Terence Eden

Straight after #FOSDEM next year is State of Open Con in London.

More details at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/openuktechnology_opensource-stateofopencon-soocon26-activity-7356710143964717056-aFUQ

#SoOCon #SoOCon26

A "who's who of open source" - the leaders joining the State of Open Con 26 Advisory Board reflecting the breadth of our global community, from students to community and business leaders as well as… | OpenUK

A "who's who of open source" - the leaders joining the State of Open Con 26 Advisory Board reflecting the breadth of our global community, from students to community and business leaders as well as technical wizards. SOOCon 26 will take place on 3 and 4 February 2026 in London. Explore our website, link in the 1st comment, to meet the stupendous team for '26 ⬇️ State of Open Con is well established as one of the world's best open source conferences thanks to the great community contributions, not least of which is that of its Advisory Board which shapes the conference direction. Agata Ferretti, Alex Williams, Anita ihuman, Avi Press, 🎙Bart Farrell, Bart De Witte, Brian Douglas, Caterina Rindi, Chad Whitacre, Christopher Hoult, Cortney Nickerson, Damani Corbin, Dan Scarbrough, David Aronchick, Divya Mohan, Erblina Bunjaku, Ian Miell, Joe Salisbury, Jono Bacon, Kris Bondi, Leena Mooneeram, Lori Lorusso, Louisa Seers, Lowena Hull, Marko Bevc, 🪩 Mateus Guzzo, Megan Knight, PMP, Mike Schwartz, Nadia Jiang, Natali Vlatko, Nicolas Vibert, Paula Paul, Peter Farkas, Phil Estes, Robin Bender Ginn, Rohit Ghumare, Ron Efroni, Ruth Ikegah, Samuel K., Samson Goddy, see 1st comment for more... #opensource #stateofopencon #soocon26 #openuk #community

Jul 31, 2025 at 4:21pmTusky
Show threadSharlatanAug 1, 2025
@Edent why linkedin...?
Show threadTerence EdenAug 1, 2025

@sharlatan because we want Open Source to be in front of the people with spending power.
We also want the people who help us out to have better job opportunities.

We're also on Mastodon - @openuk - and on the web https://stateofopencon.com/

Happy to answer more questions.

- State of Open Conference 26

The UK's Open Technology Conference: Open Source Software, Open Hardware, Open Data, Open Standards, & AI Openness. 3 and 4 February, 2026 in London

State of Open Conference 26
Show threadhamish campbellAug 1, 2025
@Edent The chattering classes, I have bounced off this event for the last few years, and last year I did put some effert . I wrote a post about people and events like tis https://hamishcampbell.com/understanding-the-nastyfew-human-parasites-in-the-era-of-climatechaos-and-social-breakdown/ would be nice to bring this view to the "open" event... but bounce. Can kinda understand why but... but come on OPEN ;)
The #nastyfew in the era of #climatechaos and social breakdown – Hamish Campbell

Show threadTerence EdenAug 1, 2025

@hamishcampbell I'm one of the organisers. No offence taken.

I don't think we've had any Bitcoin bros talking at previous events. We have had sessions on forcing government to open data. Similarly, several session about OSS in the global south, discrimination in data sets, community groups, radical action people can take.

You're very welcome to pitch a talk about whatever you like. We also have an unconference space if you'd like to do something more spur of the moment.

Show threadhamish campbellAug 1, 2025
@Edent the subject would be something uncomfortable like this "The careerist #NGO tech elitists: Yes, even the “good” sector can be captured. NGO professionals who endlessly hold conferences and produce whitepapers while blocking actual grassroots projects. They take seats at tables designed to exclude the people doing real, messy, transformative work. They don’t oppose the #nastyfew; they stabilise their control."
Show threadTerence EdenAug 1, 2025

@hamishcampbell do it! Sounds like a great submission. I'll let you know when the CfP is open.

(I'm not on the submissions panel, so I have no say in what gets picked.)

You might like these talks from previous years.

https://youtu.be/XL_GlWgqd5U?list=PL0U2cL1JGPZf5CUJpYy6qfZpX2bpZUFH5

https://stateofopencon2025.sched.com/event/1tDDv/tackling-digital-poverty-through-open-connectivity-elizabeth-anderson-digital-poverty-alliance-ceo?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no

https://youtu.be/6Hsaq5n43tQ?list=PL0U2cL1JGPZf5CUJpYy6qfZpX2bpZUFH5

https://youtu.be/5zFfOiW7QFs

Applying Do No Harm principle to enhance open source sustainability | Malvika Sharan

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Show threadhamish campbellAug 1, 2025
@Edent A post https://hamishcampbell.com/why-ngo-and-fluffy-openweb-tech-events-should-include-radical-real-grassroots-projects/ which is kinda a proposal :)
Why #NGO and fluffy #openweb tech events should include radical real grassroots projects – Hamish Campbell