The Linux Foundation Member Summit: Full Schedule

November 19-21 2024
Napa, California
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.

8:00am PST

Registration & Badge Pick-Up

Monday November 18, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Beaulieu Room

Monday November 18, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Beaulieu Room

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

9:00am PST

Zen Zone

Monday November 18, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm PST

Robert Mondavi

All attendees may feel free to use the Zen Zone as needed. It is a physical space where conversation and interaction are not allowed, where attendees can go if for any reason they can’t interact with other attendees at that time.

Monday November 18, 2024 9:00am - 5:00pm PST
Robert Mondavi The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

9:30am PST

Napa Valley Bike Tour (Pre-Registration Required, Transportation Provided)

Monday November 18, 2024 9:30am - 12:30pm PST

The Silverado Resort

Embark on this Napa Valley Bike Tour and experience the region’s stunning landscapes and world-class wineries from a unique perspective. Pedal through picturesque vineyards, charming towns, and scenic backroads as you soak in the breathtaking views of rolling hills and lush valleys. Suitable for participants of all cycling and fitness levels, the Napa Valley Bike Tour provides a refreshing and immersive way to experience one of the world’s premier wine destinations.

Transportation provided. Please note that you must pre-register via the onsite activities registration form in order to participate.

Monday November 18, 2024 9:30am - 12:30pm PST
The Silverado Resort 1600 Atlas Peak Rd Napa, CA 94558

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

1:15pm PST

Waitlist - Private Wine Tour & Tasting at Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Pre-Registration Required, Transportation Provided)

Monday November 18, 2024 1:15pm - 3:30pm PST

The Silverado Resort

Indulge in Napa Valley’s wine culture with a Private Tour & Tasting at the renowned Stags Leap Wine Cellars! Discover the rich history and unique terroir of this winery as you explore its picturesque vineyards and state-of-the-art facilities. Whether you’re a seasoned connoisseur or a curious novice, this exclusive experience promises to delight your senses and deepen your appreciation for the finest wines Napa Valley has to offer.

Must be 21 or older with a valid ID to participate. Transportation provided. Please note that you must pre-register via the onsite activities registration form in order to participate.

Monday November 18, 2024 1:15pm - 3:30pm PST
The Silverado Resort 1600 Atlas Peak Rd Napa, CA 94558

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

3:00pm PST

Wood-Burned Coasters Workshop (Pre-Registration Required)

Monday November 18, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST

Royal Oak

Unleash your creativity at our Wood-Burned Coasters Workshop! Join us for a hands-on experience where you’ll learn the art of pyrography and create your own set of custom wood-burned coasters. This workshop provides a relaxed and supportive environment to explore your artistic talents. Take home a beautiful set of personalized coasters, perfect for adding a rustic touch to your home or gifting to loved ones.

Please note that you must pre-register via the onsite activities registration form in order to participate.

Monday November 18, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Royal Oak The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

7:30am PST

Continental Breakfast

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 9:00am PST

Fairway Deck

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 9:00am PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

7:30am PST

Registration & Badge Pick-Up

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 6:00pm PST

Beaulieu Room

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 6:00pm PST
Beaulieu Room

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

7:30am PST

Zen Zone

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 6:00pm PST

Robert Mondavi

Tuesday November 19, 2024 7:30am - 6:00pm PST
Robert Mondavi The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

9:00am PST

Keynote: State of the Union - Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation with Special Guests

Tuesday November 19, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am PST

Silverado Ballroom

Speakers

Jim Zemlin

Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

Jim Zemlin’s career spans three of the largest technology trends to rise over the last decade: mobile computing, cloud computing, and open source software. Today, as executive director of The Linux Foundation, he uses this experience to accelerate innovation in technology through... Read More →

Fernando Pérez

Co-Founder, Jupyter & Associate Professor in Statistics and Data Science, UC Berkeley

Data science, interactive computing, software development, applied mathematics, numerical algorithms, scientific computing, interactive parallel systems.

Tuesday November 19, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am PST
Silverado Ballroom

Keynote Sessions

9:50am PST

Keynote: Sandhya Sridharan, Head of JPMC Core Development, Engineering Platforms Integrated Experience (EPiX), JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Tuesday November 19, 2024 9:50am - 10:10am PST

Silverado Ballroom

Speakers

Sandhya Sridharan

Head of JPMC Core Development, Engineering Platforms Integrated Experience (EPiX), JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Sandhya Sridharan is JPMC’s head of Core Development Platform. She is a software engineering executive focused on creating business value by building world-class platforms and services. Sandhya has laser focus and data driven and analytical approach on constantly transforming engineering... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 9:50am - 10:10am PST
Silverado Ballroom

Keynote Sessions

10:15am PST

Keynote: Anandhi Bumstead, Director of Engineering, OpenSearch

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:15am - 10:25am PST

Silverado Ballroom

Speakers

Anandhi Bumstead

Director of Engineering, OpenSearch

Anandhi Bumstead, director of engineering at OpenSearch within Amazon Web Services, brings nearly three decades of experience in distributed systems and open-source software. With a background in cloud computing, Anandhi made significant contributions during her tenure at Microsoft... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:15am - 10:25am PST
Silverado Ballroom

Keynote Sessions

10:30am PST

Keynote: Anh-Tho Chuong, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lago

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:30am - 10:45am PST

Silverado Ballroom

Speakers

Anh-Tho Chuong

CEO, Lago

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:30am - 10:45am PST
Silverado Ballroom

Keynote Sessions

10:45am PST

Coffee Break

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am PST

Fairway Deck

Tuesday November 19, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

11:30am PST

Supercharging Open Source Projects with Education - Clyde Seepersad, Linux Foundation Training & Certification & Randy Abernethy, RX-M LLC

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

The success of an open source project is directly related to the utility it provides its community and to benefit from a project, people must know of it as well as how to either contribute to or use it. Many projects are launched with great promise but die a painful and public death from a dearth of developers and/or users. In this talk we take a pragmatic look at growing open source project success through education programs. We cover the ways training can drive awareness and create 'pull' for people to get involved as users or developers. This talk will expose attendees to the open source training and certification landscape, discussing resources available to projects, such as courseware development, self paced learning, open enrollment, and, in more mature projects, skills testing and certification. Upon completion, attendees will have a clear understanding of the possibilities and benefits of having a comprehensive education agenda for their open source project.

Speakers

Clyde Seepersad

General Manager, Training, The Linux Foundation

Clyde Seepersad is responsible for the training and certification arm of the Linux Foundation. Over the past decade, Clyde has held leadership positions in the education space, most recently as head of operations at 360training.com and before that as a senior executive of Houghton... Read More →

Randy Abernethy

Managing Partner, RX-M LLC

tech geek

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any

11:30am PST

Curation: The Role of an “Accountable Intermediary” for Critical Open Source - Eric Brewer, Google

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST

SIlverado West

To simplify open source security for the long term, we will need some help from curation and automation. How can we – as an OSS community and industry – help drive this transition, without placing too much of the burden on maintainers? We’ll share our vision for the future, and explore a variety of solutions and examples.

Speakers

Eric Brewer

Fellow, Google

Eric Allen Brewer is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and vice-president of infrastructure at Google. His research interests include operating systems and distributed computing. He is known for formulating the CAP theorem about distributed... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST
SIlverado West

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Any
about USA.gov

11:30am PST

The State of Open Source Funding: Learnings from a Survey of Top Open Source Funders - Kevin Crosby, GitHub & Sam Boysel, Harvard Business School

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST

Silverado East

Understanding how and why organizations invest in and fund open source is not well understood, yet open source is inextricably woven into the entire software industry. This presentation summarizes findings from a 2024 Open Source Funding Survey about how and why organizations and companies contribute and fund open source. Leverage learnings to apply to your own programs as benchmarks. The survey is a collaboration between GitHub, Linux Foundation and researchers at Harvard University. High level insights: Organizations are quick to cite OSS as critical to infrastructure, to employees, and culture - 82% consider funding OSS as critical and 29% have OSPOs. Organizations tend to have a very good understanding of how and why they make code contributions to OSS - median organization allocate 250-1000 labor hours annually to OSS code and most contributions are made to projects managed by the organization itself or upstream. Organizations make non-code contributions along a number of dimensions - Median organization estimates the value of annual non-code contribution at

Speakers

Kevin Crosby

Open Source Funding, Sr. Dir., GitHub

Kevin Crosby is Senior Director of Open Source Funding. Prior to GitHub, Kevin led business development for VC and Accelerators at Carta and spent 8 years at Amazon in corporate venture and leading product, engineer, and business teams. He is an active investor and advisor to venture... Read More →

Sam Boysel

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School

Sam is a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. His research interests lie at the intersection of digital economics, labor and productivity, industrial organization, and socio-technical networks. Specifically, his work has centered around the private... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:15pm PST

(Re)Stabilizing the Open Source Software Supply Chain - Philip Robb, Ericssson Software Technology

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

For members of the Linux Foundation, open-source software is recognized as critically essential to modern software development. Without it, the breadth and pace of innovation would plummet, and the costs to develop products and services based on software would skyrocket. Over the past several years, we've seen a destabilization of the open-source supply chain. Projects with poor security practices, malicious repo takeovers, and license rug-pulls are a small sample of the growing list of threats facing open-source users. As the largest commercial benefactors of this software supply chain, we have the most to lose. Efforts to address these issues have begun but are under-resourced and moving slowly. This is a Prisoner’s Dilemma & Free-Rider problem that needs a solution, or we are all worse off. This presentation will explore what methods can be brought to bear to increase development, oversight, and quality assurance in the open-source software supply chain to break out of the prisoner’s dilemma. How do those who invest in such work get an appropriate ROI? Can industry and governments work together to find a solution?

