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June 23 - 25, 2025
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Monday, June 23
 

11:20am MDT

U-Boot's New Standard Boot and What's Next - Simon Glass, Canonical
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
U-Boot provides a fairly new feature called Standard Boot, which replaces the scripts and masses of environment variables previously used. Standard boot can boot your device automatically and quickly.

This session dives into how embedded devices boot, how Standard Boot works under the hood, the benefits of adopting Standard Boot and how to write your own bootmeth and bootdev drivers. By way of example, some existing drivers are covered, including UEFI, extlinux, Android and ChromeOS.

It also provides a general update on U-Boot and what the future might hold.
Speakers
avatar for Simon Glass

Simon Glass

Fellow Software Engineer, Canonical
Simon Glass has worked in embedded systems for many years, at ARM, Bluewater Systems (which he founded) and Google. In ChromeOS, Simon is responsible for driving adoption of Open Source firmware components in the industry ecosystem. He is a primary contributor to U-Boot and custodian... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:20am MDT

EdgeLake-FL: An Automated Federated Learning Platform for the Edge - Roy Shadmon & Moshe Shadmon, AnyLog
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
Edge AI today relies on centralizing data from edge devices to the cloud, but this is impractical due to costs and privacy constraints. Federated Learning (FL) is a viable alternative: edge nodes collaboratively train a ML model without transferring or exposing proprietary data. Instead, only model weights are shared, allowing each entity to develop a model that outperforms what it could train independently. Despite its potential, FL is largely academic due to the complexity of integrating expertise across the technology stack. Additionally, decentralized data can be heterogeneous, requiring non-generalizable, application-specific solutions. EdgeLake-FL is a hardware-agnostic framework leveraging EdgeLake, an LF Edge project, to automate the continuous learning FL workflow. With EdgeLake as the data management layer, decentralized data appears centralized and data heterogeneity is resolved. Using EdgeLake-FL, an ML engineer publishes a training application, and Edge nodes with relevant data autonomously train, share, and aggregate models. Each node can then leverage the aggregated models for inference directly at the Edge. In this talk, I will demo EdgeLake-FL in a real use case.
Speakers
avatar for Roy Shadmon

Roy Shadmon

System Architect at AnyLog & EdgeLake TSC Member, AnyLog
Roy Shadmon is an EdgeLake contributor and a System Architect at AnyLog where he leads blockchain and ML initiatives. He is also a Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz, and his research focus is at the intersection of Bayesian statistics, distributed systems, and Byzantine fault tole... Read More →
avatar for Moshe Shadmon

Moshe Shadmon

CEO, AnyLog
Moshe Shadmon, CEO at Anylog. AnyLog’s Virtual Edge Data Network is a Plug & Play software, deployed at the edge, allowing real-time insight without centralizing the data. AnyLog enables deployment of applications and AI at the distributed edge. Prior to AnyLog, Moshe was the CEO... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
  Open AI + Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:20am MDT

Who Will Maintain the Future? Tackling the Graying of Open Source Software - Abigail Cabunoc Mayes, GitHub
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
Open source software powers our world, but many of the maintainers keeping it alive are overburdened and aging out. Balancing technical, community, and financial responsibilities has become overwhelming, leading to burnout and project stagnation. This “graying” of open source raises urgent questions: Who will maintain the future?

Drawing from my experience supporting hundreds of maintainers through programs like GitHub Maintainer Programs, Mozilla Open Leaders, and SustainOSS, I’ll share real-world examples of the challenges maintainers face and the systemic barriers preventing new leadership. While emerging tools help reduce workload, sustainable projects need human stewardship. We'll explore practical solutions: lowering barriers to maintainership, strengthening leadership pipelines, and ensuring projects remain healthy for generations.

Maintaining open source isn’t just about code—it’s about people. Whether you’re a contributor, project lead, or company investing in open source, you’ll leave with concrete actions to help sustain the ecosystem. Let’s build a future where maintainers are supported, projects thrive, and open source continues to grow.
Speakers
avatar for Abigail Cabunoc Mayes

Abigail Cabunoc Mayes

Open Source Programs, GitHub
Abigail Cabunoc Mayes (@abbycabs) leads GitHub’s open source maintainer programs where she works to help maintainers – and the open source ecosystem – thrive. Before joining GitHub, Abby founded and led Mozilla Open Leaders, an open source mentorship program that worked with... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:20am MDT

D(ocs)&D(evelopment): Finding the Perfect Party for Your Documentation Campaign - Heds Simons & Kim Nylander, Grafana Labs
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
It’s product release time. The code is stable. You’ve got everything EXCEPT the docs.

How do you create meaningful, prioritized content in a short time frame?

Your writer needs to collaborate with a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who understands the technical and user content. At Grafana, this synergy happens between Field Engineers (FE) and Technical Writers (TW). FEs are a three-in-one SME with the understanding of a developer, sales engineer, and technical support.

How does this collaboration benefit both writers and SMEs?
* TW has a single SME for user needs and cross-product technical expertise.
* FEs get accurate, up-to-date content that helps them and Grafana’s OSS community members get up to speed on products.
* OSS Community members get accurate, up-to-date docs.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
* Identify the right SME
* Establish a collaborative workflow
* Prioritize work that best addresses the user’s needs

We’ll detail how this collaboration started through a shared love of RPGs, the traps we encountered and lessons learnt, and how a bi-weekly session between two colleagues became the foundation for a model now used across Grafana’s telemetry products.
Speakers
avatar for Hedley Simons

Hedley Simons

Senior Principal Field Engineer, Grafana Labs
Heds is a Senior Principal Field Engineer at Grafana Labs, where he builds and maintains internal and external environments, designs advanced workshops, provides input on product use-cases and acts as a SME.Heds comes from a software engineering background, and has written code for... Read More →
avatar for Kim Nylander

Kim Nylander

Principal Technical Writer, Grafana Labs
Professional writer who specializes in explaining complicated concepts in plain English at a level appropriate for the target audience. Over 15 years experience of writing SaaS product content, IT procedures, API documentation, tutorials, online help, FAQs, and specifications... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 11:20am - 12:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
  Technical Documentation
  • Audience Experience Level Any

1:30pm MDT

The Generative AI Commons: Unlocking Potential Through Collaboration and Transparency - Arnaud Le Hors, IBM & Ofer Hermoni, iForAI
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Generative AI, it is becoming clearer every day that open strategies are key drivers of innovation and widespread adoption. This session will present the Generative AI Commons, its activities, and deliverables to date, including the Model Openness Framework (MOF) and the Responsible Generative AI Framework,

LF AI & Data initiative dedicated to fostering the democratization, advancement and adoption of efficient, secure, reliable, and ethical Generative AI open source innovations through neutral governance, open and transparent collaboration and education.
Speakers
avatar for Arnaud Le Hors

Arnaud Le Hors

Senior Technical Staff Member Open Technologies, IBM
Arnaud Le Hors is Senior Technical Staff Member of Open Technologies at IBM, primarily focusing on Open Source security and AI. He has been working on standards and open source for over 30 years. Arnaud was editor of several key web specifications including HTML and DOM and was a... Read More →
avatar for Ofer Hermoni

Ofer Hermoni

Founder, Chief AI Officer, iForAI
Dr. Ofer Hermoni is a visionary AI leader with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and 60+ patents in AI, security, networking, and blockchain. He co-founded the Linux Foundation AI and served as its inaugural technical chair, shaping the global AI ecosystem. A two-time startup founder, he... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
  Open AI + Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any

1:30pm MDT

Alignment of Community Contributions and Business Goals - How Can Your OSPO Help? - Masae Shida, VMware (Broadcom)
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
Today it’s nearly impossible to build software without open source. Some projects are massively popular, and quite often used in multiple products within the same organization. But are we all collaborating on these projects in ways that are aligned across the company? Here your OSPO can help your organization work towards the same goals.
Which open source projects are built into your product portfolio? Who in your organization is contributing to these projects? How do you know your contributions are not impeding each other?
Broader involvement should occur in a coordinated and thoughtful manner across the key projects. Having a united front within open source communities will help your organization drive consistent and effective contributions.
The talk will cover:
● How can your OSPO help coordinate contributions across the organization?
● How can you identify your company’s strategic open source projects?
● How can we ensure these projects will continue to be viable and sustainable?
The audience will learn how an OSPO can enable more efficient and effective contributions to open source projects in ways that are aligned with both their business and community goals.
Speakers
avatar for Masae Shida

Masae Shida

Staff Technical Program Manager, VMware (Broadcom)
Masae is a Staff Open Source Program Manager leading the company’s open source business and community strategy alignment. Previously she led numerous programs including large-scale DX/IT transformations as part of M&A at Cisco, security/compliance process implementation and consumer... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
  OSPOCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

1:30pm MDT

Lower the Barrier of Entry: Empowering Non-writer Contributions To Docs - Manny Silva, Skyflow
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
Documentation thrives on contributions, but many potential contributors hesitate to edit docs because of uncertainty about style, structure, and quality standards. This talk demonstrates how modern tooling can create a supportive environment that empowers non-writers to confidently contribute to documentation. We'll explore a practical toolkit combining templates for clear structure, AI-powered drafting assistance, automated style checking, format linting, content validation, and quality reviews to guide contributors through the docs process. Through these tools and a streamlined editing workflow, teams can create an environment where developers, product managers, support staff, and other non-writers feel confident contributing while maintaining documentation standards. We'll examine real examples of successful implementations and provide practical steps for adding these capabilities to your own docs.
Speakers
avatar for Manny Silva

Manny Silva

Head of Documentation, Skyflow
Technical writer by day and engineer by night, Manny Silva is Head of Documentation at Skyflow and the creator of Doc Detective. He’s passionate about intuitive and scalable developer experiences and likes diving into the deep end as the 0th user.
Monday June 23, 2025 1:30pm - 2:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
  Technical Documentation
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:25pm MDT

The Role of Package Managers as Partners in License and Attribution Compliance - Damián Vicino, Datadog Inc.
Monday June 23, 2025 2:25pm - 3:05pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
Package managers are essential to modern software development, simplifying dependency management but often hiding transitive changes. This has led to large, shifting dependency trees with little oversight.

