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25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Monday, August 25
 

09:00 CEST

Navigating Security Tradeoffs in Embedded Linux Systems - Olivier Benjamin, Bootlin
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 2
Embedded systems vary wildly in purpose, characteristics and usage. They are therefore faced with very different adversaries, that engineers and designers must take into account to achieve a secure system or product.
The tradeoff between security and convenience can only be properly arbitrated by evaluating the benefits of each security measure against the cost of its implementation, and the added complexity to the system, which will eventually be surfaced to the user.

In this talk, we will explore the security guarantees of various
security measures popular in embedded Linux systems: Secure Boot, Disk encryption, dm-verity, Secure Enclaves as well as someapplication-level security features from the point of view of what they bring to a system, and what they cost to the implementer or theuser. Ultimately, we will present what type of systems they are a good fit for, and which systems are probably better off not using them.
Speakers
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Olivier Benjamin

Embedded Systems Security Engineer, Bootlin
Olivier is a security engineer with 13 years of experience. He joined Bootlin in 2024. Prior to joining Bootlin, he has worked in various
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:00 CEST

Open Source for ESIM Integration - Harald Welte, sysmocom GmbH
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D201
When integrating eSIMs into a Linux based embedded device, one of the questions is how to manage that eSIM. In case of SGP.21 consumer eSIM or the new SGP.31 IoT eSIM, some software component for management and download of eSIM profiles (LPA or IPA) is required. In the past, this was mostly achieved by proprietary software.

More recently, Free and Open Source Software alternatives for this have materialized, like the "lpac" software. This talk covers those projects, what you can do with them and how to integrate them in your cellular-enabled embedded device. 

The talk will also compare this approach of eSIM integration with other approaches such as the venerable SGP.02 M2M eSIM or using an eUICC-integrated LPA/IPA (LPAe/IPAe).
Speakers
avatar for Harald Welte

Harald Welte

Senior Telecommuincations Protocol Nerd, sysmocom GmbH
In his former life, Harald was a Linux Kernel developer, primarily active in the netfilter/iptables subsystem. In 2004, he founded the gpl-violations.org project, which achieved considerable success in early GPL enforcement.
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:00 CEST

Why Won't My CPU Sleep? Debugging CPUIdle Mysteries on ARM SoCs - Dhruva Gole, Texas Instruments India Ltd & Kevin Hilman, BayLibre, Inc.
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 1
Linux power management has relied on CPUIdle to transition CPUs into low-power states for a long time. More recently, suspend-to-idle (s2idle) was added which relies heavily on the CPUidle infrastructure to support system-wide suspend & resume using low-power idle states.

On modern Arm SoCs, deeper idle states can shut down not just the CPU, but also local per-CPU timers, interrupt controllers and peripherals, sometimes leading to unexpected entry-exit failures, scheduling delays, and even system hangs.
Debugging such issues can be complex since common debug methods may not be available in low-power modes and because the kernel, platform-specific firmware and dedicated hardware all interact to enable low-power modes. Therefore, debugging requires a good understanding of the CPUIdle internals, PSCI firmware interactions and wakeup timer behavior.

Through real-world case studies, attendees will learn how to trace idle state transitions, identify CPU wakeup failures, ARM Trusted Firmware's PSCI framework internals and apply effective debugging strategies to ensure correct working of the CPUIdle framework on their ARM Linux systems.
Speakers
avatar for Dhruva Gole

Dhruva Gole

Senior Software Engineer, Texas Instruments India Ltd
Dhruva is currently leading Power Management initiatives at Texas Instruments for ARM-based SoCs. With hands-on experience across the software stack—from the Linux Kernel to bootloaders and Trusted Firmware-A—he has played a key role in enabling power management across various... Read More →
avatar for Kevin Hilman

Kevin Hilman

co-founder and CTO, BayLibre, Inc.
Kevin is the co-founder and CTO of BayLibre, and embedded software consultancy focused on low-level systems software like Linux, Zephyr, and trusted firmware, as well as GCC and LLVM toolchains. Kevin's primary interest in Linux has been in the various subsystems related Power Management... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:55 CEST

Running Zephyr in a Light Bulb - Alexandre Bailon, BayLibre
Monday August 25, 2025 09:55 - 10:35 CEST
D203
For many years, we have seen more and more connected devices entering our homes. In most cases, these devices run closed source software, which relies on cloud servers to work and is not always respectful of our privacy.

Alexandre Bailon, who is not really satisfied with the current offerings, has been looking for an alternative using Zephyr.

He has taken an existing device and developed a Zephyr firmware for it. He will present the technologies already available or in development to build a connected light bulb using Zephyr which should be more robust, secure, and respectful of privacy.
Speakers
avatar for Alexandre Bailon

Alexandre Bailon

Software Engineer, BayLibre
Alexandre Bailon is co-founder of BayLibre. He used to be a Linux kernel developer and has helped many companies build successful devices running Linux and Android.
Monday August 25, 2025 09:55 - 10:35 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:20 CEST

The Hypervisor Hierarchy: Why Architecture Matters for Performance, Security, and Flexibility - Cody Zuschlag, Xen Project (Linux Foundation)
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G001-002
Not all hypervisors are created equal. Some claim to be "bare metal" but rely on an underlying OS, while others truly separate hardware from workloads, enhancing security, stability, and performance. This session breaks down the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors, why some architectures blur the lines, and how Xen stands apart as a true, independent Type 1 hypervisor. We’ll explore how Xen can run with dom0 or dom0less, offering flexibility for both dynamic and fixed VM environments. We’ll also discuss how Xen’s streamlined, unified ecosystem avoids the fragmentation seen in other virtualization stacks. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of why hypervisor design matters and how it impacts security, efficiency, and long-term infrastructure choices.
Speakers
avatar for Cody Zuschlag

Cody Zuschlag

Community Manager, Xen Project (Linux Foundation)
Cody Zuschlag is the Community Manager for the Xen Project and a passionate advocate for open-source solutions. Since 2022, he’s been speaking internationally on full-stack, embedded, and decentralized technologies. Through his work, talks, and teaching, Cody promotes using tech... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G001-002
  Cloud & Containers

11:20 CEST

Clocking Strategies in the Linux Kernel: Optimizing Power and Performance in High-End SoCs - Varada Pavani & Bala Naveena Nivetha M, Samsung Semiconductor India Research
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
Elicium 1
Modern System-on-Chips (SoCs) are designed for a wide range of applications, including mobile devices, automotive systems, AI accelerators, and data servers. As SoCs become more powerful with increasing core counts, heterogeneous architectures, higher clock speeds, and enhanced AI processing capabilities, power consumption also rises. This increased power demand introduces challenges such as heat dissipation, battery life, clock management complexity and system reliability. In this talk, we explore various techniques to optimize power consumption and enhance performance using Common Clock Framework (CCF) in the Linux kernel.

We begin by discussing the role of clock management in Linux and covers various clocking strategies available in CCF to achieve optimal power and performance. Topics include dynamic clock scaling, disabling unused clocks, efficient parent clock selection and the notifier mechanism. We also explore clock usage monitoring in Linux through debugging tools such as clk_summary and kernel tracing.

Overall, this talk demonstrates how effective clocking strategies in the Linux kernel can significantly improve power efficiency and system performance in high-end SoCs.
Speakers
avatar for Bala Naveena Nivetha M

Bala Naveena Nivetha M

Associate Staff Engineer, Samsung Semiconductor India Research
Embedded Software Developer with 6+ years of experience in Embedded Linux BSP.
avatar for Varada Pavani

Varada Pavani

Staff Engineer, Samsung semiconductor India Research
An embedded software engineer with 7 years of experience. I am passionate about learning SoC internals. I have worked on bootloaders, device drivers and kernel internals.
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:20 CEST

Combining White-labelled Hardware With Open Source Software To Quickly Bring Devices To Market - Nick Chen, Blecon Ltd
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
Elicium 2
The ODM ecosystem — such as the one found in Asia — offers a rich selection of pre-designed hardware intended for white-labelling. This hardware can be produced and shipped with short lead times. However, a typical weakness of these devices is their software, which usually consists of outdated kernels and poorly documented components. Wholesale replacement of the system’s software stack while leveraging the hardware offers a path toward creating robust devices that can sidestep many of the complexities of manufacturing a fully custom design.

In this session we share tips and learnings from our experience creating a replacement software stack using Yocto for an existing white-label IoT gateway device. With this approach, we were able to take a new device with an up-to-date Linux stack to production in under 6 months. 

The session will cover topics including: choosing of an appropriate hardware platform, coordinating with the hardware vendor, setting up an efficient development environment using similar hardware and simulators, and using the system’s OTA update infrastructure to create a factory image that’s compatible with an ODM’s existing manufacturing and testing flows.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Chen

Nick Chen

Principal Software Engineer, Blecon Ltd
Nick Chen is a Principal Software Engineer at Blecon, specialising in embedded Linux and UX. After receiving a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Nick was a researcher at Microsoft Research where he created new user interfaces and interactions for networks... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:20 CEST

Creating a Healthy Vibrant Kernel Subsystem Community - Hans de Goede, Red Hat
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G102-103
End 2020 I became the maintainer of the drivers/platform/x86 (pdx86) kernel subsytem. The subject of this talk is my experience in creating a friendly welcoming environment, growing the pdx86 community and how this helped me to avoid burnout by being able to delegate to community members.

Keywords:
- Making your mailinglist a friendly welcoming medium
- Patience is a virtue
- Leading by example
- Growing a community
- My personal experience with burnout
- External (non kernel-devel) stress factors
- Delegating
- Handing over the reins
Speakers
avatar for Hans de Goede

Hans de Goede

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Hans de Goede is a FOSS developer and enthusiast with 20 years of experience. He is a maintainer for the kernel’s x86 platform drivers subsystem.
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

11:20 CEST

Rethinking Writeback: Scaling Linux Filesystem and Memory Performance for the Next Decade - Kundan Kumar, Samsung R&D Institute India - Bangalore & Anuj Gupta, Samsung Semiconductor India
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G104
Linux’s current writeback infrastructure, while robust, was designed before large folios, CXL-tiered memory, and AI workloads demanding low-latency, high-throughput I/O. Today, workloads like RAG pipelines using vector databases with buffered I/O, and memory tiering on CXL, are exposing scalability limits in how the kernel handles writeback.

This talk presents a forward-looking view on evolving Linux’s writeback model. We’ll explore how the single-threaded design stalls page migration and reduces memory compaction effectiveness—affecting hugepage allocations and folio movement across memory tiers, contributing to fragmentation. On the storage side, parallelizing writeback improves throughput and responsiveness under dirty-page pressure, especially for sustained-write workloads with large memory footprints on High capacity SSDs.

We’ll also touch on early experiments within the kernel community, including efforts to make writeback more filesystem-geometry aware and parallelize it based on overwrites/new allocations.

This session invites open source community to reimagine writeback as a scalable, performance-critical component in Linux.
Speakers
avatar for Kundan Kumar

Kundan Kumar

Staff Engineer, Samsung R&D Institute India - Bangalore
Kundan is a Linux kernel developer in Global Open Source Team at Samsung. He possesses 10+ granted patents in areas such as storage, performance and OS internals. Kundan is also a co-author of the book "Linux Internals Simplified," which provides a comprehensive overview of Linux's... Read More →
avatar for Anuj Gupta

Anuj Gupta

Linux kernel developer, Samsung Semiconductor India
Anuj Gupta is a Linux kernel developer in Global Open Source Team at Samsung. His contributions focus on kernel I/O stack improvements across io_uring, block layer, and NVMe driver. Speaker at Open Source Summit and SNIA SDC. He has also published a paper at USENIX FAST. Contributes... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G104
  Linux

11:20 CEST

Cloud Security Wildlife: A Tale of Otters, Monkeys and Security? - Marcus Tenorio, ControlPlane
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G109
When we talk about cloud security, the first thing that comes to mind is otters. Obviously.

In this talk, we’ll dive into the fascinating analogy between the world of cloud security and wildlife. We’ll explore Falco, eBPF, and others and how they relate to our very own animal ecosystem. This perspective offers a unique and intuitive way to understand cloud security.

Think of chameleons and adaptive security: changing colours to match evolving threats.

We’ll migrate like birds, discovering security’s role in real-world workload transitions across clouds.