Speakers

Phil Robb

Head of Ericsson Software Technology, Ericsson Software Technology

Phil is the Head of Ericsson Software Technology (EST), where he leads a passionate group of engineers developing open source software across a wide range of projects. Prior to Ericsson, Phil was the V.P. of Operations for the Networking Projects at the Linux Foundation for six years... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:15pm PST

Ensuring Cyber Resilience and Sustainability with Civil Infrastructure Platform - Yoshitake Kobayashi, Civil Infrastructure Platform & Takehisa Katayama, Renesas Electronics Corporation

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST

SIlverado West

Linux functions as the foundational infrastructure within mission-critical systems across sectors such as energy, transportation, healthcare, and industrial automation. These systems are essential to our society and must operate reliably for decades while adapting to the evolving landscapes of Smart Cities and IoT. Interconnectivity, while enriching our lives, presents significant challenges in managing vulnerabilities and system upgrades, necessitating adherence to international standards and the maintenance of system compatibility and integrity. The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project addresses these challenges by providing Industrial Grade Linux that enables robust, secure, and sustainable operations. Over the past seven years, CIP has demonstrated a commitment to meeting current operational needs and addressing future threats and challenges. This presentation will explore the value of CIP, focusing on its pivotal role in strengthening cyber resilience while enhancing system reliability. Attendees will gain insights into how utilizing CIP can help build sustainable systems, ensuring they are well-equipped to meet future challenges.

Speakers

Yoshitake Kobayashi

TSC Chair, Civil Infrastructure Platform

Yoshitake Kobayashi is the Technical Steering Committee Chair for the Civil Infrastructure Platform Project, hosted by The Linux Foundation. He is actively working to leverage open-source software for a secure and sustainable society. Additionally, he leads a software R&D department... Read More →

Takehisa Katayama

Director, Renesas Electronics Corporation

Takehisa Katayama is a Director at Renesas Electronics Corporation, a global semiconductor supplier. He is responsible for developing and maintaining Linux and OSS-based embedded software for RZ MPUs that Renesas' high-end Arm and RISC-V-based processors designed for the IoT and industrial... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST
SIlverado West

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Beginner

12:15pm PST

Small Project Maintainership: The Dark Matter of Open Source - Luis Villa, Tidelift & Jordan Harband, HeroDevs

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST

Silverado East

As anyone who has ever run a license or security scan knows, *numerically*, the vast majority of packages installed and used by modern software shops are small packages with one maintainer. Those folks mostly don’t show up to conferences like this one, so they can be “dark matter”—we know they’re there but know little more about them. This panel will use survey data (from Tidelift, Harvard, CMU, and others) to help draw a sharper, data-driven, picture—what motivates these maintainers, what sorts of security practices they do (and don’t) do, and what sorts of value we draw from them. Maintainer Jordan Harband will then use his wide expertise as a maintainer of dozens of key packages to provide human context to the data.

Speakers

Jordan Harband

Principal Open Source Architect, HeroDevs

Jordan Harband is an Open Source maintainer, primarily in JavaScript, and a Principal Open Source Architect at HeroDevs. He maintains many open source projects: see https://npmjs.com/~ljharb and https://github.com/ljharb, participates in TC39 (the JS language specification committee... Read More →

Luis Villa

Co-founder and General Counsel, Tidelift

Luis has been involved in open since the late 90s, first as a developer and then as an attorney and leader, including at Mozilla, the Wikimedia Foundation, and as outside counsel for startups and titans. He's also served on the boards of the Open Source Initiative, Creative Commons... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:45pm PST

Lunch

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm PST

Mansion Garden Lawn

Tuesday November 19, 2024 12:45pm - 2:15pm PST
Mansion Garden Lawn

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

2:15pm PST

How LF Open Source Projects are Participating in Standardization Activities - Jory Burson, The Linux Foundation

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST

SIlverado West

As the JDF nears its 10 year anniversary, we have built a strong track record advancing specification efforts alongside open source projects. This session will provide examples and case studies for how LF Open Source projects and JDF Specifications projects are collaborating on internationally relevant Standards. We will also highlight findings from our State of Open Standards Report, and share some of the programs and resources the JDF have been developing to support open source projects interested in Standards.

Speakers

Jory Burson

VP of Standards, The Linux Foundation

Jory Burson is the VP of Standards for the Linux Foundation, where she helps projects identify opportunities for standardization and collaborate on specifications. She is an open source developer-turned-standards practitioner, who is passionate about bringing the best of open source... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Beginner

2:15pm PST

Trust in Open Source - Mike Bursell, Confidential Computing Consortium

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST

Silverado East

After XZ, OpenJS came the realisation within the community that we don't really understand how trust works within the ecosystem of open source projects, their contributors, maintainers and consumers. This is a socio-technical problem, and in order to understand it and to work out how to build stronger, more secure ties across the ecosystem, we don't just need to engage in technical innovation but also delve in the fields of sociology, behaviour psychology, organisational theory and beyond. This talk will discuss some of the existing work in the field in a relatable (not overly academic!) way and consider plausible research directions and topics. It aims to be a strongly interactive session and the hope is to encourage formation and involvement in this important work.

Speakers

Mike Bursell

Executive Director, Confidential Computing Consortium

Mike Bursell is the Executive Director of the Confidential Computing Consortium. He is one of the co-founders of the Enarx project (https://enarx.dev), and was CEO and co-founder of Profian, a start-up based on Enarx. He has previously served on the Governing Boards of the CCC... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
Silverado East

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

3:00pm PST

Inviting New Contributors to the Repo: Lessons Learned from Two Contrasting Mentorship Initiatives - Emily Lovell, UC Santa Cruz OSPO

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Mentorship is a powerful way to invite new contributors to the table – or repo, in the world of open source. An effective mentor can share their professional network, model problem solving skills, and offer advice on-demand for a wide range of topics – for example, writing issues and PRs, submitting conference proposals, or navigating a vast and unfamiliar codebase. Mentorship can also help grow communities; by integrating new contributors into the social and technical fabric of a project, they may be more likely to stick around. For those marginalized in tech, mentorship can also help cultivate a sense of belonging. Our academic OSPO has grown two very different mentorship programs in recent years: one pairs a globally distributed community of new contributors with academic open source research projects, and the other offers a high-touch contribution onramp to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students via a hybrid in-person/remote format. Along the way, we’ve learned a number of lessons about what works… and also, what doesn’t! This talk will synthesize and share highlights in a generalizable way, while offering space for others to share their experiences, too.

Speakers

Emily Lovell

Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz OSPO

Dr. Emily Lovell is an OSPO Incubator Fellow at UC Santa Cruz. Her research and teaching use novel domains to invite broader participation in computing, with her postdoctoral work focusing on newcomers to open source. Emily previously served on faculty at Berea College, where she... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any

3:00pm PST

Zephyr: Overview and Roadmap - Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundation

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST

SIlverado West

This session will provide an overview of the project's accomplishments to date, and provide a roadmap of what is being planned for 2025. Zephyr project is now the 5th most active project hosted by the Linux Foundation. Each release sees about 30% new contributors, and these contributors are resulting in around 3 changes per hour in the code base. Products as diverse as Chromebooks, to Wind Turbines, to Hearings Aids, and Pet Trackers are being built with Zephyr. Learn about the open source and security best practices that have been applied to Zephyr over the years, and why it is now one of the most active open source projects at the Linux Foundation.

Speakers

Kate Stewart

VP Dependable Embedded Systems, Linux Foundation

Kate Stewart works with the safety, security and license compliance communities to advance the adoption of best practices into embedded open source projects. She has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects, as well as supporting other embedded projects. With more than 30 years of experience... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Intermediate

3:00pm PST

Let's Play AI Supply Chain Candyland! - Sarah Evans, Dell Technologies & Christopher (CRob) Robinson, The Linux Foundation

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST

Silverado East

Picture the WHOLE software supply chain, beginning to end; it's a little like that olde tyme classic, "Candyland". Designed NOT with preschoolers in mind, AI Supply Chain Candy Land is for everyone interested in learning about the software supply chain for AI/ML. Travel through exotic locations like The Peppermint Forest of swirly-twirly dependencies, The Fudgy Swamp of Compliance, and much more! AI/ML is a fast-moving space within technology. However, everything we've learned in software engineering of the last few decades ALSO applies to this "new" world of AI/ML. We'll apply traditional software supply chain security techniques and, wherever able, tools to help developers and consumers win AI Supply Chain Candyland. Through an enjoyable and colorful game, with useful examples taken from standards and frameworks, the audience will have a better appreciation and ability to apply supply chain security concepts and tools to the development and support of AI/ML-based solutions.

Speakers

Christopher (CRob) Robinson

Security Lorax, The Linux Foundation

Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is the Director of Security Communications at Intel Product Assurance and Security and a community leader within the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). CRob is a 42nd level Dungeon Master and a 25th level Securityologist. He has worked at several... Read More →

Sarah Evans

Senior Engineering Technologist, Dell Technologies

Sarah is a security innovation researcher at Dell Technologies, on the Product and Operations Global CTO Research & Development team. She leverages diverse experiences in cybersecurity, IT, defense, business, education and fine arts to research innovation to improve security by design... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm PST
Silverado East

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:30pm PST

Coffee Break

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm PST

Fairway Deck

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

4:15pm PST

Open Data Vs. Open Code: The Differences Matter - Marc Prioleau, Overture Maps Foundation

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

In this session led by Marc Prioleau, Executive Director of Overture Maps Foundation, we explore the often-misunderstood distinction between open map data and open source code. While open source code underpins many software projects within the Linux Foundation, open map data, especially in the context of Overture Maps Foundation's work presents unique challenges and opportunities. This talk will: - Clarify the differences and overlaps between open data and open source code. - Discuss the specific challenges in creating and maintaining open map data in the case of Overture Maps - Highlight how open data contributes uniquely to technological advancements, distinct from open source software. - Address common misconceptions in the open source community regarding these two domains.

