2009 Host Sponsor Reception Sponsor Luncheon Sponsor Attendee Gift Sponsor Lanyard & Badge Sponsor “A three-day think tank...of the most influential and prominent Linux kernel designers, software developers and user companies that are foundation members.” “We can already call the summit a success, and an indication of the Linux Foundation's acceptance by its community...a great place to make connections among both speakers and attendees.”

第3回Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2009年4月8～10日－カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコ、ホテル・カブキ CE　Linux Forum Embedded Linux Conference」および「Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop」との同時開催となります。 Collaboration Summitは招待制となっています。カーネル主要開発者、ディストリビューションメンテナー、独立系ソフトウエアベンダー（ISV）、エンドユーザー、システムベンダー、その他コミュニティ団体など、Linuxに精通した人材が集まります。 連携を深め、問題解決を促進することを目的に、さまざまな部門のリーダーがまさに一堂に会し、現在Linuxが直面する最重要課題に直接顔を合わせて取り組み、解決に努めるカンファレンスは、Collaboration Summitだけです。 Linux Foundation Collaboration Summitの目標はただ1つ、コラボレーション＝連携です。Linuxエコシステムの各方面のコミュニティメンバーが結集し、互いに協力するカンファレンスは他にはありません。 トレーニング To Linux Foundationは最近新しいトレーニングプログラムを発表しました。このプログラムの開始にあたり、2009年4月6～7日、カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコにおいて、以下のクラスの開催を予定しています。 Linux向けアプリケーション作成 Linuxデバイスドライバ開発の基本スキル カーネルのデバッギングおよびパフォーマンス Linux Foundationトレーニングプログラムの詳細はこちらから。 The 2009 Collaboration Summit 日程: Moblin トピックス: ファイルシステム, グリーンLinux, ハイパフォーマンス・コンピューティング, カーネルの品質, Linux 独立系ソフトウェアベンダー(ISV), Linux Standard Base(LSB), プリンティング, Linuxの将来に向けた計画, システムマネジメントおよびトレーニング,仮想化. 想定参加者: Linux Foundation メンバー シニア Linux コミュニティメンバー 独立系ソフトウェアベンダー エンドユーザー システムベンダー カーネル開発者 ディストリビューションメンテナー

The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Agenda is available here.

		The 2009 Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit will be held at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, CA. The Hotel Kabuki is a premier Japanese-style hotel located in San Francisco and renovated in 2007. Located right in the heart of town, the hotel is just a few blocks away from Pacific Heights' Fillmore Street with its stylish boutiques and well-known restaurants. Union Square, the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate, Chinatown and the famed cable cares are also nearby. The Hotel Kabuki is easy to reach by car, airport shuttle or public transportation. Three municipal bus lines stop within a block of the Hotel Kabuki and provide excellent service throughout the city. Hotel Accommodations The Linux Foundation has secured room blocks and discounted room rates at the Hotel Kabuki and its sister hotel, the Hotel Tomo, which is located less than two blocks away. Hotel Kabuki 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 USA +1 415 922 3200 Discounted rate of $139/night for King or Double Rooms Click here to book your hotel reservation online with the discounted rate. Hotel Tomo 1800 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 USA +1 415 921 4000 Discounted rate of $119/night for King or Double Rooms Click here to book your hotel reservation online with the discounted rate. When contacting either of these hotels to make your reservation, please ask for the Linux Foundation group rate. The cut-off for accepting hotel reservations into the room block with the negotiated rate is March 5, 2009 or until the block is filled (whichever comes first). Applicable state and local taxes currently are 14.05% (subject to change without notice). A credit card is required to hold your reservation. Air Travel Reserve your air travel as soon as possible. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the closest major airport. It is 25-minutes from the airport to downtown San Francisco. Oakland International Airport (OAK) is a 30-minute drive over the Bay Bridge. If you require transportation between the airport and hotel, we recommend you contact the hotel's transportation partner, Lorrie's Airport Service. The approximate cost from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to the Hotel Kabuki or Hotel Tomo is $15. You can book online here. Ground Transportation and Parking Parking is available at the Japan Center Garage (which is attached to the Hotel Kabuki) for $15/day.  The garage is located between Geary and Post (on the north and south sides) and Webster and Buchanan (on the east and west sides).  The garage entrances are located on Geary and Post, between Webster and Buchanan.  You can access the hotel directly from the garage on the far east side. Valet parking is also available at the Hotel Kabuki for $35/day. The Hotel Tomo also has very limited parking available at $20/day. The following are links for public transportation trip planning in San Francisco. SF MTA & BART Driving Directions to the Hotel Kabuki From the South (SFO, Silicon Valley) From the East Bay (OAK, Oakland, Berkeley) From the North (Marin, Napa/Sonoma, San Rafael) Evening Event We will be holding a joint networking reception on Wednesday evening with the CELF Embedded Linux Conference attendees. The reception will be held at the Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts, which is located at 3601 Lyon Street in the Marina District.  Ample parking is available onsite for those that would like to drive.  We will also be providing round trip bus transportation between the Hotel Kabuki and the Exploratorium beginning at 5:45pm.

