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Tuesday May 8

7:00 - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception, Sponsored by Dell

Wednesday May 9

Linux labs for Wednesday May 9 [ - ]
10:15 am -12:15 pm Pending
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Using GFS to build an iSCSI SAN

In this hands-on session, Brent Langston will guide you as you learn how to use GFS combined with iSCSI to achieve SAN-like functionality from commodity hardware.
3:45 - 5:45 pm Pending
Expo hours for Wednesday May 9 [ - ]
7:00 - 8:30 am  
12:00 - 3:00 pm  
5:00 - 7:00 pm  
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am General session  [ - ]
  8:30 - 9:00 am Opening Keynote: Matthew Szulik, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, President, Red Hat
  9:00 - 9:30 am Partner Keynote: Henri Richard, Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, AMD
  9:30 - 10:00 am Visionary Keynote: Alan Dechert, President, Open Voting Consortium
10:00 - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 am Morning sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Uncovering New Opportunities in Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Virtualization Jan Mark Holzer and Joel Berman
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Manageable Virtual Appliances David Lutterkort
Beyond the Operating System A Case for Open Source Backup Chander Kant, Zmanda
Peer to Peer Perspectives Customer Presentation, Yahoo Mason Ng, Yahoo
What's Next Firefox: The Linux Connection Christopher Aillon
In the News General Public License V3 Eben Moglen, Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Problem Solving with SystemTap Eugene Teo
11:15 - 11:30 am Break
11:30 - 12:30 pm Morning sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Introduction to the Red Hat Developer Program Bryan Che
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Open Source Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Strategies and Value Pierre Fricke
Beyond the Operating System Improving Collaboration with Open Source Knowledge Management Kevin Cochrane, Alfresco
Peer to Peer Perspectives Red Hat Enterprise Linux Integration Into Existing Large Scale Environments Darin Langone, Bloomberg
What's Next Driving Healthcare IT interoperability through open source: The Eclipse Open Healthcare Framework Matthew Davis, IBM, Gerald B, Webreach, Inc.
In the News Breaking Microsoft's grip on Government Alan Dechert, Open Voting Consortium
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Best Practices using Xen Virtualization with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 John Shakshober, Jan Mark Holzer
12:30 pm Lunch, Sponsored by HP
1:45 - 2:45 pm Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Smart Cards, Kerberos, and Single Sign-on in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Nalin Dahyabhai
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Clustering + Machine Virtualization = Availability, Management and Performance Rob Kenna and Kevin Anderson
Beyond the Operating System Open Source in a Global Financial Industry Yoav Intrator, Deutche Bank
Peer to Peer Perspectives Succeeding with Open Source Virtualization Bernard Golden, Navica Bernard Golden, Navica
What's Next The Continuing Evolution of the Linux Desktop: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 Jonathan Blandford
In the News Internal Policies and Procedures Regarding Open Source Software Stacie LeGrow
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Problems with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Xen Jan Mark Holzer
2:45 - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 - 4:00 pm Afternoon sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New SELinux: Best Practices and What's New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Dan Walsh
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Integrating jBPM and Rules for Business Process Automation Jeff Delong
Beyond the Operating System Understanding Red Hat's Subscription Model and Working with Red Hat Exchange Rich Bynum and Jennifer Venable
Peer to Peer Perspectives Integrating Java EE and SAF Jens Jensen, Ericsson
What's Next Building a Custom Version of Fedora Bob Jensen and Jonathan Steffan
In the News Intellectual Property, Open Source, and Available Protections David Levine and Rick Statile
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Using and Developing Frysk Andrew Cagney
4:00 - 4:15 pm Refreshment Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Afternoon sessions, group 3  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Yum and You Jeremy Katz
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Building a Highly Available Open Source News Feed for Reuters Uwe Vieille, Unisys
Beyond the Operating System Migrating to Linux on Volume Servers from Proprietary UNIX
Databases ran by AMD Opteron™ processors in 64bit mode with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 using XenSource virtualization.		 Vinod Kutty, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Rob Eubanks, IT Operations Manager, Echostar Technologies L.L.C
Peer to Peer Perspectives Technical Collaboration of Nokia Siemens Networks and Red Hat Ville Lavonius, Nokia
What's Next Programming for Tomorrow's High-speed Processors Today Ulrich Drepper
In the News Everyone is a designer David Burney
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Global File System Best Practices and Performance Tuning Curtis Zinzilieta
5:30 pm Taste of California Wine Recpetion
6:00 pm RHCE Reception, Sponsored by Global Learning Services (Red Hat Certified Professionals only)
7:00 pm Summit Beach Bash, Sponsored by IBM

