Read OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock’s blog about the Open Technology for Sustainability Day.

Thanks to Red Hat and Federated Hermes for sponsorship of the Day and to all who have worked so hard to make this happen.

First Open Technology for Sustainability Day Highlights

Opening Session – Who Cares?
Amanda Brock, CEO OpenUK
Moderator: Cristian Parrino, Chief Sustainability Officer OpenUK
Faith Boal, aged 11
Ronan Fernandes, aged 10
Femi Owolade-Coombes, aged 15

Keynote
Lord Maude of Horsham

Launch of the OpenUK Consortium Carbon Negative Data Centre Blueprint
Video Launch
Introduction by Moderator: Cristian Parrino, Chief Sustainability Officer OpenUK
Panel:

• Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
• Leanne Kemp, CEO, Everledger
• Lucy Yu, Director, Octopus Energy Centre for Net Zero
• Max Schulze, Executive Chairman, Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance

Open Collaboration Opening Sustainability led by Red Hat
Introduction by Moderator: Grainne Hamilton, Co-Founder, InterChange
Panel:

• Catherine Stihler, CEO, Creative Commons
• Salem Avan, Director, United Nations
• Chris Baynham-Hughes, Customer Innovation Advocate, Red Hat

Opening Up the Energy Sector
Moderator: Gavin Starks, CEO, Icebreaker one
Panel:

• Helen Crooks, Head of Data, OFGEM
• Lonneke Driessen, Director of Standardisation, ElaadNL (Open Charge Alliance)
• Dr Richard Dobson, Practice Manager – Data Systems, Energy Systems Catapult

OpenUK – building the Sustainable Open Future for the UK
Introduction by Moderator: Matthew Barker, President and Founder JetStack and OpenUK Entrepreneur in Residence
Panel:

• Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer, Isovalent and Chair CNCF Technical Oversight Committee
• Lowena Hull, Second Year Student Cambridge and OpenUK Kids Course Creative Director
• Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
• Will Page, Economist and Author

Speakers