Event overview
Open Source. Built Together.
Open source is more than code. It’s the communities, contributors, and collaboration that move technology forward. At Open Source Summit Europe, connect with Red Hat’s open source and AI experts to explore the upstream projects, technologies, and communities we’re helping build and sustain.
Visit the Red Hat booth #P1 onsite in the Solutions Showcase. From open source AI and cloud infrastructure to Linux, security, governance, and the future of open source collaboration, discover what’s happening upstream and how you can get involved.
Keynote
Red Hat Hardened Images: Zero CVEs, Zero Cost
Thursday, October 9 at 9:45 AM CEST
The volume of CVEs has become impossible to manage by hand. Nearly 50,000 were tracked last year — 130 a day — and no team can triage, backport, and patch at that pace without dropping something critical.
Red Hat Hardened Images take a fundamentally different approach: minimal, distro-less containers built as close to upstream as possible on a fully automated supply chain. The result is zero known CVEs at time of delivery — without a human in the loop until one is truly needed.
In five minutes, you'll learn what "hardened images" actually means in practice, how the automated supply chain delivers security at scale, and how to start using production-ready hardened images today at no cost.
N. Harrison Ripps, Director of Engineering at Red Hat
In-booth demo + raffle
Patching CVEs at AI Speed: from Base Images to Enterprise Applications to Open Source
Friday, October 9 at 10:30 AM CEST
AI acceleration is driving CVE volume toward 100,000 annually, overwhelming traditional security triage. Learn how to patch at AI speed across your stack. We demonstrate how Project Hummingbird eliminates base image scanner noise, Lightwell delivers signed, SLA-backed application dependency backports, and Akrites coordinates upstream open-source disclosures at global scale.
Carol Chen, Principal AI Community Architect at Red Hat
Roman Zhukov, Security Community Lead at Red Hat
Speaking sessions
Thursday, October 8 |
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10:50 - 11:30 CEST |
Technical Writing in the Age of AI(Club H (Floor 1) ) Jiri Herrmann, Principal Technical Writer, Red Hat Maven-Lockfile: Locking Down the JVM Supply Chain for Hermetic Builds(Club E (Floor 1)) Aman Sharma, PhD Student, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Bruno Pimentel, Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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14:40 - 15:20 CEST |
Diagrams & Dragons: Teaching Technical Writing to University Students the Open Source Way(Club H (Floor 1) ) Jiri Herrmann, Principal Technical Writer, Red Hat |
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16:40 - 17:20 CEST |
From Source To Wheel: Solving Python's Bootstrapping Problem(Club E (Floor 1)) Rohan Devasthale, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat Christian Heimes, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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Friday, October 9 |
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11:55 - 12:35 CEST |
Look MA, No GPUs! Experiment and Develop LLMs Without GPU Support(Forum Hall (Floor 2)) Alexon Oliveira, Senior Principal Technical Account Manager, Red Hat |
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12:45 - 14:00 CEST |
Operationalizing the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Workshop(Chamber Hall (Floor 3)) Dan Appelquist, Open Source Strategist, Samsung Megan Knight, Director Software Communities, Arm Roman Zhukov, Security Community Lead, Red Hat Madalin Neag, EU Policy Advisor, The Linux Foundation |
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14:00 - 14:40 CEST |
The PVC Must Die: How a Workflow Engine Rethought Data Sharing With Trusted Artifacts(Club E (Floor 1)) Vincent Demeester, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat |
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15:40 - 16:20 |
When the LLMs Come Knocking: Surviving AI-Powered Vulnerability Reports(Club H (Floor 1)) Vincent Demeester, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Feasibility of an Open-Source Linux Platform for Autonomous Train Operation(Club A (Floor 1)) Daniel Weingaertner, Senior Software Engineer, Daniel Weingaertner Sebastian Hetze, Principal Software Engineer, Field CTO, Red Hat |
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16:30 - 17:10 CEST |
Generative AI and FOSS - Not Just the How but Also the Why(Terrace 2 A (Floor 2)) Carol Chen, Principal AI Community Architect, Red Hat Voluntary Transparency, Involuntary Security: A Maintainer's Guide To CRA Readiness(Conference Hall (Floor 4)) Roman Zhukov, Security Community Lead, Red Hat |
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Co-located events
Red Hat at OpenSSF Community Day Europe
Before Open Source Summit Europe gets underway, join Red Hat and the open source security community for a day focused on securing the software we build and depend on—from regulatory readiness and governance to AI-driven security analysis and practical security tooling.
Security, Policy & Governance
- Operationalizing the CRA and Shaping OpenSSF’s Community Roadmap
Roman Zhukov, Security Community Lead, Red Hat - From First PR to Hardening Guide: Structured Security With Gemara
Hannah Braswell, Associate Product Security Engineer, Red Hat
AI & Open Source Infrastructure
- Defending Bare-Metal: Lessons Learnt From AI Security Analysis of Metal3 and OpenStack Ironic
Dmitry Tantsur, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Get involved
How to Participate in an Open Source Community
Open source communities bring together developers, maintainers, organizations, and users to build and sustain the technologies we rely on every day. Whether you’re new to open source or looking to deepen your organization’s engagement, there are many ways to contribute—from code and documentation to testing, community leadership, and advocacy.
Connect with Red Hat’s open source and AI experts at Open Source Summit Europe to learn more about the projects and communities we contribute to, how organizations can engage effectively upstream, and what it takes to build healthy, sustainable open source ecosystems.
Opportunities are open
Work in the communities shaping what’s next
At Red Hat, we believe the best technology is built in the open. Join teams that contribute to open source communities, collaborate across organizations, and help shape projects and technologies—from Linux and cloud infrastructure to AI and emerging technologies.
Bring your ideas, your expertise, and your curiosity to a company where contributing upstream is part of how we work.