Sponsoring the Collaboration Summit is an excellent opportunity to showcase opportunity to showcase your support and commitment to the Linux platform in 2009.

2009 Sponsors

Host Sponsor
Reception Sponsor	Luncheon Sponsor	Attendee Gift Sponsor	Lanyard/Badge Sponsor
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The event wouldn't be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. For more information or to become a sponsor of The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit please contact Angela Brown at +1 415 368 4840 or angela (at) linuxfoundation dot org.

How do I register to attend?
This is an invitation-only event but we encourage everyone to request an invitation to attend. Please request an invitation and we will process it within 14 business days to let you know if your request has been accepted.

What is the registration fee?
There is no registration fee to attend this event.

Is there a registration deadline?
There is not a registration deadline, but the summit is limited on the number of people that can attend, so if you are interested in attending, we encourage you to request an invitation as early as possible.

What if I need to cancel; can someone else attend in my place?
If you need to cancel, and would like to substitute someone else in your place, please contact us at events (at) linuxfoundation dot org for approval.

Where is the event located?
The event is located at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, CA.

Where should I stay?
We have a room block at both the Hotel Kabuki and the Hotel Tomo available for attendees with low room rates of $139/night for the Kabuki and $119/night for the Tomo. Please visit the Hotel & Travel page for reservation information.

Are meals included?
Breakfast, Coffee Breaks and Lunch are included on all conference days. There will be an evening reception on Wednesday evening as well with heavy hors d’oeuvres provided.

I am interested in sponsoring the event, who should I contact?
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

May I bring guests?
Many participants will be traveling from afar and may want to travel with companions not attending the event. Please note that since the event is for registered attendees only, guests, family and children are not allowed at any conference sessions or any special events.

When do you recommend I arrive and depart?
When booking your flights, you should plan to arrive to the Hotel Kabuki by Tuesday evening, April 7, 2009 so you don’t miss any of the sessions. Your departure would depend on if you are attending workgroup sessions on Thursday and Friday. The program will end around 5:30pm each day.

Where do I book my hotel accommodations?
Please go to the Travel & Hotel tab at the top of the event website to book your hotel room.

What can I expect in terms of the weather in San Francisco and how should I plan for attire?
March, April and May are some of the most inviting months to visit San Francisco. Characteristically cloudless and mild, some of the warmest and driest days of the year occur in San Francisco's spring months. Check out: www.weather.com and select 10-Day Forecast for the conference dates.

The attire for the event is business casual. Plan to dress in layers, to ensure you are warm or cool enough for the weather/meeting rooms.

What can I expect in terms of the evening events?
The Wednesday night evening reception will be held at the Exploratorium (link to http://www.exploratorium.edu/), a museum of science art and human perception located at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.  Transportation for guests will be provided, though parking is available on site for those that would like to drive.  The reception will be held from 18:00 - 20:30.  Buses will depart from, and return to, the Hotel Kabuki.  Buses to the reception will depart between 17:45 and 18:45.  Buses returning to the Hotel Kabuki will begin at 19:45pm, with the last bus leaving the Exploratorium at 20:30.  It is a 10-15 minute ride to the Exploratorium.

Can I talk to somebody to get more details?
If you have any questions or need assistance with anything, please contact Angela Brown, Event & Marketing Manager, at angela (at) linuxfoundation dot org.

The following is the list of confirmed attendees for the 2009 Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit.  This list will be updated often so please check back frequently.

