Identity is critical in Agentic AI, but how do Security and Identity Teams keep up in this ever changing world? Join our experts in Edinburgh at SOOCon26 on the Road - Chaamini Mangaleswaran, WSO2; Matt Barker, BoltMCP; and Sal Kimmich, GadflyAI.
https://stateofopencon.com/edinburgh-soocon26/

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What’s a Sovereign AI Stack, do we need one and how open should it be?

Join the discussion in Edinburgh with Camilla de Coverly Veale, Mozilla; Jean-Baptiste Kempf, Kyber and VidoeLAN; Lee Fulmer, McKinsey & Company; Mark Boost, Civo and Locai Labs; and Sachiko Muto, OpenForum Europe at State of Open Con 2026 On The Road.

https://stateofopencon.com/edinburgh-soocon26/

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Welcoming some impressive open tech contributors to the OpenUK team with our Ambassador refresh! 😇

We are delighted to be working with them to promote open technology in line with OpenUK’s purpose of UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology.

We will be launching our Apprentice Ambassador and OpenHQ international Ambassador programmes in the next few weeks.

https://openuk.uk/ambassadors/

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https://www.computing.co.uk/analysis/2026/open-source-isn-t-free-we-re-just-not-paying-for-it?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Apr_opensource

A lot of things don’t add up in the world of software. The skills gap remains stubbornly wide, with IT and data skills the hardest to recruit for five consecutive years. Yet, at the same time, entry level roles are declining as employers redeploy existing employees rather than hiring new ones.

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Hitting 5.5 million @github accounts in the UK, it’s 7.9% per capita of the UK population and emphasising our nation of collaborative workers.

Some of the challenges faced in open source, the benefits, and the potential of capacity building through skills evolved from open source are explored in our most recent Open Source Skills Report for the UK. https://openuk.uk/report/opensourceskills/

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