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The Apache® Software Foundation Welcomes its Global Community Online at ApacheCon@HomeWakefield, MA, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced keynotes, sponsors, and program for ApacheCon@Home, the new virtual conference taking place 29 September - 1 October 2020. Registration is free for all attendees. "We're pleased to present ApacheCon@Home," said Rich Bowen, Vice President of ASF Conferences. "Our primary focus is the well-being of our community, so it was an easy decision to transition this year's ApacheCon and other Apache in-person events to a virtual format for everyone to enjoy from the comfort of their homes. We are pleased to present a diverse program featuring 10 keynotes, two dozen tracks, and 170-plus sessions, and look forward to thousands of participants from around the world tuning in." ApacheCon is the ASF's official global conference series, first held in 1998. ApacheCon draws attendees from more than 130 countries to experience "Tomorrow's Technology Today" independent of business interests, corporate biases, or sales pitches. The ApacheCon program showcases the latest breakthroughs from dozens of Apache projects, with content selected entirely by Apache projects and their communities. Participants at all levels will learn about Apache project innovations in categories that include:
Keynote presentations will be delivered by Jonathan Ellis of DataStax, Sam Lightstone of IBM, Gian Merlino of Imply, Anil Inamdar of Instaclustr, Thomas Huang of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Edmon Begoli of Oak Ridge National Labs, Kim Huang of Red Hat, Sheng Wu of Tetrate, Camille Fournier of Two Sigma, and Catherine McGarvey of VMWare. A dedicated track for sessions in Mandarin as well as for community-driven development "The Apache Way" will be held. Several sessions will also be presented in German, Hindi, and Spanish. The full program is available at https://www.apachecon.com/acah2020/tracks/ ApacheCon@Home sponsors include Apple, Amazon Web Services, DataStax, IBM, Imply, Instaclustr, OpenLogic, Red Hat, RX-M, and VMWare. To sponsor ApacheCon@Home, visit https://www.apachecon.com/acah2020/sponsors.html Register today at https://www.apachecon.com/acah2020/ . Select sessions will be recorded and available following the event. About ApacheCon About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) © The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "Accumulo", "Apache Accumulo", "ActiveMQ", "Apache ActiveMQ", "Airflow", "Apache Airflow", "Beam", "Apache Beam", "BookKeeper", "Apache BookKeeper", "Camel", "Apache Camel", "Cassandra", "Apache Cassandra", "CXF", "Apache CXF", "DataSketches", "DLab", "Druid", "Apache Druid", "Edgent", "Fineract", "Apache Fineract", "Flink", "Apache Flink", "Geode", "Apache Geode", "GeoSpark", "Groovy", "Apache Groovy", "Hadoop", "Apache Hadoop", "HDFS", "Apache HDFS", "Hive", "Apache Hive", "Hudi", "Apache Hudi", "Apache HTTP Server", "Iceberg", "Apache Iceberg", "Ignite", "Apache Ignite", "IoTDB", "Apache IoTDB", "Jena", "Apache Jena", "Kafka", "Apache Kafka", "Kudu", "Apache Kudu", "Lucene", "Apache Lucene", "Mahout", "Apache Mahout", "MXNet", "NiFi", "Apache NiFi", "OpenOffice", "Apache OpenOffice", "Ozone", "Apache Ozone", "Parquet", "Apache Parquet", "PLC4X", "Apache PLC4X", "Pulsar", "Apache Pulsar", "Ranger", "Apache Ranger", "Royale", "Apache Royale", "SIS", "Apache SIS", "SkyWalking", "Apache SkyWalking", "Sling", "Apache Sling", "Solr", "Apache Solr", "Spark", "Apache Spark", "StreamPipes", "Apache StreamPipes", "Tomcat", "Apache Tomcat", "Traffic Control", "Apache Traffic Control", "Traffic Server", "Apache Traffic Server", "YARN", "Apache YARN", "Yunicorn", "Zeppelin", "Apache Zeppelin", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. # # # Apachecon-AtHomeBanner Attachment Sally Khudairi Vice President The Apache Software Foundation [email protected] |