Despite evolving independently, most package managers follow a similar model: fetching software and metadata. However, the format, quantity, and quality of this metadata vary significantly.

With heterogeneous language stacks on the rise, OSPOs struggle to manage these differences, making compliance an ongoing challenge.

This talk explores different package managers, the compliance data they provide, and highlights good practices from each. Finally, it proposes how the OSPO community can break silos between ecosystems, encouraging convergence on non-language-specific metadata and practices. This, in turn, will streamline compliance work and strengthen the open source ecosystem as a whole.
Speakers
avatar for Damián Vicino

Damián Vicino

Senior Open Source Specialist, Datadog Inc.
Damian Vicino is a Senior Open Source Specialist at Datadog’s OSPO and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. He began contributing to open source in the early 2000s, leading a local BSD user group and collaborating with a team on five BSDday Argentina events. He... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 2:25pm - 3:05pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
  OSPOCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:35pm MDT

Death by (Python) Pickle: "Betrayal ML" - Kadi McKean & Andy Lewis, ReversingLabs
Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3A
In the original Matrix movie, Neo learned Kung Fu through an upload. Imagine if your ML could learn the same way. That's what a pickle file does for ML - "I KNOW KUNG FU" or whatever was in the file that was supposed to be "learned" by your ML model.

What if there was a plot twist where Agent Smith tampered with the Kung Fu module so that it included a fun "bonus" lesson that "taught" Neo to call Agent Smith every time he was trying to find an exit?

That's what's happening in Pickle Files, and that's the setup for ML and AI.

This talk will explain the threat, provide some examples, and discuss emerging detection capabilities. When it's over, you will know kung fu.
Speakers
avatar for Kadi McKean

Kadi McKean

Community Manager, ReversingLabs
Kadi is passionate about the DevOps / DevSecOps community since her days of working with COBOL development and Mainframe solutions. At ReversingLabs she collaborates with developers and security researchers to help entities prioritize their open source risk, reduce technical debt... Read More →
avatar for Andy Lewis

Andy Lewis

TMM and Honeybee Wrangler, ReversingLabs
Despite his misguided childhood and checkered past, Andy has become a contributing member of society. A former US Marine, Andy led the cyber team at Dish & a few other organizations before his journey to The Dark Side of pre-sales engineering. He founded the Denver and Boulder OWASP... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3A
  Open Source 101
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:35pm MDT

Documenting the Design of the Linux Kernel - Chuck Wolber, The Boeing Company; Kate Stewart, The Linux Foundaiton; Gabriele Paoloni, Red Hat
Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
As part of a broader effort to document the architecture and design of the Linux Kernel, we propose a method to formally describe low level developer intent in the form of testable expectations (i.e. requirements). This will provide a fact based foundation for pass/fail test development, test validation via code coverage tools, support optional traceability to higher level design, and enable tool development for process automation.

This talk is a continuation of the proposal for Linux Kernel Requirements that formally originated at the 2024 Linux Plumbers Safe Systems with Linux Mini-conference, and further updated at the December 2024 ELISA Workshop at Goddard Space Center.

This edition will present the current state of the requirement template design, provide examples of Linux kernel source code instrumented with low level requirements, present technical explanations for template design decisions, and provide an opportunity for feedback from the developer community.
Speakers
avatar for Chuck Wolber

Chuck Wolber

Associate Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Chuck Wolber is a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow primarily focused on embedded platform engineering. He has developed multiple DO-178C certified Linux platforms currently in service on Boeing production aircraft. Chuck is co-author of the book Linux Toys, he is credited with contributions... Read More →
avatar for Kate Stewart

Kate Stewart

VP Dependable Embedded Systems, The 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. Since joining The Linux Foundation, she has launched the ELISA and Zephyr Projects, as well as supporting other embedded projects... Read More →
avatar for Gabriele Paoloni

Gabriele Paoloni

Sr SW Principal Engineer, Red Hat
Gabriele Paoloni is an Open Source Community Technical Leader at Red Hat. He is a passionate technologist and has strong experience in both functional safety and Linux Kernel development, including previous roles leading FuSa software architecture for Intel platforms, CCIX vice... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
  Technical Documentation
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:30pm MDT

Agents in Action: Advancing Open Source AI Missions - Hema Veeradhi, Red Hat
Monday June 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
AI Agents have become a buzzword in the world of generative AI—but what exactly are agents, and how are they advancing open source AI? Agents are autonomous systems that extend the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by leveraging external tools and real-time data to perform dynamic actions for solving complex, multi-step tasks. They are at the forefront of transforming open source AI by enabling adaptability, automation and more intelligent decision-making.
In this talk, we’ll explore popular open source agent frameworks like LangChain and Haystack, which are driving rapid development and community-powered innovation in AI agents. Using real-world examples and a live demo, we’ll demonstrate how these frameworks can be leveraged to build a variety of generative AI applications, including RAG, IT operations automation and dynamic, context-aware chatbots.
Attendees will gain a clear insight into why AI agents are at the forefront of innovation and how open source collaboration is driving its evolution. Whether you’re an AI developer, OSPO leader or open source enthusiast, this session will highlight the potential of agents to power the next wave of open source AI missions.
Speakers
avatar for Hema Veeradhi

Hema Veeradhi

Principal Data Scientist, Red Hat
Hema Veeradhi is a Principal Data Scientist working in the Emerging Technologies team part of the office of the CTO at Red Hat. Her work primarily focuses on implementing innovative open AI and machine learning solutions to help solve business and engineering problems. Hema is a staunch... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
  Open AI + Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:30pm MDT

Security Vibe Check: Which Malware Are You? - Elitsa Bankova & Jess Lowe, Google
Monday June 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3A
Okay, besties, real talk. Your code's dependencies? They're giving… chaotic energy. Like, are you even SBOMing? 💅
We've all seen the drama. log4j? xz utils? Straight-up trauma. But like, where do you land on the security spectrum? Are you accidentally downloading typosquatted packages because you're living your best, most chaotic life? Or are you a security queen, catching backdoors before they even exist? ✨
This talk is basically a giant vibe check for your security habits. We're gonna do a quick, brutal quiz – think 'are you the drama?' but for your code – and find out which iconic supply chain meltdown matches your energy.
We'll spill the tea on real-world attacks, from the 'oops, that’s a backdoor’ to the 'someone’s running Doom on Minecraft servers again' level. And we’ll give some practical advice on how to have good security posture. Stretch, queen!
If your security is giving 'main character energy' (and not in a good way), you need to be here. Let's level up our security game, avoid becoming the next trending security disaster, and maybe even get some clout for actually knowing when lockfiles actually help. 😉

TL;DR: Quiz, memes, securi-tea. 🫖 Don't be a vulnerability.
Speakers
avatar for Elitsa Bankova

Elitsa Bankova

Software Engineer, Google
Elitsa is a Software engineer at Google, Australia and is working on Open Source security. She has lived in over 4 countries: born in Bulgaria, she graduated from the University of Edinburgh and worked in Google Switzerland before moving down under. Outside of work, you can find her... Read More →
avatar for Jess Lowe

Jess Lowe

Software Engineer, Google
Jess is a Software Engineer in the Google Open Source Security Team working on OSV.dev and OSV-Scanner.
Monday June 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:10pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3A
  Open Source 101
  • Audience Experience Level Any

5:30pm MDT

Lightning Talk: Lessons Learned From 10 Years of Automotive Grade Linux - Walt Miner, The Linux Foundation
Monday June 23, 2025 5:30pm - 5:40pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
When software first entered the car, it was all closed source, but at the turn of the twenty-first century the complexity of software in cars exploded. Even so, OEMs and Tier Ones continued to keep their software proprietary, so much so that most Tier Ones only reluctantly gave source code to their OEM customers. With consumers now demanding the same app based experience their car that they have on their mobile phones and tablets OEMs have turned to open source software to close the gap. How did the ultra-competitive world of car manufacturers come to together to embrace Automotive Grade Linux and grow a community where Tier One suppliers, OEMs, and hobbyists can come together and build software for your next car? Walt reviews the challenges that were overcome, where we stand today, and what needs to be done to continue to grow the open source automotive community.
Speakers
avatar for Walt Miner

Walt Miner

Senior Director, Community Manager Automotive Grade Linux, The Linux Foundation
Walt Miner is the Senior Director of Community at The Linux Foundation and has served as Community Manager for Automotive Grade Linux since 2014. Walt has spoken at numerous conferences throughout the worlds and brings over 30 years of embedded software development and management... Read More →
Monday June 23, 2025 5:30pm - 5:40pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any
 