Thursday May 10

Linux labs for Thursday May 10 [ - ]
10:15 am -12:15 pm

IBM Open Client Solution for Linux Desktop (Lotus Notes 8.0, ST 7.5 Client, IBM Productivity Editors)

Drop into the IBM lab area for about 45 minutes to experimentthe latest with the IBM Open Client. The goal of the drop-in lab is to show you how to be more productive with Email, Applications, Browsers, Editors, Sametime Instant messaging (with loads of cool features) and Calendaring all present in one place. The lab includes new the Lotus Notes UI, new vertical view for the emails and Message recall functions. The Technology is built on Lotus Expeditor which is built on open source eclipse. Productivity Editors are integrated for ease of use. In this demo you'll see how individual components from multiple sources Lotus Domino, Sametime Server, etc. can be "wired" together in a rich client environment (Louts Notes 8.0) to build powerful, multi-sourced solution. Lotus Notes 8.0 also houses Composite and SOA Application possibilities.

1:30 - 3:30 pm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on System z: From Planning to Production

Linux for System z has generated a lot of excitement among System z customers. However, for many this is a new and strange environment. This workshop will provide an opportunity to install and configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System z in a z/VM virtual machine. The hands on portion of this workshop will be self paced, and result in a Linux for System z server running Apache, Samba, DNS (BIND), and a firewall .
3:45 - 5:45 pm

Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) "Cheetah" and RedHat Linux - A Winning Combination

Get hands-on with the next generation of IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) and find out what the "buzz" is all about. Participants in this session will receive the latest distribution of the IDS "Cheetah" open beta code and have a chance to install and explore the new functionality. Learn about the Red Hat advantage with IDS and discuss new high availability options, new open source application development choices, and how IDS "Cheetah" is easier than ever to administer.

Expo hours for Thursday May 10 [ - ]
7:00 - 8:30 am  
12:00 - 3:00 pm  
5:00 - 7:00 pm  
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
7:30 - 8:30 am Government Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am General session  [ - ]
  8:30 - 8:40 am Opening Keynote: Matt Mattox, Director of Product Management, Red Hat
  8:40 - 9:00 am Partner Keynote: Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President, Engineering, Red Hat
  9:30 - 10:00 am Visionary Keynote: Derek Chan, Head of Digital Operations, Dreamworks Animations
  9:30 - 10:00 am Visionary Keynote: David Pakman, Chief Executive Officer, EMusic.com
10:00 - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 am Morning session, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Introduction to JBoss Enterprise Middleware and Red Hat Application Stack Shaun Connolly
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns The Growing Requirement for Continuously Available Linux Solutions Tim Wegner, Stratus Technologies
Beyond the Operating System Unconventional Linux Tom "spot" Callaway
Peer to Peer Perspectives Project BonFire Douglas Babb, Hill AFB
What's Next Online Services and the Modern Client Havoc Pennington
In the News The Indian Agenda - Growing Open Source Community to New Heights. Deepak B. Phatak, Subrao Nilekani Chair professor, Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Managing Open Source Technology in the Enterprise Mike McGrath
11:15 - 11:30 am Break
11:30 - 12:30 pm Morning sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Introduction to Red Hat Messaging Bryan Che
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Using AMQP, RHM and Qpid to Solve Some Common Middleware Problems Carl Trieloff
Beyond the Operating System The Ext4 Filesystem — A Next Generation Filesystem for Linux Partner Presentation, IBM
Peer to Peer Perspectives Customer Success Panel: Value with Red Hat Pending
What's Next Integrating Windows and Linux Identity Infrastructures Daniel Riek
In the News Ruby is Not the Only Open Source Software from Japan Professor Shigeru Chiba, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices RPM Best Practices Tom "spot" Callaway
12:30 pm Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 pm Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Red Hat Network Roadmap and Introduction: Life-cycle Management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with RHN Satellite Todd Sanders and Rich Friedman
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns The Value of Open Source and SOA to Improve Business Execution Bruno Georges
Beyond the Operating System Using oprofile w/ AMD's CodeAnalyst on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bhavana Nagendra, AMD John Shakshober
Peer to Peer Perspectives Real-Time Linux in the U.S Navy Tim Burke, Ted Tso, IBM, Greg Porpora, IBM
What's Next User Centric Identity Pete Rowley
In the News Healthcare 2.0 Scott Shreeve
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Automatic Tracking of Configuration Changes David Lutterkort
2:45 - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 - 4:00 pm Afternoon sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Red Hat Enterprise Linux Product Family Review Nick Carr
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Lightweight SOA with JBoss jBPM Koen Aers
Beyond the Operating System PKI @ AOL: Successes and lessons learned deploying Red Hat Certificate System Bill Burns, AOL
Peer to Peer Perspectives The strategies of collaboration, open solutions, and innovation are essential for revolutionary change in healthcare Peter Groen, Shepherd University
What's Next Open Document Formats Tom Rabon
In the News One Laptop Per Child Chris Blizzard
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Red Hat Network Advanced Topic: Defining, Deploying, and Managing your Virtualized Environment with Red Hat Network Satellite Michael McCune
4:00 - 4:15 pm Break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Afternoon sessions, group 3  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Virtualization Support and Managing Diversity Daniel Veillard
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Creating Cluster Aware Applications for Performance and High Availability: Using Red Hat's Cluster API's in Theory and Practice Steven Dake
Beyond the Operating System Next Generation Change Management for Dell Servers Michael E. Brown, Dell
Peer to Peer Perspectives Innovation Award Winners Panel Customer Panel
What's Next Provisioning with Cobbler Michael DeHaan
In the News Security in a Networked World Kevin Unthank and Karl Wirth
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Advice From The Road, RHN Best Practices. Vlad Zlatkin
6:00 pm Margarita Party
7:00 pm Party at the Air and Space Museum, Sponsored by AMD

