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August has been a quiet month, full with opportunities to slow down and rest intentionally. Yet, we still have some news and opportunities to share with our community ☀️
Fireside chats, SSI fellowship and some important dates for the Turing Way project… scroll down and have a look!
One thing you don’t want to miss our is our next Turing Way Community Forum, happening on the 19th September at 15:00-16:30 UTC+1. Community Forums bring together members of The Turing Way community - including people who have not yet contributed to the project. Modelled off a political town hall event, these online sessions are an opportunity to better understand activities across the project and how decisions are made. Register here and participate!
Enjoy… and keep the conversations coming!
We understand that another world is possible—not because we believe in utopias, but because we refuse to accept dystopia as our destiny.
Batool Almarzouq
Illustration by Scriberia showing community as a garden and members as gardeners. Used under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3332807.
🔥 Our Fireside Chat Series keeps going strong this September!
Sign-up to attend on Thursday the 25th our next session on Governance frameworks: examples and resources from open source networks.
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We look forward to seeing you there!
You can also find the recording of our previous July session on Distributed, Collaborative and Decentralised Governance Models in the Participatory Research in our YouTube channel.
Thank you so much to featuring Angela Okune (The Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network, CSID Network), Eunice Mercado-Lara (Open Research Community Accelerator, ORCA), Denisse Albornoz (Engine Room) and Amethyst Carey (Breathing Room). Thanks to Alexandra Araujo for providing support with online facilitation.
👉 For more information about each Fireside Chat and to sign up - visit out custom Start Page.
And we know how to connect — we long for it
Adrienne Maree Brown
Opportunities in The Turing Way Network
📢 Save the Date: BridgeAI Adopters & Developers Event | 13 Nov 2025
Innovate UK BridgeAI, in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute are bringing together AI developers, adopters, investors, and public sector partners for a focused, in-person event designed to spark connections and drive real-world AI adoption across the UK.
✅ Network with potential partners
✅ Join our exclusive Pitch Fest
✅ Engage with experts and funders
📅 13 November 2025
🕘 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Central London
⏰ Applications are now open. To ensure a productive mix of participants, all registrations will be reviewed for alignment with the event’s goals. Spaces are limited, so please apply ASAP to secure your place.
🔗 Learn more and apply now: https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/bridgeai-adopters-and-developers-event/
SSI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME APPLICATIONS OPEN!
The main goals of the Fellowship are to improve and promote good computational practice across all research disciplines and support those who are doing this important work. We encourage our Fellows to be ambassadors of good practices in their own domains, fields, and/or areas of work.
Check out more info here: https://www.software.ac.uk/programmes/fellowship-programme
Recurring Community Events and Calls ☕
Hosted all throughout the month, our recurring community calls are important and engaging spaces where you can learn more about The Turing Way!
Some require sign-ups (📝) and some don't (✅), but absolutely all are welcome to these calls! ✨
📝 Join us in our next Community Forum on the 19th of September, 15:00-16:30 UTC+1 (in your timezone). Be sure to register to receive your invite
✅ Collaboration Cafe: The next call is on 17th September, 15:00-17:00 UTC+1 (see in your time zone). Feel free to drop in to meet the community, do some focused writing, or otherwise -- more information on Etherpad.
This collab cafe will also serve as ONBOARDING CALL for new people to the Turing Way, join us for an informal onboarding process to start contributing to our project!
✅ Community Management Working Group: every Tuesday, 10:00 UTC+1 (see in your time zone). Join the #community-management channel on Slack for more.
✅ Translation and Localisation Weekly Meetings: second Tuesdays on the month at 4pm UK time (in your time zone). These calls are for co-working on translation and localisation efforts across several languages, and for learning more about the work of the team. Join the #translation channel on Slack for more.
✅ Infrastructure Monthly Meetings: every second Tuesday of the month, at 16:00 UTC+1 (in your time zone). These calls are for co-working on infrastructure support, and for learning more about the work of the team. Join the #infrastructure channel on Slack for more.
✅ Accessibility Monthly Meetings: every second Monday of the month, at 17:00 UTC+1 (in your time zone). These calls are for planning monthly sprints and co-working on access-related chapters and upcoming guide. Join the #accessibility channel on Slack for more.
The power of explicit, thoughtful invitation in building diversity cannot be overstated (Arielle Bennet)
The Community Management Working Group is taking over our monthly updates, please bare with us and let us know if you spot anything interesting! 🌸
Please note: We are no longer affiliated to The Alan Turing Institute and hence would not be using turingway@turing.ac.uk email. Please use theturingway@gmail.com email to reach out to the project in the future.
To keep up to date with community events, you can also subscribe to our shared calendar here. 📅
Get involved + Connect with us!
You are welcome to join The Turing Way community, and learn more about the project.
If you'd like to contribute to the next newsletter, please contact the Community Management Working group on Github or Slack! Email theturingway@gmail.com for more information.
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