Tuesday, June 24
 

9:00am MDT

Debugging USB Type-C Power Delivery: Beauty and the Beast - Marcel Ziswiler, Codethink Ltd.
Tuesday June 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
While working with the RADXA ROCK 5B, a low-cost/high-performance RK3588 aarch64-based development board, we discovered that it is picky concerning the used USB Type-C power source. What was rather strange is that while it worked on our upstream Linux kernel (at the time of writing v6.13.1) based Embedded Linux system, it just boot-looped running RADXA's Debian (using a Rockchip downstream v6.1 based kernel). At the same time, my colleagues were working on the Testing in a Box version 2 (TIABv2) integrating USB Type-C power delivery which we plan to use in our board farm once ready. Of course, as soon as they had prototypes I gave it a try and it also showed the problem. By chance, both sides are using the exact same onsemi FUSB302B programmable USB Type-C controller with power delivery. The TIABv2 one is configured as a power source and the ROCK 5B one is configured as a power sink. This talk introduces the USB Type-C power delivery topic and then discusses how we joined forces and debugged both sides, at times giving the ball to the TIABv2 firmware, at other times to the Linux kernel fusb302 driver and back and forth again.
Speakers
avatar for Marcel Ziswiler

Marcel Ziswiler

Senior Software Engineer, Codethink Ltd.
In 2024 Marcel Ziswiler joined Codethink. Before, he spearheaded Toradex' Embedded Linux adoption. His intro of an upstream first policy led to being a top 10 U-Boot as well as Linux kernel Arm SoC contributor. He has broad experience in designing real-time and mobile applications... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

9:00am MDT

Efficient On-Device Core Dump Processing for IoT: A Rusty Implementation - Blake Hildebrand, Memfault
Tuesday June 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
Embedded Linux devices operate in constrained environments with limited storage, bandwidth, and connectivity. Traditional core dumps can be quite large, making it impractical for some of the more constrained embedded systems. Over the past year, we’ve tackled this challenge head-on—optimizing Linux core dumps directly on the device to reduce size, protect privacy, and enable better debugging for IoT developers.

What We’ll Cover:
Inside ELF Core Dumps – A look at the ELF structure and how it applies to core dumps.

On-Device Optimization – How we reduced core dump size by capturing only the first N bytes of each stack, minimizing storage and bandwidth impact.

Privacy-Preserving Debugging – How our custom built (in Rust!) on-device stack unwinder hooks into the core handler, and reduces a coredump to a set of PCs per frame to save space and prevent potential PII from leaking.

Scaling to Millions of Coredumps – Lessons learned from parsing an unprecedented volume of core dumps with Rust.


Speakers
avatar for Blake Hildebrand

Blake Hildebrand

Software Engineer, Memfault
Blake has been using Linux since installing Ubuntu Breezy on his dad’s old office PC. Since then, he’s worked on everything from smartwatches to large-scale web services. As a Software Engineer at Memfault, he focuses on improving device reliability and performance. Previously... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Improving Linux Boot Time for Automotive Use Cases - Brian Masney & Eric Chanudet, Red Hat
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
We will describe in this session a variety of strategies and
techniques that were used to optimize the boot up time of the Linux kernel, initramfs, and systemd for Red Hat In Vehicle Operating System. The unreported time before the kernel timer is initialized will be described, and how to measure this on an aarch64 system. Some of the techniques include changes that are specific to the realtime (RT) kernel, such as temporarily tuning RCU on boot up. We’ll also cover how a new project called autoinit was used in the initramfs with systemd to replace udev. Some kernel patch sets that have been merged upstream that help the overall kernel boot speed will also be described.
Speakers
avatar for Brian Masney

Brian Masney

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Brian Masney has been a contributor and user of Linux and open source projects since 1996. He has 25 years of commercial experience, and has worked professionally on large distributed backend systems in userspace, automated large infrastructure in the cloud and data center, and is... Read More →
avatar for Eric Chanudet

Eric Chanudet

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat, Inc
I joined the Red Hat Automotive Kernel team in 2021 and worked on improving boot time to match the requirement of the Red Hat In Vehicle OS kernel as well as helped enable and support arm64 platforms for it.
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Recipe for Discovery: Building the UC Open Source Repository Browser From Scratch - Juanita Gomez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F
The University of California’s network of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) launched last year, bringing together six campuses (UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego) to support open source research, promote sustainability, and establish best practices within academic environments.
A key challenge in this effort is identifying and connecting open source projects across the system. Despite UC’s significant contributions to open source, there is no centralized way to track these efforts, making it difficult for researchers to find relevant projects, for institutions to assess impact, and for the broader community to engage with UC’s open source work.
To address this, the UC OSPO Network is developing the UC Open Source Repository Browser (UC ORB), a discovery tool designed to map and classify UC’s open source projects.
This talk will explore the process of building the UC ORB, from leveraging the GitHub API for data collection to integrating automated discovery with targeted outreach to the academic community. We will discuss the challenges of repository identification, compare similar approaches, and share lessons learned throughout the process.
Speakers
avatar for Juanita Gomez

Juanita Gomez

PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Cruz
Juanita Gomez is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at UC Santa Cruz, where her research focuses on improving the security of scientific open source software in collaboration with the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at UCSC. She is a passionate programmer, mathematician, and... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F
  OSPOCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Panel Discussion: The Technical Talent Market in 2025: Fortifying for AI, Cybersecurity, and Regulatory Compliance - Anna Hermansen, Clyde Seepersad & Adrienn Lawson, The Linux Foundation & Christopher Robinson, OpenSSF
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
For the past three years, LF Education has partnered with LF Research to produce a yearly State of Tech Talent report surveying hiring and training managers to capture trends in the IT talent market. The 2025 study, which will go live at Open Source Summit North America, explores AI’s impact on organizational operations and developers; the fastest-growing areas of job responsibility; and compliance shifts from policies like the Cyber Resilience Act. In this session, the LF Research team will host a discussion of this year’s study findings, with panelists from LF Education and OpenSSF sharing their expertise on hiring and training to address cybersecurity concerns, regulatory compliance, AI, and more. In discussing the findings of the study, this session will describe how the community is grappling with resourcing amidst the new and shifting priorities in this landscape, from AI to Cybersecurity to platform engineering. The session will deliver insight on how the open source community can take the findings of the study to fortify its organizations and people for the market in 2025 and beyond and maintain relevance among economic, regulatory, and technological changes.
Speakers
avatar for Adrienn Lawson

Adrienn Lawson

Director of Quantitative Research, The Linux Foundation
Adrienn serves as Director of Quantitative Research at the Linux Foundation, where she leads data-driven initiatives to understand open source ecosystems. With expertise in social data science from the University of Oxford and a background spanning academic and governmental research... Read More →
avatar for Christopher

Christopher "CRob" Robinson

Security Lorax, OpenSSF
Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is the Chief Security Architect for the Open Source Security Foundation. With over 25 years of Enterprise-class engineering, architectural, operational and leadership experience, CRob has worked at several Fortune 500 companies with experience in the... Read More →
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Anna Hermansen

Researcher and Ecosystem Manager, The Linux Foundation
Anna is the Ecosystem Manager for LF Research where she supports end-to-end management of the department's research projects. She has conducted qualitative and systematic review research on the integration of technologies to better support health data sharing. Her interests lie at... Read More →
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Clyde Seepersad

SVP, The Linux Foundation
LF exec in leading the education team
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard, Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:55am MDT

Empowering Asian Contributions: The Rise of Regional User Groups in Open Source Communities - Naomichi Shima & Norio Kobota, Sony Group Corporation
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
In the vast landscape of the global Open Source community, Asia, despite its significant population, has historically seen limited contributions.
This session will delve into the recent surge in the establishment of regional user group in Japan and their ripple effects across Asia. We will explore the inception and growth of the OpenChain Project's Japan Chapter since 2017, which has catalyzed the expansion of regional communities in China, Korea, and beyond.
We will discuss the motivations driving individuals in these regional communities and highlight the unique characteristics of the OpenChain Japan community. Furthermore, we will examine the collaborative efforts between the Japanese community and other open source communities like the TODO Group, showcasing how these partnerships have amplified their impact.
Through our experiences, we will share insights on the essential elements for fostering successful regional communities in Japan. Additionally, we will introduce messages from the managers of OpenChain and the TODO Group, emphasizing the importance of integrating regional activities with the global open source ecosystem.
Speakers
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Naomichi Shima

Alliance Manager, Sony Group Corporation
Naomichi Shima is OSPO and Alliance Manager in Sony Group Corporation. He chairs the Sony Group Corporation's Open Source Promotion Committee and works to promote open source compliance within the company. He leads the FAQ subgroup of the OpenChain Japan Work Group. He is an English-Japanese... Read More →
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Norio Kobota

Senior Open Source Strategist, Sony Group Corporation
Norio Kobota is a Senior Open Source Strategist in Sony Group Corporation. He is the chair of Open Source Software License Committee in Sony and works to improve OSS compliance and relationships with OSS communities. He represents Sony as a board member of OpenChain Project. And... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 11:55am - 12:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

Your Deployments Are Lying. AI Knows - Seema Saharan, Autodesk & Aditya Soni, Forrester Research
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:30pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
Is your CI/CD pipeline giving you a green light when, in reality, something's lurking in the shadows? Traditional monitoring tools often miss the subtle failures that could silently impact your users. While your pipeline may say all systems go, AI sees the truth behind the curtain.
In this talk, we’ll unveil how AI can catch those hidden deployment issues that your traditional monitoring tools overlook, providing real-time, actionable insights into your Kubernetes environments.

Here’s what we’ll cover:
1. Identify deployment issues missed by traditional monitoring tools with insights from AI
2. Leverage AI to analyze logs, metrics, and traces for early problem detection.
3. Watch how AI automatically correlates data to resolve issues in real time.
By the end of this talk, you’ll gain the knowledge to integrate AI-powered observability into your CI/CD pipelines, enabling you to catch hidden problems early and deploy with confidence.
Speakers
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Seema Saharan

Site Reliability Engineer, CNCF Ambassador, Autodesk
Meet Seema, the tech whiz at Autodesk. She's not just about fixing things – she loves sharing what she knows! Whether speaking at cool events like KubeCon NA, KubeDay, GitLab Commit, and GitHub Universe or breaking down tech on her YouTube channel, Seema makes the complicated stuff... Read More →
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Aditya Soni

CNCF Ambassador, DevOps/SRE, Forrester Research
Aditya Soni is a DevOps/SRE tech professional He worked with Product and Service based companies including Red Hat, Searce, and is currently positioned at Forrester Research as a DevOps Engineer II. He holds AWS, GCP, Azure, RedHat, and Kubernetes Certifications.He is a CNCF Ambassador... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:30pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

Whoops! I Accidentally Leaked My Cloud Keys - Eve Martin-Jones & Hayden Blauzvern, Google
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2F
Leaked credentials aren't a new problem, but the primacy and complexity of Cloud environments means that leaked credentials are more likely than ever to be your problem. Not only that, but recent research has shown that it may only be a matter of seconds between a leak and an exploit. As the systems for developing, building, publishing and deploying applications become more sophisticated, the types of leaks developers need to guard against also change.

In this talk, we will present new research by the Google Open Source Security Team into when and how developers leak credentials in modern software applications. We'll discuss some of the common ways leaks occur for developers of open source artifacts like containers and software packages. We'll also provide practical insights into scalable credential scanning and ecosystem-level protections for developers and organizations who want to keep their credentials secure to help when every second counts.
Speakers
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Eve Martin-Jones

Senior Software Engineer, Google
Eve is an engineer working on open source software security at Google. She lives in Australia, with her cat Mochi, who is surprisingly proficient at JavaScript. Between D&D campaigns, she can be found deciphering the Cargo dependency-resolution algorithm bug-for-bug, advocating for... Read More →
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Hayden Blauzvern

Technical Lead Manager, Google
Hayden Blauzvern is a technical lead manager on Google’s Open Source Security Team, focused on making open-source software more secure through code signing and applied transparency. Hayden is a maintainer and the community chair on the Sigstore project.
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2F
  Cloud + Containers
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

“Early Boot and Late Attach” of Remote Processors for Time Critical Applications - Beleswar Prasad Padhi & Vaishnav Mohandas Achath, Texas Instruments
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
Modern Heterogeneous SoCs designed for automotive use cases integrate multiple remote processors (rprocs) for Real-Time Operations, like Cortex-R5F for handling Capture and Display, alongside a general-purpose processor like Cortex-A to run HLOS like Linux. Automotive requirements are Time-Critical, Safety-Oriented and often demand for the Real-Time rprocs to be booted early for use cases like Early Chime, Early Rear View Camera (RVC). This presentation discusses about the “Early Boot + Late Attach” feature in remoteproc framework, where-in the rprocs would be brought up early in the boot flow by bootloader, and later Linux would just “attach” into the pre-running rprocs to establish IPC & suspend/resume. It also explains how developers can adopt this approach and shares debugging lessons. The talk also addresses how the framework handles key challenges with this approach, like identifying a pre-running rproc and allocating the resources required by it (memory carveouts, mappings, trace buffers etc.) by parsing the pre-loaded firmware, rather than re-initializing the core like in normal boot flow. A live case study will be presented on Early RVC application showcasing this feature.
Speakers
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Vaishnav Achath

Senior Software Engineer, Texas Instruments
Vaishnav Achath is a Senior Software Engineer with Texas Instruments Inc. working with the Linux Core Product Development team for Jacinto Processors. As part of this role, Vaishnav primarily works on upstream Linux kernel and U-Boot development and also on customer requirements... Read More →
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Beleswar Prasad Padhi

Software Engineer at Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments
Beleswar is a Software Engineer at Texas Instruments India, working on Upstream Linux Kernel and U-Boot, as part of the Linux Core Product Development team for Jacinto Processors. Beleswar is a Free and Open Source Software Enthusiast and has contributed to several Open Source security... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

The Power of "AND": A New Template for Open Source Sustainability - Alyssa Wright & Francesca Romano, Bloomberg
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
The traditional view of open source sustainability often frames it as a choice: business value OR public good. We argue that this is a false dichotomy. Bloomberg's Open Source Program Office and Corporate Philanthropy team have partnered to develop a new template – one built on the power of "AND."

This presentation will explore how combining business value AND philanthropic impact creates a transformative approach to open source leadership. We'll share our strategic framework for achieving this "AND," demonstrating how it benefits companies, individuals, open source projects, and the world around us.

Join us to learn how to build similar partnerships within your organization and why corporate engagement in open source sustainability is more important now than ever to ensure the long-term health of the critical digital infrastructure underpinning our modern world.
Speakers
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Alyssa Wright

Open Source Program Office, Bloomberg
Alyssa Wright co-leads Bloomberg's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in the Office of the CTO, where she champions the firm's open source strategy and engagement. Guided by the motto "be curious, solve problems, do good," Alyssa focuses on creating positive impact through open source... Read More →
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Francesca Romano

Head of Global Operations, Bloomberg LP
Francesca Romano leads Global Operations for Bloomberg’s Corporate Philanthropy team, where her focus is on delivering solutions that are collaborative, innovative, and effective. She holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

Valkey in Telecom: Leveraging Open Source for Unique Needs and Greater Community Benefits - David Östman & Viktor Söderqvist, Ericsson Software Technology
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
The telecom industry constantly evolves to meet the demands of modern communication.
As a supporter of the Linux Foundation Valkey project, this presentation will explore other ways to utilize Valkey compared to many cloud providers, and the benefits this brings to the community and the project itself.

We will discuss the technical aspects of Valkey's use in telecom, drawing from insights for the advantages of public forks managed by foundations, leading to faster and more expansive development.

Our company was one of the founding supporters of Valkey, and Viktor Söderqvist is a core maintainer of Valkey. We will cover how we integrate community engagement and governance, David as a manager and Viktor maintainer and our collaborative efforts together.

We'll highlight our contributions to Valkey, and the discussions that led to our strategic pivot and fork and creation Valkey.

We will also present unique requirements in telecom that has been added to Valkey, and demonstrate how these requirements also benefit the broader project, with features like downgrade mechanisms and key hash improvements for higher performance.
Speakers
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David Östman

General Manager Ericsson Software Technology Sweden, Ericsson
David is the General Manager of Ericsson Software Technology (EST) Sweden, leading a dedicated team of engineers developing open source software on projects like Linux, Yocto, and Valkey. With over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, David began his career at... Read More →
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Viktor Söderqvist

Open source dev, Ericsson Software Technology
Viktor is an open source developer at Ericsson, contributing to several projects. The last few years, he was contributing to Redis, but recently his focus has been on Valkey, the open source fork of Redis, which he together with a few more active contributors forked and now maint... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:30pm MDT

Intelligent CI/CD Pipelines: Leveraging AI/ML for Predictive Failure Detection - Aishwarya Sharma, Amdocs; Anindita Tripathy, VMWare; Shubham Parasher, Dream11
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:30pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
Modern CI/CD Pipelines generate vast amounts of build, test, and deployment data- making it challenging to detect issues before they impact production. In this session, we explore how AI and ML can transform your CI/CD process by predicting failures before they occur. You'll learn how to collect and process pipeline data(logs, test outcomes, resource metrics) to train models that detect subtle patterns indicative of future failures. This talk covers practical strategies for feature engineering, model integration using popular open source tools, and real-world case studies that demonstrate reduced downtime and optimised testing. Attendees will leave with a clear, actionable roadmap for embedding predictive analytics into their pipelines to drive proactive, resilient software delivery
Speakers
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Aishwarya Sharma

DevOps Specialist, Amdocs
Aishwarya Sharma is a DevOps specialist with a passion for leveraging open source technologies to optimise CI/Cd pipelines and cloud operations. With expertise in integration AI/ML for predictive analytics, she empowers teams to enhance software deliver efficiently and resilience... Read More →
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Anindita Tripathy

SRE, VMWare
Anindita Tripathy is working as SRE in VMWare, specialised in building, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. She has deep passion for optimizing workflows, ensuring high availability, and fostering collaboration between development and operations... Read More →
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Shubham Parasher

Product Manager, Dream11
Shubham parasher is a product manager renowned for his expertise in managing products, cloud infrastructure and kubernetes solutions. Shubham has made significant contributions to the tech industry, particularly within the domain of fantasy sports and gaming platforms. Currently working... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:30pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:40pm MDT

Lightning Talk: Future-Proofing Compliance: Leveraging Knowledge Graphs and AI in Cybersecurity - Zeyno Dodd, Conjectura R&D
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:40pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
Traditional approaches to cybersecurity compliance are being redefined in an era marked by rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats and stringent compliance requirements. This session explores the innovative integration of Knowledge Graphs (KG) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Generative AI to address the ever-evolving complexities of cybersecurity frameworks like NIST CSF v2.0, NIST 800-171, and CMMC. I will briefly delve into an open-source proof-of-concept demonstrating how these technologies can automate the discovery of compliance relationships and streamline cross-framework assessments. Join me in discovering how we can significantly enhance cybersecurity measures by harnessing open-source tools and AI, reducing the resource burden, and maintaining timely and robust adherence to evolving standards.
Speakers
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Zeyno Dodd

R&D Architect, Conjectura R&D
Cloud Solution Architect and Researcher with 25+ years in software development and research. Committed to leveraging AI to address complex real-world challenges with societal impact. Specializes in applying Graph Neural Networks (GNN) within Cloud/Edge/Hybrid Machine Learning frameworks... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 2:40pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3E
  Open AI + Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:05pm MDT

Transforming Software Development and Engineering Velocity at EBay With AI/ML in CI/CD - Aravind Kannan, eBay Inc. & Sanmeet Shikh, eBAy
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:05pm - 3:25pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
In today's digital landscape, rapid and reliable software delivery is crucial. Join us to explore how eBay has integrated AI and ML into its Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes, revolutionizing software development at scale.

