Business Track Overview

For many of our early years, most didn’t understand the business component of open source. And as a result, we didn’t host many sessions focused on it. 

But my how times have changed! Nearly everyone now understands the impact of open source on business models and operations, and they want to know and learn more.  

Some of the world’s top experts will be featured on the track this year discussing truly interesting topics. 

See who and what will be covered below, and plan now to attend and participate.

Thanks to the wonderful team at Salesforce for making this track possible.

Managing the project-product tug of war

Emily Omier, Positioning Consultant, Emily Omier Consulting





Freedom vs Sustainable: A Candid Necessary Debate

Paloma Oliveira, Growth Engineer & FOSS Advocate, Sauce Labs


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Open Source Business Crash Course

Federico Lucifredi, Product Management Director, IBM | Red Hat & Stephen Walli, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft



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The Power of FOSS: Insights from Mercedes-Benz

Wolfgang Gehring, FOSS Ambassador & OSPO Lead, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation


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Mastering Open Source in the Corporate Realm: From Strategy to Execution

Ricardo Navarro, Group Manager, Developer Advocacy & Open Source, Intuit