We’ll collaborate like bees, protecting the hive with policies, alerts, and shared responsibility.

We’ll defend like armadillos, layer by layer, showing how strong defence is often the best offence.

And we’ll feel our spider-sense tingle — like observability tools catching anomalies across the great web of services.

And, just like otters, we’ll hold hands to stay together in the rushing currents of the cloud.

And who’s heard of chaos monkeys? Clever and unpredictable, just like attackers exploiting misconfigurations and edge cases! We’ll take a look at how that plays out in the wild world of cloud-native security.
Speakers
avatar for Marcus Tenorio

Marcus Tenorio

Security Engineering Manager, ControlPlane
Mart is an engineering manager at ControlPlane, where he enjoys managing various consultants who teach him every day how to break things and become a better manager and engineer.
Monday August 25, 2025 11:20 - 12:00 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

13:30 CEST

Mainframes Aren’t Dead, They’re Just Running Kubernetes Now - Josephine Pfeiffer, Red Hat
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G001-002
Mainframes have been declared dead more times than JavaScript frameworks have been invented—but here they are, still running the backbone of global finance, government, and enterprise computing. And now? They’re running Kubernetes too.

This talk dives into the why and how of running Kubernetes on mainframes, from containerization on z/OS to networking, workload orchestration, and real-world use cases. We’ll break down the challenges, the benefits, and whether this is a clever hack or a genuinely viable approach for modern infrastructure. If you think mainframes are relics, think again—because they’re running microservices now.
Speakers
avatar for Josephine Pfeiffer

Josephine Pfeiffer

Senior Consultant, Red Hat
Josephine is a consultant specializing in developer productivity and infrastructure. She has worked for enterprises, SMEs, and startups in roles spanning platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and technology management.
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G001-002
  Cloud & Containers

13:30 CEST

Demystifying the Embedded Linux Graphics Stack: An Easy Introduction for Beginners - Parthiban N, Linumiz
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
Elicium 1
Memory to Photons: Whether it's a moving picture or a game, Linux's graphics stack is complex, involving various components in both the Kernel and userspace. Getting my first pixel to appear on an LVDS screen was an exciting journey. This talk will walk through my experience of getting started with Linux graphics, based on my recent work on Allwinner A133 display engine support [1] and my ongoing effort to get Imagination Technologies' GPU GE8300 into the upstream kernel.

Ever heard of DRM, GPU, MIPI, Khronos, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, KMS, Weston, HDMI, framebuffer, or Mesa3D, and wondered what all these are? This talk will detail the basic components of the Linux graphics stack and how it's layered. Additionally, it will discuss the specifics of how the Linux kernel's DRM is structured, which parts you’ll be interested in when building your display pipeline, and how to debug when you don't see your pixel.

[1]: 20241227-a133-display-support-v1-0-abad35b3579c@linumiz.com/" target="_blank">https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241227-a133-display-support-v1-0-abad35b3579c@linumiz.com/
Speakers
avatar for Parthiban

Parthiban

Engineer, Linumiz
With over 14 years of experience in software engineering, Parthiban founded Linumiz, a company that provides domain-neutral software services for U-Boot, Linux, and Zephyr, ranging from board bringup, board supported package, customization, device drivers, to over the air software... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

13:30 CEST

Open Source Tools To Empower Ethical and Robust AI Systems - Alberto Rodríguez, ControlPlane & Miguel Fontanilla, sennder
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G109
In this talk, we will present open-source tools for evaluating and securing AI models which are key in building responsible AI systems. We'll start with an overview of these tools and their use cases, organized through a simple ontology to help classify them.

We'll cover:

- Tools that assess bias and fairness, such as AIF360

- Evaluation tools like Garak, which offers comprehensive security and safety assessments for LLMs; Promptfoo, which supports prompt engineering and testing; and Giskard, which allows the use of custom evaluation datasets

- Guardrail tools for LLM systems, like NeMo Guardrails

- Tools that focus on prompt security and insights, such as LLMGuard and LangKit

- Tools for traditional ML model security, like the Adversarial Robustness Toolbox

The main goal of the talk is to give attendees a clear overview of the wide range of open-source tools available for securing AI models and provide examples and insights about them that can help in making an informed decision on which one to use.
Speakers
avatar for Alberto Rodríguez Fernandez

Alberto Rodríguez Fernandez

Cloud Native Engineer, ControlPlane
Cloud Native consultant at Control Plane with a focus in Kubernetes, AI security and Software Supply Chain Security. AWS and Kubernetes Certified.
avatar for Miguel Fontanilla

Miguel Fontanilla

Platform Engineering Lead, sennder
Hello, I'm Miguel, a technology enthusiast who enjoys helping people learn about it!My specialty is cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on containerization technologies.I currently work as a Staff Engineering Lead on the infrastructure team at Sennder, a European digital logistics... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

13:30 CEST

101 on Getting Your Customers To Contribute - Nick Veenhof, GitLab
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
Auditorium
In heavily regulated financial services, automotive industries or other large enterprise institutions, developers can transform from open source "takers" to strategic "makers." 

This presentation showcases GitLab's Co-Create program as a proven contribution framework for organizations. We'll also teach oyu how to reproduce this program for your OSS project or company.

This is not a product pitch. Rather, Nick is drawing from 15+ years in open source communities and experience as an OSS foundation board member, he will present a model that could inspire other open source projects to engage regulated industries often excluded from contribution ecosystems.

Attendees will discover how structured onboarding, engineering collaboration, CLA frameworks, and maintenance-free contributions create sustainable participation models that maintain regulatory compliance while driving innovation.

Through case studies from Thales (where "two developers saved time for 30 million users" in just two months), Siemens, Scania, and a FinOS member, I'll demonstrate how structured contribution programs deliver measurable value while addressing the unique compliance, security, and innovation challenges.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Veenhof

Nick Veenhof

Director, Contributor Success, GitLab
Nick Veenhof is Director of Contributor Success at GitLab, where he leads initiatives to enhance open source participation. With 15+ years in open source ecosystems, Nick brings expertise in building contribution frameworks that deliver business value in regulated environments... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

13:30 CEST

Designing Policy and Support for a Sustainable Open Source Adoption in the Public Sector - Johan Linåker & Sachiko Muto, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G105
The public sector has been an active user of Open Source Software (OSS) since its inception. Yet, adoption and reuse have fluctuated, along with the many policies and initiatives providing guidance and support. On the positive side, there is a wealth of experience to draw from.

In this presentation, we aim to inspire and provide insights from a study of 16 countries that are mature in their digital practices, as indicated through a set of digital maturity indicators. These countries are surveyed regarding government policies, rationales, support mechanisms, means of promotion, and success stories on OSS adoption.

We find diverse means in how policy is designed and motivated to support both the adoption and use, as well as development and release of OSS across sectors. The cases further provide in-depth examples of how the policies can be supported and enabled using Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), communities, and codified knowledge.

Based on our findings, we will provide attendees as well as policy- and decisionmakers at national, regional, and local government levels, with recommendations for designing and fostering sustainable policies for OSS adoption.
Speakers
avatar for Sachiko Muto

Sachiko Muto

Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Sachiko Muto is the Chair of OpenForum Europe and a senior researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government relations and then as CEO. Sachiko has degrees in Political Science... Read More →
avatar for Johan Linåker

Johan Linåker

Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

13:30 CEST

Panel Discussion: Open Source as a Path for a Competitive Automotive Industry - Philipp Ahmann, Etas GmbH; Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation; Masato Endo, Toyota Motor Corporation; Carl-Eric Mols, Volvo Cars; Wolfgang Gehring, Mercedes-Benz Tech In
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
D204
Open source software has evolved from a supplement to a strategic element in the Software-Defined Vehicle era, evidenced by the growing number of OSPOs across automotive organizations. This panel examines this transition, focusing on the practical challenges at the intersection of innovation, license plus regulatory compliance, and community contribution.

The panelists will share strategies for maintaining compliance while adopting the development speed supported by modern software development principles. They will address operational aspects of incorporating OSS components into supply chains alongside proper license management and vulnerability tracking, while upstreaming contributions aligned with corporate objectives.

The discussion will highlight how OSS engagement can create resilience against geopolitical disruptions and trade restrictions, providing automotive companies a sustainable path for global operations while navigating regional compliance requirements.
Speakers
avatar for Philipp Ahmann

Philipp Ahmann

Automotive OSS Process Lead, Etas GmbH (BOSCH)
Philipp Ahmann is a Senior OSS Community Manager at ETAS (a Bosch subsidiary), specializing in safety-critical automotive open source software. With 15+ years' experience in Linux automotive platforms, he has held roles from software engineer to project & line manager.He currently... Read More →
avatar for Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation
Ana is the Project Manager at the Linux foundation TODO Group collaborative project, whose aim is to create and share knowledge on open source management and operations best practices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has finished her... Read More →
avatar for Masato Endo

Masato Endo

Project General Manager/ Manager of TOYOTA OSPO, Toyota Motor Corporation
Masato Endo is a Project General Manager of Value Chain Innovation Project in TOYOTA. He focuses also on promoting Open Source Innovation and he set up TOYOTA OSPO in 2024. Furthermore, he plays the following roles in Open Source Communities.
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Carl-Eric Mols

Open Source Strategist, Volvo Cars
Carl-Eric Mols has been close to two decades been engaged in Open Source governance. He was for more than a decade the Head of Open Source in Sony Mobile and is currently a member of the Volvo Cars OSPO. He has also over the years engaged in various research project, and have authored... Read More →
avatar for Wolfgang Gehring

Wolfgang Gehring

FOSS Ambassador & OSPO Lead, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
Dr. Wolfgang Gehring is an Ambassador for Open and Inner Source and has been working on enabling and spreading the idea within Mercedes-Benz. A software engineer by trade, Wolfgang’s goal is to help enable Mercedes-Benz to fully embrace FOSS and become a true Open Source company... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
D204
  OSPOCon

13:30 CEST

Crabs Flying Kites: Writing a Zephyr Application in Rust - Mohammed Billoo, MAB Labs Embedded Solutions
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
D203
Rust is becoming increasingly popular due to its ownership model and its innate ability to guarantee memory safety during compile time. A typical mantra of Rust developers is "if it compiles, it works". 

Zephyr is experiencing explosive growth as an RTOS. Its focus on safety, security, flexibility, and vendor neutrality has enabled many product developers to choose Zephyr as the underlying RTOS in their embedded system.

Zephyr 4.1 introduced initial support for Rust. In this talk, Mohammed will guide developers on how to create a custom Zephyr application in Rust. He will demonstrate the process and outline some pitfalls that novices may encounter, and how to work around them.
Speakers
avatar for Mohammed Billoo

Mohammed Billoo

CEO, MAB Labs Embedded Solutions
Mohammed Billoo is an embedded software consultant with over 15 years of experience. He focuses on The Zephyr Project RTOS, Embedded Linux, and The Yocto Project. He has also developed user interfaces using the Qt framework. He has helped clients across numerous verticals, including... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 13:30 - 14:10 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

14:25 CEST

Towards Mainline Video Capture and Camera Support for Recent Rockchip SoCs - Michael Riesch, Collabora
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Elicium 1
Recent Rockchip SoCs (namely, those of the RK35 generation) integrate dedicated IP blocks for video capture and image signal processing. These additions open the door to a wide range of interesting multimedia applications. However, support for these blocks in mainline Linux remains one of the last missing pieces in an otherwise well-supported SoC lineup. It is time to close that gap!

