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Amanda Brock: My Nephew’s Wisdom and Lessons from his Auntie
Friday 15 November 15:15-15:30
Session Overview
In this keynote, Amanda Brock shares how her path to becoming a Sustainability Advocate began with a conversation with her 8-year-old nephew, Ronan. Inspired by Sir David Attenborough, Ronan’s passion for the planet sparked Amanda’s awareness of the concerns of today’s youth. However, like many, Ronan was unaware of the envrionmental impact of his digital life. Through a mutual exchange of knowledge, Amanda educated him on the environmental effects of technology, while he deepened her understanding of sustainability. This intergenerational learning experience has accelerated Amanda’s work in driving sustainability through technology.
Meet Your Speaker
OpenUK CEO, Amanda Brock’s built one of open source’s most recognised and impactful organisations. Executive Producer of State of Open Con (2023- 2025), Amanda’s a globally sought-after keynote speaker.A lawyer with 25 years’ experience, 5 as GC of Canonical, she’s been instrumental in shaping open source’s legal frameworks, as she was internet law during the early 2000’s.
Regularly contributing to tech press, she edited “Open Source: Law, Policy and Practice”, (2022).Recognition: Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech (2023, 2024); Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023, 2024); Lifetime Achievement Award WIPL (2022); Women Who Will Changemaker (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022, 2023); and Novi Awards (2024) and Ambassador, Open Charge Alliance.Advisory Appointments: UK Cabinet Office Open Standards Board; UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure; UKRI Exascale; KDE; commercial boards – Mimoto, Scarf, FerretDB and Space Aye; and is Fellow Open Forum Academy; Distinguished Fellow Rust Foundation; and European Representative, OIN.
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