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Past Events
Future Founders Training: Session 8
May 13 @ 12:00 pm - May 13 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 8: People, Hiring...
ScotlandIS – Digital Technology Awards 2022
May 12 - May 12
The ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards showcase excellence within the industry rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of businesses large and small – and the people who drive them.
After a successful virtual event...
Future Founders Training: Session 7
April 1 @ 12:00 pm - April 1 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 7: Community and...
Legal and Licensing Workshop (Date TBC)
April 1 - April 1
Since 2008, the FSFE Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW) has been the world’s premier event for debating, discussing, and sharing knowledge about Free Software legal affairs.
In 2022,...
Exploring the UK’s Data Hub with Gaia-X – Workshop for Enterprises and the Public Sector – REGISTRATION CLOSED
March 31 @ 1:00 pm - March 31 @ 5:00 pm
Sponsored by: OpenUK, Atos, OVHcloud, Vodafone
This workshop will seek to establish moving ahead with Gaia-X Hub for UK over next 12 months.
...FOSS Backstage (In Person & Virtual)
March 17 - March 18
The conference on everything related to governance, collaboration, legal and economics within the scope of FOSS.
Join us for two days of discussion and learning about non-technical aspects of open...
Future Founders Training: Session 6
March 11 @ 12:00 pm - March 11 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 6: Raising and...
Technology Patent Network 2022
March 9 - March 10
The Go-To Event for Global IP Leaders
The 2022 virtual edition will showcase leading experts from around the world.
Join an unparalleled line-up of in-house counsel, regulators, private practices, technology...
OpenUK International Women’s Day Lunch – Sponsored by OVHcloud and Hosted by Baroness Kennedy
March 7 @ 12:00 pm - March 7 @ 2:30 pm
OpenUK is hosting a lunch sponsored by OVHcloud at the House of Lords for International Women’s Day and hosted by Baroness...
Future Founders Training: Session 5
March 4 @ 12:00 pm - March 4 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 5: Revenue Generation...
Women in IT Awards | UK Edition
February 28 @ 7:00 pm - March 1 @ 12:30 am
CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY.
DiversityQ is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Women in IT Awards UK 2022!
The winners will be revealed at our first...
Future Founders Training: Session 4
February 25 @ 12:00 pm - February 25 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 4: Sales in...
FOSDEM 2022
February 5 - February 6
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
This year, it will be virtual. We are planning a UK Wide FOSDEM Watch Party on...
Future Founders Training: Session 3
February 4 @ 12:00 pm - February 4 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 3: Corporate Structure...
The EU Open Source Policy Summit
February 4 @ 9:00 am - February 4 @ 6:00 pm
OpenUK will be leading on sustainability with CEO, Amanda Brock, moderating a panel including Cristian Parrino, OpenUK’s Chief Sustainability Officer, at the Open Forum Europe policy day on 4th February.
...Future Founders Training: Session 2
January 28 @ 12:00 pm - January 28 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 2: Product Market...
Future Founders Training: Session 1
January 21 @ 12:00 pm - January 21 @ 1:00 pm
Join a Series of Training Sessions for Future Founders – those with an active interest in learning about the business of Open Technology.
Session 1: Introductory session: Why found an...
Webinar: COP26 and beyond: How IT can help achieve net zero
January 19 @ 1:00 pm - January 19 @ 2:30 pm
BCS President, John Higgins CBE FBCS, chairs a focused analysis of IT’s critical place in addressing the climate crisis.
Panel chair
BCS President, John Higgins CBE FBCS
Panellists
- Amanda...
FIWARE Smart Fest
January 19 - January 20
Get ready to make Data Spaces really happen.
Meet users and experts from leading industries, European associations, advisory boards and governmental organisations to discuss the very next steps to take...
Westminster eForum: Data protection and the future of data regulation in the UK
January 18 @ 8:30 am - January 18 @ 1:00 pm
This conference will consider key priorities for the future of data protection and regulation in the UK in the context of key developments, including:
- a consultation on the future...
OpenUK Office Hours
December 10, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - December 10, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
Internetdagarna – Publicly Financed Code and Data as Digital Commons
November 22, 2021 - November 23, 2021
The Internet Days is Sweden’s most important knowledge hub for everyone who loves the Internet. The conference is organized by The Swedish Internet Foundation and takes place on November 22-23...