In this talk, I will provide an overview of the software stack for modern multimedia SoCs, cover the contributions that have already landed in mainline and are currently in flight, respectively, and outline the remaining work needed to fully enable video capture and camera functionality. We will also take a look at the compelling applications that this groundwork makes possible.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Riesch

Michael Riesch

Consultant Senior Software Engineer, Collabora
Michael Riesch is a Consultant Senior Software Engineer at Collabora. His work focuses on hardware enablement (Rockchip SoCs in particular) and multimedia development in the Linux kernel.
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:25 CEST

Unpacking the Linux WiFi Stack: Writing and Integrating Wireless Drivers - Alexis Lothoré, Bootlin
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Elicium 2
WiFi is a cornerstone of modern connectivity, and Linux powers countless devices that rely on seamless wireless communication. But how does a WiFi driver actually work within the Linux kernel? In this talk, we will explore the process of supporting a Wifi device in Linux, focusing on its integration with the mac80211 and cfg80211 subsystems. We’ll cover key aspects such as hardware initialization, packet transmission, regulatory compliance, power management, and more. Additionally, we’ll discuss how userspace tools like iw, hostapd, and wpa_supplicant interact with kernel drivers via nl80211. By the end of this session, attendees will have a better understanding of the Linux WiFi stack and the skills needed to develop, debug, and extend WiFi drivers effectively, whether they want to implement a new one or improve an existing one.
Speakers
avatar for Alexis Lothoré

Alexis Lothoré

Embedded Linux engineer and trainer, Bootlin
Alexis is an embedded Linux developer and trainer with 9 years of experience, currently working at Bootlin. He has made several contributions to the Linux kernel, specifically around networking: support and improvement for ethernet switches and wireless chips, as well as improvements... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:25 CEST

Extending BCC as a Data Source for System Monitoring - Eunseon Lee, LG Electronics
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G104
eBPF enables efficient tracing and monitoring of modern Linux systems. However, tools in the BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) are primarily designed for standalone use, making it challenging to adopt them directly in real-time, streaming-based observability systems.

This talk introduces a practical approach to extending BCC tools for use as data sources in system monitoring pipelines. I demonstrate an architecture that transforms BCC output into time-series data by integrating with InfluxDB, and visualizes the data using Grafana. This enables real-time tracking of kernel and user-space events such as memory allocation over time.

I also explore enhancements to existing BCC tools, such as adding options to output data in time-series–friendly formats (e.g., InfluxDB’s line protocol), enabling easier ingestion by monitoring agents. These modifications help bridge the gap between raw eBPF observability and modern telemetry systems, without compromising BCC’s standalone usability. GitHub PR (https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/pull/5281) demonstrate these improvements.

Attendees will learn to leverage BCC tools for real-time insights and contribute enhancements for broader monitoring use cases.
Speakers
avatar for Eunseon Lee

Eunseon Lee

Chief Software Engineer, LG Electronics
I am currently developing an eBPF-based system monitoring tool focused on real-time anomaly detection. Previously, I worked on eBPF-based debugging tools, including a memory leak detection tool applied in LG Electronics’ Car division. I have contributed to BCC by developing CO-RE–based... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G104
  Linux

14:25 CEST

Mind the Gap - A Developer's Roadmap To Building AI Agents - Ivan Pedrazas, Docker Inc.
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G109
This talk is about software developers' journey into AI Agent creation.


We'll explore the evolving toolkit, from specialized IDEs like Cursor and VS Code (with AI Agents extensions) to frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex that simplify complex workflows.


I'll share firsthand experiences comparing local development with models like Ollama, LM Studio and LLM Runner against production deployments using OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. We will explore how to consume MCP Servers to provide tools to our Agents.


We'll address critical decision points: when to use RAG versus fine-tuning, how testing differs from traditional software, and the unique debugging challenges of non-deterministic systems. Finally, we will look at the challenges of deploying AI Agents in production and what we can do as developers to minimise the risk.


Developers will leave with a clear understanding of the technical shifts required when building AI agents, available tools, and practical strategies for overcoming the most common obstacles in this rapidly evolving space.
Speakers
avatar for Ivan Pedrazas

Ivan Pedrazas

Principal Engineer, Docker inc.
Ivan Pedrazas has been designing and building distributed systems for more than 20 years. In the last year, he’s been building developer tools that consume and provide AI capabilities, like AI agents, MCP Servers and LLM models.
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

14:25 CEST

Driving the UN Digital Compact With Open Source - Sachiko Muto, RISE/OpenForum Europe
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Auditorium
Open Source Software (OSS) is increasingly recognized as a crucial enabler of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and digital transformation across the globe. Yet, adoption and contribution remain uneven, with certain regions and actors underrepresented, especially in the global south.

With initiatives such as the UN’s Digital Global Compact and Open Source Principles, there is growing momentum and an opportunity to better understand and measure OSS’s role in digital infrastructure and government strategies. As part of this effort, we are exploring the development of an Open Source Adoption Index, published annually to track adoption trends, highlight successes, and identify challenges faced by UN Member States.

The adoption index will be collaboratively designed through a series of geographically distributed workshops to collect dimensions relevant across various contexts and use cases. In this panel, attendees will be actively engaged, as part of this extensive co-design process, and be urged to provide thoughts and feedback to the panel of representatives from the UN, researchers and stakeholders.
Speakers
avatar for Sachiko Muto

Sachiko Muto

Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Sachiko Muto is the Chair of OpenForum Europe and a senior researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government relations and then as CEO. Sachiko has degrees in Political Science... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

14:25 CEST

Open, Yet Secure: Rethinking Risk in the Age of Open Source - Avijit Biswas, IKEA IT AB
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G107
Open source is no longer just a developer’s playground—it’s the foundation of modern innovation. But as its influence grows, so do the challenges: security vulnerabilities, compliance concerns, and the risk of unchecked complexity.

At IKEA, we’ve reimagined open source not just as a collection of tools, but as a strategic engine for transformation. In this talk, I’ll share how we’ve integrated automation and AI across our Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to scale open-source adoption—safely, responsibly, and at speed.

This isn’t just about securing code. It’s about building trust. It’s about reducing friction. And ultimately, it’s about designing systems that are as resilient and collaborative as the communities that power them.

What you’ll learn:

• How to spot and address risks in open-source components

• Embedding automated security without slowing delivery

• Aligning compliance with innovation

• Real-world lessons from scaling secure OSS in enterprise environments

Join me to explore how smart automation can turn open source into a confident, competitive advantage.
Speakers
avatar for Avijit Biswas

Avijit Biswas

Open Source SME, IKEA IT AB
I’m Avijit Biswas—known to most as Avi. I’m a passionate open-source professional and technology strategist with over 15 years of experience in digital transformation and secure software development. At IKEA, I co-lead initiatives like open-source strategy, secure software practices... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 14:25 - 15:05 CEST
G107
  Operations Management

15:35 CEST

Managing Telco Infrastructure and Applications at Scale: An Open Source Approach - Kashif Khan, Ericsson
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
Emerald Room
Telco infrastructure is rapidly evolving to adopt cloud-native paradigms, but operating Kubernetes in telecom-grade environments brings unique challenges—stringent SLAs, real-time performance, and complex hybrid infrastructure. At Ericsson, we've embraced the open source ecosystem to build scalable, resilient, and fully automated platforms tailored to telco needs. This talk presents our technical journey in managing large-scale infrastructure using Kubernetes, Cluster API, and multiple open-source providers—including Metal3 for bare metal provisioning and Cluster API Provider OpenStack (CAPO) for cloud-based workloads. We’ll demonstrate how we orchestrate heterogeneous environments, spanning bare metal and OpenStack-based compute, through a unified, declarative lifecycle approach. We’ll also cover observability and alerting using tools like Prometheus and more, as well as real-world strategies for zero-downtime upgrades, failure remediation, and long-term cluster maintenance—all aligned with demanding telecom-grade requirements like high availability and real-time traffic handling.
Speakers
avatar for Kashif Khan

Kashif Khan

Open Source Architect, Ericsson
Kashif Khan is a maintainer of the CNCF project Metal3.io for 5+ years. He works as an open source Architect and Product Owner for Ericsson Software Technology, Finland. He holds a PhD in Computer Science. Kashif is a research and open source enthusiast and his current area of interest... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
Emerald Room
  Cloud & Containers

15:35 CEST

Security in Large Scale Embedded Linux Projects - Martin Lang, BMW Car IT GmbH
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
Elicium 2
Modern cars use a high integration architecture with a smaller amount of powerful Electronic Control Units (ECUs). They easily accommodate more than 150 different services and are developed by more than 1000 developers in dozens of companies across the world. Ensuring security in such an environment is a challenge in multiple dimensions: Attack surface, overall system complexity and communication.

In this talk, I want to share our insights from building three generations of Yocto-based infotainment systems. How do we ensure basics such as the least privilege principle and privilege separation? What is our approach to trusted computing with secure boot and dm-verity? What are our lessons learned to enable SELinux on this large scale? Which best-practices do we have so that the system can be developed, tested and debugged in a (security) configuration that is close to the final product?

Furthermore, I would like to give positive examples how a good open-source ecosystem can support our cause of building secure embedded Linux systems as well as some impulses which improvements could help us a lot.
Speakers
avatar for Martin Lang

Martin Lang

Engineering Lead Infotainment Security, BMW Car IT GmbH
Martin studied computer science at RWTH Aachen University. He is interested in embedded systems, cybersecurity, math and open-source software. After a PhD in formal logic, he joined BMW Car IT in Ulm to work on security for infotainment systems as engineer and system architect. For... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

15:35 CEST

When Your Budget Laptop Needs a Custom Kernel: A Linux Troubleshooting Adventure - Andrei Pokhilko, Komodor
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
G104
This talk chronicles my journey of troubleshooting a Linux kernel issue on a budget Intel GeminiLake-based Chinese mini-laptop. What began as a simple hardware purchase escalated into a two-month deep dive into the i915 GPU driver when the display mysteriously went blank during initialization.

I'll walk through the systematic troubleshooting approach: isolating the issue to the i915 driver, identifying the kernel configuration options triggering the problem, and developing a practical patch that bypasses problematic GPIO pin activation sequences. Along the way, I'll share surprising discoveries about hardware compatibility, kernel development complexity, and the limitations of AI tools when facing real-world Linux challenges.

This presentation is designed for Linux enthusiasts and IT professionals curious about kernel troubleshooting. Attendees will leave with practical knowledge about GPU driver internals, confidence that such issues are solvable without specialized expertise, and inspiration to tackle their own hardware compatibility challenges.
Speakers
avatar for Andrei Pokhilko

Andrei Pokhilko

Open Source Dev Lead, Komodor
Andrei is the Open Source Dev Leader at Komodor, a startup building the next-gen troubleshooting platform for Kubernetes. Over 20 years of experience in the dev space, Andrei is known as the founder of multiple successful Open Source projects, such as JMeter-Plugins.org, Helm Dashboard... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
G104
  Linux

15:35 CEST

Panel Discussion: Open Source & AI: Where OSPOs Make It Work - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation; David Peter Hirsch, Dynatrace; Natali Vlatko, Cisco; Ashley Wolf, GitHub; Richard Bian, Ant Group; Alexios Zavras, Int
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
D204
As organizations race to integrate AI into their infrastructure, products, and processes, they face a shared set of challenges, ranging from data fragmentation, ethical governance, to cost management and sustainability. What’s often overlooked in these conversations is the essential role of open source: the AI technology stack today is built upon thousands of open source projects and frameworks, as well as some not-so open source offerings. Yet, many organizations still lack a coordinated strategy for engaging with and contributing to this foundational ecosystem.