Speakers

Marc Prioleau

Executive Director, Overture Maps Foundation

Marc Prioleau is the executive director of Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to empower current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data. Marc has worked with the mapping operations at a variety of companies... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any

4:15pm PST

Alliance for OpenUSD: Building the HTML for 3D Worlds - Guy Martin, NVIDIA

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST

SIlverado West

This session will provide an overview of the Alliance for OpenUSD, an LF Joint Development Foundation project aimed at building a set of specifications to formalize the Pixar Open Universal Scene Description technology. Specific topics covered will include the alliance's purpose, work to date, as well as special focus on collaboration and interaction with the open source community and other Linux Foundation consortia such as the Academy Software Foundation.

Speakers

Guy Martin

Director, Open Source & Standards, NVIDIA

Guy Martin is Director of Open Source & Standards at NVIDIA, where he’s responsible for helping shape the strategy of key open source and standards efforts such as Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD) & Material Definition Language (MDL). His experience includes stints building... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Intermediate

4:15pm PST

Introducing the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Michael Maximilien, IBM

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST

Silverado East

There is a looming threat to all on the horizon. Today’s data and communications are secured using various forms of public-key encryption. These schemes are all (principally) based on the surprising complexity of factoring large numbers. The issue with modern-based cryptography is that, in 1994, Peter Shor discovered a quantum algorithm that can break modern encryption when executed on large enough quantum computers (QCs). What can we do today to protect from this looming threat? The QC and cryptography communities have been hard at work on devising new encryption algorithms that can be resistant to QCs. Working closely with the Linux Foundation and leaders of the cryptography and OSS community the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA) was created to host and lead a collection of initial post-quantum projects that can be used to make the world’s software quantum safe. As part of the original representative members of the PQCA, Max has seen the progression of the alliance from its inception at the LF Member’s Summit 2022 to its current form. In this talk, he will present the foundation and its charter along with an overview of the current projects and algorithms.

Speakers

Michael Maximilien

Distinguished Engineer, IBM

Max is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and leader for the teams contributing to Open Quantum and Serverless. Max has held elected and leadership positions in Cloud Foundry and Knative OSS communities. Max's main expertise are in software engineering and distributed systems. Max published... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:15pm - 4:45pm PST
Silverado East

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

5:00pm PST

Enabling an Open Ecosystem for GPUs and Accelerators - Alison Richards, Intel (UXL Foundation)

Tuesday November 19, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm PST

SIlverado West

The landscape of computing has changed and the majority of software developers are looking to use architectures with multiple types of processors, in particular GPUs. The emergence of modern AI techniques has further accelerated the usage of GPUs and new AI processor architectures to achieve the performance required by neural networks. The challenge developers are seeing is that different architectures often require unique languages, tools and libraries, adding complexity and limiting code reuse. The solution is to provide a single way to develop across these architectures, and the basis for this must be rooted in an open, standards-based programming model and libraries. The UXL Foundation was formed to tackle this, and we are working together to build a solution to these challenges – providing an open, standards-based way to develop software and deploy across vendors. This presentation will show how the UXL Foundation is evolving its projects to meet the vendor neutral demands of software developers by adopting open standards and open source, and how our members are using the projects to enable projects like PyTorch and TensorFlow.

Speakers

Alison Richards

Senior Director, Intel (UXL Foundation)

Alison Richards is Director at Intel Corporation, focused on the UXL Foundation and oneAPI. She has held a variety of positions in her tenure at Intel: Internet of Things; Mobile; Intel Education; Cisco Alliance; Intel Capital; Advertising and Partner Marketing. Alison held board... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Beginner

5:00pm PST

A Secure, Stable Linux Kernel for the Long Run - Gustavo Padovan, Collabora Ltd

Tuesday November 19, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm PST

Silverado East

We all depend on the Linux kernel for critical parts of our society's infrastructure. Yet, our capacity to keep our Linux systems up to date with the latest features, security, and stability fixes is rather limited. Companies are collectively wasting millions and millions of dollars upgrading their systems to new kernels. I am sure you can relate to that! The Linux kernel community does a fantastic job developing the Linux kernel. It is an ever-evolving operating system that becomes more secure, stable, and feature rich every day. However, rebasing existing infrastructure on new kernels is not straightforward at all. We still lack processes, tools, and culture to make that job smoother in the Linux kernel ecosystem. KernelCI, a project under the Linux Foundation, is on a mission to change that. Our goal is to support the community and companies to ensure the quality, stability, and long-term maintenance of the Linux kernel while also reducing product integration costs drastically. In this talk, you will learn what KernelCI is, what we are doing to improve this situation, and, more importantly, what you can do to help!

Speakers

Gustavo Padovan

Kernel lead, Collabora Ltd

Gustavo leads Linux kernel strategy at Collabora - a well respected Open Source Software consultancy that helps top companies in the world create the next generation of technology with Open Source Software inside. He is also one of the driving forces behind the KernelCI Foundation... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm PST
Silverado East

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

6:00pm PST

Attendee Reception

Tuesday November 19, 2024 6:00pm - 9:00pm PST

The Estate Yountville

Get ready for an unforgettable evening at The Estate Yountville! Attendees will enjoy delicious gourmet cuisine and refreshing beverages while surrounded by the stunning beauty of Napa Valley. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to network, socialize, and indulge in the best that Napa Valley has to offer!

Transportation provided.

Tuesday November 19, 2024 6:00pm - 9:00pm PST
The Estate Yountville 6481 Washington St, Yountville, CA 94599

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Breakfast

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am PST

Fairway Deck

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Registration & Badge Pick-Up

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Beaulieu Room

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Beaulieu Room

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Zen Zone

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Robert Mondavi

Wednesday November 20, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Robert Mondavi The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

9:15am PST

Pretty Good > Perfect: Practical Risk Management for Open Source Software - Michael Herzog, nexB

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:15am - 9:45am PST

Vintner's Court

“Perfect is the enemy of good.” Whether it was Voltaire or Aristotle who said it first, it’s true for risk management in open source software.

For both vulnerability mitigation and license compliance, risk management is always a sliding scale. How do you define or apply practical policies to focus identification and mitigation for the highest risk vulnerabilities in the context of your technology stack? And for the highest risk licenses in the context of how you deploy or distribute products or applications?

In this talk, Michael will discuss setting priorities for open source software compliance and how to avoid the pitfalls of focusing on low value / high cost activities, based on over 15 years of experience running Software Composition Analysis projects. The best advice? Focus on accuracy over precision.

Speakers

Michael Herzog

co-founder and CEO, nexB

Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:15am - 9:45am PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Beginner

10:00am PST

Improving License Information in Fedora - Jilayne Lovejoy & Richard Fontana, Red Hat

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST

Vintner's Court

The licensing of open source software, as embodied in source code and package metadata, has long suffered from lack of clarity and consistency. This has become more evident with the use of sophisticated license scanning tools. Discussions among open source legal and compliance experts often express the desirability of having such problems addressed upstream.

We will describe the progress on an initiative driven by Red Hat and the Fedora Project community to revitalize its traditional role of curating a distribution with careful attention to licensing. This initiative includes: improved documentation and explanation of license policies, evolution of "allowed" and "not allowed" license lists from a project wiki to a repository of machine-readable data; the use of SPDX identifiers in package license metadata, including close collaboration with the SPDX-legal community; and traceable license review process. We will cover an overview of the process, challenges faced and overcome, and planned next steps.

By sharing the Fedora approach, we hope others can learn or borrow from this work and also contribute to improving license information upstream.

Speakers

Jilayne Lovejoy

Product Counsel, Red Hat

Jilayne is a US lawyer and community leader and has held various community and in-house roles related to open source. She is a product counsel at Red Hat working on a variety of topics.Jilayne leads the Linux Foundation sponsored Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX) legal team... Read More →

Richard Fontana

Senior Commercial Counsel, Red Hat

Richard Fontana is a lawyer at Red Hat and a member of the Products, Privacy and Innovation team in the Red Hat legal department. He specializes in legal matters relating to software development, with a significant focus on open source strategy and compliance as well as AI/machine... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Intermediate

10:00am PST

Chasing the White Whale of Open Source - ROI - Bob Killen, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Have you ever found yourself trying to justify a commitment to an open source project and struggled to communicate the value beyond the usual suspects, such as increased influence or attracting talent? You are not alone. In today’s economic climate, organizations are looking for more concrete returns; they want to know how their investment impacts their business goals. In this talk, Bob will go over some proven successful strategies and tools to help you convey the impact of your organization’s open source investment and provide a lightweight framework that can be used to continue to tell this story over-time and in a sustainable way.

Speakers

Bob Killen

Senior Technical Program Manager, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Bob is a Senior Technical Program Manager at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), where he works to streamline processes, puts into practice projects aimed at connecting users and maintainers, and finds ways to surface the value of open source. Before this, Bob was an OSS... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

10:00am PST

The Open Strategies of GenAI: Unlocking Potential Through Collaboration and Transparency - Anni Lai, Futurewei

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST

Silverado East

In the evolving landscape of GenAI, open strategies are key drivers of innovation and widespread adoption. This preso explores how transparency, collaboration, and shared resources shape the future of GenAI. We will highlight fundamental principles, successful initiatives, and real-world case studies demonstrating how open-source models and datasets accelerate research and democratize access to cutting-edge AI capabilities. The discussion will address the challenges and opportunities of open strategies, balancing openness with security, and the impact on IP and community governance. Insights from recent research and industry trends will shed light on the implications for enterprise AI deployment and the broader AI ecosystem. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how open strategies in GenAI can unlock potential, foster innovation, and drive sustainable growth. This session is valuable for developers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders seeking to harness the power of openness in AI.

