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title: "This Week at FINOS: Week of July 12, 2021"
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    - [Fluxnova](https://fluxnova.finos.org)
    - [FINOS Common Cloud Controls](https://www.finos.org/common-cloud-controls-project)
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    - [OS-Climate](https://www.finos.org/os-climate)
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# This Week At FINOS

# This Week at FINOS: Week of July 12, 2021

 July 11, 2021

[FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/this-week-at-finos/author/finos-team)

Here's what's happening in the week of July 12th, 2021 within the FINOS community. Please forward this email to colleagues and industry partners who you think will be interested in FINOS. 

 

Have you experienced the impact and value of creating rapid engineering prototypes through your financial services open source or InnerSource teams? 

This week, Scott Logic kicked off their open source contribution to the [FINOS KDB+ Project](https://github.com/finos/kdb) with the [KDB Studio 2 Prototype](https://github.com/finos/kdb/issues/51) using Electron and JavaScript. Well done for demonstrating the art of the possible through rapid prototyping in code. Look out for the demo at [KDB+ on July 12th](https://github.com/finos/kdb/issues/50)!

Have you contributed your [2021 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey](https://www.research.net/r/NS8XV6W) answers yet? Your participation is vital to understanding the state of open source, adoption, contribution, and overall readiness in the financial services industry.

 

To access the [2021 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey](https://www.research.net/r/NS8XV6W) simply scan the QR code below from your mobile device or [click here to submit your survey answers now.](https://www.research.net/r/NS8XV6W)

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Your confidentiality remains of the utmost importance and neither participants names nor company names will be mentioned. 

 

If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a note to [community+subscribe@finos.org](mailto:community+subscribe@finos.org) and you'll be added to the mailing list.  

 

**Monday, July 12th**

- *9am ET / 2pm BST.*  **KDB Project call**
- Last week Scott logic kicked off their open source contribution to the FINOS KBD project with KBD Studio 2 Prototype using Electron and Javascript. Today will be the live demo!
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2021/7/12?eid=OXFlMHZiMDFnYjRjZGx0bGtjOXNzNjdtbHBfMjAyMTA3MDVUMTMzMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/finos/j.php?MTID=m6bb5390e004d8c8b99dc424c44d70d23) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/kdb/labels/meeting)
- *11am ET / 4pm BST.* **FINOS InnerSource Special Interest Group**
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2021/7/12?eid=Mmg2dHBucm51NWZkdThuZW1rY3AyMzZzaWVfMjAyMTA3MDVUMTUwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/webappng/sites/finos/meeting/download/56294850f7e449e1a93185f08fa544e3?siteurl=finos&MTID=m3a6ed8ca517918da899f5a0ee90f8b93) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/finos-fo/issues?q=label%3Ameeting+)

 

**Tuesday, July 13h**

- *10am ET / 3pm BST.*  **Financial Objects SIG meeting**
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/NG1mMjBrbHJ0ODM0OHIyMWhobTMyam1yY25fMjAyMTA3MTNUMTQwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/webappng/sites/finos/meeting/download/40ad9907c393429a818567ba3dda9ae7?siteurl=finos&MTID=mc56f76ae5a93c44709379b3077207f2c) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/financial-objects/issues)

 

**Wednesday, July 14th**

- *No project or SIG meetings planned for today.*

**Thursday, July 15th**

- *9am ET / 2pm BST.*  **FDC3 Channels, Feeds & Transactions Discussion group**

- There are currently 11 open issues in the FDC3 repository, under consideration for the 2.0 release, that relate to the existing concept of channels (both the 'system channels' used via the desktop agent API, and 'app channels' interacted with through the Channels API) and new concepts we've discussed introducing: transactions (a standardized way to make a request and receive a response back) and feeds (a standardized way to request a stream of data, such as a pricing stream).
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2021/7/15?eid=NnU2cmNmZ2s4bGlpaHZhbGRuc2htdTExYmdfMjAyMTA3MTVUMTMwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/finos/j.php?MTID=mc56f76ae5a93c44709379b3077207f2c) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues?q=label%3Ameeting)

 

- *10am ET / 3pm BST.* **Cloud Service Certification Project Bi-Weekly Meeting**
- Cloud Service Certification accelerates the development, deployment and adoption of services provided for AWS, Azure and Google in a way that meets existing regulatory and internal security controls.
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2021/7/15?eid=MWo4b2pucms5bzJvdjVwajc2b3VwYjZjNTFfMjAyMTA3MTVUMTQwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/finos/j.php?MTID=m4b1d85127d1f3ca179545d6bd3291975) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues?q=label%3Ameeting)

**Friday, July 16th**

- *9am ET/ 2pm BST.*  **FDC3 PMC Meeting**

 

- The FDC3 Product Management Committee (PMC) is responsible for coordinating the work of the FDC3 Standard Working Group, as well as FDC3-related planning and communications.
- [Calendar invite](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2021/7/16?eid=ZzJ1aXUyYXZuZWJuZnB0ZzAxOTVsOGtjODRfMjAyMTA3MTZUMTMwMDAwWiBmaW5vcy5vcmdfZmFjOG1vMXJmYzZlaHNjZzBkODBmaThqaWdAZw&ctz=America/New_York&sf=true) | [Webex](https://finos.webex.com/finos/j.php?MTID=mb24e0868b724abcfa92221ca14207e14) | [Agenda](https://github.com/finos/FDC3/issues)

 

**Upcoming events:**

- *July 21st* [**FINOS All Community Call**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-21-finos-all-community-call-q3-2021) 
    - Save the date and register for the [FINOS All Community Call](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-21-finos-all-community-call-q3-2021) on Wednesday 21st July at 10am EST / 3pm BST where Gabriele Columbro, FINOS Executive Director, will update you on the Q3 FINOS board meeting and FINOS Projects and SIGs will give you their latest updates.
    - [Register here for the FINOS All Community Call](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-21-finos-all-community-call-q3-2021)
- *July 27th* [**Legend Community Meeting: Legend 101**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-27-legend-community-meeting-legend-101) 
    - Save the date and register for the [**Legend Community Meeting: Legend 101**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-27-legend-community-meeting-legend-101) on Tuesday, July 27th and join the Legend team for a Legend demo aimed at new Legend users regardless of technical or data modeling background.
- *July 28th* [**Can the Internet of Things Transform Retail Banking?**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-28-can-the-internet-of-things-transform-retail-banking) 
    - Join FINOS for this industry experts panel discussion as we explore whether open source and the Internet of Things can help redefine customer experience in post covid retail banking.
    - Our experts for this superb panel discussion are ... **Dan Makoski**, Chief Design Officer, Lloyds Banking Group. **Philip Bonhard**, Customer Experience Lead, Lloyds Banking Group. **Kathy Crumley**, Global Banking Lead & Payment Enablement Strategist, Intel and **Vicki Milhoan**, Solutions Engineer, Intel.
    - [Registration here for “Can the Internet of Things Transform Retail Banking?”](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-28-can-the-internet-of-things-transform-retail-banking)

- *July 29th*[**Legend Community Meeting: New Features Deep Dive**](https://www.finos.org/hosted-events/2021-07-29-legend-community-meeting-new-features-deep-dive)

- Join us Thursday, July 29th at 11am ET (4pm BST) via WebEx for the Legend Community Meeting: New Features Deep Dive to learn about the most recently open sourced features.

Have a great week and please contact me at [james@finos.org](mailto:james@finos.org) if you have any questions and especially if you would like to present at a future FINOS virtual meetup.

 

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