This BoF session aims to provide a collaborative space for OSPO teams, platform architects, AI engineers, compliance professionals, etc to come together and explore how open source management talent helps organizations navigate AI adoption, and creation, sustainably and effectively. An open floor to exchange experiences and identify issues such as:

- Interface with legal and compliance teams

- New standards related to AI models and infrastructure, such as model cards, etc

- Balancing OSS transparency with Responsible AI development

- Do AI communities differ from traditional OSS communities, and how to approach them
Speakers
avatar for David Hirsch

David Hirsch

Open Ecosystem Lead, Dynatrace
David is the OSPO Manager at Dynatrace, driving open-source strategy, governance, and security. He works with engineering teams to grow adoption and communities for projects like Keptn, OpenFeature, and OpenTelemetry. With 10+ years in cloud-native and open source, he builds industry... Read More →
avatar for Richard Sikang Bian

Richard Sikang Bian

Head of Open Source , Ant Group
Richard Bian (Chinese: 边思康) led Ant Group Open Source initiative from day 1 and developed the initiative from a single person effort to a cross-functional Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team covering governance, strategy, developer experience, product development, growth... Read More →
avatar for Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation
Ana is the Project Manager at the Linux foundation TODO Group collaborative project, whose aim is to create and share knowledge on open source management and operations best practices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has finished her... Read More →
avatar for Natali Vlatko

Natali Vlatko

Open Source Lead Architect, Cisco
Natali Vlatko (she/her) is an Open Source Lead Architect at Cisco, specializing in open software, policy, and governance. She is a SIG Docs Co-Chair for Kubernetes and a member of the TODO Group Steering Committee. She plays on the fun computer in her spare time. Her academic background... Read More →
avatar for Ashley Wolf

Ashley Wolf

Director, Open Source Programs, GitHub
Ashley Wolf is the Director of Open Source Programs at GitHub. She runs initiatives and programs to empower developers to be successful with open source. She is also passionate about helping companies participate in the open source community. Prior to joining GitHub, Ashley led the... Read More →
avatar for Alexios Zavras

Alexios Zavras

Chief Open Source Compliance Officer, Intel
Alexios Zavras is the Chief Open Source Compliance Officer of Intel Corporation. He has been involved with Software Bill of Materials and SPDX since 2011. Alexios has 40 years of experience in Free and Open Source Software and holds a PhD in Computer Science after having studied in... Read More →
avatar for Sachin Bhakar

Sachin Bhakar

Open Source Strategist, Shell
Sachin is responsible for designing the Open Source & AI strategy for the CSDI at Shell. He dons two hats as he has a degree in law & engineering, he has previously held positions such as Open Source counsel, Evangelist & IP analyst with HPE, HERE Technologies & Honeywell respectively... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
D204
  OSPOCon

15:35 CEST

Confirming Safety of IAM Specifications and Their OSS Implementations: Keycloak as a Case Study - Takashi Norimatsu, Hitachi, Ltd.
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
G106
To securely deploy an identity and access management product implementing authentication & authorisation specifications like OpenID Connect 1.0 and OAuth 2.0 respectively, we need to ensure that the specifications are safe, the product correctly implements the specifications, and the product does not contain any vulnerabilities specific to the specifications. Methods for checking these points are formal analysis, conformance testing, and vulnerability testing, respectively. However, developers are not usually familiar with them. Based on the speaker’s investigation on academic research, the speaker describes them in a straightforward way.

The speaker is a maintainer of Keycloak, identity and access management open source software, CNCF incubating project. Therefore, the speaker will use Keycloak as a case study and explain how the specifications that Keycloak implements are verified to be secure and how Keycloak is verified to be compliant with the specifications.

The audience could gain insight into how to ensure that the identity and access management product they use or develop is secure.
Speakers
avatar for Takashi Norimatsu

Takashi Norimatsu

OSS Specialist, Hitachi, Ltd.
Takashi Norimatsu, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering, Senior OSS Specialist, Hitachi, Ltd. is a maintainer of Keycloak, IAM OSS and CNCF project. He has been implemented and contributed security features like Financial-grade API (FAPI) security profiles, W3C WebAuthn/Passkey... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 15:35 - 16:15 CEST
G106
  Standards & Specifications

16:30 CEST

Remote Core Power Management in AMP Systems - Akashdeep Kaur, Hari Nagalla & Kendall Willis, Texas Instruments
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
Elicium 2
Power management in heterogeneous SoCs with multiple asymmetric multi processing cores running different operating systems needs a coordinated approach to attain SoC level low power states.

In order to choose a suspend to RAM mode, requirements from applications running on co-processors need to be communicated and honored.

This talk shall cover how the Linux remoteproc driver should implement the system suspend resume functions that will coordinate with firmware running on a remote core during suspend and resume of the system.

This talk will give attendees the understanding of what it takes for a heterogeneous SoC to leverage the remoteproc subsystem to implement graceful suspend and resume of remote cores.

We shall also look at the existing state of remoteproc driver in kernel, areas of improvements and optimization, and blockers we are facing in upstreaming suspend resume functionality in the TI’s remoteproc driver.
Speakers
avatar for Akashdeep Kaur

Akashdeep Kaur

Software Engineer, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Akashdeep Kaur is lead embedded engineer in Texas instruments. She mainly works in power management firmware that involves security and device management to handle low power sequences.
avatar for Hari Nagalla

Hari Nagalla

Staff Software Engineer, Texas Instruments Inc.
Embedded software engineer at Texas Instruments Inc.
avatar for Kendall Willis

Kendall Willis

Software Engineer, Texas Instruments
Kendall Willis is an Embedded Software Engineer working at Texas Instruments. She primarily focuses on power management in ARM SoCs by enabling various low power modes in the Linux kernel.
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

16:30 CEST

Private To Open Source Through InnerSource: IKEA's Journey To Open Source - Shanmugapriya Manoharan & Supriya Chitale, IKEA
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
Auditorium
Launching an open source initiative within a company is more than just publishing source code. It involves shift in mindset to foster a culture of openness, gaining support from leadership, establishing governance policy and infrastructure to facilitate it. In this talk, we will share how our OSPO enabled teams to take their first steps to open source, from internal advocacy to successfully publishing their repositories. We will dive into the key challenges like promoting a collaborative-development mindset, leadership buy-in and bringing enablement teams together to set up necessary process ensuring security. We will share the strategies that worked - teaming up with the right pilot team, building InnerSource maturity internally, recognizing contributors and maintainers of open source and innersource projects, gaining support from the leadership, conducting events like InnerSource hackathon to spread awareness about reuse and co-creation. Whether you are looking to start an open source initiative in your organization or to improve existing processes, this talk will give you insights on innovative strategies that worked for us and that can be leveraged by other organizations too.
Speakers
avatar for Supriya Chitale

Supriya Chitale

Open Source Program Office Manager, IKEA
Supriya Chitale is currently working at IKEA as Open Source Program Office Manager. She has 20 years experience in software industry with specialization in topics related to Open Source and InnerSource. She is a parent to a teenager and in her free time, she loves to travel and learn... Read More →
avatar for Shanmugapriya Manoharan

Shanmugapriya Manoharan

Open Source Engineering Advisor, IKEA IT AB
Shanmugapriya is an Open Source & InnerSource SME, working as Engineering Advisor at OSPO, IKEA IT AB. She has 15+ years of experience in driving initiatives and projects including Open Source and InnerSource projects, while working in organizations like HPE and Dell Technologies... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

16:30 CEST

Video4Zephyr: From Basic APIs Towards a Full-fledged Video Subsystem - Phi Bang Nguyen, NXP Semiconductors
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
D203
Originally introduced in 2019, the Video4Zephyr (v4z) APIs provided a foundational interface for interacting with video devices in Zephyr. However, with minimal changes over the years, their limitations have become apparent—especially as video hardware grows more complex and camera-based applications become increasingly demanding.

This talk presents the current status of v4z, hightlighting recent improvements as well as sharing ongoing and upcomming works which turns the v4z from a simple driver API into a robust video subsystem. We’ll cover the devicetree video port/endpoint mechanism, a unified video control framework, enhanced buffer management, and support for memory-to-memory (m2m) devices, etc. These efforts aim to shift commont functionality and logic into the subsystem itself, significantly reduce the burden on driver developers - bringing the Zephyr’s video stack closer to a mature multimedia framework.
Speakers
avatar for Phi Bang Nguyen

Phi Bang Nguyen

Senior Embedded System Engineer, TechLead at NXP, NXP Semiconductors
I am currently an embedded system engineer and Multimedia IoT TechLead at NXP since 3 years. I am also an active collaborator of the Zephyr video subsystem. I am particularly passionate about image and video and was working on various related topics including computer vision, HCI... Read More →
Monday August 25, 2025 16:30 - 17:10 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit
 
Tuesday, August 26
 

09:00 CEST

Enhancing OpenAMP: Making Linux and Zephyr Work Better Together - Luliana Prodan, NXP Semiconductors
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D202
As hardware becomes increasingly complex with heterogeneous multi-core architectures, integrating rich OS environments like Linux with RTOS-based cores poses significant challenges. The OpenAMP framework, leveraging Remoteproc and RPMsg, facilitates communication between these diverse environments, but it still has some limitations.

This presentation will explore key challenges in using OpenAMP for multi-core systems and discuss solutions that have been proposed and implemented. Topics include address translation for shared memory and handling remote processor replies required by the host.

We will also dive into recent enhancements in both Linux and Zephyr that improve interoperability, ensuring seamless communication and synchronization between heterogeneous cores.
Speakers
avatar for Luliana Prodan

Luliana Prodan

Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors
Software Engineer at NXP, specializing in Sound Open Firmware, Zephyr, and Linux.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

09:50 CEST

Lightning Talk: Introducing the New Zephyr Stepper Driver API - Jilay Pandya, Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:50 - 10:00 CEST
D202
Agenda:

1. Discuss the motivation behind introducing the stepper driver API in the Zephyr Project.

2. Highlight how the community swiftly and constructively contributed to refining the API, resulting in a significantly improved version compared to the original proposal.

3. Provide a brief overview of how the RFC process within the Zephyr Project facilitates collaboration and garners attention from contributors.

4. Explain the features of the current Zephyr stepper API and its evolution over time.

5. Showcase the variety of driver support, ranging from basic GPIO-based drivers to advanced motion-control drivers.

6. Provide insights into existing samples and test suites designed to enable swift development and testing of new drivers using the Zephyr stepper API.


What are you hoping to achieve with your presentation?

1. Garner more attention for the Zephyr stepper API and encourage increased collaboration within the community.


What do you expect the audience to gain from your presentation?

1. An understanding of the typical RFC process in the Zephyr Project and its benefits.

2. Insights into the features available in the current stepper API and a preview of upcoming advancements.
Speakers
avatar for Jilay Pandya

Jilay Pandya

Software Engineer, Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
Embedded Software Engineer
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:50 - 10:00 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

09:50 CEST

How We Got DOOM Running on Zephyr (And Why You Should Try It) - Peter van der Perk, NXP Semiconductors
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
D203
In this talk, we'll guide you through the exciting process of porting DOOM to the Zephyr RTOS. We’ll begin by introducing PrBoom, the game engine used for this port. Next, we’ll explore the Zephyr native simulator, a powerful tool that eases the entire porting process by offering robust debugging, testing, and profiling capabilities. Finally, we’ll delve into Zephyr’s display and input subsystems, components for capturing input from various devices (ADC, GPIO, Touchscreen) and rendering game frames on a screen. Last, we'll showcase the port running on actual hardware the NXP MCXN MCU demonstrating how Zephyr and PrBoom come together to bring DOOM to life in an embedded environment. Whether you're an embedded systems enthusiast or a gamer, this session will showcase the versatility of Zephyr in handling a classic game like DOOM.
Speakers
avatar for Peter Van Der Perk

Peter Van Der Perk

Embedded Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors
I work at NXP Semiconductors in the CTO Systems Innovations team, applying expertise in system architecture, computer science, hardware design, and robotics. My tasks include software architecture, debugging, driver development, and middleware testing. I work with technologies like... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

10:20 CEST

Lightning Talk: A Reusable Zbus Based Architecture, Abstracting Core Application Components - Jaco Liebenberg, Plentify
Tuesday August 26, 2025 10:20 - 10:30 CEST
D202
Porting our products to Zephyr and a common microprocessor presented the opportunity to move to a higher proportion of common reusable code across devices. We present for community use and comment our architectural approach to developing a reusable Zephyr application code base.

We have leveraged zbus to create a standardised interface for inter thread communication, and a layer of zbus listeners (what we call a link layer) to enable our communication, UI, and system control to be reusable across products.

The approach is somewhat analogous to micro-services, in that our applications now each consist of ~5 independent services/modules. Each service delivers a specific independent function, and uses zbus to interface with the rest of the system in a common manner. But this is as far as the analogy goes. The choices were driven by a strong desire for maintaining a separation of concerns and modularity. So far it has proven itself to enhance testability, debugging, and to support significant code reuse and therefore maintainability of multiple code bases.
Speakers
avatar for Jaco Liebenberg

Jaco Liebenberg

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer, Plentify
I am an Electronic engineer, specializing
Tuesday August 26, 2025 10:20 - 10:30 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:00 CEST

Granite Guardian: Safeguarding Large Language Models Against Risks - Shalini Harkar, IBM
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
TBA
IBM is dedicated to promoting Responsible AI by equipping developers with cutting-edge tools that improve fairness, transparency, and accountability of AI systems. In line with this effort, this session is designed to introduce Granite Guardian, an open-source suite of AI models that allow developers to monitor AI systems, mitigate bias, and comply with regulations. Granite Guardian is not just an open-source suite of AI models; it is a comprehensive AI governance framework, a strategic enabler for creating responsible, transparent, and compliant AI at scale. Attendees will leave this session with knowledge of AI governance and a set of tools that allow them to create, launch, and manage AI responsibly. Whether they are developers who already embed ethical AI behaviour into their designs, or industry leaders aligning with ethical and regulatory guidance, this session will empower them to create scalable, not just sustainable, AI.
Speakers
avatar for Shalini Harkar

Shalini Harkar

Shalini Harkar , Lead AI advocate, IBM, IBM
Shalini is an Lead AI advocate at IBM. With an overall experience of 12 years in AI space she has spearheaded multiple research and pioneering enterprise solutions enabling technology adoption at scale. As a committed Granite Advocate, she champions Responsible AI, fostering awareness... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
TBA
  Digital Trust

11:00 CEST

Bootloaders Under Fire: Real-World Threats and Practical Defenses - Ahmad Fatoum, Pengutronix
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
Elicium 2
Bootloaders play a critical role in securing embedded systems, especially when implementing verified boot.

