Geeker's Digest

SysAdminDay 2022
2022-07-29 | Virtual
System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, is an annual event. The event exists to show appreciation for the work of sysadmins and other IT workers. It is celebrated on the last Friday in July.
The work of System Administrators is often underestimated – because it is not "seen". Only during outages and other problems end-users become aware of the importance of the systems, managed by System Administrators, Operators, Engineers and Developers.

stackconf 2022
2022-07-19 - 2022-07-20 | Hotel Melia, Friedrichstraße 103, Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany
The Open Source Infrastructure Conference
stackconf is about open source infrastructure in the spectrum of continuous integration, container, hybrid and cloud solutions. Bridging the gap between development, testing and operations is one of the fundamental paradigms in modern IT. stackconf covers this concept from multiple perspectives.
Over a course of two days, you can enjoy a total of 36 talks by outstanding open source experts sharing their expertise in the area of open source infrastructure solutions.
The stackconf timetable enables you to add your preferred lectures to your personal calendar. Make sure not to miss any of your favourite talks!

DebConf 22
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-24 | Innovation & Training Park (ITP) Prizren, Ukë Bytyçi, Prizren, 20000, Kosovo
DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together more closely.
The 23rd Debian Conference is being held in Prizren, Kosovo from Sunday 17th to Sunday 24th July 2022.
DebCamp will be held 10-16 July 2022.

Open Source Summit North America 2022
2022-06-21 - 2022-06-24 | Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, Texas, United States
Open Source Summit connects the open source ecosystem under one roof. It’s a unique environment for cross-collaboration between developers, sysadmins, devops, architects and others who are driving technology forward.
Note that in-person attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and wear a mask while onsite at the event. Additionally, all attendees will need to comply with all on-site health measures, in accordance with The Linux Foundation Code of Conduct. To learn more about what is being done to keep our in-person event attendees safe, visit the Health & Safety webpage.

HashiConf Europe 2022
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-22 | Zuiveringshal West Amsterdam, Pazzanistraat 37, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1014 DB, Netherlands
HashiConf is HashiCorp’s annual community conference, a multi-day experience created so you can connect with other HashiCorp community members, core contributors, customers, partners, and HashiCorp employees. HashiConf normally takes place twice a year: HashiConf Europe in June take place during daytime hours in the Central European (CEST) timezone. HashiConf Global in October takes place during daytime hours in the Pacific (PDT) timezone.
HashiConf Europe 2022 will be held as a hybrid conference. Physically on-site in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and online as live stream.
The on-site event requires a fee of € 450.

SUSECON digital 22
2022-06-07 - 2022-06-09 | Virtual
SUSECON is the annual global technical conference for SUSE customers, partners and community enthusiasts, geared to the needs of the enterprise IT customer. Here you find open source solutions for your business needs based in Linux, Kubernetes and edge computing.

What’s it all about?
At SUSECON this year, we want you to be inspired by the possibilities of your digital transformation. Whether you are just getting started or are mature in your journey, the sky is no longer the limit. Turn inspiration into reality with technical content and roadmaps that help you take advantage of current technologies. See how our Business Critical Linux, Enterprise Container Management and Edge solutions are transforming everything from mobile phones to operating rooms, self-driving cars and education.

Apple WWDC 2022
2022-06-06 - 2022-06-10 | Virtual
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is an information technology conference held annually in June by Apple Inc. The conference is usually held in the San Jose Convention Center in California.
Due to the COVID-19 safety restrictions, WWDC 2020 and WWDC 2021 were presented online.
WWDC 2022 is expected to be a hybrid conference.
Watch the live-stream of the keynote on https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/ starting at 10 AM PDT (17:00 UTC).

devopsdays Zurich 2022
2022-05-31 - 2022-06-01 | Alte Kaserne Winterthur, Technikumstrasse 8, Winterthur, 8400, Switzerland
Devopsdays Zurich 2022 takes place at the "alte Kaserne" in Winterthur.

Devopsdays is a worldwide series of technical conferences covering topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Each event is run by volunteers from the local area.

Most devopsdays events feature a combination of curated talks and self organized open space content. Topics often include automation, testing, security, and organizational culture.

