The UK organisation for the business of Open Technology

OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock has built one of open source’s most recognised and impactful organisations. Executive Producer of State of Open Con (2023- 2025), Amanda’s a globally sought-after keynote speaker.

 

A lawyer with 25 years’ experience, 5 as GC of Canonical, she’s been instrumental in shaping open source’s legal frameworks, as she was internet law during the early 2000’s. Regularly contributing to tech press, she edited “Open Source: Law, Policy and Practice”, 2nd edition (2022).

 

Recognition: Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech (2023, 2024) listed as #20 in 2024; Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023, 2024); Lifetime Achievement Award WIPL (2022); Women Who Will Changemaker (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022, 2023); Novi Awards (2024); and Ambassador, Open Charge Alliance.

 

Advisory Board Appointments: UK Cabinet Office Open Standards Board; UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure; UKRI Exascale; KDE; commercial boards – Mimoto, Scarf, FerretDB and Space Aye; and Fellow, Open Forum Academy; Distinguished Fellow, Rust Foundation; and European Representative, OIN and Board Member Mojaloop Foundation.