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Tuesday May 30

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Welcome reception sponsored by Dell

Wednesday May 31

  Today's Linux labs   [ - ]
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m Developing and deploying with Eclipse and the IBM open source platforms
1:30-3:30 p.m. Provisioning Workplace Managed Client 2.6 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstation with Notes plug-in (beta) to access IBM® Lotus® Domino Server
3:45-5:45 p.m. Provisioning Workplace Managed Client 2.6 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstation with Notes plug-in (beta) to access IBM® Lotus® Domino Server
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. General session  [ - ]
 

Opening keynote, Matthew Szulik, Red Hat

Partner keynote, Richard Wirt, Intel

Visionary keynote, Cory Doctorow, EFF
10:00 a.m. Coffee break sponsored by Oracle
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Morning sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® performance analysis and system tuning (part 1) Douglas Shakshober & Larry Woodman, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop The past, present, and future of Red Hat Desktop Jonathan Blandford, Red Hat
Developer Tools Enhanced security in Red Hat Enterprise Linux at work Ulrich Drepper, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Cluster infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (part 1) Dave Teigland & Steve Whitehouse, Red Hat
Security Openly secure - Overview of the open source security ecosystem Mike Ferris, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Xen and the state of open source virtualization Brian Stein, Red Hat
Ecosystem Linux and mainframes - Synergy at work Frank Monez, IBM
Open Source Dynamics Leveraging Open Source Principles to Enhance Your Corporate Developer Network Andrew Kelly, CollabNet
Open Source Dynamics MySQL Performance Tuning Best Practices Jay Pipes, MySQL
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Red Hat® Enterprise Linu® performance analysis and system tuning (part 2) Douglas Shakshober & Larry Woodman, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Single-sign-on and the Linux desktop Niels Happel, Red Hat
Developer Tools Understanding CPU caches Ulrich Drepper, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Cluster infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (part 2) Dave Teigland & Steve Whitehouse, Red Hat
Security SELinux executive overview Chris Runge, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Building blocks for managing virtualized systems Dan Berrange, Red Hat
Ecosystem Cool things with IBM System X and BladeCenter servers: Security, virtualization, and more Sheila Harnett, IBM
Open Source Dynamics Open source from a proprietary perspective Larry Troan, Red Hat
Open Source Dynamics Evolution of a Premier Open Source Community, Eclipse Donald Smith
12:30 p.m. Lunch sponsored by AMD
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS High octane kernel Jeff Garzik, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop What's new in graphics for the desktop Kevin Martin, Red Hat
Developer Tools Developing high performance parallel applications with GCC Diego Novillo, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Cluster and storage configuration management interface for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (part 1) Jim Parsons, Red Hat
Security Identity and access management trends Bob Lord, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Feather in the Fedora: Fedora BOF Jeremy Katz & Max Spevack, Red Hat
Ecosystem Driver Update Model, Dell Robert Hentosh, Dell
Open Source Dynamics Alfresco and the Rise of Open Source Applications Matt Asay, Alfresco
Open Source Dynamics Zimbra Collaboration Suite Satish Dharmaraj, Zimbra
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux roadmap Nick Carr & Daniel Riek, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Popular computing and open source Donald Fischer, Red Hat
Developer Tools The Eclipse IDE Andrew Overholt, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Cluster and storage configuration management interface for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (part 2) Jim Parsons, Red Hat
Security Security vulnerability management Mark Cox, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies One Laptop Per Child Chris Blizzard, Red Hat
Ecosystem Panel: Deploying compelling solutions with Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on new Intel platforms Intel - Sunil Saxena; Red Hat - Douglas Shakshober; Dell - Kevin Noreen; GE Healthcare - Medhi Denon
Open Source Dynamics Active Grid: LAMP Hits the Mainstream Peter Yared, Active Grid
Open Source Dynamics Sendmail Enterprise Email Security and Compliance Rick Kreysar, Sendmail
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 3  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Open source project management Bob Johnson, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Desktop administration Mark McLoughlin, Red Hat
Developer Tools Systemtap tutorial Frank Eigler, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Storage, uninterrupted Tom Coughlan & Rod Nayfield, Red Hat
Security Metrics: A year of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Mark Cox, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Anatomy of a distro: How to get from a pile of source code to a shiny CD! John Flanagan & Jesse Keating, Red Hat
Ecosystem Managing Dell Poweredge servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux using native IPMI tools, Dell Amit Bhutani, Dell
Open Source Dynamics Smart collaboration™ in the new workplace Dan Kusnetsky, Open Exchange
Open Source Dynamics SugarCRM: Designing a commercial open source business Lars Nordwall, SugarCRM
6:00 p.m. RHCE/RHCT reception, sponsored by Red Hat Global Learning Services (onsite)
7:00 p.m. Onsite party sponsored by Intel

