Last week was an exciting one at FINOS! Not only was Goldman Sachs' Legend data modeling platform successfully contributed to FINOS (check out Pierre de Belen's announcement to the FINOS community here), but the FINOS Governing Board also approved the X, Y, Z Special Interest Groups.
Here's what's happening in the week of October 26th, 2020 within the FINOS community. Please feel free to forward this email to colleagues and industry partners who you think will be interested in FINOS. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a note to community+subscribe@finos.org and you'll be added to the mailing list.
Monday, October 26th
- No project meetings planned.
- Open Source Summit Europe [Day 1 of 5]
- Join over 2,000 developers, technologists and industry experts in an exchange of ideas on the latest trends in open source and open collaboration, how to navigate the open source landscape, and how open source is shaping innovation.
- Register here and join us on Thursday, October 29th for the FINOS Mini-Summit
Tuesday, October 27th
- 11am ET / 4pm BST. Security Reference Data project
- 6am ET/ 11am BST. Open Source Summit Europe [Day 2 of 5]
- Join over 2,000 developers, technologists and industry experts in an exchange of ideas on the latest trends in open source and open collaboration, how to navigate the open source landscape, and how open source is shaping innovation.
- Register here and join us on Thursday, October 29th for the FINOS Mini-Summit
Wednesday, October 28th
- 10am ET / 3pm BST. FINOS Open Source Readiness project
- Join us for a guest presentation by Kathleen Lu, Attorney, Mapbox on "Open Data Licensing": open data and open data licensing has many similarities to open source and open source licensing, but also several unique aspects. This talk will provide an introductory primer on open data and open data licensing, covering the following issues: Why Open Data?, The Legal Landscape, Overview of Licenses, Issues to Consider, When providing open data, When using open data.
- Calendar invite | Webex
- Open Source Summit Europe [Day 3 of 5]
- Join over 2,000 developers, technologists and industry experts in an exchange of ideas on the latest trends in open source and open collaboration, how to navigate the open source landscape, and how open source is shaping innovation.
- Register here and join us on Thursday, October 29th for the FINOS Mini-Summit
Thursday, October 29th
- 11am ET / 4pm BST. Legend Office Hours: kick-off session
Friday, October 30th
- 9am ET / 2pm BST. FDC3 PMC Meeting
- Open Source Summit Europe [Day 5 of 5]
- Join over 2,000 developers, technologists and industry experts in an exchange of ideas on the latest trends in open source and open collaboration, how to navigate the open source landscape, and how open source is shaping innovation.
- Register here.
Looking Ahead:
- November 4-6 Open Core Summit Digital
- The Second Annual Global COSS (Commercial Open-Source) Ecosystem Conference: join this year from the comfort of your home, online! FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro will be speaking at this event.
- Register here for free
- November 12-13 Open Source Strategy Forum
- Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) is the only conference dedicated to driving collaboration and innovation in financial services through open source software and standards. We bring together experts across financial services, technology, and open source to engage our community in stimulating and thought-provoking conversations about how to best (and safely) leverage open source software to solve industry challenges.
- Register here
- November 16-18 CB Insights Future of Fintech
- With financial services bracing for uncertain times, forecasts of a recession and a drop in funding, the Future of Fintech will address today’s most pressing challenges and identify what’s next for the industry.
- Register Here
- November 17 FinJS at Home
- Speakers include FINOS vice-chair Kim Prado (RBC), Colin Eberhardt (Scott Logic), and representatives from FINOS members Adaptive and Openfin. View the full speaker lineup at www.finjs.io.
- Register here
- November 17-19 The Crux Summit: Fall 2020
- FINOS Executive Director, Gabriele Columbro will be speaking on Wednesday, November 18th at 10am ET / 3pm GMT on a panel titled "Build, Buy, and SaaS | Evaluating the Different Data Management Paths" .
- Register here
Have a great week and please contact me at james@finos.org if you have any questions and especially if you would like to present at a future FINOS virtual meetup.