We will share insights from eBay's "Engineering Velocity" initiative, detailing how our AI and ML powered CI/CD platform helped our engineers in achieving a 23% increase in software releases and a 10% reduction in production bugs.

This session will cover:

* The strategic implementation of AI and ML in CI/CD to enhance efficiency and quality.
* Real-world examples of how AI-driven insights and automation have streamlined our software development, review, testing, debugging and delivery process.
* Key challenges and lessons learned in integrating AI and ML technologies into the CI/CD platform.
* Future trends and opportunities in AI and ML for CI/CD.

Whether you're an engineering leader, developer, or DevOps practitioner, gain insights and strategies to leverage AI and ML for faster, more reliable software delivery.
Speakers
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Aravind Kannan

Director, Software Engineering, eBay Inc.
Aravind Kannan leads eBay's transformative Engineering Velocity initiative, responsible for driving improvements in software development and delivery platforms and processes across the organization. He is committed to empowering engineers to deliver value to customers faster, easier... Read More →
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Sanmeet Shikh

Sr. MTS Software Engineer, eBAy
Technical Lead for CI/CD platform at eBay
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:05pm - 3:25pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:05pm MDT

Scaling Inclusive Open Source: Strategies & Metrics for Building Equitable Communities - Kenyatta Forbes & Sarah Oyetubo, GitHub; Georg Link, Bitergia; Justin Wheeler, Red Hat
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:05pm - 3:45pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
Open source thrives on collaboration, but who gets to participate, and how? GitHub’s latest Open Source Survey provides key insights into the state of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in open source communities—revealing persistent challenges and opportunities for change.
In this session, we’ll explore data-backed strategies for fostering inclusivity at scale, blending insights from GitHub’s research with real-world case studies from diverse open source communities.

We’ll cover:
Key findings from GitHub’s Open Source Survey on inclusivity trends, barriers, and participation gaps.

Proven strategies for increasing diversity in open source projects, including best practices from GitHub’s programs and successful open source initiatives.

Lessons from the field: Case studies of communities that have successfully improved inclusion through mentorship, governance changes, and innovative outreach.

Metrics that matter: How to track progress in DEIA efforts without falling into vanity metrics.
Speakers
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Kenyatta Forbes

Sr. Program Manager, Open Source Programs, GitHub
Kenyatta Forbes is the Senior Program Manager for the Open Source Programs Team at GitHub, where she leads strategic initiatives to support the growth and sustainability of open source communities. With over a decade of experience in technology and program management, she enjoys fostering... Read More →
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Sarah Oyetubo

Sr. Program Manager, DI&B, GitHub
Sarah Oyetubo is a Certified Diversity and Inclusion practitioner and Senior Program Manager of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at GitHub. She has a proven track record for leading people through transformational change, as demonstrated in various strategic and highly visible... Read More →
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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 presented on open... Read More →
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Justin Wheeler

Fedora Community Architect, Red Hat
Justin is a creative maker. He is best known as an Open Source contributor and Free Culture advocate originally from the United States. Justin has participated in numerous Open Source communities and led different initiatives to build sustainable software and communities for over ten years.In... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:05pm - 3:45pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:25pm MDT

Lightning Talk: Paved Paths, Not Potholes: Simplifying Multi-Tenancy in Internal Platforms - Faeka Ansari, Akuity, Inc.
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:25pm - 3:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
Internal developer platforms can make or break developer productivity. Many organizations struggle to balance scalability, flexibility, and usability when building these internal platforms, especially in multi-tenant environments. Yet, designing streamlined workflows that balance governance with developer autonomy often feels like navigating pothole-filled roads. In this talk, I will explore real-world lessons and open source tools from building GitOps-driven paved paths that simplify complex multi-environment workflows.

Learn how declarative principles, automated pipelines, and GitOps practices can transform developer frustration into delight. Whether you're improving namespace management, scaling day 2 operations, or accelerating platform adoption, this talk should leave you with usable tools and fresh ideas for your platform engineering journey.
Speakers
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Faeka Ansari

Kubernetes Sub-Project Maintainer | Kargo Maintainer | CNCF Ambassador, Akuity, Inc.
Faeka Ansari is a sub-project maintainer for Kubernetes and a key maintainer of the Kargo project. With expertise in designing & optimizing Kubernetes controllers, she specializes in streamlining workflows and improving developer experience. She has previously contributed to cloud-native... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 3:25pm - 3:35pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Boot-Time BOF - Tim Bird, Sony
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
In this BOF, attendees will discuss the current status of Linux Boot, and boot-time reduction efforts for Linux systems. This will be an open discussion about the currently available tools, instrumentation, techniques, patches, documentation and online resources for developers working on Linux boot-time reduction.

If you are working on Linux boot-time, or plan to sometime in the near future, please join this discussion. You can describe your requirements, or tell us about your current Linux boot-time reduction activities or projects.
Speakers
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Tim Bird

Principal Software Engineer, Sony
Tim Bird is a Principal Software Engineer for Sony Corporation, where he helps Sony use Linux and other open source software in their products. Tim is the organizer of the Linux Boot-Time Special Interest Group and is involved with various Linux Foundation projects (including being... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Unlocking the Full Potential of WPE To Build a Successful Embedded Product - Mario Sanchez-Prada, Igalia
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
The Web engine is the most important component of a Web browser, enabling developers to leverage the Web Platform for their applications. And thanks to Open Source Web engines like WPE, it is now possible to build all kinds of products for embedded devices using Web-based technologies, from set-top boxes and smart home appliances to GPS devices and in-flight infotainment systems, to name a few.

Unfortunately, companies usually fall into the trap of applying one-off fixes to meet their immediate needs, accumulating technical debt and struggling to adapt to the evolving nature of the Open Source projects they heavily rely on. On top of that, it makes it difficult to ensure that the stable releases of such projects properly fit the needs of the products they intend to build, leading to spending too much time being reactive to integration-related problems instead of focusing on building a great product.

In this session, we will focus on explaining the best practices to unlock the full power of WPE without falling into such traps, so that you can focus on building a stronger foundation for your future embedded products with WPE, while keeping maintenance costs under control.
Speakers
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Mario Sanchez-Prada

Software Engineer and WebKit Team coordinator at Igalia, Igalia
Software engineer and partner at Igalia with 19+ years of experience working on the development of Linux-based Operating Systems, the GNOME platform, Web engines (i.e. WebKit, Blink) and Web browsers (Epiphany, Chromium).Past experience includes work on the Maemo project, Litl OS... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Your Silent Software Saboteur: Open Source Malware - Brian Fox, Sonatype
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
Weaponized open source components are silently infiltrating software supply chains, evading detection, and leaving organizations vulnerable to devastating attacks. Brian Fox, Co-founder and CTO of Sonatype, will pull back the curtain on this invisible threat, diving into the rise of malicious components that proliferate at an unprecedented rate.

Discover the stealthy tactics used to infiltrate networks, masquerading as legitimate software, and understand why traditional security solutions are failing. This session will provide the knowledge and tools to proactively protect software supply chains, blocking malicious components before they wreak havoc, and fortify defenses against this invisible and growing enemy.
Speakers
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Brian Fox

Co-founder and CTO, Sonatype
Co-founder and CTO, Brian Fox is an OpenSSF Governing Board member, a member of the Apache Software Foundation and former Chair of the Apache Maven project. As a direct contributor to the Maven ecosystem, including the maven-dependency-plugin and maven-enforcer-plugin, he has over... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

West: Explained in Simple Words - Roy Jamil, AC6
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
Engineers coming from traditional RTOS or bare metal backgrounds may initially see Zephyr's meta-tool, West, as an unfamiliar hurdle. While it might seem a bit complex at first, West is actually a simple and effective way to handle multiple repositories, as well as to build, debug, analyze, and more.

In this talk, we’ll break down what West does and how it fits into the Zephyr ecosystem. We'll use plain language and practical examples, showing that West isn’t a barrier at all. Instead, it’s a powerful tool that makes managing your projects easier and more organized.

