The Linux Foundation Announces Schedule for Annual Member Summit

The annual Linux Foundation Member Summit unites projects and organizations helping to advance open source technologies.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the schedule for The Linux Foundation Member Summit, taking place October 24-26 in Monterey, California. The full schedule can be viewed here.

The Linux Foundation Member Summit is an annual event for Linux Foundation member organizations (over 3,000), fostering collaboration, innovation, and partnerships among business and technical leaders looking to advance open source strategy, implementation, and investment in their organizations. The 2023 Member Summit features 65+ sessions focused on the leading projects, technologies, and topics that are driving digital transformation across the open source ecosystem. Keynote speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Session Highlights Include:

• OSPOs Navigating Security Landscape Leveraging InnerSource Methodologies with OSS Components - Brittany Istenes, Open Source Program Office Strategist, Fannie Mae
  
  
• Open Standards and Open Source in a Post Cyber Resilience Act World - Jeffrey Borek, WW Program Director, IBM
  
  
• Open Source DataOps and MLOps Strategies - Lisa N. Cao, Chair, Data Engineer, Vancouver Datajam
  
  
• Protecting Open Source: Managing Patent Threats & Reducing Risks - Keith Bergelt, CEO, Open Invention Network
  
  
• Punch Through the Growth Wall, Scaling Your OSS Business Model and Distro Along with Your Business - Scott Clinton, President & Founder, SCVentures
  
  
• Solving Market Problems with Open Source Verifiable Credentials - Heather Dahl, CEO, Indicio
  
  
• The Machine Learning Angle for Open Source Science - Jinen Setpal, Machine Learning Engineer, DagsHub
  
  
• Panel Discussion: Defining the Protocol for Internet-Scale Digital Trust - Judith Fleenor, Executive Director, Trust Over IP Foundation; Daniel Bachenheimer, Digital Identity Innovations Technical Lead, Accenture; Wenjing Chu, Senior Director of Technology Strategy, Futurewei Technologies.; Kyle Robinson, Director, Briartech Consulting Inc.; and Drummond Reed, Director, Trust Services, Gen™

Attend
Attendance at The Linux Foundation Member Summit is limited to members of The Linux Foundation, as well as to governing board members of LF Projects, media, speakers, and sponsors. Invitation codes have been sent to member organization representatives. If you already have an invitation code, register here. If you do not, you may contact us for more information on attendance opportunities.

Event Sponsors
The Linux Foundation Member Summit is made possible thanks to event sponsors including:

• Platinum: AWS and OpenSearch;
• Gold: Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Google; and
• Silver: IBM and QualitySoft; and
• Bronze: Instaclustr

If you are not an LF member company but would like to attend The Linux Foundation Member Summit, sponsoring it is an excellent opportunity to gain additional access to the event and its attendees for strategic discussions and collaboration. Learn more here or email [email protected].

Press
Members of the press who would like to request a press pass to attend should contact Kristin O'Connell.

Social Media
Join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #LFMemberSummit.

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Media Contact
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The Linux Foundation
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