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The UK organisation for the business of open tech - engaging community to create a cohesive voice, impacting law and policy, whilst building open tech skills.
@openuk.bsky.socialOpenUK’s September Newsletter is out! 📨 Final call for the Open Source Survey 26, SOOCon26 Belfast on 6 October, plus Clare Schram’s latest blogs exploring AI, open standards, finance and open source quantum SDKs.
Read the newsletter here: openuk.uk/newsletter-p...
@openuk.bsky.socialPanel: Building Trust in AI, featuring Moderator: Prof Amanda Brock of OpenUK and Panellists: Hannah Foxwell of AI for the rest of us, Marc Strathie of the Institute of Directors, Martin Woodward of GitHub, and Michael Shanks of Budibase at SOOCon26 Belfast. stateofopencon.com/belfast-sooc...
@openuk.bsky.socialSupport building understanding of the use of open source in the UK and its value by completing our survey by 5 Oct. Share information on your organisation's use of open source, regardless of sector. International survey closes on 31 Oct. openuk.uk/report/survey/
@openuk.bsky.socialThe Individual Award has been won by some real leaders in open source based in the UK over the past 6 years: Richard Purdie, Ernest Kissiedu, Dawn Foster, Anais Urlichs, Kevin Mayfield, and Liz Rice. Nominate and see full terms here: openuk.uk/awards/
@openuk.bsky.socialLast day to bag an early-bird ticket for our Belfast State of Open Con 26 on the road on 6 October. Take the opportunity to network with open source leaders and discuss the key opportunities of the day. Link to tickets and to find out more: stateofopencon.com/belfast-sooc...
@openuk.bsky.socialAnyone under 30 based in the UK who demonstrates excellence in open source is ripe for nomination in our Young Person category of the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards, sponsored by kioko. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight UK on 13 September, and you can also see the full terms and conditions.
@openuk.bsky.socialRecognise a project, organisation, or person in the UK showing open source Community excellence by nominating them at no cost for our Community category, sponsored by Arm, in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight on 13 September.
@openuk.bsky.socialSecurity excellence in open source from the UK is celebrated in our 7th Annual Awards' Security category, sponsored by Control Plane. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ Nominations open until midnight on 13 September. A short list of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our Judges in September.
@openuk.bsky.socialGovernance is a key area of open source, and you can recognise excellence in an individual, project or organisation from the UK by nominating them in our 7th Annual Open Source Awards' governance category, sponsored by Iain Mitchell KC. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ until midnight on 13 Sep.
@openuk.bsky.socialThanks to Ulster Bank for providing the venue and to our sponsors: Arm, NatWest, GitHub, Microsoft, ControlPlane, and Percona. Tables and sponsorship opportunities available.
@openuk.bsky.socialFree ticket allocation is available for the community, students and those between jobs. Please send an application explaining which category and how you qualify to receive an individual code to mailto:[email protected]
@openuk.bsky.socialEarly bird tickets until midnight on 10 Sep, and the price increases to £149 on 11 Sep. Tickets include catering and the conference party. Speaker reveal on 11 Sep, so please stay tuned. We are also looking for volunteers to support the event on the day.
@openuk.bsky.socialWe'll cover a wider range of open source topics on the day, and you can guarantee that there will be a fair level of debate around sovereignty in the AI Stack and, of course, security as we look at open source software, data, hardware, standards and AI.
@openuk.bsky.socialState of Open Con 26 is On The Road 🚘, and Early Bird Tickets for Belfast, on 6 Oct, are available at a discounted £99 until 10 Sep - stateofopencon.com/belfast-sooc...
@openuk.bsky.socialAI Openness is a hot topic this year, and you can recognise UK leadership in this by nominating a project, organisation or individual in the AI category of the 7th OpenUK Awards. The AI category is kindly sponsored by nolabs.ai and open for nominations until midnight UK on 13 Sep. openuk.uk/awards/
@openuk.bsky.socialOpenUK Meet-up series in London has been moved to 22 October for “Agentic AI in Financial Services”. Tickets are free, thanks to Infosys for sponsoring the event. It's free to sign up, but seats are limited. Register here: luma.com/openuklondon...
@openuk.bsky.socialOpen Data leadership from the UK is celebrated in our 7th annual OpenUK Awards, with the open data category sponsored by Open Data Institute. A short list of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our Judges in September. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/
@openuk.bsky.socialNominate a project or person in our Open Hardware category, sponsored by lowRISC, in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards until 13 September. Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/ A shortlist of up to 3 finalists will be shared by our judges in September.
@openuk.bsky.socialNominate a project or person in our Open Source Software category, sponsored by Red Badger in the 7th Annual OpenUK Awards until 13 September. openuk.uk/awards/ Shortlisted nominees will be invited to our Gala Awards Ceremony and Dinner, where the winners will be revealed.
@openuk.bsky.socialThe OpenUK Awards are live the "Oscars of Open Source." 🏆 🚀 This 7th edition recognises UK leadership and global collaboration in open tech. Gala dinner at the House of Commons, 5 Nov, hosted by Chi Onwurah MP. Nominations close midnight BST, 6 Sept.
Nominate here: openuk.uk/awards/