Thursday June 1

  Today's Linux labs   [ - ]
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Global Learning Services hands-on session: What's new in Fedora Core 5?
1:30-3:30 p.m. Global Learning Services hands-on session: An introduction to Xen
3:45-5:45 p.m. Global Learning Services hands-on session: What's new in Fedora Core 5?
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. General session  [ - ]
 

Opening keynote, Timothy Yeaton

Partner/Visionary keynote, Alfred Spector, IBM

Visionary keynote, Eben Moglen
10:30 a.m. Coffee break sponsored by Oracle
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Morning session, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Defining deploying and managing your corporate standard operating environment Todd Sanders, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Present and future direction of OpenOffice.org Caolan McNamara, Red Hat
Developer Tools Open source best practices Benjamin Kosnik & Tom Tromey, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Automount: Where is it and where is it going? Jeff Moyer, Red Hat
Security Twenty Questions to Ask Yourself During A Red Hat Directory Server Deployment Satish Chetty, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Fedora overview and update Jeremy Katz, Red Hat
Ecosystem Linux on the desktop with IBM Workplace Client Alfred Fontaine, IBM
Open Source Dynamics Intellectual property panel hosted by Mark Webbink with industry colleagues  
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Morning sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 into an Active Directory Network Jay Fenalson, Red Hat
The future of the desktop Managing a large desktop deployment Robin Norwood, Red Hat
Developer tools Frysk Andrew Cagney and Phil Muldoon, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Global File System case study: Polycom Software Development Allan Alford, Polycom, Inc
Security Keeping track of security with Red Hat Network Vladimir Zlatkin, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies System recipes and configuration management David Lutterkort, Red Hat
Ecosystem Leap ahead with new Intel platform innovations in 2006 Mark Skarpness, Intel
Open Source dynamics Best practices in open source intellectual property Karen Copenhaver, Black Duck Software
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Customer Success Panel #1: Savings and Value with Red Hat  
The future of the desktop Building an open source desktop infrastructure Jonathan Blandford, Gerry Riveros, & Satish Chetty, Red Hat; John Robb, Zimbra
Developer Tools RPM best practices: Making software distribution easy and predictable Tom Callaway, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage NFS with Linux: Current and future efforts (part 1) Chuck Lever, Network Appliance & Steve Dickson, Red Hat
Security Assurance: SELinux for administrators with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (part 1) Dan Walsh, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Reducing the costs of management with stateless Linux Bill Nottingham, Red Hat
Ecosystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux and IBM POWER Servers for affordable enterprise class performance Ron Gordon, IBM
Open Source Dynamics Software, patents, and patent reform Dan Ravicher, Public Patent Foundation
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Customer Success Panel #2: Savings and Value with Red Hat  
The Future of the Desktop Writing a Linux client migration cookbook: What recipes would you add? Chris Almond, IBM
Developer Tools Red Hat certified stacks Marc Grimme & Mark Hlawatschek, ATIX
Clustering and Storage NFS with Linux: Current and future efforts (part 2) Chuck Lever, Network Appliance & Steve Dickson, Red Hat
Security Assurance: SELinux for administrators with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (part 2) Dan Walsh, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Measuring resource demand in Linux Rik van Riel, Red Hat
Ecosystem Hardware-based virtualization technologies Elsie Wahlig, AMD
Open Source Dynamics Defining Open Standards Larry Rosen
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 3  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux roadmap Nick Carr & Daniel Riek, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Popular computing and open source Donald Fischer, Red Hat
Developer Tools Red Hat Developer Nation Tomislav Vujec & Karsten Wade, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Best of the Summit  
Security Identity: LDAP in the real world: Migration & integration Satish Chetty, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Infiniband and RDMA Doug Ledford, Red Hat
Ecosystem Selecting the best platforms for server virtualization Paul Barr, Intel
Open Source Dynamics Intellectual property panel hosted by Mark Webbink
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Lynchburg Lemonade party sponsored by JBoss (onsite)
7:00 p.m. Offsite party at Wildhorse Saloon sponsored by IBM (transportation provided)

