Red Hat Shares ― Special edition: Red Hat Summit 2022 recap

The Red Hat Shares newsletter helps IT leaders navigate the complicated world of IT―the open source way.

Red Hat Summit goes hybrid

After two years as a virtual event, Red Hat Summit tried a new look and feel in 2022: As 912 attendees gathered in Boston to watch, listen and learn, another 14,340 tuned in virtually.* This hybrid format marked a new way for us to share advancements in open source, encouraging audiences across the globe to “explore what’s next” (one of this year's Summit themes).

Those who traveled to Boston could network in the Experiential Hall, hang out in the Open Hybrid Cloud Lounge, cast votes in a polling activation or visit the Open Innovation Labs museum, which included a virtual reality experience. 

Online attendees could choose from 24 virtual booths, participate in the Our code is open challenge, play games in the Open Source Arcade and get artsy with the #RHSummit photomaker (login required for some of these pages). 

A virtual game gave attendees the chance to enter a raffle and win some sweet swag. If you missed it, but still want to score some Red Hat gear, the Cool Stuff Store is always open.

In all, the events included 161 keynotes, interactive and on-demand sessions, demos and Ask the Experts talks. You can watch (or rewatch) Red Hat Summit and access most virtual offerings through December 2022 by registering at no cost.

In this special edition of Red Hat Shares, check out highlights from the event, including featured keynotes, the top 10 on-demand sessions, news and announcements, our award winners and more.

* Based on data as of May 12, 2022

Red Hat Summit newsroom

It wouldn’t be Red Hat Summit without a ton of exciting news. Check out these announcements from our hybrid event.

The open road runs on Linux 

Red Hat and General Motors join forces to set the standard for software-defined vehicles.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is here

From standardization to transformation, use the latest version of our trusted operating system to launch your big plans.

Extend your hybrid cloud to the edge

New portfolio enhancements make edge computing more scalable, manageable and maintainable.

Featured keynotes

IT's new normal: Fueling the sparks of innovation

Red Hat President and CEO Paul Cormier and Red Hat Executive Vice President of Products and Technologies Matt Hicks, through conversations with Red Hat customers and partners, explore the concept of the new normal in enterprise IT and how tech leaders can establish an innovative, more flexible future for their organizations with open source technologies. 

Build the future you want

The approach enterprises take in selecting technologies and an ecosystem of partners has never been more critical. Red Hat CTO Chris Wright presents his vision of a distributed system that blends the physical and virtual worlds, creating richer insights that enterprises can use to focus on security and become smarter and more sustainable.

Top 10 sessions

Check out the on-demand sessions that had the highest attendance.*

1. Ansible Automation Platform roadmap

2. Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation mesh—starting locally, scaling globally

3. 10 design tips for microservices developers with Quarkus

4. Going from zero to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform hero in an hour

5. Automate infrastructure optimization

6. A Red Hat OpenStack Platform roadmap

7. Container development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux—what you need to know

8. Accelerating modernized delivery of trusted data: A Red Hat IT and Open Innovation Labs partnership

9. Accelerating software development at Société Générale with OpenShift Dev Spaces

10. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a remote bare-metal server, using Ansible, Kickstart, and Redfish

* Based on data as of May 12, 2022

Leading by example

Save the dates for Red Hat Summit: Connect

We're going on tour with a series of no-cost, in-person events offering hands-on labs, demos and networking opportunities. Red Hat Summit: Connect kicks off in the following cities:

• Brooklyn, New York: Sept. 15, 2022
• Dallas, Texas: Sept. 28, 2022
• San Francisco, California: Sept. 29, 2022

Collaboration in open source and healthcare

OpenAPS, the open source automated insulin delivery movement, has helped people all over the world by revolutionizing diabetes technologies and spurring faster development of additional commercial technologies. 

Hear OpenAPS founder Dana Lewis share three key insights to improving collaboration and why it’s humans—not methodologies—that make the greatest difference.

Compiler: Are big mistakes that big of a deal?

We all make mistakes. Most of the time, they’re harmless. But not always. Over two episodes, we share six stories of people who learned valuable lessons—the hard way. Once the dust settled, were those big mistakes that big of a deal?

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