Tom Sadler

Tom Sadler is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at the BBC, working with a number of teams on open source and industry engagement. He has led multiple teams working on the BBC’s Connected TV applications, with a focus on cross team collaboration. Tom has been a regular speaker on open source and InnerSource. He is also a Member of the InnerSource Commons Foundation, and currently serves as Assistant Treasurer.

Sessions

Governance & Community

A fork load of maintenance – forking a key dependency

Talk

17. March 2026, 14:45 - 15:15

bUm Box

This talk explores the BBC’s experience maintaining a fork of dash.js for media playback. It covers the motivations, trade-offs, and strategies to reduce maintenance overhead - such as upstream contributions and community engagement.