Here's what's happening during the week of September 25, 2023 within the FINOS community.

Candidacy nominations for the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) are closing soon! The committee has a number of responsibilities including, shaping and growing the overall landscape of projects, and providing strategic direction to the board. There are currently 2 vacant seats at the TOC and candidacy closes on Monday October 2nd. Learn about the TOC and candidacy nomination process here.

Time is running out on a free FDC3 exam - if you sign up for the Certified FDC3 Practitioner exam before the end of September, you will be eligible to take it for free and receive a certificate and Credly badge issued by the Linux Foundation to share on socials. Interested in a free course on FDC3 basics instead? Take the new Linux Foundation Introduction to FDC3 course.

Last week's Open Source Readiness update from Rob Moffat overviews the importance of learning paths and the FINOS / TODO Financial Services Open Source Developer Exam (FSOSD).

WEEK OF 25 September - MEETINGS

Here's what's happening during the week of September 25, 2023 in the FINOS community.

Tuesday, September 26

• 9am ET / 2pm BST - DevOps Automation: Software Security Supply Chain
  • Calendar Invite

• 10am ET / 3pm BST - CDM: Collateral Working Group
  • Calendar Invite

• 10am ET / 3pm BST - InnerSource SIG
  • Calendar Invite

• 11am ET / 4pm BST - DevOps Automation: Architecture as Code
  • Calendar Invite

• 9am ET / 2pm BST - FDC3: Desktop Agent Bridging
  • Calendar Invite

• 10am ET / 3pm BST - CFI: Reproducible Infrastructure
  • Calendar Invite

Thursday, September 28

• 10am ET / 3pm BST - FDC3: Standard
  • Calendar Invite

• 10am ET / 3pm BST - Zenith Emerging Technologies SIG
  • Calendar Invite

• 11am ET / 4pm BST - DevOps Automation: Backstage
  • Calendar Invite

Upcoming EVENTS

• September 26-29 - Grace Hopper Celebration
  • Grace Hopper celebration is the largest gathering of women and non-binary technologists in the world. Find out more about the agenda here, which includes a session on the FINOS Legend project, "Lead with Data: Using Goldman Sachs' Open-Sourced Legend Platform to Unlock Sustainability Insights".

• October 5 - Open Source Edinburgh
  • Our October meetup, in partnership with Scott Logic, will be hosted at Lloyds Banking Group! The event is taking place as part of the Scottish Fintech Festival in Edinburgh. Learn about Lloyds OSPO journey and real-world examples of open source AI projects. View the agenda and register. 

• October 12, 18, & November 16 - Aeron Community Meetup: Autumn Roadshow
  • This event series in London, New York, and Chicago is designed for Aeron users, contributors or just anyone interested in the latest developments in high-throughput, low-latency, fault-tolerant applications. View the series details. 

• October 22-25 - Money 20/20 USA
  • This year's Money 20/20 in Las Vegas will focus on stories told through four distinct lenses - vulnerability, defense and offense, chain reactions, and experiences. View the full agenda and register. 

• November 1 - Open Source in Finance Forum - NYC
  • Register for our annual Open Source in Finance Forum in the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square NYC. Learn how to sponsor the event by downloading the prospectus. Schedule is live!

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