We'll also explore why West exists and dive into its range of commands. Plus, we'll highlight the opportunities it offers, including enabling capabilities that were not possible without it.

Finally, we’ll demonstrate how to create custom commands with West and provide examples of how you might tailor these commands to meet the specific needs of your applications.
Speakers
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Roy Jamil

Training engineer - PhD, AC6
Roy Jamil, with a PhD in the field of Asymmetric Multiprocessing (AMP) and real-time embedded systems, is a training engineer at Ac6. He has trained hundreds of engineers annually. His experience includes programming, Linux, writing Linux drivers, Yocto, and various Real-Time Operating... Read More →
Tuesday June 24, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
  Zephyr
  • Audience Experience Level Any
 
Wednesday, June 25
 

11:00am MDT

Test Harness: Continuous Testing on Hardware - Trecia Agoylo & Julia Anjanet Pineda, Analog Devices
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
The test harness (aka board farm) was initially designed to enable automated testing of Linux drivers on actual hardware. This ultimately became a way to implement continuous testing on hardware, every commit or PR, a build and test is run, and results are reflected back to the commit. It is designed to cater a wide range of peripheral devices and platforms mainly for Analog Devices' Kuiper Linux distribution which is built with more than 1000 Linux device drivers compatible with Xilinx and Intel FPGAs, Raspberry Pi boards, and several other platforms.

This talk covers the design and implementation of such a fully automated test harness. The implemented architecture leverages the use of readily available components/technologies such as Jenkins, Docker, NetBox, and JFrog Artifactory and, at the same time, includes custom-built tools that can be tailored and extended to support existing or new devices and platform types.

This talk will also cover how the team handled the challenges encountered while implementing and addressing features such as resource queueing to minimize waiting time of running builds and also how we make use of sdcardmux to handle recovery.
Speakers
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Trecia Agoylo

Senior Software QA Engineer, Analog Devices Inc.
I have seven years of software quality assurance testing experience which also enabled me to learn DevOps practices. I value continuous learning, and I am eager in learning new automation tools. I enjoy finding bugs as much I enjoy debugging them.
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Julia Anjanet Pineda

Software QA Engineer, Analog Devices
I like to run while waiting for build jobs to finish. I would work for hours to automate a task that should only take seconds to do manually. I develop and maintain a fully automated hardware test harness for system-level testing.
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2A
  Embedded Linux Conference
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Triton Inference Server: Supporting Next-Generation AI Workloads - Olga Andreeva & Ryan McCormick, NVIDIA
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F
Triton Inference Server has long been a reliable tool for AI model deployment. As Generative AI unfolds its transformative potential, Triton continues to evolve, offering both time-tested features and new capabilities tailored for large language models and more complex agentic workflows.

This session explores how Triton’s core strengths continue to play a crucial role in optimizing generative AI deployments. These include its robust multi-framework support, dynamic batching, concurrent model execution, and the capability to deploy complex inference pipelines through model ensembling and business logic scripting.

We’ll also cover recent enhancements such as OpenAI compatible frontend, allowing easy integration with existing OpenAI-based applications; Python-based backends to standardize the deployment of Python models without writing a custom C++ backend; Triton CLI to simplify model deployment and management; distributed inference enhancements for Data Center scale.

Throughout the presentation, we’ll share practical examples and best practices, equipping our listeners with the knowledge to effectively use Triton Inference Server to optimize AI workloads’ performance and efficiency.
Speakers
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Olga Andreeva

Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA
Olga Andreeva is a senior software engineer, specializing in machine learning inferencing. With a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston and experience in both academia and industry, Olga specializes in translating cutting-edge ML research into robust... Read More →
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Ryan McCormick

Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA
Ryan McCormick is a senior software engineer working at the intersection of machine learning, systems software and distributed systems at NVIDIA. He is responsible for developing scalable and performant inference solutions, with a current focus on the Triton Inference Server and Triton... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3F
  Open AI + Data
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

The Accidental Maintainer: Sideways Stories Into Open Source Leadership - Divya Mohan, SUSE & Natali Vlatko, Cisco
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
Maintainers are responsible for technical oversight and key decisions in open source projects. Contributor ladders, found in projects like OpenTelemetry and Apache, define the journey from contributorship to maintainership. Divya Mohan and Natali Vlatko exemplify this path, having "accidentally" risen to leadership as co-chairs of the Kubernetes Documentation Special Interest Group (SIG).
But how does one stumble into leadership, and how can we make this process intentional? In their talk, Divya and Natali will share their experiences alongside insights from other leaders in the CNCF ecosystem. They will discuss how contributions—like decision-making, completing essential tasks, and sharing knowledge—cultivate a community that fosters leadership. Discover how elevated permissions can be perceived as leadership roles, how contributors who answer questions become mentors, and recognize if you’re already demonstrating these leadership qualities.
Join along to learn about the leadership tasks Divya and Natali perform as SIG co-chairs and how you can leverage your skills to lead in your project.
Speakers
avatar for Divya Mohan

Divya Mohan

Principal Technology Advocate, SUSE
Divya is a Principal Technology Advocate at SUSE, where she contributes to and advocates for its open source projects. She co-chairs the documentation for the Kubernetes & has previously worked extensively in the systems engineering space during her tenure with HSBC & IGate Global... Read More →
avatar for Natali Vlatko

Natali Vlatko

Open Source Lead Architect, Cisco
Natali Vlatko (she/her) is an Open Source Lead Architect at Cisco, specializing in open software, policy, and governance. She is a SIG Docs Co-Chair for Kubernetes and a member of the TODO Group Steering Committee. She plays on the fun computer in her spare time. Her academic background... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Finally! A New Trademark Policy - Rebecca Rumbul & Gracie Gregory, The Rust Foundation
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
Refreshing long-standing policies in OSS communities can be a long and difficult process. Last year at OSS Summit NA, we discussed getting to the mid-point in our journey in developing a new trademark policy for the Rust community. Following a lot of further work, consultation, and iteration, and final board approval, we are now able to reflect on the whole process of redeveloping a legal policy with an OSS community, the pitfalls, challenges, and paths to success.
Speakers
avatar for Rebecca Rumbul

Rebecca Rumbul

CEO & Executive Director, Rust Foundation
Rebecca is the Executive Director and CEO of the Rust Foundation. She holds a PhD in Politics and Governance, and has worked as a consultant and researcher with governments, parliaments and development agencies all over the world, advocating for openness and transparency, and developing... Read More →
avatar for Gracie Gregory

Gracie Gregory

Director of Communications & Marketing, The Rust Foundation
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3D
  Operations Management
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:00am MDT

Building an Open Source System Design Interview Coach With Interactive Simulations - Sriram Panyam, Omlet Inc
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
As a former FAANG engineering leader who's interviewed 100s of candidates, I've seen brilliant engineers crumble under the pressure of system design interviews. In this hands-on workshop, we'll build tools I wish every candidate (including myself) had before walking into interview rooms.

Together, we'll create:

* A system design scenario generator based on real FAANG questions
* Interactive simulators showing how architectures perform under load
* Visual tools demonstrating distributed systems concepts (CAP theorem, consistency models)
* Performance comparison tools for evaluating architectural trade-offs
* Failure scenario simulators revealing resilience thinking

Candidates often fail not from lack of knowledge, but inability to visualize and communicate complex systems under pressure. The market is competitive & rife with layoffs. These tools aren't just about getting hired - they're about ensuring talented engineers find positions where they'll thrive.

We'll use OSS (ONLY) to make abstract concepts concrete, giving you both valuable tools and insider perspective on what FAANG interviewers are really seeking when they ask you to design a system from scratch.




Speakers
avatar for Sriram Panyam

Sriram Panyam

Chief Architect and Founding Engineer
As an engineering leader who's conducted 100s of technical interviews, I've seen exceptional talent fail due to the mysterious nature of system design interviews. I've built large-scale distributed systems and mentored engineers through the bewildering interview process at top tech... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:00am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:20am MDT

Event Provenance Registry: Continuous Delivery Events for the Electric Sheep - Brett Smith, SAS Institute, Inc.
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:20am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
What if you got a second chance to build an Event Driven Provenance service? In this talk I will cover the decision to start over, rewrite, and Open Source the Event Driven system we built in house. In the process of covering the things we changed and the things we kept I tell a few war stories. Add in what needed to be improved and what we left behind. I will talk about our involvement in the CD Foundation and how the new system can leverage CDEvents and help with SBOM storage and retrieval. Demo and Discussion included dependent on time allotment.
Speakers
avatar for Brett Smith

Brett Smith

Distinguished Software Developer, SAS Institute, Inc.
Software Architect/Engineer/Developer with 25+ years of experience. Specialties: Event Driven Automation, Continuous Integration/Delivery/Testing/Deployment, Supply Chain Security Expertise: Linux, packaging, and tool design. Currently Engineering and Securing the Supply Chain... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:20am - 11:40am MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

11:55am MDT

Navigating Compliance: What Developers Can Learn From Driving - Kadi McKean & Charlie Jones, ReversingLabs
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
When driving on a highway, you have to follow the rules of the road—some apply to everyone, while others only apply to commercial drivers. Open source maintainers and software publishers face a similar divide regarding regulatory compliance.

While software manufacturers must meet extensive legal and security obligations, open source maintainers often assume these regulations do not apply directly to them—but do they? In this talk, we’ll separate fact from fiction by breaking down what rules like the EU Cyber Resilience Act require from maintainers versus software vendors.

