About
OpenUK CEO and Executive Producer State of Open Con, Amanda’s 25 years’ legal experience includes being instrumental in shaping open source’s legal frameworks and internet law in 2000’s. Sought-after international keynote speaker, tech press contributor and editor “Open Source: Law, Policy and Practice” (2022).
Speaking: A sought-after international keynote speaker at global tech and related events like COP29 her focus is digital, AI and open source.
Writing: Regularly contributing opinion and features to the tech press she also edited the seminal Open Source Law, Policy and Practice (2nd edition) https://amandabrock.com/books
Advisory: Boards -UK Open Standards Board; UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure; UKRI Exascale; KDE; Mimoto; Scarf; FerretDB and Space Aye; Fellow, Open Forum Academy; Distinguished Fellow, Rust Foundation; European Representative, OIN; Ambassador, Open Charge Alliance, Board Member Mojaloop Foundation and ITU Expert Network, Digital Innovation Board.
Past Advisory includes: Chair, UN Technology and Innovation Labs Open Source and IP Advisory Group; OASIS Open Projects Initiative; British Computer Society Inaugural Influence Board; UK Government Energy Sector Digitalisation Task Force; elected Board Member Open Source Initiative; and Commercial Advisory Boards at Beamery and Everseen.
Recognition: Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women (2023, 2024) listed as #20 in 2024; Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023,2024,2025); Lifetime Achievement WIPL (2022); Women Who Will (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022, 2023); Novi Awards (2024); and Raconteur 50 (2025).
Judging: IDG Foundry CIO 100 2023, 2024); and Senior Judge, First Enable Role Model List by Dow (2024) having been a Judge in the We are Tech Women Rising Star Awards in (2021, 2022).