Intel’s Open Ecosystem team will be harmonizing to the tune of technology in the world’s music capital at the Open Source Summit Europe happening September 16-18 in Vienna, Austria. If you’re attending the event, stop by and see us at booth #G/S12 to meet our team, pick up some swag, and learn more about the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA), which is soon to hit version 1.0! Before you finalize your conference agenda, take a look at what we have lined up for this year’s summit.
Look Who’s Talking
We brought Intel’s best with us to Vienna to talk to you about the work we’re doing in the open source community around SBOMs, GenAI, security, and OPEA. Don’t miss the following sessions:
Monday, September 16
Programming kicks off on Monday, September 16 with Arun Gupta, VP and GM of the Intel Open Ecosystem, introducing the Open Platform for Enterprise AI, a new project under the LF AI & Data Foundation. OPEA aims to enable the creation of open, multi-provider, robust, and composable GenAI solutions that harness the best innovation across the ecosystem. Learn more about it and how you can get involved.
Intel Open Source AI Evangelist Ezequiel Lanza discusses how to navigate the rapidly changing world of AI and concepts like superhuman intelligence in his talk Beyond the Buzz: Navigating AI’s Myths and Realities. Join Eze for an in-depth discussion that challenges conventional perspectives and provides practical insights into the intersection of AI and reality.
Also on Monday, Intel Chief Open Source Compliance Officer Alexios Zavras addresses your most pressing SBOM Open Questions regarding the creation, distribution, and practical use of software bill of materials (SBOMs) in his informative afternoon session.
Tuesday, September 17
Intel Open Source Security Evangelist and host of the Open At Intel podcast, Katherine Druckman, joins Ezequiel Lanza on Tuesday, September 17 to present a joint session outlining the common pain points involved in building LLM-based generative AI applications. They’ll be highlighting how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques and connect them to open solutions. Don’t miss Simplifying Generative App Development: Why Standards Matter.
Wednesday, September 18
Wrapping up the event on Wednesday, September 18, Katherine Druckman takes you Back to Security Basics with a practical session covering the important challenges in securely consuming open source software. You’ll learn to evaluate projects based on active maintenance, patch cycles, and vulnerability managemen,t among other topics. To get a sneak preview, check out her related article on The Careful Consumption of Open Source Software.
You get one last chance to catch Alexios Zavras on Wednesday as well as he delves into the details of Advancing Transparency and Security in Software with a look at the newly released version of System Package Data Exchange (SPDX), a freely available ISO standard that provides a set of specifications for communicating SBOM information. Why is SPDX so important to the software industry? Swing by and find out.
Co-located Events
Linux Security Conference
Monday, September 16
Intel Cloud Software Engineer, Mikki Ylinen discusses the basics of confidential computing (CC) and Linux Keyring. The main focus of the talk is to discuss how Linux Keyring can be leveraged to hide the attestation details in different use cases and some of the benefits it brings. We'll be demonstrating the ideas using two examples: filesystem encryption key provisioning and attestation token provisioning.
SOSS Community Day
Thursday, September 19
Picking up right where she left off, Katherine Druckman is providing opening and closing remarks for SOSS Community Day along with an interactive TTX session alongside members of the OpenSSF that will simulate a security incident to achieve goals to support upcoming EU software regulation changes. This session won’t be recorded, so your only chance to see it is IRL.
Find Us on the Floor
Stop by and say hi! Our team will be at booth #G/S12. Don’t miss your opportunity to check out our demos, grab some swag and enter for a chance to win one of three Bioceramic MoonSwatches. At the booth, you’ll find:
- Technical Demos: Experience our latest open source projects and technologies firsthand. Our team will be available to answer your questions.
- Exclusive Giveaways: Grab some cool swag and enter for a chance to win exciting prizes each day of the summit!
About the Author
Sonia Goldsby, Open Source Event Specialist, Intel
Sonia brings over a decade of experience in event planning and open source program and project management to Intel. Her focus at Intel is leading marketing initiatives and driving cross-functional open source events. Sonia enjoys spending time with family and traveling.