About Linux Foundation Events

The Linux Foundation's events serve two important purposes: providing a neutral collaborative environment that advances the state of the art of the Linux platform and providing network and education opportunities in the technical, business and legal arenas so companies and individuals can get the most of their investment in Linux.

As an organization we have one simple goal: to fuel the growth of the Linux platform. Our events are designed to serve our members and the greater needs of the Linux community by providing the best technical and business content and forums. Linux Foundation events:

• Allow individuals to network and learn from the leaders of the technical development community
• Bring together leading Linux end users to collaborate with the community and industry to optimize Linux for their needs
• Bring industry and community together with end users for collaboration
• Enable legal collaboration within the Linux industry and community
• Provide Linux training for all parties in the Linux ecosystem so they can get the most out of the platform -- and the most out of their careers

There are plenty of new opportunities to showcase your support and commitment to the Linux platform in 2013 as we host the most educational, informative and enjoyable Linux and open source conferences in the world. These include:

The 2013 Linux Foundation Event Schedule:

3rd Annual Android Builders Summit (February 18-19, 2013 - San Francisco, CA)
The Android™ Builders Summit is a technical summit for OEMs, their device manufacturers, integrators, custom builders, and the growing Android and Linux Kernel developer communities.

Embedded Linux Conference (February 20-22, 2013 - San Francisco, CA)
The Embedded Linux Conference (ELC) is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products.

7th Annual Collaboration Summit (April 15-17, 2013 - San Francisco, CA)
An exclusive, invitation-only summit gathering core kernel developers, distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users, system vendors and other community organizations for plenary sessions and workgroup meetings to meet face-to-face to tackle and solve the most pressing issues facing Linux today.

Linux Storage, Filesystems and MM Summit (April 18-19, 2013 - San Francisco, CA)
The Linux Storage & Filesystems Summit is a small by-invitation summit which focuses on collaboration and implementation.

6th Annual Enterprise End User Summit (May 14-15, 2013 - New York, NY)
An exclusive, invitation-only summit that brings together the core Linux maintainers and development community representatives to collaborate with senior IT leaders from the largest and most dynamic Linux users in the world for education and collaboration.

3rd Annual Automotive Linux Summit (Spring Edition - May 27-28, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan) 
The Automotive Linux Summit will bring together the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence, including automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers.

4th Annual LinuxCon Japan (May 29-31, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan)
The premiere Linux conference in Asia Pacific that promises to bring together a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts.

5th Annual LinuxCon North America + 2nd Annual CloudOpen(September 16-18, 2013 - New Orleans, LA)
A new annual technical conference that will provide an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux. LinuxCon will bring together the best and brightest that the Linux community has to offer, including core developers, administrators, end users, community managers and industry experts. Co-Located with LinuxCon is CloudOpen, a conference celebrating and exploring the open source projects, technologies and companies who make up the cloud. It’s built on a belief that open works: for users, for industry and for technology.

3rd Annual LinuxCon Europe (October 21-23, 2013 - Edinburgh, UK)
The premiere Linux conference in Europe that promises to bring together a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts.

Embedded Linux Conference Europe (October 23-25, 2013 - Edinburgh, UK)
The Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELEC) is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference in Europe for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products.

13th Annual Linux Kernel Summit (October 23-25, 2013 - Edinburgh, UK)
An annual gathering the world's leading core kernel developers to discuss the state of the existing kernel and plan the next development cycle.

3rd Annual Automotive Linux Summit (Fall - October 24-25, 2013 - Edinburgh, UK) 
The Automotive Linux Summit will bring together the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence, including automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers.

2nd Annual Korea Linux Forum (Exact Date & Location TBA)
The Korea Linux Forum is a new Linux event in Asia Pacific that brings together a unique blend of core developers, system administrators, users, community managers, and industry experts.

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What to Expect at Linux Foundation Events

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