OpenUK Office Hours
November 16, 2021 @ 8:00 am - November 16, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
OpenUK Office Hours
November 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - November 12, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
OpenUK Office Hours
October 19, 2021 @ 8:00 am - October 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
All Things Open 2021
October 17, 2021 - October 19, 2021
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021
October 12, 2021 - October 15, 2021
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities from October 12-15,...
OpenUK Office Hours
October 8, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - October 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
Ada’s List Conference 2021
October 8, 2021 - October 9, 2021
Ada’s annual conference is back! Last year they welcomed over 30 speakers and 300 attendees.
They will be meeting virtually...
Open Source Strategy Forum
October 5, 2021 - October 5, 2021
Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) is the only conference dedicated to driving collaboration and innovation in financial services through open source software and standards. We bring together experts across financial...
OSPOCon
September 29, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Introducing OSPOCon.
This event is designed for those working in open source program offices in organizations that rely on open source technologies to learn & share best practices, experiences &...
OpenUK Office Hours
September 21, 2021 @ 8:00 am - September 21, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
Kubernetes Community Days UK 2021
September 15, 2021 - September 16, 2021
Kubernetes Community Days UK is a virtual event bringing together the cloud native community from across the UK to learn, network and collaborate. Kubernetes Community Days UK is supported by...
OpenUK Office Hours
September 10, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - September 10, 2021 @ 2:00 pm
Twice monthly update with OpenUK CEO. Hear more about our work and ask any questions.
Data Sharing for Data Science
September 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - September 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
Combining data in surprising ways is a powerful technique in data science. For example, weather data combined with the right economic indicators can improve retail demand forecasting, but weather data...
OpenUK State of Open Phases One & Two
July 9, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - July 9, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Join Amanda Brock CEO during our Future Leaders Session who will be going through Phases One and Two of OpenUK’s State of Open: The UK in 2021.
Command-Line Interface Design: Philosophy and Practice
June 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - June 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
If you’ve ever used a terminal, you know that it can be a confusing, inconsistent, even hostile experience. If you’ve ever tried to write programs for the terminal,...
Open Source Lisbon 2021
June 17, 2021 - June 18, 2021
Powered by Syone, Open Source Lisbon is the biggest Open Source event in Portugal.
This year, they will have a two-day...
Berlin Buzzwords 2021
June 14, 2021 - June 17, 2021
Berlin Buzzwords is back! And they cannot make any promises on the WHERE (virtual or onsite), they can tell you WHEN!
June 14...
Open Source and Licensing in 2021
June 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - June 11, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
Our final West Coast Edition of the Future Leaders Training will be with Luis Villa on Open Source and Licensing in 2021.
Luis Villa is a lawyer,...
GAIA-X Summit Round 2: Use case update
June 9, 2021 - June 9, 2021
Join Amanda Brock for the GAIA-X Summit Round 2: Use case update webinar. You can watch the whole webinar using the link below.
WomenTech Global Conference 2021
June 7, 2021 - June 10, 2021
WomenTech Global Conference will feature a full week of live events hosted daily from June 7 – 11, 2021 across various timezones including Americas, GMT & APAC. WTGC will enable participants to...
Data sovereignty: what approach should the UK take?
May 26, 2021 @ 10:00 am - May 26, 2021 @ 11:00 am
Ofgem: Regulating for a green, fair future
May 24, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - May 24, 2021 @ 4:00 pm
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, an event of global significance for coordinated action on climate change. Ofgem is determined...
The AGPL, Network Copyleft and the Cloud
May 21, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - May 21, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
Richard Fontana is Senior Commercial Counsel at Red Hat. His work at Red Hat spans many aspects of software development, distribution and deployment, with a particular focus on open source-related...
Open Source Community Day 2021
May 20, 2021 - May 20, 2021
Open Source Community Day is a FREE virtual one-day conference for any developer focused on the latest technologies in open-source.
Join Amanda Brock at 14:00-14:30 on the ‘Women in Open...
Open Source Community Day 2021
May 18, 2021 - May 18, 2021
Open Source Community Day is a FREE virtual one-day conference for any developer working with the latest technologies on open-source projects.
The open source movement and collaborative community development has...
SUSECON Digital 2021
May 18, 2021 - May 20, 2021
SUSECON Digital 2021 will deliver the outstanding technical content and interaction with open source experts that you expect from SUSECON – including Kubernetes expertise from Rancher for the first time!
...Entering the Open Source Emerging Market
May 14, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - May 14, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
Our second speaker from the West Coast is VM (Vicky) Brasseur on Entering the Open Source Emerging Market.
