SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux
Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation
through open source, along with co-hosts LF Networking, the
umbrella organization fostering collaboration and innovation across
the entire open networking stack, and LF Edge, the umbrella
organization building an open source framework for the edge, today
announced initial keynote speakers for Open Networking & Edge
Summit (ONES) North America 2020.
The event takes place April 20-21 in
Los Angeles, California.
Open Networking & Edge Summit (formerly Open Networking
Summit) is the industry's premier open networking event now
expanded to comprehensively cover Edge Computing, Edge Cloud
and IoT. The event enables collaborative development and
innovation across enterprises, service providers/telcos and cloud
providers to shape the future of networking and edge computing with
a deep focus on technical, architectural and business discussions
in the areas of Open Networking & AI/ML-enabled use cases for
5G, IoT, Edge and Enterprise deployment, as well as targeted
discussions on Edge/IoT frameworks and blueprints across
Manufacturing, Retail, Oil and Gas, Transportation and Telco Edge
cloud, among other key areas.
Keynote speakers this year include:
- Andre Fuetsch, Executive Vice
President & Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Services,
Inc.
- Dan Kohn, Executive Director,
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
- Alex Choi, Senior Vice President
of Strategy and Technology Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Farah Papaioannou, Co-Founder
and President, Edgeworx, Inc.
- Anders Rosengren, Head of
Architecture & Technology, Ericsson
- Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer, Equinix
- Aparna Sinha, Director of
Product Management, Google Cloud
- Bill Ren, Chief Open Source
Liaison Officer, ICT Infrastructure Open Source GM, Huawei
- Marisa S. Viveros, Vice
President of Strategy and Offerings, IBM
- Ashiq Khan, Head of Cloud and
NFV, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
- Arpit Joshipura, General
Manager, Networking, Edge & IoT, The Linux Foundation
- Heather Kirksey, Vice President,
Community and Ecosystem Development, The Linux Foundation
Additional keynote speakers, as well as the full schedule of
sessions, will be announced the first week of March.
Conference Registration is $950
through March 10, 2020 with
additional registration options available including $300 Hall Passes, $600 Academic Passes, and $500 Student Passes. Non-profit and group
discounts are available as well; details are available on the event
registration page. Members of The Linux Foundation and Linux
Foundation Projects (including LFN and LF Edge) receive a 20
percent discount on all registration fees; contact
events@linuxfoundation.org to request a member discount code.
Applications for diversity and needs-based scholarships are
currently being accepted; for information on eligibility and how to
apply, please click here.
Open Networking and Edge Summit North America 2020 is made
possible thanks to Platinum Sponsors Cloud Native Computing
Foundation, Ericsson, and Huawei, Gold Sponsor IBM, and Silver
Sponsor Red Hat. For information on becoming an event sponsor,
click here.
Members of the press who would like to request a press pass to
attend should contact Jill Lovato at
jlovato@linuxfoundation.org.
Additional Resources
- YouTube: Why Attend Linux Foundation Events:
https://youtu.be/X_rLxfmLlYY
- Open Networking Summit North America 2019 Event Recap:
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-networking-summit-north-america-2019/
About The Linux Foundation
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top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate
open technology development and industry adoption. Together with
the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest
technology problems by creating the largest shared technology
investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today
provides tools, training and events to scale any open source
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Media Contact
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The Linux Foundation
jlovato@linuxfoundation.org
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