The Open Source Initiative (OSI), in conjunction with OSCON, will be celebrating 20 years of Open Source next week at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland. The OSI will be hosting a day of community-led lightning talks, open source related activities, and an after party on Wednesday (July 18th). Entrance is free, courtesy of OSCON, but registration for the Expo Plus pass is required using the promo code EXPOFREE. The Expo Plus pass gives access to the event organized by the OSI, while the regular pass gives access to all other OSCON sessions and activities. The promo code “OSI20” gets 20% off any regular pass.
| Schedule | Open Source Anniversary (Room F149) |
|---|---|
| 9am | Keynotes |
| 10:20am | Morning Break |
| 11am | Simon Phipps: Welcome Keynote: Danese Cooper & Stephen Walli: Heroic and inspiring tales of open source |
| 11:50am | Carol Smith: ClearlyDefined: Crowdsourcing FOSS data for project success Stefano Zacchiroli: Software Heritage: browsing 20 years of FOSS, and then some |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm | Patrick Masson: Welcome Keynote: Bruce Perens: 20 years of Open Source |
| 2:35pm | Jose Parrella: 25 years of Debian Abby Mayes: 20 years of Mozilla |
| 3:15pm | Afternoon Break |
| 4:15pm | Deb Nicholson: Free Software: Our Past and Our Future Deb Goodkin: 25 years of FreeBSD |
| 5:05pm | Michael Tiemann: 25 years of Red Hat Josh Simmons: Teaching the Next Generation to FLOSS Vicky (VM) Brasseur: Closing |
| 5:45pm | Booth Crawl (5:45pm – 7:00 pm) |
| 7:00pm – 9pm | 20th Anniversary Party (Cupcakes and Cocktails) Panel with OSI / Open Source Founders |
The OSI will also be celebrating the Anniversary at the Community Leadership Summit, held just before OSCON (July 14-15). The event is free to attend, but registration is required: