OpenStack Events
Regional Events
- OpenStack Days
- OpenStack Birthday Celebration
- User Group Meetups
OpenStack Days
- Regional 'Mini-Summit'
- Hosted annually by local OpenStack User Groups and companies
- Endorsed by the Foundation
- Growing in number (26 in 2016)
Exercise 1
- Look up an OpenStack Days event close to where you live that you would be interested in attending
OpenStack Birthday Celebration
- Held by local groups to celebrate another year of OpenStack
- 2016 was 6th birthday of OpenStack
User Group Meetups
- Smaller scale than OpenStack Days Events
- Some are more development focused while others are more user and ops focused
- https://groups.openstack.org/
Global Events and Releases
Project Team Gathering (PTG)
- A gathering of projects teams and contributors
- Dedicated and detailed technical discussions
- Useful for participants if they are already working with a project team
- Not good as an entry point
Exercise 2
- Look up the location and dates of the next PTG
Summit & Forum
The summit is a biannual conference with keynotes, presentations, and panel discussions
Forum:
- User focused discussions at the Forum to collect feedback for developers
- Better entry point for new contributors finding their place in the community
Types of sessions at the Forum
- Fishbowls: Open moderated discussions
- Project Onboarding Sessions: A place for new contributors to ask questions and get to know other contributors to the project
- Hacking Rooms: Reservable rooms for projects to gather for technical discussions