Immerse yourself in the full Red Hat® Summit experience by discovering new opportunities to learn, collaborate, and engage in our various onsite activities. Whether you're seeking knowledge through our many product and technology booths, looking to spend time giving back by participating in charitable activities, or searching for fun at one of our receptions, there’s a whole slate of activities to choose from.

Kick off your Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest experience by joining us for a warm welcome the evening before our main event. Enjoy light appetizers and beverages alongside peers you’ll learn alongside throughout the week.

Visit exhibits from our sponsors, hear from award-winning thought leaders, engage industry professionals, share your thoughts—experience it all, and much more, at our Red Hat Summit expo hall.

Meet with a Red Hat expert and talk through your most technical questions. Our engineers are ready to help in the Ask the Experts area, located in Red Hat Central. Stop by anytime to discuss various topics across Red Hat products, as well as the open source industry.

Reach out to your sales representative to book a one-on-one meeting.

Hours of availability: open throughout the duration of the expo hall hours
Location: #348 & 330 at Red Hat Central within the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Take part in our reception at the end of each day to reflect on your experiences and network with peers over food and beverages.

• Red Hat Summit hall crawl: Join us in the expo hall to network, explore booths, earn points for swag, and light refreshments.
• AnsibleFest party: Enjoy live band karaoke and food and beverages, all while networking with a room full of your automation-focused peers. 
• Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest block party: Close out the week with a celebration as we take over 4 neighboring venues in the Boston Seaport District. Attendees can walk between each location to partake in a variety of activities.

If you can’t make it to community events such as the OpenShift Commons Gathering and Ansible Community Day, you can connect with community members or explore new communities that you’d like to be a part of in our Community Central booth. Find topics that you care about and exchange ideas with open source enthusiasts

Hours of availability: Community events take place on May 22; the Community Central booth is open throughout the duration of the expo hall hours.

Listen in on 15- to 20-minute lighting talks that will take place in three different theaters located throughout the Expo Hall. Lightning talks are a quick way to get the most important information about product updates and future plans, and typically conclude with Q&A from the audience.

Hours of availability: Open during expo hall hours
Location: 3 theaters within the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Can you escape in time? Enter the Open Innovation Labs escape room (as an individual or with your team) to solve the puzzle that unlocks the door to new concepts and creative problem solving.

Hours of availability: Open during expo hall hours
Location: #230 within the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Red Hat joins your team for a discussion in the Think Tank. From idea to deployment and beyond, we help you streamline development, build agility, and maximize the value of your IT investment with Red Hat Consulting and Technical Account Management.

Hours of availability: Open during expo hall hours
Location: #865 within the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Red Hat Summit is partnering with Foster Love to spark educational growth and inspire future generations to come. Assemble and decorate a STEM box (DIY kits that foster creativity and teach about coding and electronics) with fellow attendees. The kits will be distributed to youths in foster care.

Hours of availability: Open during expo hall hours
Location: #765 within the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Our customers make inspiring improvements that affect their lines of business, organizations, and even the global community. Red Hat honors select customers each year through the Red Hat Innovation Awards program. Make sure to attend the keynotes, when our Innovator of the Year will be recognized on the mainstage.

Hours of availability: Open during expo hall hours
Location: Find them on your walk to the keynotes

Offered within the Red Hat Summit mobile app, there are now more chances to earn points across various event activities. Navigate to the Play tab of the mobile app for a full list of tasks to complete at Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest in order to earn the 2023 exclusive prize.

Baseball caps, travel kits, T-shirts, and hoodies; we want to make sure that you are covered from head to toe in Red Hat swag. That’s why we’re bringing the Cool Stuff Store to Red Hat Summit 2023. The store will be stocked with Red Hat classics, as well as an exclusive Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2023 T-shirt.

Hours of availability: Cool Stuff Store hours
Location: Lobby at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Keep up to date with all that’s happening at Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2023 by using  #RHSummit and #AnsibleFest to join the conversation and follow along to see what's happening throughout the event.

Our Red Hat Summit sponsors bring invaluable perspectives to global attendees of our flagship technology conference. Stop by our sponsor booths within the expo hall to gain insights from the organizations who are sponsoring the event this year.

Hours of availability: Open throughout the duration of the expo hall hours
Location: Throughout the expo hall at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center