Open Source Summit (formerly LinuxCon) is a name for a series of annual conventions organized each year since 2009 by the

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. The first LinuxCon took place in

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. Linux Foundation started organizing similar events in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. The original LinuxCon was rebranded LinuxCon North America, adding to the list LinuxCon Europe and LinuxCon Japan. Apart from keynotes given by some high-profile

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people (such as

Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds ( , ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git. He was honored, along with Shinya Yam ...

or Greg Kroah-Hartman in 2009), Open Source Summit is increasingly used as a platform for open source thought leaders, influencers, hiring managers, professionals, and developers in

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to talk about their plans for the technological landscape and announce major news. For example,

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confirmed in 2010 the delivering of the first MeeGo device this same year, or

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explained in 2010 where they were heading for their Linux efforts after their acquisition of

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and

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announced a de facto collaboration on Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects at Open Source Summit North America in 2017.

Rebranding as Open Source Summit

At the end of LinuxCon North America event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2016, it was announced that the event would be re-branded to be more representative of the organization/event's more general open source audience in 2017. As such, LinuxCon has been replaced with an event called Open Source Summit in 2017 in North America, Europe and Japan.

History

; LinuxCon 2009 : Held on 21–23 September 2009 in Portland. ; LinuxCon North America 2010 : Held on 10–12 August 2010 in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

. ; LinuxCon Brazil 2010 : Held on August 31 - September 1, 2010 in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2010 : Held on 27–29 September 2010 in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

. : This is the first edition under the name "LinuxCon Japan" but it is the renamed second edition of "Japan Linux Symposium". ; LinuxCon Japan 2011 : Held on 1–3 June 2011 in

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2011 : Held on 17–19 August 2011 in

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

, British Columbia. ; LinuxCon Europe 2011 : Held on 26–28 October 2011 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. : This is the first edition of LinuxCon Europe. ; LinuxCon Brazil 2011 : Held on 17–18 November 2011 in

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2012 : Held on 6–8 June 2012 in

. ; LinuxCon North America 2012 : Held on 29–31 August 2012 in

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. : This was also the first edition of CloudOpen. ; LinuxCon Europe 2012 : Held on 5–7 November 2012 in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

. ; LinuxCon Japan 2013 : Held on 29–31 May 2013 in

. ; LinuxCon North America 2013 : Held on 16–18 September 2013 in

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

. ; LinuxCon Europe 2013 : Held on 21–23 October 2013 in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2014 : Held on 20–22 August 2014 in

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

. ; LinuxCon Europe 2014 : Held on 13–15 October 2014 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2015 : Held on 17–19 August 2015 in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

; LinuxCon Europe 2015 : Held on 5–7 October 2015 in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

. ; LinuxCon North America 2016 : Held on 22–24 August 2016 in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

, Ontario. ; LinuxCon Europe 2016 : Held on 4–6 October 2016 in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. ; Open Source Summit North America 2017 : Held on 11–14 September 2017 in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

; Open Source Summit Europe 2017 : Held 23–26 October 2017 in

; Open Source Summit Japan 2018 : Held 20–22 June 2018 in Tokyo ; Open Source Summit North America 2018 : Held 29–31 August 2018 in

, British Columbia. ; Open Source Summit Europe 2018 : Held 22–24 October 2018 in

; Open Source Summit Europe 2019 : Held 28–30 October 2019 in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

; Open Source Summit Europe 2022 : Held 13–16 September 2022 in

; Open Source Summit North America 2023 :Held on May 10–12, 2023 in

References

External links

LinuxCon website
{{Linux Linux conferences Linux Foundation Recurring events established in 2009