Marina Kiourtzidou Speaker Liaison Bio Marina Kiourtzidou is the Director of Public Speaking Operations at Underdog Consulting, a company dedicated to providing marketing services tailored for tech startups. With over 15 years of experience in the marketing field, Marina specializes in helping speakers achieve success through effective conference submissions. Her expertise and leadership have equipped numerous […]
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Eunice Hung Conference Director Bio Eunice is an events organiser, project manager, psychotherapist, author, and podcaster. She was involved in organising for SOOC24, and has been organising Cloud Native London since 2018. She has also been a community organiser, educator, and facilitator for around a decade and is a trustee with the UK Polyamory Association.
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Abby Crimlis Project Manager, OpenUK Bio Abby Crimlis graduated from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology with a diploma in Software Engineering. She develops and facilitates open source educational programs that cater to diverse age groups and backgrounds. Abby has been involved in numerous global events focused on open source, diversity in tech, and advocating for
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Amanda Brock Executive Producer Bio Amanda is CEO of OpenUK and has built one of the most recognised and impactful organisations in open source. She is also the Executive Producer of State of Open Con 25 taking place 4 – 5 February 2025 in London having founded and produced the ‘23 and ‘24 events building
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Momentous: Reflecting on the Second Annual State of Open Con Wow, can’t believe it has been a week since the State of Open Con 2024 kicked off! In the end, there were 208 impressive speakers over two days across eight tracks and over 150 sessions and activities. Plus a broad delegate experience space across the
Baroness Stowell Plenary Bio Tina Stowell is a Conservative peer and Chairman of the House of Lords’ Communications & Digital Select Committee. She is a former Cabinet Minister, was Leader of the House of Lords until July 2016, and was Chair of the Charity Commission from 2018 to 2021. Before joining the House of Lords
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Umesh RAJANI Plenary Bio Ace On Data – Founder Building enterprise applications integrating Domain Fine Tuned Open Source models and closed source model APIs Researching & building Temporal encoding in LLMs (To be released under MIT License) Researching & building direct audio ingestion and inference with LLMs through fine tuning or model merge (To be
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Margaret Hartnett Plenary Bio Dr Margaret Hartnett is an award-winning, experienced research and innovation specialist with a track record of growing and exiting a hugely successful AI start up. A senior researcher, European Patent Attorney, Chartered Patent Attorney and company director, Dr Hartnett has spent almost 20 years developing into an executive-level research, innovation and
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Chaw Thant Marketing Intern Bio Meet Chaw, a current MSc. student in Branding and Marketing Communications atMiddlesex University London. Chaw's enthusiasm extends to a genuine interest in socialmarketing. Before embarking on the MSc. journey, Chaw gained practical experience,holding roles such as a Senior Account Manager at Passion Point Media and SeniorMarketing Executive at Unilever Myanmar.
Gabriella Ban MEETUPVIDEO Bio Gabriella Ban is a key member of MEETUPVIDEO, where she skillfully bridges the gap between technology and people through communication and adept recruitment. Her journey into videography, cultivated over the years, enhances her understanding of the company’s core activities, making her contributions invaluable. Armed with a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management Services
