Digital procurement should be a triple win for the public, businesses and tax payer. But as
@NAOorguk
has said, Govt procurement is not competitive enough.
I asked the Minister whether cloud services provision was competitive and how he was using
#OpenSource
to boost competition
🌟 A huge congratulations to Kunal Kushwaha for winning the Young Person category at the
#OpenUKAwards2023
! 🏆 Your contributions within the Open Technology ecosystem, from project leadership to innovative code and community support, are outstanding 👏🌐
🌟 A huge congratulations to Kunal Kushwaha for winning the Young Person category at the
#OpenUKAwards2023
! 🏆 Your contributions within the Open Technology ecosystem, from project leadership to innovative code and community support, are outstanding 👏🌐
Announcing the Open Technology for Sustainability Day
#openukcop26
11 November. Speakers from business, UK and Devolved Governments and public sector and technology. Signup to live stream from the COP26 Skypark Fringe
#openleadership
#opensource
#cop26
Happy New Year and Congratulations to everyone included in the 2023 OpenUK New Year's Honours List
#openukhonourslist23
of the top 100 Influencers in
#opensource
assessed by
@Onalytica
See the full list at:
OpenUK's
#StateofOpen
2022 Survey is now live 🎉 . 👉🏾 👈🏾
Please contribute to help understand economics and investment, journey to open source and maturity, governance, security and sustainability in
#opensource
software in the UK. Report launches July
Congratulations to all of the emerging talent in the UK Open Technology ecosystem who have made our second New Year Honours List
#openukgennext
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and inviting you to start 2022 by celebrating this talent
#openukhonouree
OpenUK State of Open: The UK in 2023 Phase Two Report "Show us the Money" 2 Parts, Part 1 shares survey outputs, demonstrating in '22, £13.97bn GVA contribution by UK open source businesses to our UK economy being 27% of UK Tech sector
https://openuk.uk/stateofopen/
#opensource
Black Friday treat for y'all! Save the date! Join us in London 7 & 8 Feb '23
#OpenUK
's 1st "State of Open Con" in association with IEEE. Make FOSDEM travel plans 🚆 stretch further CFP & £199 ticket sales live next week
#opensource
#opendata
#openhardware
It’s kick off! Open is coming home. State of Open:The UK in 2021, Phase 2 Survey results live now. Full Report sponsored by
@github
#stateofopen
#opensource
Delighted to share State of Open: The UK in 2023 Phase One report & blogpost about it. 3 million plus
@github
accounts in the UK means 4.5 % of the UK population has them. More than any country in the world. Survey follows in May!
#opensource
#stateofopen
OpenUK needs you! Following our successful
#openukawards
First Edition in 2020, we are planning for the Second Edition in 2021 and looking for 👉🏾2 Judges 👈🏼 to join Katie Gamanji
@k_gamanji
our Head Judge. Apply at
Nominations are now open 🎉 for the
#OpenUKAwards2021
sponsored by
@BristowsLawFirm
. Nominate yourself and others in the UK across 8 award categories at
OpenUK is shortlisted in the Best Public Sector/Not for Profit category of the UK IT Awards. Well done everyone 👏👏👏in the team of circa 130 volunteers making the organisation work!
#opensource
#openleadership
🤞🤞
Based in the UK? Do you have 15 minutes to help shape the Future of Open Source Software? Take our survey outputs feed into our reporting and economic anlysis
#opensource
#openuk
Take part in OpenUK
#OpenKidsCamp
. Digital Glove Giveaway, starts 7 September 10 am 5000 gloves up for grabs. 800x 1 = individual & 100 x30 = community groups and schools (need microbit 1 or 2 to use), and 1200 Gloves with micro:bits for digitally excluded
OpenUK CEO
@AmandaBrockUK
is nominated in 5 categories for the WomenTech Global Awards 2020 including a community award which you can vote for using this link Nominee | WomenTech Network
One of our favourite Delegate Experiences at State of Open Con will be our Festival Tents pitched on the lawn outside opposite Westminster Abbey and Big Ben. The UK's festival of Open Technology is for all of your. This is
#SOOCon23
#opensource
#openhardware
#OpenData
#community
State of Open Con is a coming…set up day!!! See you all tomorrow. If you don’t have your ticket it’s not too late to register at free tickets for students, community, those between roles, etc contact admin
@openuk
.uk
#opensource
#stateofopencon
#SOOCon23
Welcome to the OpenUK Leadership team,
#OpenUK
Ambassadors. Today we announce our first 10 Ambassadors 🥳 Want to know who?
