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Summary of Previous Calls and Meetings: 

• 29th of May: FINOS kicked off the FINOS LLM Exploration Project, looking to identify areas of collaboration for Financial Services Institutions to build and fund collaborative research and infrastructure. The call was well-attended with a high level of engagement. 
• 12th of June: the feedback received during the kick-off call - “Don’t try to solve the world!” - was embedded in the presentation. In the second half of the call, the following “prior art” was presented: 
  • FinBen (Financial Benchmarking), by Yanglet (Columbia University) 
  • OS-Climate Data Commons, by Cara Delia (RedHat) 
  • Zenith Open Data Repository, by Keith O'Donnell (Feynic Technology)

The Why

How prepared do Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) feel regarding cloud native threat detection and response? 

As part of its continuous effort to identify and address challenges across its member base, the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) and Silver member ControlPlane decided to focus on cloud native incident response readiness and address that question pragmatically and engagingly.

On June 26th we successfully hosted our annual Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in London at the Park Plaza, Westminister. With nearly 600 participants, this event marked our largest event in the UK yet. A special thanks to our sponsors: FinOps Foundation, Hedera, and GitLab, as well as our community, digital, and partner sponsors; Canonical, ControlPlane, Syntasso, turntabl, GResearch, NatWest Group, Scott Logic and Red Hat. 

Watch the recordings now on our YouTube channel. Here are some of the highlights: 

During our recent Open Source in Finance Forum, we had the opportunity to recognize many of the incredible individuals making significant contributions and creating a positive impact in open source in financial services. We're extremely grateful for all of their work, along with so many others, and want to give them another shout out in this post!

We’re delighted to announce the addition of five new members to the FINOS Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) after the first round of voting. Please join us in welcoming:

Are you joining us for our Open Source in Finance Forum on Wednesday, June 26th? Well plan the week ahead as we’re excited to share with you our week-long series of events surrounding OSFF!