Speakers

Anni Lai

Head of Open Source Operations & Marketing, www.futurewei.com

Anni drives Futurewei’s open source (O.S.) governance, process, compliance, training, project alignment, and ecosystem building. Anni has a long history of serving on various O.S. boards such as OpenStack Foundation, LF CNCF, LF OCI, LF Edge, and is on the LF OMF board and LF Europe... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

10:45am PST

Understanding Embeddings for Legal Professionals: How AI Distinguishes Among Concepts - Jocelyn Matthews, Pinecone

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST

Vintner's Court

If you had a collection of every kind of animal on earth, from mules to narwhals to goldfish, how would we pick out just the housepets? And how does AI distinguish between a pack mule and a Moscow Mule?

Embeddings are numerical representations that capture the essential features and relationships of objects, like words or images, in a continuous vector space, enabling tasks such as semantic search, clustering, and recommendations. We'll explore the core concepts of embeddings, using relatable examples to make advanced ideas accessible.

Legal professionals may find embeddings particularly relevant due to their ability to distinguish between different entities and concepts with nuance. Such capability is crucial for addressing legal issues like data privacy, bias mitigation, and intellectual property.

By understanding how embeddings distinguish between concepts, attendees can draw parallels to their own legal reasoning processes, gaining insights into how these AI mechanisms intersect with legal frameworks. This session encourages legal professionals to explore the intellectual and professional possibilities that embeddings present, deepening an understanding of AI’s role in law

Speakers

Jocelyn Matthews

Head of Community, Pinecone

Jocelyn Matthews is a former engineer and college instructor turned community manager. In her spare time, she is Lead Admin of the DevRel Collective, a group of nearly 3,000 professionals developer advocates and technical community managers. She cares very much about the context of... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Beginner

10:45am PST

Dependency Risk Management: A Guide for OSPOs - Ashley Wolf, GitHub

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Open source software is ubiquitous and forms the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, yet it often hides dependency risks that can impact organizations significantly. At GitHub, where we depend on tens of thousands of open source packages, we have leveraged open source frameworks from OpenSSF and other communities and created strategies to assess and mitigate these risks. Join us as we explore how OSPOs can use open source tools and standards to create plans for identifying and addressing dependency risks to improve their overall risk profile and improve project health. The talk will cover strategies for engaging with key stakeholders, including security teams, and funding opportunities to build resilient and sustainable open source ecosystems.

Speakers

Ashley Wolf

Director, Open Source Programs, GitHub

Ashley Wolf is the Director of Open Source Programs at GitHub. She runs initiatives and programs to empower developers to be successful with open source. She is also passionate about helping companies participate in the open source community. Prior to joining GitHub, Ashley led the... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

10:45am PST

AI Agents: Revolutionizing Cloud Native Adoption and Open Source Innovation - Younes Hairej, Aokumo Inc.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST

Silverado East

As cloud native technologies mature, AI agents are emerging as game-changers for automation and optimization. This talk explores their transformative potential in cloud environments, focusing on Kubernetes and Istio management. We'll present a case study on how Aokumo has deployed AI agents to service clients globally, demonstrating tangible benefits in managing complex cloud infrastructures. The session will showcase practical applications where AI agents streamline operations, enhance security, and drive efficiency. We'll also discuss the open source community's crucial role in developing, standardizing, and ethically implementing these technologies.

Speakers

Younes Hairej

CEO, Aokumo Inc.

Younes is the founder and CEO of Aokumo Inc., specializing in AI agents and cloud infrastructure. With 15 years in IT and 7 years in executive roles, he has led teams in building and operating complex systems. Previously serving as CTO at Invast Inc., Younes spearheaded digital transformations... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Any

11:15am PST

Coffee Break

Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm PST

Fairway Deck

Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

12:00pm PST

Model Openness Framework - Matt White, PyTorch Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:15pm PST

Vintner's Court

Speakers

Matt White

Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation. GM of AI., Linux Foundation

Matt White is the Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation and GM of AI at the Linux Foundation. He is also the Director of the Generative AI Commons, an open community initiative focused on advancing responsible generative AI under the LF AI & Data Foundation. Matt has nearly... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:15pm PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:00pm PST

Beyond Upstream First: The Contribution Maturity Model - Theodore Ts'o, The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

SIlverado West

Last year, the Linux Foundational's Technical Advisory Board published the Linux Kernel Contribution Maturity Model (CMM). The goal of the CMM is to encourage companies to allow and encourage their engineersto contribute to upstream development in ways that allow them to grow into leadership roles, improving the overall health of the Linux Kernel ecosystem. This talk explores how companies can improve their overall upstream community maturity, and how this benefits the company; their engineers, and the upstream development community.

Speakers

Theodore Ts'o

Staff Programmer, Google

Theodore Ts'o is the first North American Linux Kernel Developer, and started working with Linux in September, 1991. He previously served as CTO for the Linux Foundation, and is currently employed at Google.Theodore is a Debian Developer, and is the maintainer of the ext4 file system... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
SIlverado West

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:00pm PST

Verifiable Credentials: What Every OSS Project Needs to Know - Brian Behlendorf, The Linux Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

Silverado East

W3C Verifiable Credentials are spreading like wildfire, fed by a growing number of governments who are piloting and putting VC-based systems into production. The EU will be mandating their use by the end of 2025 for certain key citizen services. VCs and Digital Wallets can be used in privacy-preserving ways, opening the door to a different, better, more decentralized paradigm for granting access and permissions to web sites, apps, and key services. Come to hear about the use cases, the regulations, and the underlying technology that will likely emerge as a requirement for most meaningful open source projects to adopt at some point soon.

Speakers

Brian Behlendorf

Chief AI Strategist, CTO OpenWallet, The Linux Foundation

Brian has served most recently as General Manager and CTO of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), has served as Executive Director of Hyperledger, and formerly as CTO of the World Economic Forum. He currently serves on the boards of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
Silverado East

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:00pm PST

Convince Your Boss with Data: Leveraging Research to Get to "YES" for OSS Strategy - Hilary Carter, The Linux Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

You're making decisions about open source project funding, hiring, travel, and overall engagement. But do you have the latest data to get internal buy-in for your open source engagement and resourcing needs? This session will point you to the most current and compelling data and insights from dozens of LF Research studies that drive open source project budgets and strategy, that illustrate the value proposition for open source collaboration, and that highlight examples and resources for you to leverage to set your organization up for success, no matter the industry or technology domain.

Speakers

Hilary Carter

SVP research & communication, The Linux Foundation

Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

12:30pm PST

Lunch

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:30pm - 2:00pm PST

Mansion Garden Lawn

Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:30pm - 2:00pm PST
Mansion Garden Lawn

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

2:00pm PST

OSI Open Source AI Definition Update and Q&A - Stefano Maffulli, Open Source Initiative (OSI)

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST

Vintner's Court

Speakers

Stefano Maffulli

Executive Director, Open Source Initiative

Stefano is an experienced leader of open source organizations, from non-profits advocacy groups and trade organizations to business ventures and community projects across countries. With a proven track record in community building, he’s also an active contributor to open source... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:00pm PST

The Shape of the New OSPO - Nithya Ruff, Amazon

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

OSPOs have gone through a lot of changes lately with some shrinking, some becoming distributed and the rise of new industries and government building OSPOs. The challenges that OSPOs were created to solve have also changed. With new areas to address such as regulations, AI, Security and open source software issues becoming more well understood, OSPOs need to change their organization shape and focus. As someone who has led multiple OSPOs through the maturity cycles, I want to cover the new challenges and how OSPOs are evolving to address them. And how OSPOs can remain relevant and influential during these years of change. I will cover writing the new strategy document, the organization structure and working across the organization and outside the organization to accomplish the mission,

Speakers

Nithya Ruff

Head, Open Source Program Office, Amazon

Nithya is the Head of Amazon’s Open Source Program Office. Amazon’s customers value open source innovation and the cloud’s role in helping them adopt and run important open source services. She drives open source culture and coordination inside of Amazon and engagement with... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:00pm PST

Running GenAI Apps the Cloud Native Way - Arun Gupta, Intel

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST

SIlverado West

Enterprises are eager to adopt Generative AI to increase their productivity. OPEA, the Open Platform for Enterprise AI, is a new project with the Linux Foundation. It provides a framework of composable microservices for state-of-the-art GenAI systems including LLMs, data stores, and prompt engines. It provides blueprints of end-to-end workflows for popular usage such as ChatQnA, CodeGen, and RAG systems. OPEA applications leverage cloud-native architecture to simplify deployment. It even includes a friendly high-level pipeline definition language for deployment on Kubernetes. This session will introduce OPEA, key component microservices, and how GenAI applications can be composed using those microservices. The attendees will learn to start with OPEA by deploying their GenAI application on a k8s cluster. Explicit contribution opportunities will be shared with the attendees. You'll also see an open source OPEA playground running on k8s, and how to contribute your components to it.

Speakers

Arun Gupta

VP/GM, Open Ecosystem, Intel

Arun Gupta is vice president of Open Ecosystem Initiatives at Intel Corporation. He is an open source strategist, advocate, and practitioner for over two decades. He has taken companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Sun Microsystems through systemic changes to embrace open source principles... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Beginner

2:00pm PST

Facilitated Discussion: Unpacking the ‘Source’ of the Matter: The Impacts, Tools, and Considerations of the U.S. Government - Cali Dolfi, Red Hat

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm PST

Silverado East

Since US President Joe Biden issued an executive order specifying requirements for SBOMs among software suppliers to US federal agencies, there have been more questions than answers regarding what this would look like, even from the US government itself. This time will be a facilitated discussion around what this means specifically for open source communities and corporate entities that use open source in their products. Some of the potential discussion areas: Do people view this as a potential limiting factor for corporate use of open source software? What are the potential impacts of this requirement on open source? Is the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) useful and realistic? With the goal of risk, vulnerability, and incident management, does the proposed SBOM structure “work” to analyze open source software? What tools are people currently using to make and analyze SBOMs? As input is still being considered, is there anything from an open source perspective that we should be advocating for?

