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LinuxCon and CloudOpen This Week in Chicago

By 2014-08-188月 22nd, 2017Blog

Renault Ellis badgeThe Linux Foundation’s largest event of the year takes place this week in Chicago, starting with the co-located Linux Security Summit, Linux Kernel Summit and Xen Developer Summit today and tomorrow.

Then on Wednesday LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America start in full force with Executive Director Jim Zemlin’s “State of Linux” keynote at 9 a.m. Central, to be followed by a panel discussion of Linux kernel developers that includes Linux Creator Linus Torvalds.

All keynotes will be streamed live (live video available here with login) and will be available on the Linux Foundation YouTube channel later that day. You’ll also find live updates on Linux Foundation Twitter, Facebook and Google+ channels and at the #LinuxCon and #CloudOpen hash tags, as well as more in-depth keynote coverage here on Linux.com. Preview Q&As with most of the keynote speakers are also available at the links in the schedule, below.

Hope to see you there, in person or online! 

Wednesday, Aug. 20, LinuxCon and CloudOpen keynotes include:

9 a.m. State of Linux, Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

9:30 a.m. Linux Kernel Panel – Linus Torvalds; Andrew Morton, Google; Shuah Khan, Samsung; Andy Lutomirski, AMA Capital Management; Greg Kroah-Hartman, The Linux Foundation (Moderator)

UPDATE, Live from LinuxCon:  Top 10 Quotes from the Linux Kernel Panel

4:50 p.m. Reinventing Education Through Massive Open Online Courses – Anant Agarwal, CEO at edX

5:10 p.m. How Open Collaboration is Fostering a New Era in Vehicle Development – Jay Rogers, CEO & Co-Founder of Local Motors

5:30 p.m. The New Open Source Professional – Eileen Evans, HP Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Cloud Computing and Open Source

Thursday, Aug. 21

9 a.m. From Cloud to Fog Computing and the Internet of Things – Michael Enescu, CTO of Open Source Initiatives, Cisco

9:20 a.m. Containers: Changing The Landscape – Solomon Hykes, Founder of Docker

9:40 a.m. Linux in the New Connected World – Imad Sousou, Vice President and General Manager, Intel Open Source Technology Center

Friday, Aug. 22

9 a.m. Innovation in a 3D Printing Community – Anthony Moschella – Vice President of Product, MakerBot

9:20 a.m. Innovations in Prosthetics With Open Source – Jonathan Kuniholm, President, Open Prosthetics Project

9:40 a.m. Revolutionize the Way IT is Created and Consumed – Douglas Balog, General Manager, Power Systems, IBM Systems and Technology Group

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