigh, NC. Kate also speaks on her book chapter topic ‘SPDX and Software Bill of Materials’.

Book editor Amanda Brock and co-host Matt Yonkovit are joined by Nithya Ruff of Amazon to discuss the book launch panel at the All Things Open Conference in Raleigh, NC. Nithya also speaks on her book chapter topic ‘The Rise of Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)’.

Book editor Amanda Brock and co-host Matt Yonkovit are joined by Silona Bonewald of IEEE to discuss the book launch at the All Things Open Conference in Raleigh, NC. And take the opportunity to discuss what they are looking forward to during the #opensouce community conference.