Friday June 2

  Today's Linux labs   [ - ]
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Global Learning Services hands-on session: An introduction to Xen
1:45-3:45 p.m. Developing and deploying with Eclipse and the IBM open source platforms
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. General sessions  [ - ]
 

Partner keynote, John Williams, AMD

Visionary keynote, Nicholas Negroponte, MIT

Red Hat executive awards, Matthew Szulik
10:00 a.m. Coffee break sponsored by Oracle
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Morning session, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS High octane kernel Jeff Garzik, Red Hat
The Future of the Desktop Mozilla.org vs. Mozilla.com Christopher Blizzard, Red Hats
Developer Tools GNU GCJ current affairs Tom Tromey & Stan Cox, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Red Hat high availability overview Rob Kenna, Red Hat
Security Cryptography and Red Hat Certificate System Steve Parkinson, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies JEMS: The Open Source Platform for SOA, JBoss Shaun Connolly, JBoss
Ecosystem Virtualization and grid computing technologies transform data centers John Williams, AMD
Open Source Dynamics The Dynamics of Balancing Community and Commercial Interests, Digium Mark Spencer, Digium
Open Source Dynamics From Open Source to Commercial Product and Back Again: The Ingres Story Emma McGrattan, SVP of Ingres Engineering
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Morning sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Behind the distro, open answers to open questions  
The Future of the Desktop Best of the Summit  
Developer Tools Writing shared libraries Uli Drepper, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage Global File System case study: Diskless shared root cluster with GFS Mark Hlawatschek, ATIX
Security Developing applications with OS-level crypto libraries Bob Relyea, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Virtualization - Key Enabler for SOA and Distributed Application Architectures, Forrester Richard Fichera
Ecosystem Driving IT Virtualization using Enterprise Grid Simon Lonsdale, Platform Computing
Open Source Dynamics Quantifying the Value of IT Michael Tiemann, Red Hat
Open Source Dynamics Open Source perspectives: Zend Mark de Visser, Zend
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 1  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Best of the Summit  
The Future of the Desktop Best of the Summit  
Developer Tools Automated testing and coverage tools Stan Cox, Red Hat
Clustering and Storage GFS and Clustered LVM2 Qualified for Oracle 10g RAC Eric Melvin, Red Hat
Security Moving to multi-factor authentication w/ PKI certificates and tokens Kevin Unthank, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies JBoss operations network overview and roadmap, JBoss Rich Friedman, JBoss
Ecosystem Intro to Lockstep Processing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux by NEC & Red Hat Mike Mitsch, NEC
Nick Carr,Red Hat
Denny Lane, Stratus Technologies
Open Source Dynamics Xen in the enterprise, XenSource Roger Klorese, XenSource
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon sessions, group 2  [ - ]
Track Session Presenter(s)
Core OS Best of the Summit  
The Future of the Desktop Best of the Summit  
Developer Tools Best of the Summit  
Clustering and Storage BakBone integrated data protection including real-time host-based replication Paul Sustman, BakBone
Security Identity and Access: Towards Single Sign-On With Linux Nalin Dahyabhai & Kevin Unthank, Red Hat
Emerging Technologies Best of the Summit  
Ecosystem Best of the Summit  
Open Source Dynamics Best of the Summit