But while much attention goes into the cryptographic boot chain and run-time security, other parts of the bootloader are often overlooked — leaving a key component of the system exposed.

This talk outlines practical steps to harden a bootloader against different real-world threats.

Topics include identifying security-critical functionality, avoiding common pitfalls, slimming down the TCB and what kinds of hard- or software misconfiguration can silently undermine your defenses.

Along the way, we’ll use barebox as a practical example to show complementary approaches — like applying fuzzing to core logic, adding runtime hardening, and securely handling unlock scenarios — as well as how these could have mitigated a number of recently reported vulnerabilities.

Attendees will learn how to reduce risk during early system startup and improve the overall security posture of their embedded systems.
Speakers
avatar for Ahmad Fatoum

Ahmad Fatoum

Embedded Linux Developer, Pengutronix
Ahmad joined the kernel team at Pengutronix in 2018 to work full-time on furthering Linux world domination. He does so by helping automotive and industrial customers build embedded Linux systems based on the mainline Linux kernel. Having a knack for digging in low-level guts, his... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:00 CEST

Status of Embedded Linux - Tim Bird, Sony Electronics & Marta Rybczynska, Ygreky
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D201
In this talk, Marta and Tim will give an overview of updates with Linux in the embedded space that have come about in the past year. We will discuss recent developments in the Linux kernel that are of interest to embedded developers, which may include topics such as filesystems, networking, tracing, real-time, power management, security, testing and more. We will also talk about community, industry and legal news related to Linux in embedded systems, including things like the status of major processor architectures, projects at the Linux Foundation, and other relevant community projects. It is hoped that through this talk, developers can learn about changes to the kernel, or initiatives in the industry that might benefit their own embedded Linux development. Come to this session and find out what's new with embedded Linux!
Speakers
avatar for Tim Bird

Tim Bird

Principal Software Engineer, Sony Electronics
Tim Bird is a Principal Software Engineer for Sony Corporation, where he helps Sony use Linux and other open source software in their products. Tim is the organizer of the Linux Boot-Time Special Interest Group and is involved with various Linux Foundation projects (including being... Read More →
avatar for Marta Rybczynska

Marta Rybczynska

Technical Program Manager, Security Team, Eclipse Foundation/Ygreky
Marta Rybczynska has a network security background, with 20 years of experience in Open Source. She has worked with embedded operating systems like Linux and various real-time OSes, and with system libraries and frameworks up to user interfaces. She has been involved in various Open... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:00 CEST

Three Decades in Kernelland - Jonathan Corbet, LWN.net
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G102-103
The Linux kernel project has been going for well over 30 years. From its beginnings on floppy diskettes and beige boxes through to its current home in pockets and unseen data centers, the kernel project has been a constant exercise in rapid development and adaptation. I have been present for almost all of the kernel project's history as an observer, contributor, maintainer, and more; all that experience will be boiled down into a fast-moving tour of how the kernel got to where it is, what makes it successful, and what may be coming next.
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan Corbet

Jonathan Corbet

Executive editor, LWN.net
Jonathan Corbet is the kernel documentation maintainer, co-founder of
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

11:00 CEST

Local AI for Developers - Raymon S, SBB
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G109
In a world where cloud-based AI solutions dominate the tech landscape, the power and flexibility of local AI are often overlooked.

This session will showcase how you can leverage open-source AI models to streamline your development workflow, improve data privacy, and reduce costs. We’ll explore tools like Ollama, LM Studio, and Open Web UI to replace Github Copilot and ChatGPT on your local machine.

Through hands-on demonstrations, you will learn how to integrate these tools into their daily tasks, making your development process more efficient and secure.

Whether you are a developer or tech enthusiasts, this session will provide practical tips you can apply directly.

Speakers
avatar for Raymon S

Raymon S

Tech Lead, SBB
As a JavaScript developer, I specialize in Vue.js, Nuxt.js, and other JavaScript frameworks. I also have a strong focus on AI and team leadership. Passionate about mentoring and personal development, I share my journey and insights at byrayray.dev.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

11:00 CEST

Enabling Open Source From Within a Retail Company - J. Manrique Lopez, Inditex
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G107
Inditex's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) shares its experience in fostering and publishing open source projects from within a global fashion retailer. This session delves into our recently released projects, born from solving unique engineering challenges at the intersection of retail, logistics, and technology.

We'll provide a look at the hurdles encountered – adapting internal processes, navigating legal and compliance landscapes, and cultivating an open source mindset within an organization where software development has become increasingly more important to its operations. Learn about the key open source tools (e.g., for CI/CD, security scanning, license management) that were instrumental in streamlining our publication workflow.

Furthermore, we will discuss the ongoing challenges and future roadmap focused on enhancing the developer and contributor experience for our projects, aiming to build sustainable communities. This talk offers insights into the pragmatic steps taken and lessons learned while establishing OS practices in a "non-tech" company, encouraging attendees to explore both our journey and the resulting open source contributions.
Speakers
avatar for Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente

Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente

OSPO Manager, Inditex
Manrique is the manager of the INDITEX Tech OSPO and a passionate advocate for free, libre, and open source software development communities. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and has significant experience in R&D (IT Center of the Principality of Asturias, W3C, Ándago... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G107
  OSPOCon

11:00 CEST

CoffeeCaller – a Fully Open Source Product Development Example - Andreas Kurz, TiaC Systems & Stefan Kraus, Independent
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D202
CoffeeCaller is an embedded device designed to coordinate coffee breaks between colleagues across an entire building. What began as a fun, free-time idea turned into an exploration of different product development approaches within the constraints of hobby time and budget. The goal wasn’t just to build something functional, but to try out techniques that could scale—from quick iterations to structured hardware-software integration.

We will show our journey from the idea to the finished project, that started with a simple proof of concept to validate the approach, followed by parallel development of hardware and software: While one created a custom hardware design in KiCad, the other development the actual application with Zephyr RTOS at the same time. We describe how we created the device tree as a bridge between both, keeping things modular and maintainable. We first implemented BLE Mesh for communication, later transitioning to openthread for broader connectivity. The entire project, including hardware and firmware, is open source.
Speakers
avatar for Andreas Kurz

Andreas Kurz

Software Engineer, TiaC Systems
Software Engineer for the day job, Electrical Engineer in the free-time. Doing microcontroller projects as a hobby.
avatar for Stefan Kraus

Stefan Kraus

Senior Software Engineer, Independent
With nearly 10 years of experience in Software Development, I am especially interested in ensuring reliability and quality in software products. Right now, especially working in the medical and cyber security field
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:00 CEST

Mirror and Control Android Phone With Zephyr on I.MX RT1170 - Phi Bang Nguyen & Trung Hieu Le, NXP Semiconductors
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D203
Mirroring and controlling a smartphone via a vehicle’s screen enable hands-free access while ensuring comfort and safety. Existing solutions like Android Auto or CarPlay require high-end MPUs and rich OSes. In this talk, we demonstrate a lightweight and low-cost alternative using the i.MX RT1170 MCU running Zephyr RTOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVt0pZxM8Xg

The Android phone captures its screen, compresses it in MJPEG, and streams it to the MCU. On the Zephyr side, we use ffmpeg for video decoding and send touch events to the phone. Despite no hardware decoder, we achieved 11 fps with 100–200 ms latency. MJPEG was chosen over H.264 for its better performance. Upcoming MCUs like the i.MX RT2660/RT2770 with MJPEG/H.264 hardware decoders will boost this further.

We are currently transitioning to Wi-Fi for a fully wireless set-up and offloading camera-based gesture control to the smartphone for hands-free controls. Finally, to inject touch events into Android without root access, the Android application needs to be launched in a shell by ADB from a laptop. We're working on porting ADB to Zephyr to automate this process for a seamless, plug-and-play user experience.
Speakers
avatar for Phi Bang Nguyen

Phi Bang Nguyen

Senior Embedded System Engineer, TechLead at NXP, NXP Semiconductors
I am currently an embedded system engineer and Multimedia IoT TechLead at NXP since 3 years. I am also an active collaborator of the Zephyr video subsystem. I am particularly passionate about image and video and was working on various related topics including computer vision, HCI... Read More →
avatar for Trung Hieu Le

Trung Hieu Le

Embedded Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors France
Phd in the domain of image and video compression, I am currently working at NXP, contributing to the development of drivers for display and camera on the company's embedded MCU.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:55 CEST

Cloud Native IoT: OTA Updates and Device Repurposing With K8s - Anastassios Nanos & Charalampos Mainas, Nubis PC
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Emerald Room
This session presents an open-source system for integrating resource-constrained IoT devices like ESP32-based MCUs into k8s-managed environments. It covers secure device onboarding using Entity Attestation Tokens (EATs) and OpenDICE, where devices generate cryptographic identities from hardware-embedded secrets and attest their state during registration and OTA updates.

Devices are discovered using Akri, which exposes them as addressable Kubernetes resources. Firmware is built and packaged as OCI artifacts, stored in standard registries, and deployed via a k8s "FlashJob" operator that lives alongside the Akri framework. Upon deployment, prior to joining the cluster, devices are onboarded and validated via Akri's discovery handler. When repurposed, devices are validated again, to ensure end-to-end attestation of both hardware and software components.

The session focuses on concrete mechanisms for OTA management, hardware-rooted identity, and distributed execution targeting constrained systems under k8s control.
Speakers
avatar for Anastassios Nanos

Anastassios Nanos

Systems Researcher, NUBIS PC
I am a Researcher in Computer Systems and I am currently working on the lower-level parts of the stack to attack issues related to performance, scalability, power-efficiency and security in hypervisors.
avatar for Charalampos Mainas

Charalampos Mainas

Systems Software Engineer, Nubis PC
Charalampos Mainas is a systems engineer who is very interested in virtualization technologies and operating systems. His main focus is on finding ways to improve the performance and scalability of lightweight VMMs. Moreover, he has considerable experience with unikernel stacks, porting... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Emerald Room
  Cloud & Containers

11:55 CEST

Bridging Worlds: Using Device Tree Overlays To Support Complex PCI Devices in Linux - Hervé Codina, Bootlin
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Elicium 1
To support complex PCI devices, a new solution landed in Linux kernel (v6.13). It allows to describe hardware within a PCI device using a Device Tree (DT) overlay, taking advantages of the DT such as modularity, clarity, and wide driver support.

The Linux kernel provides a rich set of drivers for hardware blocks found in System-on-Chips (SoC). These drivers typically rely on DT descriptions. Some of those blocks appear in PCI devices. Instead of adapting drivers to the PCI context, why not having PCI devices working in a DT context?

The first driver using this feature is the driver for the Microchip LAN966x PCI device. The LAN966x SoC was already supported in the kernel, with Linux running on its ARM cores. Drivers exist for all its hardware blocks. The PCI device version is made from the SoC version where CPU cores have been replaced by a PCI endpoint. Using a DT overlay for PCI devices allows to reuse existing drivers without any modification.

This talk will delve into motivations and use cases behind this feature, followed by a dive into the implementation. We will present challenges encountered, how they were addressed, and what this means for future PCI device support.
Speakers
avatar for Hervé Codina

Hervé Codina

Embedded Software Engineer, Bootlin
Hervé is an embedded Linux engineer with 20 years of experience, who joined Bootlin in 2021.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:55 CEST

Understanding Data Races in the Linux Kernel - Abhirup Vijay Gunakar, Arizona State University
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G104
Data races in the Linux kernel can lead to unpredictable behavior, silent data corruption, and severe security vulnerabilities. In this session, we’ll explore how concurrency works in the kernel, explain the root causes of kernel data races, and illustrate how they can silently destabilize entire systems.