KubeCon Europe 2022
2022-05-17 - 2022-05-20 | Feria Valencia, Av. de les Fires, València, 46035, Spain
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities in Valencia, Spain from May 17 – 20, 2022. Join containerd, CoreDNS, Envoy, etcd, Fluentd, Harbor, Helm, Jaeger, Kubernetes, Open Policy Agent, Prometheus, Rook, TiKV, TUF, Vitess, Argo, Buildpacks, CloudEvents, CNI, Contour, Cortex, CRI-O, Dragonfly, Falco, Flux, gRPC, KubeEdge, Linkerd, NATS, Notary, OpenTracing, Operator Framework, SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Thanos as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.
In-person attendees will be required to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and wear a mask while onsite at the event. Additionally, all attendees will need to comply with all on-site health measures, in accordance with The Linux Foundation Code of Conduct. To learn more about what is being done to keep our in-person event attendees safe, visit the Health + Safety webpage and read our blog post.

DevOpsCon 2022 London
2022-04-26 - 2022-04-28 | Park Plaza Victoria London, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, SW1V 1EQ, United Kingdom
Every year in April, DevOpsCon London is the go-to event for DevOps enthusiasts!
This year, too, we look forward to meeting you again!
Because we want to ensure that the lively exchange of knowledge and ideas so typical of DevOpsCon London continues to work well, we were one of the first in the conference industry to develop our online concept.
In 2022, DevOpsCon 2022 London will be held as a hybrid conference. Both on-site in London and online as stream.

Elastic Community Conference 2022
2022-02-11 - 2022-02-12 | Virtual
The second annual Elastic Community Conference (ElasticCC) is taking place February 11–12, 2022. Join and hear success stories, lessons learned, tips, tricks, best practices, or funny anecdotes. Discuss with speakers and attendees. Win swag.
ElasticCC is a free technical conference from the community for the community. It's open to everyone: developers, practitioners, tinkerers, experimenters, question askers, answer havers, hardcore advocates, novice users, customers, partners — everyone! And while Elastic engineers will contribute as well, your voice is the one we want to hear.
ElasticCC is a global event with a single track and multiple languages. Talks will be given in English, French, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, and Portuguese.. While this doesn’t cover our community's full diversity, we hope that it gives everyone a chance to participate and learn.
Virtual sessions will kick off on the afternoon of Friday, February 11, 2022 in EMEA. The event will then work through the Americas, wrapping up in APJ on February 12. Why Friday and Saturday? We want to maximize the availability of our community members to participate, and Friday tends to be the least hectic work day for most. Also, in parts of APJ, it's very common to have events on Saturday since not everyone is permitted time off for conferences.

Fosdem 2022
2022-02-05 - 2022-02-06 | Virtual
FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software.
Usually taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe.

What is FOSDEM?
FOSDEM is short for "Free Open Source Developers European Meeting".
FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

get in touch with other developers and projects;
be informed about the latest developments in the free software world;
be informed about the latest developments in the open source world;
attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers;
to promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions.

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organizers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship.

Worldwebforum 2022
2022-01-28 | Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Worldwebforum is a platform for established and emerging leaders at the interface of business and technology to connect, learn, share, inspire and build long-lasting relationships.

Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2022
2022-01-20 - 2022-01-21 | San Jose Hilton, 300 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose, 95110, United States
Postgres Conference Silicon Valley is back and still the largest gathering about People, Postgres, Data on the West Coast! An inclusive and equitable event we bring together a best-in-talent combination of speakers, attendees, and sponsors to build opportunities for the global Postgres ecosystem.

CES 2022
2022-01-05 | Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV, 89109, United States
CES® is the most influential tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage.
The 2022 edition of the convention is scheduled to be a hybrid event; both on site and digital.

Open Source Summit Japan 2021
2021-12-14 - 2021-12-15 | Virtual
Open Source Summit Japan connects the open source ecosystem under one roof. It’s a unique environment for cross-collaboration between developers, sysadmins, devops, architects and others who are driving technology forward.
Open Source Summit Japan 2021 is now a Virtual Experience, happening December 14-15 on the Japan Standard Time Zone (UTC+09:00).
As with past virtual experiences, know that we are taking thoughtful actions to create an immersive digital experience that provides you with interactive content and collaboration experiences. You will have the ability to network with other attendees, attend presentations with live Q&A, interact with sponsors real-time, and much more – all virtually, from anywhere.
We’re excited to invite you to Open Source Summit Japan 2021 – a virtual experience where we will continue to shape the future of open source, together.

apidays Paris 2021
2021-12-07 - 2021-12-09 | Virtual
If software is eating the world, APIs are now eating software. Digital infrastructure is expanding and becoming mandatory – this way forces companies to think in terms of API and develop API mindset.
Apidays is the leading industry tech and business series of conferences in APIs and the programmable economy.

