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Presents

The UK's Open Technology Conference
Open Source Software, Open Hardware, Open Data,
Open Standards, & AI Openness

4 and 5 February, 2025
Sancroft, Rose St, Paternoster Sq.,
St Paul's London EC4M 7DQ

Plenary Speakers

Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock
Plenary Host

CEO, OpenUK

Aarushi Kansal
Plenary Speaker

AI Engineer, AutoGPT

Anandhi Bumstead
Plenary Speaker

Director of Engineering, OpenSearch, AWS

Avi Press photo

Avi Press
Plenary Speaker

Founder and CEO, Scarf

Chris Aniszczyk
Plenary Speaker

Chief Technology Officer, CNCF

Dan Lorenc
Plenary Speaker

Co-Founder and CEO, Chainguard

Dr Laura Gilbert
Plenary Speaker

Head of AI for Government, the Ellison Institute of Technology

Emily Middleton
Plenary Speaker

Director General, Digital Centre Design, DSIT

Guy Pordjany
Plenary Speaker

Founder & CEO, Tessl

Lord Nat Wei
Plenary Speaker

Lord, House of Lords

Luis Villa
Plenary Speaker

General Counsel, Tidelift

Lord Clement-Jones CBE
Plenary Speaker

Spokesperson, House of Lords

Paula Hunter
Plenary Speaker

Executive Director, Mojaloop Foundation

Peter Zaitsev
Plenary Speaker

Founder, Percona

Awesome Sponsors

Fantastic Sponsors

Brilliant Sponsors

Tracks

Andrew Martin

CFP Co-Chair, Track Co-Host
CEO and Co-Founder Control Plane and
OpenUK CISO

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Nick Jones

CFP Co-Chair
Head of Engineering at Nscale

Divya Mohan

Track Co-Host
Open source maintainer & advocate

Rebecca Rumbul

Track Co-Host
Executive Director & CEO Rust Foundation

Allison Randall

CFP Chair
Open Source / 
Hardware Strategist 

david Aronchick

David Aronchick

CFP Chair
CEO, Expanso

Emma Thwaites

Track Co-Host Director of Corporate Affairs, Open Data Institute

Sonia Cooper

Track Co-Host
AGC, Microsoft; VP, IP Federation

Terence Eden

Track Co-Host
Principal Privacy Architect, Our Future Health UK

Alex Newson

Track Host
Senior Lawyer, Networks and Research at BT

Dan Jenkins

CFP Co-Chair Founder, CommCon/ Everycast Labs/ Nimble Ape

Ann Schlemmer

CFP Co-Chair and Track Host
CEO, Percona

Lee Fulmer

CFP Co-Chair and Track Host 
Data Sorcerer in Financial Services

Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock

CFP Chair
CEO, OpenUK

Dawn Foster

Track Co-Host
Director of Open Source, CHAOSS Project

Emily Omier

CFP Chair
Consultant, Emily Omier Consulting

Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock

CFP Chair
CEO, OpenUK

Matt Barker

Matt Barker

Track Host
Entrepreneur in Residence, OpenUK

Media Partners

Conference team / Organisers

Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock

Executive Producer

Abby Crimlis

Project Manager

Cleo McGee

Table Liaison

Daisy Andrews

Support Manager

Eunice Hung

Conference Director

Kim Fletcher

Volunteer Manager

Mark Kember

Communications Director

Martina Po

Communications Manager

Peter Maraczi

AV Manager

Sam Hepburn

Volunteer Manager

Seb McLean

Junior Designer

Stefania Chaplin

Speaker Liaison

Zin Lwin

Design Lead