We’ll then dive into the Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN), a specialized tool that helps developers detect data races in kernel code. You’ll learn how KCSAN differs from user-space tools like ThreadSanitizer (TSan), understand its dynamic instrumentation approach, and see how to read typical race reports. We’ll also discuss best practices for preventing kernel data races: consistent use of spinlocks, mutexes, atomics, and lock ordering conventions.

By the end of this talk, you’ll grasp the core challenges of concurrency in the Linux kernel, know how to spot and diagnose data races using KCSAN, and walk away with proven techniques for keeping kernel code race-free and reliable.
Speakers
avatar for Abhirup Vijay Gunakar

Abhirup Vijay Gunakar

Systems Security Researcher, Arizona State University
Abhirup Vijay Gunakar is a Systems Security Researcher at Arizona State University, focused on kernel-level concurrency, data-race detection, and serverless architectures. He has explored advanced debugging strategies to enhance the reliability of multithreaded systems including the... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G104
  Linux

11:55 CEST

Building Agentic AI Systems: From Transactions To Conversations - Richard Li, Amorphous Data
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G109
Traditional software is built around transactions—predictable inputs and outputs. But agentic AI systems are different: they’re conversation-driven, adaptive, and capable of reasoning over time. In this talk, we’ll break down what makes AI systems "agentic" and the key components required to build them. You'll learn about the three essential stacks—training, inference, and runtime—and dive deep into what makes an agentic runtime work: durable execution, memory, agent lifecycle orchestration, and tool use. Finally, we’ll explore the open-source ecosystem powering agentic AI systems, including popular open source projects such as vLLM, LangGraph, and AutoGen, and explain where they fit in the agentic stack.
Speakers
avatar for Richard Li

Richard Li

Principal, Amorphous Data
Richard Li is an AI expert, helping companies rethink their business models to thrive in the age of intelligent systems. Previously, he was founder and CEO of Ambassador Labs, the Kubernetes infrastructure company. He has held a variety of strategy, product, and corporate development... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

11:55 CEST

Linux Foundation Initiatives Supporting the Implementation of the EU Cyber Resilience Act - Mirko Boehm, The Linux Foundation & Christopher Robinson, OpenSSF
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Auditorium
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has been adopted, and the new obligations for manufacturers and open source software stewards will come into effect in 2026 and 2027. This joint session between Linux Foundation Europe, LF Research, and the OpenSSF will describe how the Linux Foundation is seizing the opportunity for an improved state of the union in cybersecurity that the CRA offers, and is steering necessary adaptations for the benefit of our members, projects, and contributors.

Specifically, this session will describe CRA implementation progress, commencing with the Linux Foundation's stewards and manufacturers workshop in December 2024, new working groups at the OpenSSF, and research projects, to provide guidance and raise awareness within our ecosystem. It will end with an interactive panel discussion where questions about the impact of the CRA on our collaborative development efforts will be addressed.
Speakers
avatar for Mirko Boehm

Mirko Boehm

Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe, The Linux Foundation
Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop, the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. He is a visiting lecturer and researcher... Read More →
avatar for Christopher Robinson

Christopher Robinson

Security Lorax, OpenSSF
Christopher Robinson (aka CRob) is the Chief Security Architect for the Open Source Security Foundation. With over 25 years of Enterprise-class engineering, architectural, operational and leadership experience, CRob has worked at several Fortune 500 companies with experience in the... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

11:55 CEST

Adventures of Building a Platform as a Service for the Government - Hans Kristian Flaatten, Norwegian Government & Audun Fauchald Strand, Nav
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G105
Who said that Government Tech has to be boring? In Norway the largest administration has been using Kubernetes for over 7 years! StatefulSets had just been introduced (alpha) and RBAC was still in beta. During this time we moved from quarterly releases to thousands of continuous releases each week across our fleet of cloud native applications!

Could we replicate the success we had at NAV for other agencies? Could we provide them with a fully managed platform as a service to let them focus on building new and innovative services for their users and not reinventing the wheel by building yet another platform?

In this session Audun and Hans Kristian will share their experience building and operating one of the largest platforms of its kind in Norway providing a fully fledged application development platform for more than a 100 product teams. And how they set an ambitious goal of being able to provide their platform as a service to other agencies.
Speakers
avatar for Hans Kristian Flaatten

Hans Kristian Flaatten

Platform Engineer, Norwegian Government
CNCF Abassasor, Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud, Grafana Champion and Platform Engineer at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV) working on NAIS - a platform built to increase development speed by providing the best experience to build, run and operate appl... Read More →
avatar for Audun Fauchald Strand

Audun Fauchald Strand

Priincipal Engineer, Nav
Principal Engineer at NAV. Worked for FINN.no before that. Loves to increase developer speed and make developers happy.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

11:55 CEST

OSS Management & OSPO Ask Anything - TODO Steering Committee - Ana Jiménez Santamaría, Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation; Stephen Augustus, Bloomberg; Ashley Wolf, GitHub; Alice Sowerby, Rosmarin Ltd; Annania Melaku, NGINX part of F5
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G107
In this session, members of the TODO Steering Committee will assist the audience through the best practices, guides, and tools made by and for open source managers to help them in their day-to-day responsibilities, as well as share their first-hand experiences and lessons learned in building and operating OSPOs. The session will also open the conversation with the community about the evolving role of OSPOs in strategic organizational areas such as managing the AI tech stack, strengthening software supply chain security, and building long-term engagement with open source communities, foundations, and projects that are critical to achieving organizational goals.

Additionally, attendees will learn how to connect with the TODO Group – the largest global OSPO community – and explore mentorship opportunities in their local regions.
Speakers
avatar for Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Ana Jiménez Santamaría

Project Manager , Linux Foundation, Developer Relations Foundation
Ana is the Project Manager at the Linux foundation TODO Group collaborative project, whose aim is to create and share knowledge on open source management and operations best practices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia, a Software Development Analytics firm, and she has finished her... Read More →
avatar for Ashley Wolf

Ashley Wolf

Director, Open Source Programs, GitHub
Ashley Wolf is the Director of Open Source Programs at GitHub. She runs initiatives and programs to empower developers to be successful with open source. She is also passionate about helping companies participate in the open source community. Prior to joining GitHub, Ashley led the... Read More →
avatar for Stephen Augustus

Stephen Augustus

Technical Architect, Office of the CTO, Bloomberg
Technical Architect, Office of the CTO at Bloomberg
avatar for Alice Sowerby

Alice Sowerby

Director, Rosmarin Ltd
Alice is an open source leader and program manager with 15+ years in B2B tech, spanning cloud native, AI/ML, and DevOps. She has built teams and developed leaders across startups, SMEs, and Fortune 500 companies, earning a reputation for visionary, collaborative leadership. Currently... Read More →
avatar for Annania Melaku

Annania Melaku

Technical Program Manager, NGINX part of F5
Annania Melaku is a Technical Program Manager on the Community Team at NGINX, where she focuses on open source strategy and community programs. With a background in software, she brings experience from industries including defense, telecom, and tech. Annania is passionate about building... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G107
  OSPOCon

11:55 CEST

Bridging Safety and Architecture: Zephyr’s Path To IEC 61508 Compliance - Tobias Kästner, inovex GmbH & Simon Hein, Open for Everything 
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
D203
This talk outlines our ongoing efforts to achieve safety certification according to IEC 61508. While the audience is technically skilled, the specifics of safety standards might be unfamiliar. We will explore why software architecture is paramount (IEC 61508 mentions it more than 50 times) and discuss the difference between architecture and its documentation. We'll also clarify the distinction between project and product documentation, and the crucial relationship between safety and security. The talk will then shed light on some Zephyr-specific challenges, such as managing feature models via Kconfig and the implications of in-tree code generation scripts for our safety approach. We will provide an overview of our current state, including the now established coding guidelines and where we are at with implementing traceability mechanisms. Finally, we will take a look on the impact this certification effort will have on the project's future direction, emphasizing its importance for wider adoption in safety-critical applications. Our aim is to foster a clear understanding of the work involved and its significance, helping Zephyr grow as a leader in safety-critical systems.
Speakers
avatar for Tobias Kästner

Tobias Kästner

Solution Architect Medical IoT, inovex GmbH
A physicist by training, Tobias Kaestner has always been fascinated by the intersection of the physical with the digital world. His professional career started as a SW team lead in a medical device start-up and since then he has served a couple of roles for 15+ years in this industry... Read More →
avatar for Simon Hein

Simon Hein

Embedded software engineer, Open for Everything
I started in the automotive embedded space where safety was always a topic after that i changed to the industry automation sensor section where i was invold in different acceleration sensor and encoder development. In the last position I was involved in the Zephyr project for 3 years... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

13:00 CEST

Zephyr Functional Safety BOF - Nicole Pappler, AlektoMetis
Tuesday August 26, 2025 13:00 - 13:40 CEST
TBA
This session will first give an introduction and update of the current safety activities and then provide a place for interested folks to meet, ask and discuss questions and open topics.
Speakers
avatar for Nicole Pappler

Nicole Pappler

Senior Safety Expert, AlektoMetis
Nicole has worked in different projects developing safety relevant embedded software before starting as an independent assessor. 
Tuesday August 26, 2025 13:00 - 13:40 CEST
TBA
  Zephyr Developer Summit

14:10 CEST

OSPO Data Pyramid - Cali Dolfi, Red Hat
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:30 CEST
G107
When Red Hat’s OSPO started to invest in data science efforts for insights into project health, many in the company were energized. In this talk, Red Hat OSPO’s lead data scientist Cali Dolfi will discuss the journey towards educating decision makers about how examining OSS community ecosystems could inspire new strategies and initiatives.

The table will be set with an introduction of Red Hat’s OSS DS ecosystem and explain how it builds on Red Hat’s legacy of, and lessons learned from their OSPO’s long history.

This talk will inform how structured data and data science methodology sufficiently supports the OSPO “food pyramid”:

Base level: open source communities- strategic involvement and proactive and informed initiatives around invested communities

Middle level: cross organizational collaboration - building trust and connections with data-backed claims

Top level: C-suite- Open source community and OSPO alignment with corporate strategy

The OPSO Data Pyramid will go from theory to application with a live demo of the 8Knot dashboard. Participates will leave with a better understanding of how to help their company better understand the OSS communities they engage and invest in.
Speakers
avatar for Cali Dolfi

Cali Dolfi

Senior Data Scientist, Red Hat
Cali Dolfi is a Data Scientist in the Open Source
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:30 CEST
G107
  OSPOCon

14:10 CEST

An Opinionated Overview of Open-Source Robotics - Mateusz Sadowski, Weekly Robotics
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Elicium 2
In this session, I’m going to give an overview of the open-source ecosystem. I will start very broad, showcasing a selection of projects per category (simulators, middleware, autopilots, libraries and some selected open-source robots). For example, for simulators I’d show Gazebo, Webots, MuJoCo, pyrobosim, ir-sim. For the middleware, I would showcase ROS, YARP, DORA, Copper, and so on.

Then, I would like to focus on one or two hardware projects that are fully or partially open-source, and dive deep into their architecture, and perhaps try to show some simulated demo. The candidates for the deep dive that I'm considering for this presentation are:

* Astrobee (https://github.com/nasa/astrobee)

* Int-ball2 (https://github.com/jaxa/int-ball2_simulator)

* SO-ARM100 (https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/SO-ARM100) + LeRobot (https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot)

*Open-Duck Mini (https://github.com/apirrone/Open_Duck_Mini)
Speakers
avatar for Mateusz Sadowski

Mateusz Sadowski

Robotics Consultant , Weekly Robotics
I work as a robotics consultant and specializing in ROS, mobile robots, and drones.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:10 CEST

Implementing Bluetooth LE Audio & Auracast on Embedded Linux Systems - George Kiagiadakis, Collabora
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D201
Bluetooth LE Audio and its Auracast feature represent the next generation of wireless audio technology. LE Audio enables efficient, high-quality sound transmission designed for modern use cases, while Auracast introduces one-to-many audio broadcasting capabilities that open up exciting possibilities in delivering novel listening experiences.