At apidays, the health and safety of our community, speakers and partners always comes first. As the COVID-19 situation remains uncertain, we will continue to present our 2021 events in a digital way. Looking forward to seeing you at our apidays LIVE series.

AWS re:Invent 2021
2021-11-29 - 2021-12-03 | Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States
AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the global cloud computing community. The in-person event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, access to 1,500+ technical sessions, a partner expo, after-hours events, and so much more.
AWS re:Invent will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, across multiple venues. More information will be released when registration opens June 15.

DEVOPS D-Day Conference 2021
2021-11-18 | Orange Vélodrome Marseile, 3 Boulevard Michelet, Marseille, 13008, France
Since 2015 DEVOPS D-DAY is a conference all about IT professionals in the fields of DevOps, Cloud, Docker, Open Source and more in France.
With 1400 participants and 60 sessions in 2019, DEVOPS D-DAY is one of the largest IT conventions in Europe.

Open Source Experience 2021
2021-11-09 - 2021-11-10 | Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, Paris, Paris, 75017, France
Open Source Experience: Meeting with the European Open Source Community
Open Source Experience’s goal is to bring together the entire open source expert community for two days for a new dynamic in a sector that is constantly innovating.
The French open source market is the biggest in Europe. With turnover of €5.68 billion in 2020 , it saw annual growth of 8.6% (greater than IT’s average growth of 70%).
A unique and relevant programme
> 100% open content: over 150 conferences in the form of conferences, round tables and open debates with rich feedback and innovation to bring together the entire open source community and user companies looking for information.
> A showroom with over 70 exhibitors
> A digital platform to enrich participants’ experience: live conferences and replays, networking, enriched exhibitor profiles, etc…
>Networking and community
=> Access is free with registration for all professionals!
Open Source Experience, the new event dedicated to open source technologies, held on 9 and 10 November 2021 in Paris at the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot.

Open Source Monitoring Conference 2021
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-11 | HolidayInn Nuremberg, Engelhardsgasse 12, Nuremberg, 90402, Germany
The Open Source Monitoring Conference – OSMC – is the premier worldwide professional event focused on Open Source monitoring solutions.
Since 2006 the annual meeting of leading international system engineers, developers, network engineers, IT managers, users and Open Source community members takes place every autumn in Nuremberg, Germany.
Leading specialists will present the full scope of Open Source monitoring and be ready to answer your hardest questions. Learn new techniques, exchange knowledge and discuss with top developers.
The lecture program offers technical sessions, case studies, best practices as well as new approaches, pioneering solutions and future perspectives. Additionally, several in-depth workshops the day prior to the conference are featured. Participants will extend their skills and deepen their knowledge in IT monitoring and management. The last day of the conference is dedicated to a hackathon. Small groups of developers and users will collaborate on diverse projects.
Keep up with the latest developments and trends in Open Source monitoring. Meet monitoring experts, learn about new features and techniques and engage with the community to discuss and exchange views.

Grafana ObservabilityCON 2021
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-10 | Virtual
Grafana ObservabilityCON is coming to you live and virtual, wherever you are in the world, on Nov 8-10, 2021.
You can attend a variety of free sessions that are designed for observability practitioners across skill levels who are using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and everything else you love in the open source observability ecosystem. These are sessions you won’t want to miss that will be led by experts in metrics, logs, and tracing.
The conference will include:

Technology deep dives, demos, and insights into product roadmaps led by core contributors who are pushing the Grafana Stack to the next level
Use cases from the community on observability strategies
Hands-on workshops plus “Ask Me Anything” sessions with our technical experts
Live Q&As with the speakers

devopsdays Melbourne 2021
2021-10-28 - 2021-10-29 | Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, VIC 3004, Australia

All Day Devops (ADDO) 2021
2021-10-28 | Virtual
All Day DevOps, the world’s largest DevOps conference, will be streaming live for 24 hours starting at 3 a.m. ET on October 28, 2021. Returning for its sixth year, the virtual event is a gathering of more than 25,000 DevOps professionals for free, hands-on education from 180+ speakers, along with peer-to-peer insights and networking with professionals worldwide.
The event will include 25,000 individuals from across the global DevOps movement – from those who are leading DevOps transformations or just getting their organizations started. Sessions will feature speakers from Amazon Web Services, Google, Eventbrite, IBM, Mastercard, Microsoft, Sonatype, State Farm and more.
All Day DevOps divides sessions into six (6) tracks — CI/CD Continuous Everything, Cultural Transformation, DevSecOps, Modern Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, and Government. The conference will also feature keynotes from:

Demi Ajayi, Open Source Community Manager for Call for Code for Racial Justice at IBM
Daniel Krook, CTO, Call for Code at IBM
Liz Fong-Jones, Developer Advocate at Honeycomb
Sina Bahram, Accessibility Evangelist and Founder at Prime Access Consulting

Did we mention that this event is entirely free? Produced by Modev, All Day DevOps’ educational content is available for free thanks to our partners, including Premier Sponsors State Farm and Sonatype, Gold Sponsors Google Cloud, Splunk, ConnectAll, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, D2iQ, Now Secure, Honeycomb.io, and Teleport, and Community Partners Contino and HashiCorp.

InfluxDays 2021
2021-10-26 - 2021-10-27 | Virtual
Attend this year’s event and find out why time series databases are the fastest growing database segment providing real-time observability of your solutions.
You will also gain first-hand knowledge and inspiration from InfluxDB community members to help you build and optimize your DevOps infrastructure and application monitoring, real-time analytics, and IoT applications for maximum business value.
Sessions are scheduled at 9 am – 1 pm PT.

OSSEC Conference 2021
2021-10-19 - 2021-10-22 | Virtual
Get open source security expertise and software support at the OSSEC Conference 2021, Tuesday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 22. The show will focus on a variety of key organizational security topics, including file integrity monitoring (FIM) and getting the most out of OSSEC and ModSecurity. The four-day virtual show (two full days of sessions; two half-days of hand-on training with your own virtual environment) will highlight:

Leveraging FIM (a record of what changed) for both advanced security and compliance.
Cross-platform security and support for open source and commercial software, including legacy operating systems such as AIX, OpenVMS, HP-UX, Solaris, as well as EOL Windows versions.
The importance of web application security, and the advantages of free and low-cost ModSecurity Rules toward immediately combating most web-based attacks.
Instruction on Open Source Security (OSSEC), and orchestrating security across hybrid legacy and secure modernization environments. Easily navigate a GUI and SIEM system as well.
And much more.

The first 2 conference days are free! The hands-on training (Thursday and Friday) is a $100 fee.
Easily register through EventBrite. Register now!

HashiConf Global 2021
2021-10-19 - 2021-10-22 | Virtual
HashiConf is HashiCorp’s annual community conference, a multi-day experience created so you can connect with other HashiCorp community members, core contributors, customers, partners, and HashiCorp employees. HashiConf normally takes place twice a year: HashiConf Europe in June take place during daytime hours in the Central European (CEST) timezone. HashiConf Global in October takes place during daytime hours in the Pacific (PDT) timezone.

Longhorn PHP 2021
2021-10-14 - 2021-10-16 | Holiday Inn Austin, 6000 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, TX 78752, United States
Longhorn PHP is a tech conference brought to you by members of the PHP community in Austin and beyond. Longhorn PHP is a community-run, regionally focused conference. This will be the third year putting on this event.

KubeCon North America 2021
2021-10-13 - 2021-10-15 | Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference gathers adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities from October 11-15, 2021. Join containerd, CoreDNS, Envoy, etcd, Fluentd, Harbor, Helm, Jaeger, Kubernetes, Open Policy Agent, Prometheus, Rook, TiKV, TUF, Vitess, Argo, Buildpacks, CloudEvents, CNI, Contour, Cortex, CRI-O, Dragonfly, Falco, Flux, gRPC, KubeEdge, Linkerd, NATS, Notary, OpenTracing, Operator Framework, SPIFFE, SPIRE, and Thanos as the community gathers for four days to further the education and advancement of cloud native computing.
Monday, October 11 and Tuesday, October 12 are our Pre-Event Programming days and will be to host co-located events – all of which require registration and many an additional fee. Wednesday, October 13 through Friday, October 15 will be the main conference days including keynotes, breakout sessions, and the sponsor showcase.

VMworld 2021
2021-10-05 - 2021-10-07 | Virtual
VMworld will once again be presented as a digital event in 2021. The conference will kick off on October 5, 2021. Registration opens June 15th. Please check back regularly for details regarding the event.
What can I expect from VMworld 2021?
Attendees can still expect updates from VMware executives, the latest in VMware product and technology news, hundreds of in-depth learning sessions with VMware experts and customer and networking opportunities. In addition, there will be entertainment, special guests and fun/surprise elements throughout. Stay tuned for more details.