VM (Vicky) Brasseur is an award-winning free/open source advocate and corporate strategist,...
Percona Live ONLINE
May 12, 2021 - May 13, 2021
Percona Live is a community-focused event for database developers, administrators, and decision-makers to network with peers and technology professionals. Come learn from the best and brightest in the open source...
Unlocking the Power of Data for Space Exploration
May 7, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - May 7, 2021 @ 5:30 pm
Future Leaders is taking on the West Coast, with this weeks talk given by Dr Chris MattMann.
Chris Mattmann is an experienced IT Executive, CTO and Division Manager of the...
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021
May 4, 2021 - May 7, 2021
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities virtually from May...
Digital Twins
April 30, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - April 30, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Ashleigh is an experienced Digital Consultant who partners with senior executives and leading infrastructure organisations to transform and advance the value of their digital capabilities and social usefulness....
Red Hat Summit 2021
April 27, 2021 - April 28, 2021
The Red Hat Summit is expanding to become an all-new, flexible conference series, consisting of a 2‑part immersive virtual experience as well as a global tour of small-scale, in-person* events....
Open Chain UK
April 23, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - April 23, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
OpenChain ISO 5230 is the International Standard for open source license compliance. It is simple, effective and suitable for companies of all sizes in all markets. This standard is openly developed by a vibrant user community and freely...
FLIGHT Europe 2021
April 20, 2021 - April 20, 2021
Synopsys will bring together leading experts from around the world to discuss the latest trends in open source license compliance, legal risk, and M&A due diligence. Join Amanda Brock who...
DrupalCon North America 2021
April 12, 2021 - April 16, 2021
DrupalCon unites experts from around the globe who create ambitious digital experiences. At DrupalCon North America 2021, the people who create the digital experiences the world relies on every day—developers,...
BCS Internet Specialist Group: Digital Sovereignty, Gaia X, New Regulation and OpenUK
April 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - April 9, 2021 @ 8:00 pm
Join Amanda Brock speaking to the BCS Internet specialist group on Digital Sovereignty, Gaia X, New Regulation and OpenUK. She will speak about open source in the UK, where the geo political...
Open Source 101 Conference
March 30, 2021 - March 30, 2021
CrateDB v4.5
March 23, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - March 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm
Crate.io welcomes members of the developer and open source community to join us as we celebrate the release of CrateDB v4.5, with which we open source our entire codebase!
In...
Software Heritage
March 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - March 19, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
An alumnus of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, Roberto Di Cosmo was associate professor for almost a decade...
Understanding others, Understanding You – The Enneagram
March 18, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - March 18, 2021 @ 7:30 pm
OpenUK hosts quarterly events for all volunteers of the organisation. The first of 2021 will be hosted by Tim Lawrence, Hoffman UK CO-Founder, on Digilounge. This event will allow volunteers...
Standards Essential Patents and the IoT
March 5, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - March 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Robert is a solicitor at Origin Law, and specialises in intellectual property law, with a focus on the telecoms sector. He is also chair of the Fair Standards Alliance, an...
Open for digital transformation – Red Hat Virtual Briefing
March 4, 2021 @ 10:00 am - March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm
In this morning briefing, you’ll hear from our experts about the three fundamentals of an open digital transformation – technology, process and culture. And how you can adopt these ‘open’...
Computing Deskflix 2021 – Financial Services
March 3, 2021 @ 10:00 am - March 3, 2021 @ 1:30 pm
This episode of Deskflix will hear from industry experts and peers in the financial sector on their 2020 best practices, what they’ve learnt for 2021 and how they plan to...
The story of the COVID Tracker Ireland App and how open source collaborations can help change the world
February 26, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 26, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Danese Cooper has spent her life dedicated to promoting open source and InnerSource (the practice of open source methods inside corporations). It is well known that many organisations...
Open Source & Ireland’s Innovation Ecosystem
February 25, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm
Join Board member Phil Weir at 4:45 on a Panel Session speaking about Ireland’s Commercial Open Source Ecosystem.
Lintol Coding Challenge
February 22, 2021 @ 10:00 am - February 22, 2021 @ 10:30 am
Lintol are challenging you (as a team or individual) to design a processor to check unstructured data specifically.
Different types of validation checks can be added to Lintol by building scripts called...