This talk will discuss the practical implementation of these technologies on embedded Linux systems using open source software that is available today. Specifically, it will focus on BlueZ, the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack, and PipeWire, the standard audio server on modern Linux systems that implements connection to Bluetooth audio devices, among several other things.

Attendees will gain practical insights into integrating LE Audio and Auracast on embedded platforms, along with an overview of the current support status and key challenges.
Speakers
avatar for George Kiagiadakis

George Kiagiadakis

Principal Software Engineer, Collabora
George Kiagiadakis is a principal software engineer at Collabora, with over 14 years of experience in open source and embedded multimedia projects in particular. He is the author and maintainer of WirePlumber, a modular session manager for PipeWire, and has worked extensively with... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:10 CEST

From Backlog To Breakthrough: How FreeBSD and Bitergia Tackled 7k+ Bugs With Data-Driven Dashboards - Alice Sowerby, Rosmarin Ltd; Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar & Miguel Ángel Fernández Sánchez, Bitergia; Moin Rahman, The FreeBSD Project
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Auditorium
Every open source project has bugs—but what happens when you have more than 7k bug reports? The FreeBSD Project, a popular Unix-like OS that’s 30+ years old, faced a mounting backlog that risked overwhelming its contributors and users alike. Closing issues at random or based on age wasn’t an option. Instead, as part of work contracted by Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency, the FreeBSD Foundation teamed up with Bitergia to build a smarter solution.

This panel discusses how the team used the OSS tool GrimoireLab to create customized dashboards to visualize FreeBSD’s Bugzilla backlog in new and actionable ways. You'll hear how metrics like the Backlog Management Index (BMI) and new bug categories like "unattended" and "abandoned" helped the team move from firefighting to focused bug triaging. We’ll also talk about technical challenges, like deploying GrimoireLab on FreeBSD itself, and the broader impact of contributing new features back to the CHAOSS open source community.

Whether you're drowning in bugs or just love data-driven engineering, this session shares practical tips, reusable metrics, and open source tools to improve bug management. Bring your questions—we’re excited to chat!
Speakers
avatar for Miguel Ángel Fernández Sánchez

Miguel Ángel Fernández Sánchez

Data Analyst and Consultant, Bitergia
Data Scientist passionate about the open-source ecosystem & CHAOSS Contributor
avatar for Alice Sowerby

Alice Sowerby

Director, Rosmarin Ltd
Alice is an open source leader and program manager with 15+ years in B2B tech, spanning cloud native, AI/ML, and DevOps. She has built teams and developed leaders across startups, SMEs, and Fortune 500 companies, earning a reputation for visionary, collaborative leadership. Currently... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar

Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar

CEO, Bitergia
Daniel Izquierdo is a researcher and co-founder of Bitergia and currently holding the position of CEO, he is focused on the quality of the data, research of new metrics, analysis and studies of interest for Bitergia customers via data mining and processing. Daniel earned a PhD in... Read More →
avatar for Moin Rahman

Moin Rahman

Contributor, The FreeBSD Project
FreeBSD contributor responsible for release engineering, reproducible build infrastructure, automated CI/CD pipelines, and distributed cluster administration across globally deployed systems. He leads Cybermancer Infosec, a consultancy focused on Zero Trust OS pipelines, artifact... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

14:10 CEST

Identifying Safety Weaknesses and Fault Propagation in the Linux Kernel - Igor Stoppa, NVIDIA
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D204
Given the growing desire to use the Linux kernel in safety-relevant applications, like automotive, it is necessary to perform analysis and tests which are a staple of Functional Safety, but fairly new to Open Source Processes.

One of these is the injection of failures aimed at identifying data structures that might be particularly relevant from a safety perspective. This includes types of failures that would not lead to an immediate, clean crash, but rather to more subtle system degradation, that might be identifiable only when safety goals are compromised.

The methodology, and design presented constitute a tool that can be used to advance the understanding of what it entails to use Linux in safety applications. It could even be plugged into the regular upstream kernel post-release process, so that whenever a new Linux release is tagged, the tool will provide data related to how the new release behaves, when subject to controlled corruption.
Speakers
avatar for Igor Stoppa

Igor Stoppa

Principal SW Safety Architect, NVIDIA
Igor is a SW Safety Architect with NVIDIA, working at improving safety and integrity of the Linux kernel for critical automotive applications.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D204
  Safety-critical Software

14:10 CEST

Test Strategy for Zephyr - Maciej Perkowski, Nordic Semiconductor
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D203
In the dynamic world of software development, a well-defined test strategy is very important for ensuring quality and reliability. The Zephyr Project's testing activities have evolved organically to address immediate needs, however it lacked a formalized strategy. As the testing working group we developed a strategy that not only codifies existing practices but also covers new challenges, requiring a shift in our testing paradigm.

During the talk I will present the key elements of our strategy, like its objectives, main testing principles, roles and responsibilities, and other elements it is addressing. I will show how we plan to navigate the complexities of modern testing landscapes with a focus on effectiveness of the testing cycle without compromising the robustness and quality of the Zephyr Project.
Speakers
avatar for Maciej Perkowski

Maciej Perkowski

Senior R&D Engineer, Nordic Semiconductor
I completed a Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics, where I was responsible for developing and maintaining a prototypical particle detector and its software. It raised my interest in software development and the process of testing and QA. I am working at Nordic Semiconductor, where... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

15:05 CEST

Containers Live Migration: What’s There, What’s Missing, What’s Next? - Daniel Simionato, ControlPlane
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Emerald Room
Moving a running workload from one host to another transparently without disrupting its execution flow (“live migration”) is a solved problem for virtual machines, but still poses challenges for containers.

Current checkpoint and restore functionalities in both Kubernetes and LXD are somewhat limited or not completely fleshed out, and moving containers from one host to another involves either spinning up new replicas or stopping and restarting the containers, which is undesirable for stateful workloads like databases, machine learning or deep learning jobs.

Projects like CRIU (https://criu.org/Main_Page) and DMTCP (https://github.com/dmtcp/dmtcp) propose different approaches to offer checkpointing and restore functionalities in containers, but there is still no streamlined solution in LXD and Kubernetes.

In this lightning talk, we’ll go over the current state of the art, with a quick demo of what’s currently available, describing what’s missing and what will be the future developments to achieve seamless container live migration.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Simionato

Daniel Simionato

Cloud Native Engineer, ControlPlane
Daniel Simionato is currently a Cloud Native Engineer at ControlPlane. Tinkerer at heart, he spent the majority of his career in a terminal tending or architecting Linux systems and Kubernetes clusters. When he’s not pressing keys in front of light boxes, he enjoys climbing and... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Emerald Room
  Cloud & Containers

15:05 CEST

NGNFS: Designing a High Performance File System - Ric Wheeler, Versity Software
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G102-103
Modern NVME storage devices and networks present an opportunity to rethink how distributed file systems are built. NGNFS is designed to support high performance for the largest collections of data.

This talk decribes the key uses for this kind of file system, the high level design of NGNFS and gives an update on the progress of the project.
Speakers
avatar for Ric Wheeler

Ric Wheeler

VP of Engineering, Versity Software
Ric works at Versity Software as the VP of Engineering. In the past, Ric has worked at IonQ on quantum computers, Meta's Reality Lab on devices and lead Red Hat's file & storage teams.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

15:05 CEST

The Power of the Command Line - How Bash Can Boost Your Productivity - Werner Fischer, Thomas-Krenn.AG
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G109
Most Linux users use it every day: the bash shell. While Linux newbies only sporadically access the command line (terminal), their familiarity with it increases with continued use.

However, very few people take advantage of the sheer power of the bash. A basic understanding of the Bash grammar will help you get started: from simple commands, pipelines (|), lists, to compound commands, coprocesses, shell function definitions.

The Bash is incredibly versatile.

Quoting, for example, is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters or words to the shell. Values can be stored in parameters - of which there are several: positional parameters, special parameters, shell variables (e.g. $BASH, $LANG, $PATH, ...), arrays. Functions, arithmetic evaluation, conditional expressions and exit status are features often used in Bash scripts. Last but not least, shell bulletin commands are also part of the bash feature list.

Join Werner's talk and discover many possibilities for your favourite shell that you may have only dreamed of.
Speakers
avatar for Werner Fischer

Werner Fischer

Product Manager, Thomas-Krenn.AG
Werner studied computer and media security in Hagenberg and then worked at IBM for two years, where he wrote two Redbooks with colleagues. He has been working in the Linux area at Thomas-Krenn.AG since 2005. His previous roles include HA clusters, devops, 3rd level support, security... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G109
  Open Source 101

15:05 CEST

Navigating Compliance: What Developers Can Learn From Driving - Kadi McKean & Charlie Jones, ReversingLabs
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G105
When driving on a highway, you have to follow the rules of the road—some apply to everyone, while others only apply to commercial drivers. Open source maintainers and software publishers face a similar divide regarding regulatory compliance.

While software manufacturers must meet extensive legal and security obligations, open source maintainers often assume these regulations do not apply directly to them—but do they? In this talk, we’ll separate fact from fiction by breaking down what rules like the EU Cyber Resilience Act require from maintainers versus software vendors.

We’ll explore the limited enforceable obligations for open source projects, including secure development policies and vulnerability reporting, and discuss when (if ever) these rules impact maintainers. By understanding these distinctions, open source contributors can make informed decisions about risk, responsibility, and collaboration with commercial software teams—without unnecessary compliance burdens.
Speakers
avatar for Kadi McKean

Kadi McKean

Community Manager, ReversingLabs
Kadi is passionate about the DevOps / DevSecOps community since her days of working with COBOL development and Mainframe solutions. At ReversingLabs she collaborates with developers and security researchers to help entities prioritize their open source risk, reduce technical debt... Read More →
avatar for Charlie Jones

Charlie Jones

Director of Product Management, ReversingLabs
Charlie is a Software Assurance Evangelist with 7 years of experience in providing strategy and transformation services for cyber security, third party risk, and IT audit programmes of both Fortune and FTSE 100 companies across all 3 lines of defence. Charlie specializes in helping... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

15:05 CEST

Security, Privacy & Authenticity on the Web - Daniel Appelquist, Samsung Open Source Group
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G106
In an era of growing concerns over misinformation, surveillance, and data breaches, building a more secure, private, and authentic web has never been more critical.

In this talk, I'll explore the current state of web security, privacy, and authenticity, focusing on key efforts shaping the future of the open web. You'll hear about the latest work in W3C, including advancements in privacy principles, ethical web guidelines, web developer security guidelines, all aimed at creating a more secure, trustworthy, and user-centric web. You'll also learn about how emerging standards like Content Credentials (C2PA) may revolutionize the way we verify the authenticity of digital content, helping to combat misinformation and ensure transparency in the information we consume online.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Appelquist

Daniel Appelquist

Open Source Strategist, Samsung
Dan Appelquist is Open Source Strategist at Samsung Open Source Group. He is a web & mobile industry veteran and long-time participant and leader in open source and open standards. He has been co-chair of the W3C Technical Architecture Group for the last twelve years and has recently... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G106
  Standards & Specifications

15:05 CEST

Cortex-M(etal): Hyper-optimized Zephyr-Friendly Context Switching for a Mature Architecture - Andy Ross, Google
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D202
Sometimes performance matters. Sometimes legacy code can use a rewrite. Sometimes the lowest layers of the system need maintenance too. This is a deep dive on a rework to the ARM Cortex-M thread, interrupt and context switch layers, showing off induustry-leading performance and some of the advantage of cleaner "Modern Zephyr" architecturual choices.
Speakers
avatar for Andy Ross

Andy Ross

Software Engineer, Google
Andy is a long-time Zephyr kernel contributor, and the author of much of the scheduler, SMP, and timer subsystems and the Xtensa architecture.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

15:05 CEST

Testing Zephyr Bluetooth Devices at Scale - Donatien Garnier, Blecon Ltd
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D203
Testing Bluetooth applications at scale is crucial but often complex due interoperability requirements and the difficulty of reproducing real-world scenarios in the lab. At Blecon, we've established a robust approach to verifying our Bluetooth firmware built on Zephyr, addressing the challenges that arise when scaling from development to production-level quality assurance.

In this session, we’ll share practical insights from our team’s experiences, including how we constructed a scalable test farm using nRF52840 dongles and implemented in-band tracing to capture performance data from field devices. We’ll also explore point characterisation techniques, from Bluetooth sniffers to RF test chambers, and highlight where simulation fits in to accelerate testing workflows.