Speakers

Cali Dolfi

Senior Data Scientist, Red Hat

Cali Dolfi is a Data Scientist in the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat. Her work focuses on changing the way we look at open source communities through the lens of data science and machine learning. Outside of data science, her passion lies in making careers in technology more... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm PST
Silverado East

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Any

2:45pm PST

"Open" AI Perspectives - Richard Fontana, Red Hat & Luis Villa, Tidelift

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST

Vintner's Court

Speakers

Richard Fontana

Senior Commercial Counsel, Red Hat

Luis Villa

Co-founder and General Counsel, Tidelift

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:45pm PST

Ant Group's 3+ Year's of OSPO Journey to the Global Stage - Richard Sikang Bian & Nadia Jiang, Ant Group

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Ant Group (fintech company with 25K employees) founded Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in 2021. It has been a roller coaster journey to nurture it as the company features primarily a B2B2C business model which doesn't rely heavily on Open Source successes. Building long-lasting open source engagement can be a really challenging, yet rewarding journey. It all began as a technical strategic initiative with 1 individual working on it part time. After 3+ years, the company now has a dedicated OSPO team of 6+ people, a full fledged Open Source Technical Committee, featuring Open Source as a long term Technical Strategy, and starting this year began the global outreach work very seriously in 2024. In this duo-speaker session, we'll share our learnings and reflections of building OSPO in a highly dynamic environment with constant challenges from leadership, peers, and difficulties for building sustainable ecosystem. It aims to provide valuable insights for foundation members, ecosystem players and project leads to work with large corporations, even more useful if there are cultural boundaries to break through.

Speakers

Nadia Jiang

Head of Open Source Growth and Internationalization, Ant Group

Nadia Jiang is an entrepreneur, open-source enthusiast, and DevRel expert. Currently serving as the COO of SegmentFault, China's largest developer Q&A community, and co-founder of Apache Answer. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Nadia is a dedicated contributor to open-source... Read More →

Richard Sikang Bian

Head of OSPO and Open Source Growth & Strategy, Ant Group

As an engineer by training and father to a toddler, Richard was ex-Square, ex-Microsoft who currently works on the Technical Strategy Initiatives team of Ant Group. Richard is also in charge of Ant Group's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and enjoys being the evangelist of Open Source... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:45pm PST

ToIP Ecosystem of Ecosystems Model for Decentralized Digital Trust - Judith Fleenor, Trust Over IP Foundation; Drummond Reed, Gen Digital; Wenjing Chu, Futurewei Technologies Inc.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST

SIlverado West

Trust Over IP Foundation, a JDF project under the Linux Foundation Decentralize Trust umbrella, has long been known for its “dual stack” that combines technical protocols with the governance models and artifacts required to create interoperable decentralized digital trust ecosystems. Starting with our ToIP Governance Architecture Specifications (2021) and ToIP Technology Architecture Specification (2022), this year we have published Implementers Drafts of our Trust Spanning Protocol (TSP) and Trust Registry Query Protocol (TQRP). This session will explain how this decentralized digital trust architecture is being implemented in an ecosystem of ecosystems model to produce Internet-scale solutions to urgent security, privacy, and data governance problems around the world such as content authenticity to protect against AI deep fakes.

Speakers

Wenjing Chu

Senior Director of Technology Strategy, Futurewei Technologies Inc.

Wenjing is a senior directory of technology strategy at Futurewei leading initiatives on trust in the future of computing. He is a Steering Committee member of the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation and co-Chairs the TSP and AI & Metaverse task forces. He is a Board Member of the OpenWallet... Read More →

Judith Fleenor

Director of Strategic Engagement, Trust Over IP

Judith Fleenor, Director of Strategic Engagement, Trust Over IP (ToIP.)The mission of ToIP is to simplify and standardize how trust is established over a digital network or using digital tools. Judith facilitates the collaborative community of international experts working together... Read More →

Drummond Reed

Director, Trust Services, Gen Digital

25 years working on Internet identity, security, privacy & trust Co-Editor, W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DID) Specification Steering Member, Trust Over IP (ToIP) Foundation Board Member, OpenWallet Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Intermediate

3:15pm PST

Coffee Break

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm PST

Fairway Deck

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

3:45pm PST

A Deep Dive into OIN’s Linux System Table 12 Release & a Glimpse into What’s Next on the Horizon - Keith Bergelt, Open Invention Network

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

Vintner's Court

As Open Source continues to grow in functionality & adoption, so does the likelihood & risks of patent attacks. OIN protects OSS through a unique cross-license whereby OIN’s members agree to not sue each other for use of their Linux & Open Source related patents. The cross-license is defined in scope by over 4,5o0 core Linux & Open Source technology packages known as the Linux System which is updated & expanded every 18-24 months. Newly released in August 2024, Linux System Table 12 covers cloud-native computing, enterprise software, IoT, networking, automotive, embedded systems & hardware development technologies, among others. Table 13 is open for nominations from Linux Foundation members and the greater open source community.

Speakers

Keith Bergelt

CEO, Open Invention Network

Keith Bergelt is the CEO of Open Invention Network (OIN), the only institution focused on mitigating patent risk in open source software. Funded by Google, IBM, NEC, Philips, Sony, SUSE, and Toyota, OIN has nearly 4,000 community members. In his capacity as CEO, he is directly responsible... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:45pm PST

Panel Discussion: Insights from OSPOs for Good - Ruth Suehle, SAS; Arun Gupta, Intel; Hilary Carter, The Linux Foundation; Sachiko Muto, RISE

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

Silverado East

In July, the United Nations hosted the second OSPOs for Good symposium to bring together open source thought leaders to discuss using OSPOs as a global network for helping reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discussions touched on open source and AI, OSPOs in government and networked cities, software security, and the impact open source can have on research and science. This panel brings together several of the speakers from the event to talk about their perspectives and the next steps we can take together to use the power of the open source ecosystem for good.

Speakers

Sachiko Muto

Chairman, Senior Researcher, OpenForum Europe, RISE

Sachiko Muto is the Chief Executive Officer of OpenForum Europe (OFE), a Brussels-based think tank that promotes openness in ICT and a level playing field for open source software. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government... Read More →

Ruth Suehle

Director, Open Source, SAS

Ruth Suehle is Director of Open Source at SAS. She is also executive vice-president of the Apache Software Foundation and a producer of the ApacheCon conference. Ruth has helped build open source communities for nearly two decades, much of which she spent in the Open Source Program... Read More →

Arun Gupta

VP/GM, Open Ecosystem, Intel

Hilary Carter

SVP research & communication, The Linux Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
Silverado East

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Any

3:45pm PST

A Journey of Business and OSS Ecosystem with the Linux Foundation - Yuichi Nakamura, Hitachi, Ltd.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Are you leveraging the Linux Foundation membership benefit? Hitachi is a member of the Linux Foundation(LF) since its launch and has been collaborating with LF in various aspects. Yuichi Nakamura, responsible for OSS strategy in Hitachi and Japan evangelist of LF, introduces a case study of how to accelerate business with LF as its member company. He will talk lessons learned from a failure case of OSS business, then introduce OSS strategy for business. The most important part of the strategy is to find and take new OSS into our business timely. Hitachi is working with LF to expand utilization of OSS. LF leaders/LF Japan provide forecast of market and technology trends in consultation for members, navigate new projects by connecting with key people and work together to launch local communities. By such support, Hitachi can utilize new OSS projects to business quickly. He introduces detail of collaboration in examples of CNCF, OpenSSF and FinOps Foundation.

Speakers

Yuichi Nakamura

Chief OSS Strategist, Hitachi,Ltd.

Yuichi Nakamura,Ph.D has been engaged with OSS over 20 years, contributed to SELinux, given presentations in many OSS events such as Linux Security Summit, Embedded Linux Conference and KubeCon. He also launched ecosystem of business and OSS contribution model based on Keycloak in... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:45pm PST

Adopting CDEvents and Embracing Interoperability - Andrea Frittoli, IBM

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

SIlverado West

The software delivery lifecycle landscape (SDLC) is rich with tools and services that help engineers automate every step and aspect of the software production process: configuration management, testing, build tools, artefact storage, deployment and monitoring. How do we connect all these tools, and adopt supply chain security best practices while maintaining a good developer experience from beginning to end? The CDEvents project aims to help solve this problem through standardisation and interoperability. In this talk, the speaker will introduce CDEvents, its vision, the latest news and roadmap; he will present how the project’s shared event format is being adopted by various tools across the SDLC and how interoperability enables a consistent developer experience and helps to achieve a secure software factory.

Speakers

Andrea Frittoli

Open Source Developer Advocate, IBM

Andrea Frittoli is a Developer Advocate at IBM and an open-source enthusiast. He is the co-founder of the CDEvents project and a member of the project Governing Board. Andrea is the chair of the CDF Technical Oversight Committee and a member of the foundation's Governing Board. He's... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Any

4:30pm PST

Generating SBOMs for All Critical Linux Foundation Projects - Gary O'Neall, Source Auditor Inc. & Jeff Shapiro, The Linux Foundation

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

Vintner's Court

We’ve been doing source level license scans for LF projects for a long time including generating SPDX formatted files, but what about SBOMs that can meet (and exceed) the government minimum specification? Here at the LF, we are now leveraging our existing scanning capabilities to generate SBOMs for these same critical open source projects.