Commercial and Business Models, making them work for open source
February 12, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 12, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Amanda Brock, CEO at OpenUK, has conducted significant research over a decade in this area, from writing her first book chapter on this to revamping that chapter for the book...
Computing Deskflix 2021 – Hybrid and Multi Cloud
February 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am - February 10, 2021 @ 1:30 pm
Join Amanda Brock on a panel from 12:10 – 12:50 to discuss ‘Multi-cloud: are we nearly there yet?’ as well as other interesting panels on cloud computing.
You can register...
OpenUK @ FOSDEM
February 6, 2021 @ 8:00 am - February 7, 2021 @ 5:00 pm
FOSDEM 2021 is fully online this year.
Online stands may seem a bit different from physical stands, but not a lot has changed. With over 50 stands, organised per...
Open Hardware at CERN
February 5, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Javier will tell you about our Open Hardware activities at CERN, including a bit of history, some details about White Rabbit (our most important OSHW project), the latest version of...
Opening up Radio Access Networks with Commodity Hardware
January 29, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - January 29, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri is the founder of Myriad RF, a family of open source hardware projects providing design for low-cost and fully configurable RF boards. Busherhi is also CEO...
Cloud Native and Platform Issues
January 22, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - January 22, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Cheryl Hung (@oicheryl) is VP Ecosystem at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, where she leads the CNCF End User Community. At over 140 members, including global names such as Apple,...
Founding an Open Source Business
January 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - January 15, 2021 @ 1:00 pm
Rob Taylor and Rob McQueen – Join two of the UK’s leading founders of Open Source businesses to hear about why and how to found a business based on open source...
Reinventing the Eclipse Foundation
December 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - December 11, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Nobody is better qualified to talk about the work of the Eclipse Foundation than Mike, the Executive Director, leading the Foundation’s move from the US to Europe. But, what does...
The Open Source Initiative
December 4, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - December 4, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Deb Nicholson, Executive Director, the OSI will look at what the OSI is, as the owner of the Open Source Definition, where its going and the challenges it faces as...
Containers – Everything You Need to Know
November 27, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - November 27, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Armijn Hemel, Founder Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions is a leader in the container space, as one of the co-authors of the Linux Foundation report on containers, https://www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/publications/
Armijn is a...
Brexit, GeoPolitical Shift and the Future of Open
November 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - November 13, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Open Hardware and the Circular Economy
November 6, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - November 6, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
John Laban
Why the GPL is Great for Business
October 30, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 30, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Frank Karlitschek, Founder Nextcloud and OwnCloud
Running a business based on Open Source
October 23, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 23, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Olivier Maes
General Manager EMEA, Rancher Labs (recently acquired by SUSE)
OpenUK Awards
October 20, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - October 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm
The highlight of 2020 for the Open Community
A celebration of UK Leadership in Open Technology, sponsored by Bristows law firm
Doors open 5.30pm....
Open Hardware and the Circular Economy
October 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 16, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
John Laban
Impatient for
Open Technology
and OpenUK Board Member
Freedom, Security and Community
October 9, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 9, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Charles Schultz
IBM’s journey to open source
October 2, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 2, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Adam Jollans
Program Director for IBM LinuxONE marketing, former Linux Strategy Manager at IBM, and Fellow of the British Computer Society.
OpenChain – a New Standard in Open Source
September 25, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - September 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Shane Coughlan
Open Knowledge is Not Neutral
July 31, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - July 31, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Dr Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK
Open Innovation in the Private and Public Sector
July 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - July 24, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Josh D’Addario & James Maddison
the Open Desktop
June 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - June 12, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Neil McGovern, Executive Director Gnome Foundation
Open and Trademarks
May 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - May 15, 2020 @ 1:00 pm
Pamela Chestek, attorney and member of the OSI Board
Open Healthcare
April 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am - April 21, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
Kumar Jacob MBE
To join these events please email your request to admin@openuk.uk
Hat Labs and Hacking
April 14, 2020 @ 11:00 am - April 14, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
James Kingston
To join these events please email your request to admin@openuk.uk
A Covid19 response discussion
April 7, 2020 @ 11:00 am - April 7, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
Terence Eden
To join these events please email your request to admin@openuk.uk
OpenUK Healthcare Evening featuring Karen Sandler
February 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - February 6, 2020 @ 9:30 pm
OpenUK Open Healthcare evening sponsored by DITO and Great Ormond Street, DRIVE.
An evening of talks, and discussion of the place of open source in the NHS and healthcare. Keynote...