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Open Source Summit North America 2017

September 11-14, 2017 - Los Angeles, CA
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Michael Jenkins

Blacks in Technology
Executive Editor
Greater Los Angeles Area

blacksintechnology.net/

Michael Jenkins is a graduate of Iowa State University with BS and MS degrees in Computer Engineering. Over the past 20 years, he has worked with a variety of technologies including integrated circuit design and infrastructure automation. Recently, Michael has worked to automate deployments for high-traffic websites in a variety of industries including automobile sales, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals. Michael is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and has produced courses for LinkedIn Learning. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and lives in the Los Angeles metro area.

3:00pm PDT

Pre-Registration Platinum Foyer

9:00am PDT

Keynote: Opening Remarks - Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Diamond Ballroom 4-5

9:25am PDT

Keynote: Open Source Software as Activism - Christine Corbett Moran, NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, CALTECH Diamond Ballroom 4-5

9:50am PDT

Keynote: A Conversation with Linux and Git Creator Linus Torvalds Diamond Ballroom 4-5

10:20am PDT

Keynote: The Impact of the Ecosystem - Jono Bacon, Community/Developer Strategy Consultant and Author Diamond Ballroom 4-5

10:30am PDT

Coffee Break Platinum Foyer

11:00am PDT

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Community Organizer - Jason Hibbets, Red Hat Diamond Ballroom 9

6:30pm PDT

Partner Reception (Invitation Required) The Rooftop at The Standard, Downtown LA

11:35am PDT

Bitnami Technologist Q&A Platinum Ballroom

1:55pm PDT

Bootstrapping Community - Colin Charles, Percona Diamond Ballroom 9

2:45pm PDT

Marketing Your Open Source Project - Deirdre Straughan Diamond Ballroom 9

3:30pm PDT

Linux Academy Technologist Q&A Platinum Ballroom

5:15pm PDT

Onsite Attendee Reception & Sponsor Showcase Platinum Ballroom

4:50pm PDT

Serverless Data Pipelines with OpenWhisk - Jowanza Joseph, One Click Retail Gold 1

6:30pm PDT

All Attendee Evening Event at Paramount Picture Studios - Sponsored by Cloud Native Computing Foundation, CoreOS, {code}, and Ticketmaster Paramount Picture Studios

10:05am PDT

You're Not a *Real* Software Engineer - Amy Chen, Rancher Labs Gold 1

10:50am PDT

Diversity and Collaboration - Tameika Reed, Women in Linux Gold 1

11:35am PDT

Panel Discussion: Diversity & Inclusion: On the Path to Increasing the 10 Percent - Moderated by Nicole Huesman, Intel Gold 2 Time for Action - Innovating for D&I in Open Source Communities - Emma Irwin & Larissa Shapiro, Mozilla Gold 1

12:15pm PDT

Lunch (Attendees on Own) TBA

1:25pm PDT

Diversity through the Eyes of a Senior Engineer - Rupa Dachere, CodeChix Gold 1

3:40pm PDT

Diversity in Open Source: No Longer at Square One - Marina Zhurakhinskaya, Red Hat Gold 2

4:25pm PDT

Eliminating Biases and Encouraging Diversity - Swarna Podila, Avi Networks Gold 1