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title: "Linux Foundation Events Snapshot: March 2021"
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Tux Turns 30! Upcoming Events, Mentorship Sessions and Webinars. Follow us on Social.

| View in browser Tux Turns 30! Let's Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Linux.   This year we are celebrating 30 Years of Linux and we hope you'll join us! Stay tuned for social media contests, event celebrations and more, PLUS the launch of the LF Online Store in April where you'll be able to pick up 30th Anniversary gear. In the meantime, start celebrating on social media with these downloadable graphics.   Complimentary Mentorship Session: Generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Every month there seems to be a new software vulnerability showing up on social media, which causes open source program offices and security teams to start querying their inventories to see how FOSS components they use may impact their organizations. Read our blog post here to learn more about how standardized SBOM can help.   Kate Stewart, VP, Dependable Embedded Systems, The Linux Foundation, will host a complimentary mentorship webinar entitled Generating Software Bill Of Materials on Thursday, March 25 at 7:30 am PST. This session will work through the minimum elements included in a software bill of materials and detail the reasoning behind why those elements are included. To register, please click here.     DPDK Summit APAC is Next Week   The DPDK Summit APAC is a community event designed to bring together software developers and others who contribute to or use DPDK. This is a unique opportunity to meet the community to discuss challenges and innovations within the ecosystem.  Register today to join us, attend sessions with live speaker Q&A, network with other attendees and more!   PrestoCon Day is 8 Days Away At PrestoCon Day, users from industry-leading companies will share use cases and best practices and developers will discuss project features and considerations. All will collaborate to advance the use of Presto as a high quality performant, and dependable software used to power the analytics platforms, on-premises or in the cloud, of organizations around the globe. Learn more and register here.    It's Almost Time For KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021   Adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities will come together virtually from May 4-7! Join us for 100+ sessions spanning beginner-level intros, end user case studies, and technical deep dives, and be sure to check out the sponsor solutions showcase. Register today! And don't miss the CNCF-hosted co-located events, taking place May 3-4. featuring industry experts covering topics including security, web assembly, AI, service mesh, and more.    Speak at Cloud Foundry Summit    With a focus on sharing and learning, this event — the only Cloud Foundry Foundation Summit of 2021 — highlights the community’s mission to make cloud-native software development simpler, faster and more productive. The CFP is now open until May 21. Learn more here!   All webinars are complimentary to attend   Hosted with Industry Partners Moving Fast When You Can't Break Things - Modern Continuous Delivery Techniques with OPA  TODAY, March 18 • 10:00 – 10:50am PST Sponsored by Harness   Edge Case: Considerations And Architecture For Linux Edge Deployments Wed, March 24 • 10:00am – 10:50am PST Sponsored by Red Hat   Unboxing K8ssandra: The Data Layer For Your Kubernetes-Powered Applications Tues, April 6 • 9:00am – 9:50am PST Sponsored by DataStax   Upcoming Mentorship Sessions   Generating Software Bill Of Materials Thurs, March 25 • 7:30 – 9:00am PST Mentor: Kate Stewart, VP, Dependable Embedded Systems, The Linux Foundation   KUnit Testing Strategies Wed, March 31 • 10:00 – 11:30am PST Mentor: Brendan Higgins, Engineer, Google   Kernel Validation With Kselftest Wed, April 14 • 10:00 – 11:30am PST Mentor: Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer & Fellow, The Linux Foundation   Watch the LF Spring Member Meeting The Linux Foundation gathered its members virtually on March 9 to share timely information and announcements on new project launches, exciting project updates and the latest on what’s happening here at The Linux Foundation. View the recording here.      Open Networking & Edge Executive Forum - Now On-Demand Last week, ONEEF gathered over 1000 attendees, representing 83 countries, to discuss the state of the open networking and edge industries and the priorities that impact us all. View the session recordings here.      Become an LF Event Sponsor Over 85,000 open source technologists and leaders from around the globe gather at Linux Foundation events annually to share ideas, learn and collaborate. Our LF Event sponsorship packages offer speaking sessions & keynotes, lead generation programs, prominent branding opportunities and more, enabling you to make an important impact on the ecosystem, showcase your technologies and deliver your message. Click here to learn more about how you can share your thought leadership and support the entire global open source community. Email us for more information or to speak to our team.     Join Our Social Communities. Follow The Linux Foundation on social media to get all the latest info, updates on upcoming events, and breaking news and announcements from the global open source ecosystem. Follow us here: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.   Linux Foundation Events are where the creators, maintainers and practitioners of the world's most important open source projects meet.  Explore all our events here! More events are continuously being added so be sure to check back.    548 Market St, PMB 57274, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, United States Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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