Sessions

Keynote Speakers
The following keynote speakers are confirmed for LinuxCon.  The titles and abstracts of their presentations will be available soon.

Linux Kernel Roundtable
A roundtable discussion on the Linux Kernel: Moderated by kernel developer and maintainer James Bottomley and featuring Linux creator Linus Torvalds, the panel will address the technology, the process and the future of Linux.

Regarding Clouds, Mainframes, and Desktops...and Linux
Bob Sutor, IBM

A Musical Guide to the Future of Linux
Joe Brockmeier, openSUSE

Building a More Agile Web Experience While Driving Down Costs
Noah Broadwater, Sesame Workshop

How to Shine in a Crowded Field
Dirk Hohndel, Intel

Let's Get Together: Coordinated Software Releases, The Linux Ecosystem and the Impact on the Global MarketplaceExpand
Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical

Beyond the Hype: The True Cost of Linux and Open Source (Roundtable)
Matt Asay, Alfresco

The Freedom to Collaborate
Bdale Garbee, Hewlett-Packard

Presentations

Why Open Standards Matter to Linux (Roundtable)
Monica Kumar, Oracle Corporation
Dave McAllister, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Bob Sutor, IBM
Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation

Transforming Your Company with Open Source(Enterprise)
Kartik Subbarao

Cloud Applications -- A Natural for Open Source(Cloud Computing)
Bernard Golden, HyperStratus

Open Source Compliance: Getting Started and Best Practices(Legal)
Dr. Ibrahim Haddad, Palm

What Does Community Linux Mean in the Enterprise Now(Economy)
Jay Lyman, The 451 Group

What Does it Mean to be an Open Source Project Manager in the Enterprise(Enterprise)
Toshiharu Harada, NTT Data Corporation

How to contribute to the Linux Kernel, and Why it Makes Economic Sense(Kernel)
James Bottomley, Novell

The Multi Source Development Model
L. Philip Odence, Black Duck Software

Managing Compliance and Governance of Open Source in the Corporation(Legal)
John Ellis, Motorola

Power Management For Everybody(Green Linux)
Matthew Garrett, Red Hat, Inc.

The Kernel Report(Kernel)
Jon Corbet, LWN.net

NetLabel: What, Why and Where(Security)
Paul Moore, Hewlett-Packard

Manageability Matters(Systems Administration)
Luke Kanies, Reductive Labs

OpenDocument Format v1.2 - Interoperability, Conformance & Tooling(Government)
Donald Harbison, IBM

GRO: Surviving 10Gbp/s with Cycles to Spare(Kernel)
Herbert Xu, Red Hat, Inc.

Software Taking on the Power Challenge: A Case Study(Green Linux)
Padma Apparao, Intel Corporation

XCPU: A Process Management System for Linux Clusters(HPC)
Latchesar Ionkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory

boot.kernel.org - Universal, Useful, Network Booting for the Masses(Systems Administration)
John Hawley, Linux Foundation

Device-Mapper Remote Replication Target(Enterprise)
Heinz Maueishagen, Red Hat, Inc.

GPL Exceptions: Filling the Spaces Between GPL, LGPL and Permissive Licenses(Legal)
Bradley M. Kuhn, Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) & Karen Sandler, Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)

Wrong Turn at Palo Alto: Why the Desktop is in Peril and How to Save It(Desktop)
Bart Massey

New Connection Manager for Embedded Linux Systems(Networking)
Marcel Holtmann, Intel Corporation

Best Practices for Embedded Linux Development(Embedded)
Grant Likely, Secret Lab

Requeue PI: Real-Time Condition Variables(Low Latency & Real-Time)
Darren Hart, IBM

Linux Ongoing Evolution of Linux x86 Machine Checks(Kernel)
Andi Kleen, Intel

Deployment specific Real-Time Linux (DRTL) (Kernel)
Shubhro Sinha, MindTree Limited & Soumya KS, MindTree Limited

Penguins Prosper with ePaper(Embedded)
Jaya Kumar

GNU Telephony and Communication Privacy for a Free Society(Networking)
David Sugar

KSM: A Mechanism for Improving Virtualization Density with KVM(Virtualization)
Chris Wright, Red Hat, Inc.

Kernel Regressions and Increasing OS Noise(Kernel)
Christoph Lameter, Kernel Developer and TAB Member

Extending MAC Protections over NFSv4(Security)
David Quigley, NSA

Implementing Enterprise Linux on x86 Servers: Benefits, Challenges and Things You Don't Know That May Hurt You(Enterprise)
Vinod Kutty, CME Group

Disk Wiping: A Story with a Cast of Thousands(HPC)
Gary Smith

Dynamic Driver Injection(Systems Administration)
Matt Domsch, Dell

Advantages and Considerations of Converting to Ext4 (Filesystems)
Theodore Ts'o, Linux Foundation

Confining Virtual Images using SELinux (svirt)(Security)
Daniel Walsh, Red Hat, Inc.

Tracking and Troubleshooting Network Configurations Using CDP(Systems Administration)
Matthew Coffey, CME Group

Virtually Impossible: Successfully Managing the Virtual Data Center(Virtualization)
Javier Soltero, Hyperic

Automating System Builds and Maintenance with Cobbler and Puppet(Systems Administration)
Eric Mandel, BlackMesh

Architectures for Scaling Online Applications(Systems Administration)
Eric Mandel, BlackMesh

Network Time Protocol Performance Analysis(Systems Administration)
Andrew Braun, CME Group

OpenVAS - Open Vulnerability Scanning(Security)
Vlatko Kosturjak, HULK

Application-Centric Systems Management(Enterprise)
Michael K. Johnson, rPath

OpenVZ: Linux Containers(Virtualization)
Kirill Kolyshkin

The Next Stage in Linux IDS - Prelude-IDS and Auditd(Security)
Gary Smith

Why You Want Linux on Your Motherboard(HPC)
Ronald G. Minnich, Sandia National Laboratories

10 Gbit/S Routing on Standard Hardware Running Linux(Kernel)
Jesper Dangaard Brouer, ComX Networks

Modelling the Linux Block I/O Layer For Enterprise Applications(Enterprise)
M. Edward Borasky

Get it Together: Unifying Linux Wireless Infrastructure(Kernel)
John Linville, Red Hat, Inc.

Tutorials

Write a Real, Working, Linux Driver(Kernel)
Greg Kroah-Hartman, Novell

Using SCST to Developer SCSI Storage Systems on Linux(Application Development)
Richard Sharpe, Samba Team Member

NetLabel: The How(Security)
Paul Moore, Hewlett-Packard

Using Ftrace(Kernel)
Steven Rostedt, Red Hat, Inc.

Effective Use of Kernel Debugging Tools for System Software Product Development(Kernel)
Mithlesh Thukral, Linsyssoft & Amit Kale, Linsyssoft

Scaling Your Systems Administrators(Systems Administration)
Julien Goodwin

Recent Advances in Network Booting(Networking)
Marty Connor, Etherboot Project

Application-Centric Systems Management Tutorial(Enterprise)
Michael K. Johnson, rPath

Simplifying Packaging with OpenSUSE Build Service(Application Development)
Joe Brockmeier, Community Manager, openSUSE

Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis(Systems Administration)
M. Edward Borasky

Using OpenVZ Linux Containers(Virtualization)
Kirill Kolyshkin