In the LF spirit, we are using existing open source tools to scan project dependencies to produce an SBOM that meets the minimum spec. We are also producing dependency level license data to compliment our source level scans. In the near future we will be combining these to produce a grand unified SBOM that will meet a newly defined LF minimum specification for SBOMs.

We will talk about our process to generate these SBOMs, the challenges we faced, our future plans, and share more about how you can make use of these for the projects you care about most.

Speakers

Jeff Shapiro

Director of License Scanning, The Linux Foundation

Jeff Shapiro is the Director of License Scanning for The Linux Foundation. He has over 30 years of experience in the software industry, including 10 years in software auditing, open source scanning, and training developers in OSS license compliance.

Gary O'Neall

Founder and Principal Consultant, Source Auditor Inc.

Gary is a contributor to the Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX™) - an open standard for communicating software bill of material information, including components, licenses, copyrights, and security references. Gary has contributed several open source tools. Gary O’Neall is... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Vintner's Court

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Intermediate

4:30pm PST

Panel Discussion: Open Source: What's Next? - Tony Wasserman, Software Methods & Tools; Chris Aniszczyk, CNCF; Nithya Ruff, Amazon; Stormy Peters, GitHub; Stephen Walli, Microsoft

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

Silverado East

This proposed session is a panel discussion covering recent developments and likely future directions for open source software, particularly as it applies to companies that are developing and/or using open source software in their products. The invited panelists all have extensive experience that cover the most significant issues facing open source today, including licensing, security, AI, and OSPOs.

Speakers

Tony Wasserman

Principal Consultant, Software Methods and Tools

Tony Wasserman has divided his career between academia and industry. He is currently Principal of Software Methods and Tools, and an Advisor in the UC Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator. He was Professor of Sfw Mgmt at CMU-Silicon Valley from 2005-23. Earlier, he was CEO of Interactive... Read More →

Stephen Walli

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

I'm a principal program manager at Microsoft in the Azure Office of the CTO. I've worked with Docker, been a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard, technical director at the Outercurve Foundation, founded a start-up, and been a writer and consultant. I've been around open... Read More →

Chris Aniszczyk

CTO, CNCF

Chris Aniszczyk is an open source technologist with a passion for building a better world through open collaboration. He's currently a CTO at the Linux Foundation focused on developer experience and running the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Furthermore, he's a Partner... Read More →

Nithya Ruff

Head, Open Source Program Office, Amazon

Stormy Peters

Open Source Expert, GitHub

Stormy Peters is VP of Communities at GitHub. She leads the teams responsible for enabling the online creators and open source communities on GitHub, including GitHub’s community product efforts, developer relations, education, and other strategic programs. Throughout her career... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Silverado East

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Intermediate

4:30pm PST

TODO Group Steering Committee (OSPO): Ask Me Anything Session - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, The Linux Foundation; Ashley Wolf, GitHub; Brittany Istenes, Fannie Mae; Stephen Augustus, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

This Ask Me Anything session connects attendees to the TODO Steering Committee. The TODO Group is an open community of practitioners who aim to create, share knowledge and collaborate on best practices on open source management in organizations to run successful Open Source Program Offices Members of the committee will assist the audience through the best practices, guides, and tools made by and for open source managers to help them in their day-to-day responsibilities, as well as share their first-hand experiences and lessons learned in building and operating OSPOs. Additionally, attendees will learn ways to connect with the TODO Group – the largest OSPO community dedicated to building best practices in open source management – as well as with the SIGs and working groups from the foundations and projects across the LF ecosystem. The session will also provide information on accessing OSPO mentorship in their local regions.

Speakers

Ashley Wolf

Director, Open Source Programs, GitHub

Stephen Augustus

Head of Open Source, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Stephen is the Head of Open Source at Cisco, working within the Strategy, Incubation, & Applications (SIA) organization. Across the wider LF (Linux Foundation) ecosystem, Stephen has the pleasure of serving as a member of the OpenSSF Governing Board, the OpenAPI Initiative Business... Read More →

Brittany Istenes

OSPO Strategist, Fannie Mae

Brittany Istenes started off her career as an elementary school educator which then led to a path of tech. Brittany has led advisory councils, special interest groups, open source contributions, community building, InnerSource initiatives and all the gray areas in between. At Fannie... Read More →

Ana Jimenez

Open Source Project Manager, Linux Foundation, TODO Group

Ana is the OSPO Program Manager at the Linux Foundation project TODO Group, formed by an open community of practitioners who aim to create, share knowledge, and develop best practices practices on open source management in organizations and ¡ run successful Open Source Program Offices... Read More →

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Beginner

4:30pm PST

The Past, Present, and Future of the AgStack Foundation - Sumer Johal, Semios

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

SIlverado West

The AgStack Foundation launched in 2021 to develop and preserve the open infrastructure and data that supports digital agriculture and a sustainable food system. Since then it's attracted collaborators from around the world, released several projects, and won several grants to support its work. As exciting as all that is, the best is yet to come. In this session we'll… * fill you in on everything that's happened at AgStack since its launch, * give you a summary of the work we have planned for 2025 and beyond, and * show you how you can be a part of our community.

Speakers

Sumer Johal

CEO, Semios

Sumer S. Johal is a globally recognized leader in digital innovation and AI, with over 25 years of experience transforming industries. As the CEO of Semios+Agworld, he spearheads groundbreaking solutions in agriculture, impacting over 100 million acres globally.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Project Highlights

Content Experience Level Any

5:00pm PST

Evening Happy Hour

Wednesday November 20, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST

The Arbor

When the sessions end, join fellow attendees for a lively mix of refreshments, drinks, and networking. It’s the perfect way to unwind and make new connections!

Wednesday November 20, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST
The Arbor The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

6:00pm PST

Evening Shuttle Services to Downtown Napa

Wednesday November 20, 2024 6:00pm - 9:30pm PST

TBA

After the happy hours each night, continue the festivities with a trip to Downtown Napa!

Buses depart the Silverado Resort starting at 6:00pm. The last pickup from Downtown Napa will be at 9:30pm.

Wednesday November 20, 2024 6:00pm - 9:30pm PST
TBA

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Continental Breakfast

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am PST

Fairway Deck

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 10:00am PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Registration & Badge Pick-Up

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Beaulieu Room

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Beaulieu Room

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

8:00am PST

Zen Zone

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST

Robert Mondavi

Thursday November 21, 2024 8:00am - 5:00pm PST
Robert Mondavi The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

10:00am PST

Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Open-Source Communities: Turning Strategy Into Impact - Regina Nkenchor, GNOME Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST

Silverado East

Research has shown that diversity is not just a buzzword but a critical factor that significantly impacts the effectiveness and success of open-source communities. Building an inclusive environment requires more than recognizing the importance of diversity; it demands concrete actions, tangible outcomes, and a genuine commitment to creating a welcoming space for all contributors. This talk draws from an in-depth study of the GNOME Project's diversity and inclusion strategies, examining the opportunities and challenges in fostering inclusiveness. By exploring these experiences, the aim of this talk is to provide actionable recommendations for improving diversity efforts. While some open-source projects have implemented strategies to create a diverse and inclusive environment, they often struggle to achieve impactful outcomes. How can we move beyond setting diversity and inclusion strategies to achieve measurable results? Are policies and initiatives enough to foster true inclusiveness? In this talk, I will share recommended strategies to foster contributions from diverse groups.

Speakers

Regina Nkenchor

Project Maintainer and Community Director of GNOME Africa, GNOME Foundation

Regina is the Project Maintainer and Community Director of GNOME Africa, as well as a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Community. She served two terms as Vice President of the Board of Directors at the GNOME Foundation, where she played a pivotal role in shaping the project's diversity... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST
Silverado East

Global Collaboration & Diversity

Content Experience Level Intermediate

10:00am PST

Open Source Hacker Vs. Government Lawyer: Clashing Views on Fixing Tech in the DoD - Rebecca Lively & Eddie Zaneski, Defense Unicorns

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST

SIlverado West

“What do you mean I can’t bring my car keys into this building?” “No internet?? But how do I download things from GitHub?” Join a recovering government attorney and an open-source hacker for a fiery debate that dives into the world of DoD cybersecurity inefficiencies. Rebecca, a former DoD lawyer, pairs her intricate understanding of perplexing government policies with Eddie’s fresh, critical (and dare we say naive?) insights from the private sector. This session will explore the frustrating “how” behind the government’s “why,” from slow booting government laptops to the realities of “military-grade technology.” Together, they will challenge the status quo, proposing innovative, open-source inspired solutions to streamline and secure DoD operations. Expect a dynamic exchange filled with real-world frustrations, enlightening explanations, and a hacker’s touch on how to fix what’s broken.

Speakers

Eddie Zaneski

Tech Lead - Open Source, Defense Unicorns

Eddie lives in Denver, CO with his wife and dog. He loves open source and works on the Kubernetes project. When not hacking on random things you'll most likely find him climbing rocks somewhere.

Rebecca Lively

Growth Polymath, Defense Unicorns

Rebecca K. Lively began her career as an attorney focusing on legal and policy issues relating to software development, acquisition, intellectual property, and cyberspace operations. In 2020 she went all-in on software development, co-founding Shadow’s Edge Software, Air Force Cyber’s... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am PST
SIlverado West

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Any

10:00am PST

Facilitated Discussion: The Essential Role of Curation - Aeva Black, CISA & Jordan Kasper, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 11:15am PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

In the beginning, open source gained the public’s trust through direct relationships with maintainers, participating in communities, and reliance on curators. Somewhere along the way, the essential role of curators seems to have been forgotten. Sophisticated actors have been systematically seeking to abuse the trust placed in open source, and individual maintainers are not equipped to fend this off - nor should they have to go it alone, if they don’t want to. Let’s gather for a discussion of community-based solutions to this threat to open source.