We’ll explore the limited enforceable obligations for open source projects, including secure development policies and vulnerability reporting, and discuss when (if ever) these rules impact maintainers. By understanding these distinctions, open source contributors can make informed decisions about risk, responsibility, and collaboration with commercial software teams—without unnecessary compliance burdens.
Speakers
avatar for Kadi McKean

Kadi McKean

Community Manager, ReversingLabs
Kadi is passionate about the DevOps / DevSecOps community since her days of working with COBOL development and Mainframe solutions. At ReversingLabs she collaborates with developers and security researchers to help entities prioritize their open source risk, reduce technical debt... Read More →
avatar for Charlie Jones

Charlie Jones

Director of Product Management, ReversingLabs
Charlie is currently a Director of Product Management and subject matter expert in cybersecurity and digital trust. Charlie has 10 years experience delivering strategic transformation initiatives, specializing in cybersecurity, TPRM, and regulatory compliance for Fortune 100 financial... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 11:55am - 12:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

Contributor Catalyst: New Contributor Perspectives From an HBCU Mentorship Program - Emily Lovell, UC Santa Cruz OSPO & Silas Morgan, Norfolk State University
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3H
Open source is woven into nearly all modern technology, making it more important than ever to support new contributors – but entering the world of open source contribution can be a daunting experience. There are unspoken norms to understand, new tools and best practices to learn, and a whole lot of code to navigate.

In 2023, the UC Santa Cruz OSPO launched a summer mentorship program to support students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) contributing to open source. Over the course of eight weeks, each tight-knit cohort learns how to productively contribute to a project of their choosing, while working together both in-person and remotely. Program alumni have returned as peer mentors, spoken at conferences, been interviewed for podcasts, and accepted paid work in open source.

This session will showcase the perspective of both current participants and program alumni, offering insight into how we can all work together to make open source more welcoming and inclusive. Whether you're looking to engage diverse new contributors, or you're just curious about the novice experience, you'll be sure to learn something new!
Speakers
avatar for Emily Lovell

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 →
avatar for Silas Morgan

Silas Morgan

Graduate Student and past Contributor Catalyst Mentor, Norfolk State University
Silas Morgan is a Graduate student and Alumni of Norfolk state university. He's majored in computer science, and participated in UCSC's Contributor Catalyst program both as a learner/participant, and as an alumni mentor helping students become engaged with open source. As a participant... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3H
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

COSMIC DE - The First Modular, Composable Desktop Environment - Carl Richell, System76
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
COSMIC DE is a new, full-featured desktop environment (like GNOME and KDE) written from scratch in the Rust programming language. It does not rely on GTK or Qt. Instead COSMIC uses a new Rust GUI toolkit called iced and the system76 developed libcosmic toolkit for building interfaces and applications with advanced theming and customization features.

COSMIC DE includes a suite of first-party applications including a file browser, text editor, application store, settings, and terminal. There is also a growing community of third-party apps. COSMIC includes a custom compositor that features variable refresh rate, Xwayland support, animations, fractional scaling, modern hybrid graphics features, window snapping and auto-tiling.

What makes COSMIC truly unique is that it's the first modular, composable desktop environment. For a user that means they can easily adapt COSMIC to their preferred workflow. Linux distributions can create wholly unique user experiences.
And companies can develop unique products using COSMIC.

Carl will discuss why system76 built COSMIC DE, show its features, and demonstrate how unique experiences can be composed with COSMIC DE.
Speakers
avatar for Carl Richell

Carl Richell

CEO, System76
System76 proudly engineers and manufactures premium Linux computers and keyboards at our factory in Denver, Colorado. Our user-driven products, alongside Pop!_OS and COSMIC DE, give creators, makers, and builders the means to bring forth the future.
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
  Linux
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

The Work No One Notices—Until It’s Missing: Scaling Open Source Community Teams - Elizabeth Barron, CHAOSS
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
Community management in open source is often a catch-all role, with one person juggling contributor engagement, content, events, and growth. But no single individual can—or should—do it all. As projects scale, a structured, team-based approach becomes essential.

This talk introduces a four-part framework for building an effective community team:

- Community Caretakers – Foster an inclusive, welcoming space, ensuring contributors feel heard, valued, and engaged.
- Content Creators – Develop documentation, blogs, and educational materials.
- Growth Drivers – Expand the community through outreach and advocacy.
- Organizers – Handle logistics, events, and data to keep things running smoothly.

We’ll explore why many projects struggle with community management, the pitfalls of prioritizing outreach over engagement, and how a scalable team structure prevents burnout, improves retention, and ensures long-term sustainability.

Whether you're launching or scaling a project, this session provides a practical roadmap for turning fragmented community efforts into a high-impact, sustainable team.
Speakers
avatar for Elizabeth Barron

Elizabeth Barron

Community Manager, CHAOSS
Elizabeth Barron is a self-employed open source consultant working on projects such as CHAOSS and GitHub's GitSkilled. She is a long-time open source contributor and advocate with over 20 years of experience at companies like GitHub, Pivotal/VMWare, and Sourceforge.She is also an... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:10pm MDT

Thriving in Open Source: Finding Joy, Avoiding Burnout, and Carving Your Own Path - Sandeep Kanabar, Gen
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
Open source contribution is often portrayed as a straightforward journey starting with "good first issues," but the reality is far more nuanced and personal. In this heartfelt talk, I'll share my transformative journey from an overwhelmed beginner to a purposeful contributor, highlighting how I discovered sustainable joy in open source development. Through personal stories and lessons learned, I'll discuss navigating common pitfalls like contributor fatigue, the "what's in it for me" mindset, and the good-first-issue trap. I'll share how local meet-ups, in-person conferences, and finding my passion in accessibility—particularly through my work with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing working group—helped me carve a meaningful path. This talk will provide practical insights for contributors seeking to build a fulfilling, long-term relationship with open source while maintaining their well-being and making a genuine impact on the community.

Note: I'm deaf and this talk reflects my own journey in open source. I'm okay to present this as lightning talk as well.
Speakers
avatar for Sandeep Kanabar

Sandeep Kanabar

Lead Software Engineer | CHAOSS Asia WG, Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock)
Hailing from India, Sandeep is a passionate software engineer working at Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock), a global leader in CyberSecurity. A frequent meetup speaker, Sandeep enjoys sharing his lessons with the community. He's a staunch advocate for open-source, diversity and inclusion... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:10pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard, Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

2:30pm MDT

"The Missing Role: Why Platform Teams Need Design Leadership” - Luis Queral, The New York Times
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:30pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
When you think about the role of "design" on an infrastructure team, it's common to think about slicker interfaces or nicer branding. While that might be true, the impact of design-thinking can go far deeper.

In this talk, we'll walk through an unlikely collaboration between our platform engineers and product designers and how this partnership has enabled deep, strategic change from the bottom up.

We'll talk about how we went from "building a technology" to "building a product", allowing us to both increase adoption to our platform and improve our overall product across a balanced mix of developer needs and business asks -- all without sacrificing platform reliability or quality.

We’ll also share tips on how to bring this kind of thinking to your platform team, with or without dedicated designers.
Speakers
avatar for Luis Queral

Luis Queral

Senior Product Designer, The New York Times
Luis Queral is a software designer and artist based in Baltimore, MD. He works for the New York Times helping lead design efforts on their infrastructure team. He is frequently, and deliberately out of his element and enjoys driving the design strategy of complex software projects... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 2:30pm - 2:50pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3B
  cdCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

3:05pm MDT

Enhancing Data Integrity in Linux - Anuj Gupta & Kanchan Joshi, Samsung Semiconductor
Wednesday June 25, 2025 3:05pm - 3:45pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
Achieving end-to-end data integrity is essential for modern storage systems, yet Linux still faces challenges in providing full-stack protection. This session explores recent improvements in Linux’s data integrity framework. Specifically this presentation shares detail about:

1. A new io_uring interface that enables applications to attach metadata with I/O requests, ensuring robust data protection.

2. Optimizations to existing integrity mechanisms that improve performance, reduce overhead, and enhance flexibility, all of which have been merged into the mainline kernel.

3. Lastly, we highlight a novel mechanism that allows filesystems to fully utilize device integrity features and helps optimizing host and device resource utilization.

This presentation will deliver in-depth technical insights into these advancements and their role in strengthening Linux storage reliability.
Speakers
avatar for Kanchan Joshi

Kanchan Joshi

Staff Engineer, Samsung Semiconductor
Kanchan is an upstream kernel developer, and his current work revolves around adding advancements in the Linux I/O stack. He has presented at OSS, LPC, LSF/MM, and SDC. He has engaged in system-software development across operating systems and published papers at USENIX conferences... Read More →
avatar for Anuj Gupta

Anuj Gupta

Linux kernel developer, Samsung Semiconductor India
Anuj Gupta is a Linux kernel developer in Global Open Source Team at Samsung. His contributions focus on kernel I/O stack improvements across io_uring, block layer, and NVMe driver. Speaker at Open Source Summit and SNIA SDC. He has also published a paper at USENIX FAST. Contributes... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 3:05pm - 3:45pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
  Linux
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Beyond Parent-Child: Enhancing Context Propagation With Span Links in Complex Distributed Systems - Haardik Dharma, NYU & Ekansh Gupta, SigNoz
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2G
Context propagation is the cornerstone of observability in distributed systems, but traditional approaches often falter in non-linear workflows like message queues, event-driven architectures, state transitions, or shared resources. Span links powered by OpenTelemetry, bridge this gap by enabling connections between spans across unrelated execution contexts.

