The Linux Foundation Member Summit: Full Schedule

November 19-21 2024
Napa, California
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3:00pm PST

Wood-Burned Coasters Workshop (Pre-Registration Required)

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

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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
Sebastiani & Beringer

Special Events / Exhibits / Breaks

11:30am PST

Supercharging Open Source Projects with Education - Clyde Seepersad, Linux Foundation Education & 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

SVP, General Manager, Linux Foundation Education, 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

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

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any
Slides Attached Yes

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 →

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

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Intermediate
Slides Attached Yes

2:15pm PST

Trust in Open Source - Mike Bursell, Confidential Computing Consortium

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

Sebastiani & Beringer

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 →

Trust in Open Source LF Member Summit NA 2024 4 pdf

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

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 →

Inviting New Contributors pdf

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

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any

4:15pm PST

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

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

Sebastiani & Beringer

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

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 →

Enhancing Cyber Resilience and Sustainability with CIP LF Member Summit 2024 pdf

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

OS in the Public Sector & Society

Content Experience Level Beginner

5:00pm PST

Implementing the EU Cyber Resilience Act: Workstreams and Key Outcomes - Mirko Boehm, LF Europe

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

Sebastiani & Beringer

All votes have passed on the EU CRA. It will now become the law after a short transition period. As the neutral steward of many essential small and large open source projects, the Linux Foundation aims to lead the way for the open source ecosystem in implementing the CRA. Beginning from an assessment of the state of the art of cybersecurity best practises in leading open source projects and an analysis of the gaps to the requirements of the CRA, the Linux Foundation is driving three multi-year work streams that reflect the required adaptation of the open source ecosystem - formalizing community best practices into standards, building awareness within the open source community, and implementing updated processes and tooling. Many of these changes will require deeper collaboration between the manufacturers of products with digital elements and the upstream communities and stewards.

This presentation will provide an overview of the CRA implementation roadmap developed by the Linux Foundation. It will also dive into how the CRA shapes the future of the relationship between manufacturers and upstream communities.

Speakers

Mirko Boehm

Senior Director, Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe

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

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

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 →

Chasing the White Whale of Open Source ROI pdf

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

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

Content Experience Level Intermediate

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 →

Linux Foundation Membership Summit Talk Ashley Wolf 2024 pdf

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

OS Program Office (OSPO) / TODO Group

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 →

Convince your Boss with Data! LFMS Napa 19Nov2024 pdf

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

Sustainability & Innovation in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner

2:00pm PST

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

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

Open Data Open Code pdf

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

Building & Managing Healthy OS Projects

Content Experience Level Any

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

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

Head of OSPO, 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 →

LFMemberSummit HitachiOSS pdf

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

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

Sebastiani & Beringer

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, Almanac

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 Almanac, he spearheads groundbreaking solutions in agriculture, impacting over 100 million acres globally.

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

OS Project Highlights

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

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

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 →

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 →

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

Legal Track Sessions

Content Experience Level Any

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

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 →

LFMS24 Super BEST Friends 1 pdf

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

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

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.

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 →

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

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Any

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

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 →

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

Security & Trust & Ethics in Open Source

Content Experience Level Beginner