State of Open Con 2025

Alex Williams is the co-founder and publisher of The New Stack, which he started with his spouse, Judy Williams, in 2014. A longtime technology journalist, Alex focused The New Stack on explaining and analyzing at-scale development, deployment, and management for software engineers... Read More →

Sam Johnston is a seasoned technologist, entrepreneur, and open-source advocate with over 25 years of experience across Silicon Valley, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. As a Board Member of the Kwaai Open Source AI Lab and Lead Developer of the Personal Artificial Intelligence Operating... Read More →

Programmer-turned-attorney focused on open technologies and communities.

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... Read More →