This session explores a practical use case where span links augment context propagation in an event-driven microservices system. We'll demonstrate how to track a single user's transaction across services that communicate asynchronously. Using tools like OpenTelemetry and compatible backends, we'll show how span links resolve visibility challenges, uncover hidden latencies, and maintain trace continuity even when the standard parent-child relationships break.
Speakers
avatar for Haardik Dharma

Haardik Dharma

Developer, NYU
Haardik is passionate about building scalable backend systems with real-world impact. With extensive experience in cloud services, Kubernetes, and backend development, he has developed solutions that improve efficiency and reduce costs. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Computer... Read More →
avatar for Ekansh Gupta

Ekansh Gupta

Software Engineer, SigNoz
Ekansh is a Software Development Engineer, with active involvement in various open-source and cloud native communities for upwards two years now. He was previously an SDE Intern at SteamLabs. He is also a speaker for a couple of talks at PyCon, KubeCon and MozFests. Ekansh is a Google... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2G
  Cloud + Containers
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

The Business Case for Full-Cycle DEI Integration - Wambui Gatheru, Attentive
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3H
The open source world thrives on collaboration, transparency, and the creativity of its diverse contributors. However, recent divestment from DEI initiatives poses challenges to sustaining these values. Many organizations have focused on cultural performativity rather than embedding DEI into their core strategies, missing opportunities for long-term impact.

This session redefines DEI in open source, exploring what it means to embrace diversity, provide equitable opportunities for underrepresented contributors, and foster inclusion in a global, decentralized ecosystem. Attendees will gain actionable strategies to integrate DEI into projects and organizations, from fostering equitable collaboration to building inclusive governance structures and promoting diverse leadership.

With real-world examples and practical tools, this session offers a roadmap for healthier, more innovative, and sustainable open source communities. Together, we’ll uncover how a full-cycle DEI approach strengthens the ecosystem, ensuring environments where everyone can thrive.
Speakers
avatar for Wambui Gatheru

Wambui Gatheru

Senior DEIB Business Partner, Attentive
Wambui Gatheru (she/her) is a dynamic DEI leader with over a decade of experience driving cultural transformation and creating equitable workplaces. With expertise across non-profit and for-profit sectors—including democracy reform, sustainability, and tech—she blends community... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3H
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

An Investigation of Patch Porting Practices of the Linux Kernel Ecosystem - Xingyu Li, UC Riverside
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
The Linux ecosystem—spanning upstream mainline, stable and LTS branches, and downstream distributions like Ubuntu and Android—relies on patch porting to ensure stability and security. However, concerns persist about delayed or incomplete patch propagation. By mining software repositories across 28 Linux branches (e.g., Android,Ubuntu,Debian,OpenSLE and etc) and 584K patches., we uncover diverse patch porting strategies and their trade-offs, measured through patch delay, patch rate, and bug inheritance ratio. We also analyze the factors influcing the patch porting practices and offer actionable insights to enhance patch flow efficiency and strengthen the Linux ecosystem.
Speakers
avatar for Xingyu Li

Xingyu Li

PhD candidate; Research assistant, UC Riverside
I am a final year PhD student in UC Riverside in computer science. I am working on improving Linux kernel security by investigating Linux patch porting strategy, identifying silent serious patches and improving fuzzing efficiency.
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2B
  Linux
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Rex: Safe and Usable Kernel Extensions in Rust - Jinghao Jia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
We present the Rex project (https://github.com/rex-rs/rex). Rex is a Linux kernel extension framework that allows extension programs to be written in safe Rust. Rex offers similar safety guarantees to eBPF. Unlike eBPF-based tools like Aya, Rex extensions are not compiled into eBPF bytecode. Rex eliminates the in-kernel verifier – the safety of Rex extensions is built atop language-based safety plus runtime protection. Specifically, the Rex compiler enforces Rex extensions to be written in a subset of safe Rust, and emits native code directly. Rex implements its kernel crate with a safe interface that wraps existing eBPF interface. Rex also employs a lightweight runtime that implements graceful Rust panic handling with resource cleanups, kernel stack checks, and program termination.

Rex provides a more usable and arguably safer alternative to eBPF. The usability advantage comes from the elimination of in-kernel verifiers that are known to reject safe extension programs with cryptic feedback. We also show that Rex’s runtime protection provides stronger safety than eBPF in a few aspects, e.g., protecting kernel stacks from overflowing.

More details: https://tinyurl.com/y8uj8ypp
Speakers
avatar for Jinghao Jia

Jinghao Jia

Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jinghao Jia is a fourth year Ph.D. student at UIUC. His research focus on operating system kernel extensions (e.g. eBPF). Specifically, he works on building safe and reliable kernel extensions as well as the applications of these kernel extensions in practice.
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2C
  Linux
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Removing the Walls Around the Garden: Why the Time Has Come To Disrupt Mobile Application Developmen - Hilary Carter, The Linux Foundation
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
Open Mobile Hub and LF Research partnered this year to explore the state of mobile application development in the face of a fragmented and monopolistic market with growing numbers of new devices to integrate. In this session, a panel of research team members from the Linux Foundation and Open Mobile Hub will discuss the findings of their research, examining the insights generated from interviews with mobile application experts across the community. Discussion topics will include hindrances to market entry, current pain points from integration with diverse services, and the APIs that developers care most about. Panelists will deliberate on, from a cross-platform perspective, the preferred frameworks to build mobile applications and the importance of open source in this context. An important use case in this discussion will be the development of wallets and payments ecosystems, with OpenWallet Foundation represented in the conversation. Grounded in the findings from this study, audience members will shift their thinking around accommodating a walled-garden approach to a more open, streamlined, and standardized application ecosystem.
Speakers
avatar for Hilary Carter

Hilary Carter

SVP of Research, The Linux Foundation
Hilary Carter is SVP of Research at the Linux Foundation, supporting the development of open source research projects and publications at the Linux Foundation. As a writer, researcher, and program leader, Hilary produces engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3C
  Open Source Leadership
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

Trust but Verify: Uncovering the Hidden Risks of Inaccurate SBOMs With JBomAudit - Yue Xiao, Jiyong Jang, Douglas Schales & Dhilung Kirat, IBM Research
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
Software supply chain attacks have surged in recent years, posing significant threats to organizations. In response, Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)—structured inventories that document software components—have been proposed to enhance supply chain transparency, track dependencies, and manage vulnerabilities. Despite increasing adoption, their correctness and completeness in real-world open-source ecosystems remain largely unexamined. Incomplete SBOMs can result in overlooked vulnerabilities while incorrect dependency may waste resources on non-existent issues.

This talk introduces JBomAudit, an open-source tool to automatically verify Java SBOMs by systematically assessing their correctness and completeness against NTIA minimum requirements. We will cover technical details of JBomAudit, demonstrate how it examines missing and incorrect dependencies, and present findings from our large-scale analysis of over 25,000 Java SBOMs, highlighting the prevalence of non-compliant SBOMs and security implications. We will also discuss common pitfalls in SBOM generation, analyze the root causes of non-compliance, and provide actionable recommendations to improve SBOM quality.
Speakers
avatar for Douglas Schales

Douglas Schales

Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
Doug Schales is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Research. He has been involved in security research for over 30 years. His interests are in the areas of using generative AI for security, as well as the application of sketch and probabilistic algorithms in security.
avatar for Dhilung Kirat

Dhilung Kirat

Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research
Dhilung Kirat is a Research Scientist in the AI Supply Chain Security group of the Security Research department at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Dhilung received his PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. His research interests revolve around... Read More →
avatar for Jiyong Jang

Jiyong Jang

Principal Research Scientist, IBM Research
Jiyong Jang is a Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research. His research interests include most areas of computer security, with an emphasis on software and network security. His current research focuses on security analytics to detect advanced threats in complex networking systems... Read More →
avatar for Yue Xiao

Yue Xiao

Research Scientist, IBM Research
Dr. Yue Xiao is a Research Scientist at IBM Watson Research. She earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington, focusing on GenAI security, privacy compliance, vulnerability assessment, and supply chain security. She has published in top venues (CCS, Usenix Security, NDSS... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3G
  OpenGovCon
  • Audience Experience Level Any

4:20pm MDT

If I Could Turn Back Time - What Open Source and Tech History Tells Us About the Future - Melissa Evers, Intel
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
In this session, we will examine critical moments in Open Source history, from the early days of the kernel and birth of the Linux Foundation, to Software defined networking, to Containerization and Cloud Native, to Web, to AI; examine what can be distilled as transcendent truths, and what that tells us about our future? How should it inform the ways we build our software strategies? Attendees will leave inspired, curious and wanting to learn more.
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Evers

Melissa Evers

Vice President - Office of the CTO, GM of Software and Ecosystem Enablement, Intel
Melissa Evers is Vice President in the Office of the CTO and General Manager of the Software Ecosystem Enablement organization at Intel Corporation where she is responsible Software ecosystem and developer programs. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and an MBA from... Read More →
Wednesday June 25, 2025 4:20pm - 5:00pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 2E
  Wildcard, Operations Management
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