Friday May 11

Linux labs for Friday May 11 [ - ]
10:15 am - 12:15 pm Pending
1:45 - 3:45 pm Pending
Expo hours for Friday May 11 [ - ]
7:30 - 9:00 am  
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am Morning sessions, group 1  [ - ]
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Track Session Presenter(s)
10:00 - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:15 am Morning session, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Native Host Intrusion Protection with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and the Audit Subsystem Steve Grubb
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Investing in Open Source Kevin Efrusy, Accel Partners
Beyond the Operating System POWERing Up Linux AKA "Gee, Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore" Partner Presentation, IBM
Peer to Peer Perspectives Horizon Architecture and Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform Michael Simpson, McKesson
What's Next Realtime Linux Kernel Features Tim Burke
In the News Open Codecs, Open Content, and the Creative Commons Greg DeKoenigsberg
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Performance Analysis and Tuning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Part 2 Larry Woodman, John Shakshober
11:15 - 11:30 am Break
11:30 - 12:30 pm Morning sessions, group 3  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Performance Tuning Java and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Greg Pierce
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Tuning Determinism of Mission Critical Finance Applications Rod Nayfield
Beyond the Operating System Trusted Solutions Partner Presentation, IBM
Peer to Peer Perspectives Current and Future Use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux in AOL Brad Wilkinson, AOL
What's Next Pending Pending
In the News Emerging Markets, Brazil Pending
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/ Fedora 7 Live CD experience David Zeuthen
12:30 -1:30 pm Lunch, Innovation Awards, and Closing Keynote: Brian Stevens, Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat
1:45 - 2:45 pm Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
What's New Handling Asynchronous Driver Updates on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Beyond Jon Masters
ROI, TCO, SOA, and other important acronymns Open Source Security Updates; Why it's different, What you should know Josh Bressers
Beyond the Operating System Partner Presentaion, Symantec Pending
Peer to Peer Perspectives Lessons Learned From IS Use of Linux Ernest Szeideman, Nortel
What's Next Q&A with the Fedora Project Leadership Max Spevack, Mike McGrath, Jesse Keating, Jeremy Katz, Jack Aboutboul
In the News Open Source from a Proprietary Perspective Larry Troan
Decoding the Code; Tip,tricks, and best practices Leveraging an Open Source Portal Framework for the Integration of Web Applications Thomas Heute