Featured Talks Overview

Featured Talks cover interesting and widely applicable topics and are 45 minutes in duration. They’re always a big hit with attendees.

Each core day of programming – Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29, will host “Featured Talks” in the 12:45 pm ET time block.

See who and what will be covered below, and plan now to see them in downtown Raleigh!

*Note, the talks take place over lunch / while lunch is available each day, so feel free to eat as you attend a session.

Jim Jagielski's headshot

Introducing the AI Alliance

Jim Jagielski, Head of OSPO, Salesforce, Inc



Mer Joyce's headshot
Stefano Maffulli's headshot

Co-designing the Open Source AI Definition

Mer Joyce, Founder, Do Big Good LLC, & Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director, Open Source Initiative



RJ Gazarek's headshot
Robert Mandeville's headshot
Kevin Kline's headshot
Bradley Sisson's headshot

SolarWinds Capabilities in Open Source Technologies

RJ Gazarek, Director Product Marketing, Kevin Kline, Technical Evangelist, Robert Mandeville, Sr. Manager Product Marketing, Bradley Sisson, Sr. Solutions Engineer, SolarWinds

Welcome to the Life of a Network Packet: How Equinix & Fastly Support the World’s Open Source

Ed Vielmetti, Equinix & Hannah Aubry, Fastly 


Mer Joyce's headshot
Stefano Maffulli's headshot

Open Source AI Definition Stable Release Presentation

Mer Joyce, Founder, Do Big Good LLC, & Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director, Open Source Initiative

*note, additional Featured Talks will be added soon to the schedule for Tuesday, Oct 29.