2024 UCSC Open Source Symposium
Creating new communities, partnerships, and collaborations to amplify research impact with open source.
Registration opens soon
Overview
The Open Source Symposium is organized by the UC Santa Cruz Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and follows our event code of conduct.
Hybrid event on October 1 at UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn (in-person attendance highly encouraged, online participation welcome) that includes keynote speakers, panels, and technical workshops with experts from industry, academia and open source communities.
14th Annual Oktoberfest reception wraps up this year’s event.
This year’s in-person event will be free for all invited participants and members of the UC open source community
Agenda
| Time | Session/Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | - | Registration Open |
| Light refreshments/coffee | ||
| 09:15 | - | Welcoming Remarks |
| OSPO Team | ||
| 09:30 | - | Panel on Open Source in Industry |
| Panelist: Arun Gupta (Intel), Neha Ojha (IBM/Ceph/UCSC Alumna), AWS (TBC), GitHub (TBC) | ||
| 10:45 | - | Break |
| 11:00 | - | Panel on Open Source in AgTech |
| Moderator: Rob Trice; Panelists: Colleen Josephson (UCSC) Drew Zabrocki, (Totem / Purdue Open Ag Technology Center/International Fresh Produce Association), Others TBC | ||
| 12:15 | - | Hosted lunch |
| 13:50 | - | Panel on Open Source and AI |
| Panelist: Leilani Gilpin (UCSC); Karsten Wade (Open Community Architects/Kwai Foundation), Others TBC | ||
| 14:50 | - | Keynote on OSS Security |
| —- | TBC | |
| 15:20 | - | Break |
| 15:35 | - | Open Source Ecosystems at UCSC |
| Panelist TBC | ||
| 16:50 | - | Meeting wrap up |
| Start of Oktoberfest - 21 year+ event | ||
| 19:00 | - | Event ends |
Logistics
Parking
Link to UCSC Campus and Parking Map
- Parking permits will be available near the Hay Barn (lot 170) with overflow parking nearby in lot 116. Parking permits will be available from attendants upon arrival at the Hay Barn. For late arrivals come to the reception desk in the Hay Barn.
Hotels in Santa Cruz
Dream Inn
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Call 831-426-4330 and ask for the UCSC rate (rates not available online)The Hotel Paradox
611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rateFairfield Inn and Suites
2956 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Use code UC0 online for the UCSC rate
Sponsor
Do you or your organization want to support and promote open source innovation in academia? Do you want to foster collaboration between industry, academia and open source communities? Why not be a sponsor for the 2024 Open Source Research Symposium? Sponsor will be provided a number of benefits including public acknowledgement on the Symposium website and agenda, and space to in our sponsor table area.If you might be interested in sponsoring, please contact Stephanie Lieggi (slieggi@ucsc.edu).
