LinuxCon/CloudOpen North America Schedule Announced

Linux Foundation Releases Program for LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America


*LinuxCon, CloudOpen and co-located events showcase growth of Linux and
open source principles across technology*



*SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 2014* – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit
organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced
the schedule and program for LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America, taking
place August 20-22, 2014 in Chicago, IL.



LinuxCon and Cloud Open are the largest technical conferences focused on
Linux and neutral open cloud technologies in North America and provide
developers and operations and devops professionals with leading edge
technical education and networking opportunities. Keynote and session
speakers include leaders from the Linux kernel community and Cisco, Docker,
edX, HP, Local Motors, MySQL, OpenStack, Puppet Labs, Spotify and many more.



Featuring more than 140 sessions and keynotes, LinuxCon and CloudOpen are
co-located with a Community Development Workshop presented by community
expert Jono Bacon, the Linux Kernel Summit, Linux Security Summit,
#MesosCon, OpenDaylight Project Mini-Summit, a UEFI Mini-Summit, and Xen
Project User Summit. CloudOpen is the only technical conference that
focuses on the open cloud and those projects that comprise it all in one
place, including CloudStack, Ceph, Gluster, KVM, OpenStack, Puppet,
SaltStack, Xen Project and more.



The following sessions provide some examples of the exclusive content
available at this year’s LinuxCon and CloudOpen events:



*LinuxCon North America:*

·      Making Open Source a Priority at Spotify, Noa Resare, Free Software
Ombudsman at Spotify

·      From MySQL Single Instance to Big Data, Dave Stokes, Community
Manager at MySQL

·      Ceph: A Decade in the Making and Still Going Strong, Sage Weil,
Co-Founder and CTO at InkTank



*CloudOpen North America:*

·      Getting Data out of Your Cloud(s) with Open Source, Cody Herriges,
Tech Lead of Systems at Puppet Labs

·      Image Management or Configuration Management? Yes., Thomas Hatch,
CTO and Co-Founder at SaltStack

·      Is It Safe to Run Applications in Linux Containers?, Jerome
Petazzoni, Senior Engineer at Docker



Recently announced keynote confirmations for LinuxCon and CloudOpen include
a kernel developer panel featuring *Linux creator Linus Torvalds*, as well
as keynote presentations from *edX CEO Anant Agarwal, HP Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel of Cloud Computing and Open Source Eileen Evans,
Docker Founder Solomon Hykes, Open Prosthetics Project President Jonathan
Kuniholm, Vice President of Product at MakerBot Anthony Moschella, Local
Motors CEO Jay Rogers *and *The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim
Zemlin.*



To review the complete programs for LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America,
please visit:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-a...
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-north-...
.



*More than Education*



*New Networking Passes Increase Access, Collaboration*

LinuxCon and CloudOpen are widely recognized for both top-notch technical
content and networking opportunities. These conferences are designed to
encourage collaboration and connection that can lead to advances in
technology, new ideas for open source projects, job opportunities and more.



The Linux Foundation for the first time this year will offer Networking
Passes, which will include access to these unique opportunities to anyone.
The Networking Pass will get attendees into all events except the
conference sessions. The pass is $250 through June 6, 2014 and $300
thereafter.



*Women in OSS Luncheon*

The Linux Foundation will host for the second year in a row a Women in Open
Source Luncheon at LinuxCon and CloudOpen. The luncheon will be free and
will take place Thursday, August 21, 2014. This is a networking opportunity
for women in open source to connect and learn from each other. Registration
for the Women in OSS Luncheon will open July 1, 2014.



The Linux Foundation is also offering scholarships for women who want to
attend LinuxCon and CloudOpen but are not sponsored by a company or do not
have personal funds to attend. To apply, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/a/linuxfoundation.org/forms/d/1eT...
.



*Newcomers Reception *

The Linux Foundation this year will host a Newcomers Reception on Tuesday,
August 19, 2014. It’s important for the Linux Foundation to reach out to
new speakers and attendees and encourage their participation in these
events. The reception will help maximize the experience for first-time
attendees and speakers who might otherwise not be inclined to introduce
themselves to other attendees throughout the conference. By hosting this
the night before LinuxCon + CloudOpen begin, the organization hopes it will
increase interactions throughout the week and give new attendees the
opportunity to meet some of the key Linux kernel contributors who will be
attendance. Registration is open to first-time attendees only at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17GYWJveYeQ2Vz3-n6BVZD7QC...
.



LinuxCon and CloudOpen are made possible with generous support from
sponsors including LinuxCon Diamond sponsor Cisco; LinuxCon Platinum
sponsors HP, and IBM; CloudOpen Platinum sponsors Citrix and HP; and
LinuxCon Gold sponsors Google, Intel and Samsung.



For a full list of sponsors, please visit:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-a... and
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-north-....



Early registration closes for both events June 6, 2014, after which the
price will increase $150 to $750 through July 18, and to $850 after that.
One pass gets attendees into both events. To register for LinuxCon and
CloudOpen North America, please visit:

http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-a...



*About The Linux Foundation*

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the
growth of Linux and collaborative software development. Founded in 2000,
the organization sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and
promotes, protects and advances the Linux operating system and
collaborative software development by marshaling the resources of its
members and the open source community. The Linux Foundation provides a
neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting Collaborative
Projects, Linux conferences, including LinuxCon, and generating original
research and content that advances the understanding of Linux and
collaborative software development. More information can be found at
www.linuxfoundation.org.



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