Agenda and Keynote Speakers Announced for Red Hat Summit 2016
May 11 2016 - 10:14AM
Business Wire
- Thousands of attendees expected at industry's
premier open source technology conference to learn about the future
of enterprise technology, including cloud computing, containers,
DevOps, big data, mobile, security, and more
- Top executives from Red Hat, Accenture,
Cisco, Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Microsoft, and SAP
to deliver keynotes
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced the agenda and keynote speakers
for Red Hat Summit 2016, the industry’s premier open source
technology conference. The 12th annual Red Hat Summit is expected
to welcome thousands of attendees from around the world to San
Francisco's Moscone Center, June 27-30. Event details and
registration are live at http://www.redhat.com/summit.
The power of participation is being felt around the world and
across industries. The open source way – a form of collaboration
where people are free to share their ideas and build on the work of
others – is resulting in significant advancements in a wide range
of fields, from healthcare and education to government, management,
and more. In technology, open source is enabling digital
transformations and driving major innovations in a number of areas,
including cloud computing, containers, application development,
DevOps, big data, mobile, security, and more. Named one of the top
cloud computing events for 2016, Red Hat Summit has become a
premier event focused on these advancements, with customers,
partners, and open source industry leaders from around the world
coming together for a high-energy week of innovation, education,
and collaboration.
Red Hat Summit 2016 is scheduled to feature:
- Technology industry visionaries
- Attendees will hear keynotes on the future of enterprise
technology and open source from industry leaders. Several Red Hat
executives are scheduled to deliver keynotes at Red Hat Summit
2016, including Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO, and Paul
Cormier, president, Products and Technologies. Red Hat's Marco
Bill-Peter, vice president of Customer Experience and Engagement,
and Chris Wright, vice president and chief technologist, will host
the Red Hat Innovation Awards. Industry executives set to take the
stage are:
- Sven Loberg, global open source lead,
Accenture;
- David Ward, senior vice president, CTO
of Engineering, and chief architect, Cisco;
- Jim Ganthier, vice president and
general manager, Engineered Solutions, HPC, and Cloud, Dell;
- Randy Meyer, vice president and general
manager, Mission Critical Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise;
- Doug Fisher, senior vice president and
general manager, Software and Services Group, Intel;
- Scott Guthrie, executive vice
president, Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft; and
- Naykai Nayyar, general manager and
global head of Internet of Things (IoT) and Innovation GTM,
SAP.
- More than 200 breakout sessions
across 14 tracks - Sessions, presented by subject-matter
experts including Red Hat associates, customers, partners, and
developers, will offer attendees an opportunity to dive into the
latest product innovations and hear best practices from experts
across industries. Red Hat Summit 2016 sessions are tailored to
different roles and levels of expertise and will cover a wide range
of topics, including containers, DevOps, management, IT strategy,
implementation, and more. New this year, the conference will
feature deep-dive breakout sessions for attendees in public sector,
healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications.
- DevNation - Taking place June
26-29, and co-located with Red Hat Summit, DevNation is a full
stack development conference featuring the best in open source.
DevNation 2016 will feature more than 50 breakout sessions and
general sessions with keynotes from Scott Hanselman, principle
community architect, Web Platform and Tools at Microsoft, and
Rachel Laycock, head of Technology at ThoughtWorks North America.
More information can be found at www.devnation.org/.
- Partner Pavilion - The Red Hat
Summit Partner Pavilion will include more than 90 Red Hat partners
and technology industry leaders showcasing some of the best in
enterprise technology, and giving attendees a chance to connect
directly with strategic technology partners.
- Power training opportunities -
Attendees looking for extensive training on-site at Red Hat Summit
can add a Summit Plus pass. In addition to a full conference pass,
Summit Plus includes two full days of Power Training; priority
access to instructor-led labs; preferred seating in general
sessions; meet-and-greets with Red Hat technical leaders; and a
30-day Red Hat Learning Subscription. More details can be found at
http://red.ht/261044u.
Supporting Quotes
Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat
“I'm thrilled that Red Hat Summit has become a premier event for
the latest in cloud and enterprise tech, and I'm confident that
this is shaping up to be our most exciting Red Hat Summit to date.
Red Hat Summit celebrates not only the major advancements in open
source, but also the success of our customers, who are using open
source to deliver major successes, lead their organization's
digital transformations, and embrace the benefits of the hybrid
cloud."
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a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source
communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies
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