The openSUSE Virtual Conference 2021 To Take Place June 18-20

The openSUSE Conference is the annual openSUSE community event. The call for papers for the openSUSE Virtual Conference 2021 is now open.

The organized talks, workshops, and BoF sessions provide a framework around more casual meet ups and hack sessions.

The call for papers for the openSUSE Virtual Conference 2021 is open until May 4. The dates of the conference are scheduled for June 18 – 20, 2021. Registration for the conference has also begun. The registration period is open March 01 – June 20, 2021

Presentations can be submitted for the following length of time:

  • Lightning Talks (15 mins)
  • Normal Talk (30 mins)
  • Long Talk (45 mins)
  • Workshop (1 hour)

Tracks listed for the openSUSE conference 2021

  • Cloud and Containers: Focuses on cloud and container technologies
  • Community: If you want to talk about growing the openSUSE/FOSS community and collaborating with upstream and peer projects.
  • Embedded Systems and Edge Computing: Embedded systems are accelerating and every year there are more talks associated with embedded systems and edge computing.
  • New Technologies: if you have a talk about a new project or tech you would like to discuss.
  • Open Source: If have a topic that centers on FOSS, but doesn’t fall into one of the other categories, select this track.
  • openSUSE: Is your talk about openSUSE.

In addition, the conference already has two sponsors with Fedora and SUSE. Companies interested in sponsoring the event can view the sponsorship prospectus on the projectโ€™s wiki page.

Volunteers who would like to help the Program Committee and/or the Organizing Team can email [email protected].

Bobby Borisov

Bobby Borisov

Bobby, an editor-in-chief at Linuxiac, is a Linux professional with over 20 years of experience. With a strong focus on Linux and open-source software, he has worked as a Senior Linux System Administrator, Software Developer, and DevOps Engineer for small and large multinational companies.

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