Speakers

Aeva Black

Section Chief, Open Source Security, CISA

Aeva Black is a non-binary hacker and open source software advocate, currently leading OSS security policy at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Previously, Aeva held advisory and board roles at several non-profits (OSI, OpenSSF, OpenStack) and led development... Read More →

Jordan Kasper

Senior Advisor, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

Jordan Kasper is a software engineer, conference speaker, and open source zealot. He spent much of his career building web applications for organizations of all sizes. In 2017, he joined the U.S. Digital Service to help make tech better for all Americans. He has worked on systems... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:00am - 11:15am PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Advanced

10:45am PST

Diversity in Open Source, an Asian Perspective - Masae Shida, Broadcom

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST

Silverado East

Many open source communities struggle to achieve strong community participation from Asia despite the region representing 60% of the entire world population. Although there are numerous participants from India and China, the number is disproportionately low when compared with the US and Europe. An obvious reason could be time zones, however, as a Japanese woman who grew up and worked in Japan, and as a working mother, it seems probable this could also be explained by culture and other social barriers like language. Although we appreciate the benefit of diversity, it remains challenging to have an optimally balanced community. Do we compromise by having some people in each region to convince ourselves that we’ve achieved a target? Or do we look for ways to overcome the barriers enabling real benefit? Many DEI categories are grouped together which removes our ability to identify areas needing improvement. Asia consists of 40 countries with different culture, and Asians who grew up in the US have different views. Diversity is defined by a combination of multiple factors. Let’s look at our goals more closely and see what communities can actually do to bring real value.

Speakers

Masae Shida

Staff Program Manager, Broadcom

Masae is a Staff Program Manager at VMware OSPO leading open source business and community strategy alignment and consultations. Previously she led numerous telecoms and cloud computing programs including M&A at Cisco, information security/compliance process implementation and product... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST
Silverado East

Global Collaboration & Diversity

Content Experience Level Any

10:45am PST

Anti-Fraud Program Joins LF Charities to Improve Trust and Reduce Risk - Greg McCormick & Justus Ortlepp, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST

SIlverado West

Originally funded by, and still a prime benefactor, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we both built and advocate for the use of an Open Source real time anti-fraud system that is freely given to central banks, payment systems, banks, mobile money, fintech and others: we are now proud to announce we are now part of the Linux Foundation Charities. Learn about the digital public good we are up to.

Speakers

Greg McCormick

Executive Director, Tazama, Linux Foundation

Greg McCormick, Project Executive Director, is a 30 year tech industry veteran. Starting out as a network engineer, developer, and architect he has held various roles including CEO, CTO. He is focused on inclusive financial systems and how to protect emerging markets by providing... Read More →

Justus Ortlepp

Product Manager, The Linux Foundation

With more than 20 years’ experience in the Business Analysis field, Justus has honed his skills in problem solving and system building in South Africa in companies such as IBM, First National Bank (FNB) and Deloitte. At FNB he designed a mainframe-based graph database for customer... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am PST
SIlverado West

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Beginner

11:15am PST

Coffee Break

Thursday November 21, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm PST

Fairway Deck

Thursday November 21, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

12:00pm PST

Fostering the Growth of African Economies by Empowering Individuals Through Open Source - Sander van Vugt, Living Open Source Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

Silverado East

Africa still is the forgotten continent, even if all the means are there to have African talent participating in the world wide Open Source movement. Governments are using proprietary software, implemented by expensive foreign consultants, because of the lack of local people that have received the proper education. The Living Open Source Foundation aims at changing that by empowering individuals through training in Open Source techniques and attitude. In this session you will learn how the Living Open Source Foundation has been offering education to talent in different African countries since 2019. On that journey, different problems were encountered and lessons were learned. Just bringing education is not enough, the educated talent needs to have access to jobs in local economies once educated and certified. That is why Living Open Source Foundation focusses on enabling local economies by using Open Source software. In this session you'll learn how we work, and how you can participate in bringing Open Source to Africa.

Speakers

Sander van Vugt

founder, author, Living Open Source Foundation

Sander is the founder of the Living Open Source Foundation. Sander is also an author of courseware in different open source topics. His courseware has made open source skills accessible to anyone.

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
Silverado East

Global Collaboration & Diversity

Content Experience Level Beginner

12:00pm PST

Panel Discussion: Bringing Open Source Governance to a World of Decentralized Trust - Diane Mueller, Bitergia; Christian Taylor, Intersect; & Hart Montgomery, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

SIlverado West

In the transformative era of Web3, which encompasses decentralized trust systems, blockchain, and distributed ledger technologies, the foundational principles of open source governance have never been more critical. This session aims to explore the intersection of open source governance with Web3, providing insights from leading experts. We will delve into the evolution of governance models, their applicability in decentralized contexts, and the resultant challenges and opportunities within blockchain ecosystems. As Web3 technologies continue to evolve, they challenge traditional governance models with their decentralized nature. This session will introduce the significance of adapting open source governance principles—transparency, accountability, and inclusivity—to blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. We will set the stage for a deep dive into how these principles can foster collaboration and innovation in decentralized environments. Attendees will gain a nuanced understanding of how to leverage open source governance to navigate the complexities of Web 3's decentralized systems, ensuring robust, equitable, and forward-looking frameworks for the future.

Speakers

Hart Montgomery

CTO, Hyperledger Foundation, Linux Foundation

Hart Montgomery serves as the CTO of Hyperledger Foundation and the ED of the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance. He has extensive experience in blockchain and cryptography, and previously worked in blockchain and cryptography research at Fujitsu Research. Hart received a Ph.D. in... Read More →

Diane Mueller

DIrector, Research and Advisory Services, Bitergia

Diane comes to Bitergia from Red Hat, where she was a Distinguished Community Architect and Director, Community Development for the OpenShift and Cloud Native ecosystems. She founded and lead the OpenShift Commons community and served as the co-chair of the OKD working group for the... Read More →

Christian Taylor

Head of Open Source Office, Intersect

Christian comes from a diversified delivery background across various industries, most recently leading efforts to integrate Cardano blockchain into the open-source space. He has been part of industry firsts, notably in VVIP aviation custom interiors at JBRND and managing workplace... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
SIlverado West

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

12:00pm PST

SPDX: From Software to Systems - Gary O'Neall, Source Auditor Inc. & Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

The “Software” Product Data Exchange was created in 2010 to provide machine and human readable metadata for licensing information to consumers of open source software. Over the years, the SPDX community has added support for a wide range of additional use cases. Complex software component interactions between open source and proprietary as well as the requirements to support SBOMs optimized for security risk management have been driving forces for many of the changes. With the SPDX 3.0 release and work being done for the upcoming SPDX 3.1 release, the scope of SPDX has expanded beyond software to entire systems including datasets, AI models, services and hardware. This will enable consumers to satisfy additional use cases in areas like product safety and export regulation compliance. With the SPDX 3.0, we’ve renamed SPDX from “Software” Product Data Exchange to “System” Product Data Exchange to better reflect where the project is aiming. In this talk, we’ll go over changes we’ve made to the SPDX model to support systems, the additional profiles that are focused on system level problems and what this means to both the producers and consumers of SPDX data.

Speakers

Kate Stewart

VP Dependable Embedded Systems, Linux Foundation

Gary O'Neall

Founder and Principal Consultant, Source Auditor Inc.

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:00pm - 12:30pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Any

12:30pm PST

Lunch

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:30pm - 2:00pm PST

Mansion Garden Lawn

Thursday November 21, 2024 12:30pm - 2:00pm PST
Mansion Garden Lawn

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

2:00pm PST

Super BEST Friends - Assembling Security Pals to Help Your Project Be More Secure - Christopher (CRob) Robinson, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

In the great hall of The Open Source, gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the multiverse are some of the greatest heroes of open source security ever assembled. Their mission, to fight injustice, to right that which is wrong, and to serve all mankind by helping make open source software more secure. In this session, attendees will learn from the OpenSSF about simple techniques, tactics, and tools that can help improve the overall security posture of their project, help them better defend against attackers, and react more quickly when the inevitable vulnerability report lands in their inbox. Key Takeaways - Learn about steps that can be taken to prepare your project to respond effectively to security findings - Learn about industry standards such as CVE, CVSS, VEX, CVD, and others that will help contextualize external and downstream interest in security - Learn about resources available to learn valuable secure coding techniques and concepts - Learn about community resources that are available to help triage, coordinate, and disclosure discovered vulnerabilities in your codebase, dependencies, and your supply chain

Speakers

C Rob

Security Lorax, The Linux Foundation

Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is Director of Security Communications at Intel Product Assurance and Security CRob is a 42nd level Dungeon Master and a 25th level Securityologist. CRob has been involved in upstream open source security for a decade, and spent 6 years helping lead... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

2:00pm PST

Forked Communities: Project Re-Licensing and Community Impact - Dawn Foster, CHAOSS & Stephen Walli, Microsoft

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST

Silverado East

Many popular open source projects are owned and driven by corporations, and in today's difficult economic climate, those companies are under increasing pressure to protect their businesses or show stronger returns for investors.. One response to this pressure has been the relicensing of popular open source projects to more restrictive licenses. In some cases, this relicensing has resulted in a hard fork of the original project. Both the relicensing and the resulting fork create turmoil for the users of that project and the community of contributors, and this impact can have a ripple effect throughout the ecosystem. In this session, we’ll discuss the following topics using a data-driven approach: dynamics around relicensing that results in such hard forks; examples of several forks along with the impact on the communities; and thoughts about what this means for the future of open source. The audience will walk away with an appreciation of why relicensing results in hostile forks and how to think about this issue when selecting which open source projects to use.

