Amanda Brock

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).
Recognition: Raconteur 50 CEOs (2025); Computer Weekly 50 Most Influential Women (2023- 2025) listed as #21 in 2025; Computing IT Leaders 100 (2023,2024,2025); Lifetime Achievement WIPL (2022); Women Who Will (2023); INvolve Heroes (2022, 2023); Novi Awards (2024); SME4Labour Women In Business Award (2025).
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.