Asif Ahsan - Director, SW Engineering, Logitech Inc.
Andrew Aitken - Managing Partner, Olliance Group
Jari Alvinen - Director, Compatibility & Industry Collaboration, Nokia
Clemence Alfred Andy - General Chairman, Education and Expedition Agency Association
Sam Aaron Aning Amoako - Systems Administrator, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
H. Peter Anvin - Senior Kernel Engineer, Intel Corporation
Jeff Arnold - Software Engineer, Ksplice
Jono Bacon - Ubuntu Community Manager, Canonical
Peter R. Badovinatz - CGL Vice-Chair  IBM
Scott Baeder - Sr. Architect, Cadence Design Systems
Arthur Barstow - Senior Software Architect, Nokia
Jeff Becker - Senior Computer Scientist, CSC/NASA Ames Rsch Ctr
Donald Becker - CTO, Penguin Computing
Anton Borisov - IT Expert, Tambov Regional Administration
James Bottomley - Linux SCSI Subsystem Maintainer, Novell
Konstantin Boudnik - System Architect, Sun Microsystems
Danny Brennan - Sr. System Programmer Consultant Specialist, Kaiser Permanente
Joe Brockmeier - OpenSuse Community Manager, Novell
Vineet Buch - Partner, BlueRun Ventures
Mike Calore - Reporter, Wired.com
Nora Calvillo - Sr. Product Manager, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Bob Ciotti - Supercomputing Systems Lead, NASA
Rick Clark - Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Server, Canonical
Alan Clark - Strategic Industry Advisor, Novell
Marty Connor - Project Leader, Etherboot Project
Paul Cooper - GNOME Mobile
Karen Copenhaver - Legal Counsel, The Linux Foundation
Jon Corbet - Editor, LWN.net
Ed Costello - Engineering Manager, Flash Player, Adobe
David Cowley - Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cole Crawford- Senior Linux Technologist, Dell
Masahiro Date - Senior Director, Fujitsu
Darren Davis - Technical Product Manager, Novell
Ann Davis - Sr. Software Engineer, Novell, Inc.
Matt Domsch - Technology Strategist, Office of the CTO, Dell
Roland Dreier - Principal Engineer, Cisco
Howard Dyckoff - Correspondent, Linux Gazette
Michael Eager - Consultant, Eager Consulting
Glory Emeka - COO, Rochas Business Nigeria
Jonathan Emery - Computer Scientist, LLNL
Hal Engel - Project Lead, LProf
Josh England - Sr. Systems Engineer, TGS Management
Scott Esters - Senior Software Engineer, LeapFrog Enterprises
Nils Faerber - Kernel Concepts GbR
Daniel  Frye - Vice President, Open Systems Development, IBM
Tomonori Fujita - Research Engineer, NTT
Bdale Garbee - Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist, HP
Robert Garcia - Sr. System Programmer, Kaiser Permanente
Jeremy Garcia - Founder, LinuxQuestions.org
Tim Gardner - Senior Kernel Developer, Canonical, Ltd.
Matthew Garrett - Software Engineer, Red Hat
Gregoire Gentil, CEO Founder, Always Innovating
Mohammed Ghanem - Journalist, Al-Sharq newspaper (Qatar) - Cairo Office
Ralph Giles - Open Source Programmer, Artifex Software, Inc.
Bernard Golden - CEO, HyperStratus
Pete Graner- Kernel Manger, Canonical
Jeremiah Gray - Press, Tech News World
Mathias Gug - Ubuntu Server Developer, Canonical
Don  Hardaway - Faculty, Saint Louis University
Andre Hedrick - Technical Leader, Cisco Systems
Christoph Hellwig - Kernel Developer
Val Henson - Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat
Tejun Heo - Software Engineer, Novell / SUSE
Jeff Heroux - Linux Development Manager, IBM
Masami Hiramatsu - Software Engineer, Hitachi Ltd.
Gerrit Huizenga - Architect, IBM
Edgar E. Iglesias - Programmer, Axis Communications
Till Kamppeter - OpenPrinting Manager, The Linux Foundation
Alok Kataria- Sr. MTS,  VMware
Alexey Khoroshilov - Lead Architect, Institute for System Programming of RAS
Powen Ko - CTO, LoopTek
Daniel  Kohn - COO, Linux Foundation
Benjamin Kosnik - Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Alexios Kotsiopulos - Senior Systems Administrator, Sendme Inc.
Greg Kroah-Hartman - Fellow, Novell
Bradley Kuhn - Policy Analyst and Technology Director, Software Freedom Law Center
Christoph Lameter- TAB member, Linux Foundation
Megan Lau - Global Product Manager, Logitech