Speakers

Dawn Foster

Director of Data Science, CHAOSS

Dr. Dawn Foster works as the Director of Data Science for CHAOSS where she is also a board member / maintainer. She is co-chair of CNCF TAG Contributor Strategy and an OpenUK board member. She has 20+ years of experience at companies like VMware and Intel with expertise in community... Read More →

Stephen Walli

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Any

2:00pm PST

Facilitated Discussion: 2024 Open Source Funding Workshop: Tips and Tricks, and Best Practices - Improving Open Source Funding - Kevin Crosby, Stephanie Lincoln, & Jeffrey Luszcz, GitHub; Sam Boysel, Harvard Business School; Emma Irwin, Microsoft

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm PST

SIlverado West

This hands-on-workshop provides tools, templates, and shares best practices that organizations can take advantage of in order to get better measurement of their investments. We provide frameworks to enable your company and organization better measure their open source investment and impact. The 2024 Open Source Funding Survey shed light on the state of funding. In particular, establishing benchmarks and baselines for various types, sizes, and geographic funding organizations. In order to help organizations and companies better institutionalize their open source investments and funding programs. Potential action items: Tracking of open source code contributions - Leaving contribution fingerprints to help OSS management Collecting information on non-code contribution - How much and what form does your organization spend on OSS support? - What kinds of OSS projects does your organization support? Placing a value on non-code contributions - Determining what forms of non-code contributions your organization can and is willing to contribute. - Establishing measurements of value and tracking to understand investment - Establishing mechanisms to measure impact from the investment

Speakers

Stephanie Lincoln

GitHub

Jeffrey Luszcz

GitHub

Emma Irwin

Principal TPM, Microsoft

Emma Irwin is a Principal TPM with Microsoft's Open Source Program's Office. She has over 20 years' experience building with and for open source projects and their communities. Her experience spans multiple ‘open’ ecosystems including open data, education, science, access and... Read More →

Kevin Crosby

Open Source Funding, Sr. Dir., GitHub

Sam Boysel

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:00pm - 3:15pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:45pm PST

Managing Healthy OSS Projects: Insights from Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog - Denny Lee, Databricks

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

In the rapidly evolving world of open source software, effective project management is crucial for fostering innovation and collaboration. Drawing from my extensive experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog, this session will explore best practices for building and maintaining vibrant open source communities. Attendees will gain insights into creating inclusive environments that attract and retain contributors, ensuring project sustainability and success.

Speakers

Denny Lee

Principal Developer Advocate, Databricks

Denny Lee is a long-time Apache Spark™ and MLflow contributor, Unity Catalog and Delta Lake maintainer, and a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate at Databricks. A hands-on distributed systems and data sciences engineer with extensive experience developing internet-scale data platforms... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Intermediate

2:45pm PST

Lessons from 20 Years of Open Source and the Cloud - Gordon Haff, BitMasons LLC

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST

Silverado East

It's been about 20 years since cloud computing in its modern form debuted. Open source has been around longer but that's also about the point when open source matured beyond being a cheaper Unix replacement to being the source of development and technology innovation that it has become. There are important lessons in those 20 years. Lessons about standardization. Lessons in flexibility. Lessons in cooperation. Lessons in developing ecosystems. Lessons in what not to do. Indeed, for all the success of Linux, the cloud has arguably been the great showcase for open source success over the past couple of decades. As a result, it's useful to think about the lessons there and how they apply to AI and other important areas of innovation going forward.

Speakers

Gordon Haff

Principal Analyst, BitMasons LLC

Gordon Haff is Principal Analyst at BitMasons where he writes and consults with an emphasis on open source and computing infrastructure. At Red Hat, he worked on market insights and portfolio architectures and wrote about tech, trends, and their business impact. His books include... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 2:45pm - 3:15pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:15pm PST

Coffee Break

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm PST

Fairway Deck

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm PST
Fairway Deck

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

3:45pm PST

How OSPOs in the Public Sector Drive Sustainability with Essential Tools from CD Foundation - Moise Kameni, Hydro-Quebec

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

SIlverado West

Make available open source toolchain is my commitment as the program manager of the OPSO in the public sector, ensuring innovation and sustainability.

Speakers

Moise Kameni

Entreprise Architecte - OSPO Program Manager, Hydro-Quebec

For more than 15 years, I have been dedicated to creating value for companies through innovative technologies on a daily basis. I am convinced that open source is a driving force for innovation, which enables us to meet the challenges of citizens and society. That’s why I’m very... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
SIlverado West

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:45pm PST

From Security to Trust: Why and How to Make This Transition in the Age of AI - Wenjing Chu, Futurewei Technologies Inc.

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

Security terminology often portraits a simple picture; e.g. good v. bad guys, inside v. outside, trusted v. zero-trust. This picture was never quite as simple, but with the advent of modern AI powered systems, this simplest picture is entirely obsolete and that means many of the technical building blocks of security and privacy as well. In this talk, Wenjing will discuss in non-technical terms why and how we should transition from security oriented language and mindset to a trust oriented one. Trust is a very human concept that can be applied to both human and intelligent AI systems or agents. Messy? Yes. But it's much closer to the real world reality, esp. when populated with a lot of AI agents/systems. Wenjing is co-Chair of the AI and Metaverse task force in the Trust over IP Foundation, and also the Governing Board and TAC of the OpenWallet Foundation.

Speakers

Wenjing Chu

Senior Director of Technology Strategy, Futurewei Technologies Inc.

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Any

3:45pm PST

Panel Discussion: OSS Viability: Reduce Risk with Metrics, Merges, and Money - Gary White, Verizon; Emma Irwin, Microsoft; Dawn Foster, CHAOSS; Georg Link, Bitergia

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST

Silverado East

Synopsys reports that 95% of codebases contain open source, and of those codebases, 75% of the code is open source. Viability; as a metrics model in the CHAOSS community; provides tools to inform strategic business decisions about open source use and investment. We evaluate open source at milestones such as when initial decision to use/or not use, or at points in time where investment through contribution ensures ongoing security and sustainability. Viability metrics can identify key moments when open source projects require focus and investment. Viability also provides measures for tracking impact of this focus and investment, both for OSS and for internal goals tracking. With metrics, we can make decisions about when it’s the right time to contribute back to communities that have too little support, and when to subsidize the work that our critical projects depend on. Join Dr. Dawn Foster (CHAOSS), Matt Germonprez (University of Nebraska at Omaha/CHAOSS), Emma Irwin (Microsoft), and Gary White (Verizon), as they discuss the approach, complications, failures, and successes of measuring viability and de-risking applications.

Speakers

Georg Link

Open Source Strategist and Director of Sales, Bitergia

Georg’s mission is to make open source more professional by using community metrics and analytics. Georg cofounded the CHAOSS Project to advance analytics and metrics for open source project health. Georg is an active contributor to several projects and has often presents on open... Read More →

Emma Irwin

Principal TPM, Microsoft

Dawn Foster

Director of Data Science, CHAOSS

Gary White

Principal Engineer, Verizon

Gary White Jr. is a technologist, dog dad, meme enthusiast, aspiring gearhead, and has-been musician. He specializes in enterprise companies on solving problems at scale. You can find Gary's previous experience on YouTube from Cloud Foundry Summit, KubeCon, and TremorCon. Most recently... Read More →

Thursday November 21, 2024 3:45pm - 4:15pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Intermediate

4:30pm PST

Preparing for Quantum Computing: What Do You Need to Do? - Hart Montgomery, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

Sebastiani & Beringer

The threat of quantum computers to cryptography and, more broadly, computer security, is something that gets a little closer to reality every passing day. But what this means for real-world software can be confusing. When (and how) do we need to be ready? What do we need to do now to be ready when quantum computers come? In this talk, Hart Montgomery will explain what open source software projects, companies, and anyone who relies on cryptography need to do to protect themselves against the quantum threats of the future. He will explain projected timelines of when quantum attacks against cryptography could be viable, and then discuss what this means for software and data today. By the end of the talk, attendees will understand how to “threat model” quantum computing for their software or company needs and be better informed on how to make decisions regarding updating cryptography. In addition, Hart will explain how the tools of the LF’s PQCA project can be used to mitigate quantum threats. This talk will require no mathematical or cryptographic background to understand and will be aimed at business leaders who need to lead their companies in the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

Speakers

Hart Montgomery

CTO, Hyperledger Foundation, Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Sebastiani & Beringer

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

4:30pm PST

Open Source in Game Development - John Bryant, The Linux Foundation

Thursday November 21, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST

Silverado East

Open Source options have had a difficult time gaining visibility and uptake by game developers, particularly when compared to commercial options. The talk will discuss the various tools and options available to game developers, challenges faced by open source in gaining adoption, and some ideas on how visibility and viability of options can be improved. It is important that open source tooling owners work together to raise visibility across the game development industry.

Speakers

Joe Bryant

Executive Director O3DF, The Linux Foundation

30+ years as an engineer, producer, and manager in the game development industry. 25+ games shipped, with a focus on game engine development. 4+ years assisting in the development of open source projects, primarily the Open 3D Engine

Thursday November 21, 2024 4:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Silverado East

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

5:00pm PST

Evening Happy Hour

Thursday November 21, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST

The Arbor

When the sessions end, join fellow attendees for a lively mix of refreshments, drinks, and networking. It’s the perfect way to unwind and make new connections!

Thursday November 21, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PST
The Arbor The Silverado Resort

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

6:00pm PST

Evening Shuttle Services to Downtown Napa

Thursday November 21, 2024 6:00pm - 9:30pm PST

TBA

After the happy hours each night, continue the festivities with a trip to Downtown Napa!

Buses depart the Silverado Resort starting at 6:00pm. The last pickup from Downtown Napa will be at 9:30pm.

Thursday November 21, 2024 6:00pm - 9:30pm PST
TBA

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks