Agenda and Keynote Speakers Announced for Red Hat Summit 2016
- 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
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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:
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Sven Loberg, global open source lead, Accenture;
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David Ward, senior vice president, CTO of Engineering, and chief
architect, Cisco;
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Jim Ganthier, vice president and general manager, Engineered
Solutions, HPC, and Cloud, Dell;
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Randy Meyer, vice president and general manager, Mission Critical
Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise;
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Doug Fisher, senior vice president and general manager, Software
and Services Group, Intel;
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Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Cloud and Enterprise
Group, Microsoft; and
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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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