Rick Lehrbaum -  Chief Blogger, DeviceGuru.com
Coly Li, Software Engineer, SuSE Labs, Novell .Inc
Grant Likely, Engineer - Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
Andreia Lima- Product Manager, Novell
Randy Linnell - Business Development, Canonical
Scott Mace, Editor - Calendar Swamp
Robert MacFarlan - Ecosystem Architect, IBM
Earl Malmrose - CTO, ZaReason, Inc.
David Mandala - Manager, Ubuntu Mobile, Canonical
Chris Mason - Director of Linux Kernel Engineering, Oracle
Jon Masters - Senior Developer, Red Hat
Dave McAllister - Director, Standards and Open Source, Adobe Systems
Mike  Melanson - Linux Software Developer, Adobe Systems
Martin Michlmayr - Open Source Community Expert, HP
William Mills - Chief Technologist Open Linux Solutions,  Texas Instruments
Makia Minich - Lead Technical Architect, Sun Microsystems
Ronald  Minnich - Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Labs
Daniel Mizyrycki - Systems Engineer/Developer, BALUG Argentina
Ric Mommer - Director of Business Development, Nokia, Inc.
Jon Moody - CEO, LoopTek LLC
Andrew Morton - Lead Kernel Developer & -mm tree Maintainer, Google
Ian Murdock - Vice President of Developer and Community, Sun Microsystems
Dave  Neary - General Busybody, GNOME Foundation
Jeffrey Osier-Mixon - Community Manager and Developer Advocate, MontaVista Software, Inc.
Anthony Otikpa - CEO, Rochas Business Nigeria
Keith Packard - Principal Engineer, Intel
Bruce Perens - CEO, Kiloboot
Stormy Peters - Executive Director, GNOME Foundation
Glen Petrie- Sr. Software Architect, Epson
Martin Pitt - Desktop Team Technical Lead, Canonical Ltd.
Mikhail Popov - Director System Software Group, Fujitsu Computer Systems
Ronny Pretzsch - Software Engineer, German Air Navigation Services (Deutsche Flugsicherung)
Henry Ptasinski - Principal Scientist, Broadcom
Sam Ramji - Sr. Director, Platform Strategy, Microsoft
Hannes  Reinecke - Senior Engineer, SUSE Linux Products GmbH
Scott James - Remnant Lead Developer, Canonical Ltd
Markus  Rex - GM and SVP Open Platform Systems, Novell
Philippe Robin - Linux Program Manager, ARM Ltd
Frank Rowand - Senior Software Engineer, Sony Corporation of America
Pierre  Salkazanov - Innovation R&D director, Bull
Karen Sandler - Counsel, Software Freedom Law Center
Alexander Schanz - Head of Datacenter and Linux Competence Center, DFS Geram Air Navigation Services
David Schlesinger - Director, Open Source Technologies, ACCESS Co., Ltd.
Edward Screven - Chief Corporate Architect, Oracle
Frank Seidel - Kernel Software Engineer, Novell/SuSE Linux
Kay Sievers Software Engineer, Novell
Peter Sikking Founder & Principal Interaction Architect, Man + Machine Interface Works
Ragavan Srinivasan - Sr. Program Manager, VMware Inc
Henry Stiles - Programmer, Artifex Software, Inc.
Martin Stone - Golden Gate University
Imad Sousou - Director of the Open Source Technology Center, Intel
Seiichi Takarabe - CEO & President, Information Technology Developments Japan Inc.,
Kay Tate - ISV Product Manager, Novell, Inc.
Ted Ts'o - Chief Technology Officer, The Linux Foundation
Steven Vaughan-Nichols - Editor-in-Chief, Practical Technology
Fernando Vazquez - Chief Consultant, NTT Open Source Software Center
Sai Vedantam - Director, Software Development, Acresso Software
Michael Vrhel - Color Scientist, Artifex Software, Inc.
Tony Wasserman - Professor and Exec. Dir, Ctr. for Open Source Investigation, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley
Bill Weinberg - Principal / Analyst, LinuxPundit.com
Mitch Williams - Engineering Technologist, Sandia National Laboratories
Andrew Wilson - Strategist, Intel Corporation
Lieh-neng Wu - Consultant, Taipei Computer Association
Daniel Yek  - Software Developer (RealPlayer for Linux), RealNetworks
Brent Young - Strategist, Intel
Loye Young - President, IYCC (Isaac & Young Computer Company)
Eric Brower - VP Engineering, Resilience Corporation
Elena Zannoni - Manager, Linux Engineering Tools, Oracle
Jim Zemlin - Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is an invitation-only event.