Super heroes of Open, building OpenUK Supporters
#opensource
As we birth State of Open Con as a festival of open source with 120+ world-class speakers, experiences like
@Boeing
flight and space simulation & festival tents on the lawn our CEO
@AmandaBrockUKwrites
about
#opensource
anniversaries in 2023
Giving a speech talking about her recent win in the Women in IT Awards Next Generation Leader category
@k_gamanji
speaking at our
#IWD2023
event at BT Tower today
#opensource
Thanks to
@LetsOKdo
&
@monkmakes
the new sustainable OpenUK Glove inspired by
@mimu_gloves
will be revealed shortly👀 Groups, Schools & Individuals can get their mitts on them in our 5000 glove giveaway (30 gloves per group 1 per individual)
#openkidscamp
OpenUK Open Technology for Sustainability Day at
#COP26
recordings and photos available next week. OpenUK Chief Sustainability Officer Cristian Parrino
@cparrino
hosted the opening panel with Ronan Fernandes aged 10 and Faith Boal aged 11
#opentechnology
Calling Founders and Potential Founders across
#opensource
. Read OpenUK’s Entrepreneur in Residence’s First Report.
@JetstackHQ
’s Matt Barker shares his initial findings. 👀 Apply for our mentorship program 👀 and join our practical founder training.
5000 free digital gloves
Join OpenUK
#openkidscamp
(course and ezine - work at your own pace - KS3 content) .
1 free glove per individual, 30 per community group / school (need a microbit 1 or 2). 1200 with microbits for digitally excluded,
@microbit_edu
Where is the UK’s digital strategy?
While the devolved nations press on with their digital plans, the UK government has delayed its digital strategy – yet this is too important for the economy to be put off any further, writes
@AmandaBrockUK
@openuk_uk
UK Gov consultation on security - “critical to future of
#opensource
software…to recognise that open source developers and maintainers must not be unduly burdened by regulation, and
@AmandaBrockUK
says “pleased to see this approach taken"
Welcome to the OpenUK Kids camp. No need to register to take part. Just enjoy our 10 Episodes each made up of an Ezine and Lesson. Lesson One is narrated by
@imogenheap
You will learn
#digitalskills
&
#opensource
at
#openkidscamp
Final few days for Schools and Community groups to sign up to the
#OpenUK
Kids’ Competition and Course and receive free
@mimu_gloves
MiniMu glove kits(teams of 4 with a supervising adult).
@imogenheap
will be narrating episode one of our course!
Want to join the
#OpenUKAwards
on 20 October & receive a goody box?
7 lucky guests will join us thanks to our Diversity Scholarships sponsored by
@FINOSFoundation
.
Apply by 5pm UK 30 Sept
7 successful candidates chosen by FINOS, to be notified, 7 Oct.
Happy free software day🎈and thank you to all of you who engaged with State of Open Con As a valentine 💕 celebration we will be sharing 65 hours of free to download content from the conference with you this week 💕 Watch this space 👀
#freesoftwareday
#stateofopencon
#SOOCon23
Volunteers needed! Receive a two day ticket for State of Open Con 24, London, 6/7 February - attend one day as staff and one as a delegate/attendee.
Join a great group of volunteers run by
@SammyHep
and
@kc_fletcher
This year’s Next Generation Leader of the Year award, sponsored by
@TCS
, was particularly impressive and competitive. So much so that it went to a tie breaker vote. The winner is…Katie Gamanji at
@Apple
/ OpenUK! Well done! 👏
"Open source software and services provide more than a quarter of the UK's tech sector value, but companies have to go to the US to grow, finds an OpenUK study, the technology sector is growing but a significant part of that sector has to go outside of the UK to find funding"…
New
@WhiteHouse
cyber strategy "Responsibility must be placed on the stakeholders most capable of taking action to prevent bad outcomes, not….on the open-source developer of a component that is integrated into a commercial product”
#opensource
OpenUK's
#StateofOpen
2022 Survey is now live 🎉 . 👉🏾 👈🏾
Please contribute to help understand economics and investment, journey to open source and maturity, governance, security and sustainability in
#opensource
software in the UK. Report launches July
We are very excited to have
@Samson_Goddy
, Open Source Community Africa, join us at
#stateofopencon
for the Government Law and Policy Track. Less than a week to go! Do you have your ticket? Register here: