Open Source Summit (formerly LinuxCon) is a name for a series of annual conventions organized each year since 2009 by the

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. The first LinuxCon took place in

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. Linux Foundation started organizing similar events in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The original LinuxCon was rebranded LinuxCon North America, adding to the list LinuxCon Europe and LinuxCon Japan. Apart from keynotes given by some high-profile

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people (such as

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in 2009), Open Source Summit is increasingly used as a platform for open source thought leaders, influencers, hiring managers, professionals, and developers in

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to talk about their plans for the technological landscape and announce major news. For example,

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confirmed in 2010 the delivering of the first

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device this same year, or

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explained in 2010 where they were heading for their Linux efforts after their acquisition of

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Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...

and

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announced a de facto collaboration on Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects at Open Source Summit North America in 2017.

Rebranding as Open Source Summit

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At the end of LinuxCon North America event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2016, it was announced that the event would be re-branded to be more representative of the organization/event's more general open source audience in 2017. As such, LinuxCon has been replaced with an event called Open Source Summit in 2017 in North America, Europe and Japan.

History

; LinuxCon 2009 : Held on 21–23 September 2009 in

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2010 : Held on 10–12 August 2010 in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

. ; LinuxCon Brazil 2010 : Held on August 31 - September 1, 2010 in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2010 : Held on 27–29 September 2010 in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. : This is the first edition under the name "LinuxCon Japan" but it is the renamed second edition of "Japan Linux Symposium". ; LinuxCon Japan 2011 : Held on 1–3 June 2011 in

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2011 : Held on 17–19 August 2011 in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, British Columbia. ; LinuxCon Europe 2011 : Held on 26–28 October 2011 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. : This is the first edition of LinuxCon Europe. ; LinuxCon Brazil 2011 : Held on 17–18 November 2011 in

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2012 : Held on 6–8 June 2012 in

. ; LinuxCon North America 2012 : Held on 29–31 August 2012 in

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

. : This was also the first edition of CloudOpen. ; LinuxCon Europe 2012 : Held on 5–7 November 2012 in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2013 : Held on 29–31 May 2013 in

. ; LinuxCon North America 2013 : Held on 16–18 September 2013 in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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. ; LinuxCon Europe 2013 : Held on 21–23 October 2013 in

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2014 : Held on 20–22 August 2014 in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

. ; LinuxCon Europe 2014 : Held on 13–15 October 2014 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2015 : Held on 17–19 August 2015 in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

; LinuxCon Europe 2015 : Held on 5–7 October 2015 in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2016 : Held on 22–24 August 2016 in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Ontario. ; LinuxCon Europe 2016 : Held on 4–6 October 2016 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. ; Open Source Summit North America 2017 : Held on 11–14 September 2017 in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

; Open Source Summit Europe 2017 : Held 23–26 October 2017 in

; Open Source Summit Japan 2018 : Held 20–22 June 2018 in Tokyo ; Open Source Summit North America 2018 : Held 29–31 August 2018 in

, British Columbia. ; Open Source Summit Europe 2018 : Held 22–24 October 2018 in

; Open Source Summit Europe 2019 : Held 28–30 October 2019 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

; Open Source Summit Europe 2022 : Held 13–16 September 2022 in

References

External links

LinuxCon website
{{Linux Linux conferences Linux Foundation Recurring events established in 2009