REG Open Source Service Area support the Turing in engaging with the wider open source community through a variety of conferences and community groups.

FOSDEM

FOSDEM is a free open source conference held annually in Brussels. For the past few years, the Turing have been actively attending and contributing to the FOSDEM programme.

  • FOSDEM 2024 — We attended and supported the Open Science devroom, Python devroom and HPC, Big Data & Data Science devroom and the Linux on Mobile stand. We wrote a blog post and gave a REG tech talk about our experiences.
  • FOSDEM 2025 — Again, we attended and had presence across Open Science, HPC, Big Data & Data Science, Python, and FOSS on Mobile devrooms. We wrote a blog post on the REG blog about our experiences.
  • FOSDEM 2026 — Again, we attended and had presence across the Open Research, HPC, Big Data & Data Science, Python and FOSS on Mobile devrooms. Our blog post is a WIP.

CURIOSS

CURIOSS is a network of Open Source Programme Offices at research and academic institutions. We’ve recently joined CURIOSS and are looking forward to engaging with their network and resources.