Attendees will learn how they can use these approaches to improve reliability, accelerate development cycles, and enhance overall system visibility in their Zephyr Bluetooth devices.
Speakers
avatar for Donatien Garnier

Donatien Garnier

Co-Founder, Blecon Ltd
Donatien Garnier is an accomplished technology leader and innovator with over a decade of experience in embedded software, Linux and mobile development with an IoT focus. As co-founder of Blecon, Donatien has been instrumental in building Blecon’s Bluetooth to Cloud product.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

16:20 CEST

Lightning Talk: Reliable Recovery in Partitioned Embedded Systems Using IVSHMEM and Jailhouse Hypervisor - Paresh Bhagat, Texas Instruments
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 16:30 CEST
Elicium 1
In industrial and real-time embedded environments, system uptime and fault recovery are mission critical. This proposal explores a lightweight and effective technique for crash detection and recovery using Inter-VM Shared Memory (IVSHMEM) within the Jailhouse hypervisor. By continuously sharing heartbeat or health status between the root cell and inmate (guest OS) via shared memory, the system can quickly detect unresponsive partitions and trigger recovery mechanisms like automated restarts without a full system reboot. We demonstrate this approach on TI SITARA EVMs, showing how it minimizes downtime without a full system reboot. Through this talk, I aim to share a reusable pattern for enhancing system reliability and show how open-source virtualization can be leveraged for resilient industrial applications. Attendees will gain insights into partitioned system design, shared memory communication, and recovery strategies for embedded systems. I hope to receive feedback on enhancing this approach and hear from others solving similar reliability challenges in embedded systems.
Speakers
avatar for Paresh Bhagat

Paresh Bhagat

Embedded Software Engineer, Texas Instruments
I am an Embedded Software Engineer at Texas Instruments with nearly 3 years of experience in developing and integrating solutions for embedded Linux systems. My work spans across multiple areas including Hypervisor like Jailhouse, custom Linux build systems using Buildroot and Yocto... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 16:30 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

16:20 CEST

Lightning Talk: Integrating and Extending Battery Health Preservation Support in Linux - Jelle van der Waa, Red Hat
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 16:30 CEST
G102-103
Since GNOME 48, users can now on a limited set of hardware configure battery health preservation by setting charge limits. This works by setting a start and stop charge limit to prevent trickle charging or always charging the last X% of the battery preventing unneeded wear when they are mostly used plugged in to external power.

In this talk the existing sysfs API is explained, its limitations and the implementation of a new API (charge_types) to support specific Dell laptops and move other laptops over from non-standard sysfs API's to a new API which applications like UPower will use to offer battery health preservation to more models.
Speakers
avatar for Jelle van der Waa

Jelle van der Waa

Software Engineer, Red Hat
Jelle started contributing to Open Source by helping package software in Arch Linux, and since then has been involved in various software projects. By day works on Cockpit for Red Hat, as side project hacks on the kernel / user space, reproducible builds and Arch Linux as Develop... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 16:30 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

16:20 CEST

Bridging Worlds: Implementing OpenStack Support for NixOS - Stefan Kober, Cyberus Technology GmbH
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G001-002
This talk presents our approach to integrating OpenStack cloud infrastructure with NixOS, addressing a significant gap in development workflows for OpenStack Nova.

Our primary motivation was to simplify testing and development processes by leveraging NixOS' declarative and reproducible environment capabilities. We'll demonstrate how our implementation uses NixOS modules to create deterministic OpenStack deployments where components - particularly the Nova compute and the Neutron network service - are defined as NixOS modules within the Nix expression language. This approach eliminates configuration drift during development cycles and enables developers to quickly reproduce specific environments.

We'll share practical insights from our implementation journey, highlighting how this integration streamlines OpenStack development workflows through consistent test environments and easy service configuration manipulation. We'll discuss the qualitative improvements in developer experience and outline future directions for expanding NixOS support across the OpenStack ecosystem.
Speakers
avatar for Stefan Kober

Stefan Kober

Software Engineer, Cyberus Technology GmbH
Stefan is a software developer from Germany with a background in systems programming and virtualization. He studied computer science at the BTU Cottbus and joined Cyberus Technology after finishing his master thesis.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G001-002
  Cloud & Containers

16:20 CEST

Your Containers Aren’t Alone: Demystifying Container Isolation - Marina Moore, Edera
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Emerald Room
How do you know your container workloads aren’t being viewed or altered by other workloads running in the same environment? Many technologies promise to isolate workloads from each other, but what do these technologies actually do, and which one is right for your workloads? In this talk we will discuss why people use multi-tenency to run containers from multiple users in the same cluster, the risks of multi-tenency, and what we can do about these risks. We will survey technologies with different levels of container isolation, from relying on namespaces to using virtual machines to using separate hardware. Each level of isolation is right for some use cases, so we will discuss the pros and cons of each. You’ll come away with a new understanding of how you can keep containers secure from each other and an understanding of the tradeoffs of various container isolation technologies.
Speakers
avatar for Marina Moore

Marina Moore

Research Scientist, Edera
Marina Moore is a Research Scientist at Edera. She is a maintainer of The Update Framework (TUF), a CNCF graduated project that provides secure software update and delivery. She is also a chair of CNCF's TAG Security where she contributes to security assessments and whitepapers, as... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Emerald Room
  Cloud & Containers

16:20 CEST

Producing a Complete Linux System With a Single Command (and Configuration File) With Yocto - Alexander Kanavin, Linutronix
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D201
The Yocto project is a toolkit for creating custom Linux distributions for the embedded use cases. Historically it has not provided tools and standards for setting up and replicating build configurations in a reproducible manner, leaving that to third party projects and custom scripts. In the past few months this has been changing, and many of the pieces are now available out of the box in oe-core/poky, or are under review. This talk will give an overview of what is available and how it can be used to both write a record of how to build a complete system, and to replicate that build elsewhere with that record. It will also cover parts that still need to be added, and possible future directions for build configuration management.
Speakers
avatar for Alexander Kanavin

Alexander Kanavin

Software Engineer, Linutronix
Alexander is an open source developer specializing in distribution engineering using vendor-neutral tooling and userspace stacks. He is one of the primary contributors to the Yocto project and has an interest in developing foundations of digital infrastructure in a sustainable ma... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

16:20 CEST

Data Placement in Linux: Evolving Block and File I/O - Kanchan Joshi, Samsung Semiconductor
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G104
As technologies evolve, so must Linux. Flexible Data Placement (FDP) is a new storage capability that gives the host more influence over the physical data layout—crucial for improving performance, usable space, and overall energy efficiency.

While initial Linux support was possible through an io_uring-driven passthrough interface, many real-world deployments require block and file path support, as well as collaboration across the I/O stack.

This talk will present the current state in Linux, dive into key design decisions, and walk through how both block and file I/O paths are being adapted to better take advantage of data placement. Expect discussion around the use of per-file and extended per-I/O interfaces that involve io_uring, filesystems, the block layer, and the NVMe driver.

Whether you are developing filesystems, optimizing performance tools, or are simply curious about how Linux keeps up with evolving hardware, this presentation offers a glimpse into the next stage of I/O evolution with deeper software–hardware coordination.
Speakers
avatar for Kanchan Joshi

Kanchan Joshi

Kanchan Joshi, Samsung Semiconductor
Kanchan is a upstream kernel developer, and his current work revolves around adding advancements in the Linux I/O stack. He has presented at OSS, SDC, LPC, and regularly presents at LSF/MM and upstream forums. He has engaged in system-software development across operating systems... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G104
  Linux

16:20 CEST

Travel Retail Disruption Using Open Source - Stu Waldron, Open Travel Alliance
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Auditorium
Travel retail, shopping and booking stays, activities, or trips, is ripe for disruption using open source. Fifty years on from its inception, the process of shopping and purchasing travel products has been computerized and exposed online but works largely the same as it always did. Even as some legacy components have been replaced, their limitations are still present embodied in workflows and policy. Stateful, transactional, processing is still the order of the day. It all needs to be overhauled to move into a stateless, cloud based, digital world. Travel retail is unaffordable in its current form, open source is the obvious answer. As a community, make one investment to create the needed foundational capabilities such as offer/order management, security, identity management, event management, rules processing and much more. Noncompetitive functions everyone needs to create traveler solutions such as end to end trip solions and management via an AI powered app. The Open Travel Alliance is working with the Linux Foundation to form the Open Travel Foundation. This session will explain how this new foundation will transform travel retail.
Speakers
avatar for Stu Waldron

Stu Waldron

Director, Open Travel Alliance
44 years in travel IT. From Mainframes in the 70s to microservices and cloud exploitation. Recently a VP of architecture for a major travel IT provider.
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

16:20 CEST

Open Source Is a Sewer - Powen Shiah, Sovereign Tech Agency
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G105
Who maintains the software components everyone uses? Without open source libraries, protocols & tools, the world would grind to a halt. When it comes to sewers, roads & bridges, the government pays. For bits & bytes? There's a German phrase: digitale Daseinsvorsorge.

Who builds and maintains the sewers under our feet? The government! The same goes for the trains we ride and the roads we walk on. When we ask these questions about the basic components that underpin our world's digital infrastructure, the answer is very different. It's Daniel for curl, Piotr, Christian & Volkan for Log4j, a small team for Fortran, Sarah for Nominatim, Richard at Yocto and countless other maintainers.

At a time when software is eating the world, these foundations are terrifyingly precarious. We hope we're paying the right people to do the critical work of maintaining/securing these systems. Is it possible for governments & nations to help secure this public digital commons without running roughshod over the sprawling ecosystem of FOSS communities that created it?

As governments provide education, clean water and transport in the public interest, they can invest in digital services and open source.
Speakers
avatar for Powen Shiah

Powen Shiah

Communications Lead, Sovereign Tech Agency
Powen handles communications at the Sovereign Tech Fund, highlighting the importance of open source digital infrastructure and the government's role in supporting it in the public interest. He’s worked in product marketing, communications, and internationalization in technology... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

16:40 CEST

Tuning Linux for Embedded Space Applications - Simon Corbin, CNES
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:40 - 16:50 CEST
Elicium 1
Space is a hostile world, requiring many precautions to be taken when embedding software in a spacecraft. Historically, this results in hardware targets embedding chips that are qualified and tolerant to the environment (radiation in particular), but rather old, expensive and produced in small batches.

The expansion of “New Space” has democratized the use of COTS, considerably increasing available onboard computing power and opening up new ways of embedding applications in satellites.

While it can be tedious to port an application onboard (limited to C language, restricted memory and computing power, limited user community...), using Linux minimizes the effort involved in porting an algorithm onboard. However, the world of on-board space applications requires compliance with numerous rules and standards. This presentation aims to provide an overview of the challenges involved in using Linux onboard a space system.

The aim is to give an overview of how we make embedded software at CNES and how Linux can take us to new dimensions. The following topics will be discussed regarding embedded Linux for space applications :

- Real time aspects

- Reliability

- Processes segregation
Speakers
avatar for Simon Corbin

Simon Corbin

Embedded software engineer, CNES
I'm a software engineer with 6 years experience in the space industry. For the past 4 years, I've been interested in on-board software for space vehicles. More recently, I've been working on configuring Linux to make on-board applications easier and faster while maintaining a high... Read More →
Tuesday August 26, 2025 16:40 - 16:50 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference
 
Wednesday, August 27
 

09:00 CEST

Linux Power Management Features & Their Interactions, Part 2 - Théo Lebrun, Bootlin
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 2
Over time, many features have been introduced into the Linux kernel to tackle various Power Management related needs. Most features rely upon the device model to provide its features, making each feature in isolation have rather understandable behavior and straight forward APIs. Complexity can creep in however when those various features interact with each other.

Breadths is so wide that it takes two talk to cover features. This is a continuation talk expanding on last year's.

Topics targeted are system-wide suspend wakeup sources, device & generic power domains, the concept of latency tolerance (QoS), async PM and others.
Speakers
avatar for Théo Lebrun

Théo Lebrun

Embedded Linux engineer & trainer, Bootlin
Théo joined Bootlin as an intern, studying the potential applications for the PipeWire ecosystem to embedded topics. He then went onto kernel work: deep suspend-to-RAM support for a TI automotive SoC and upstreaming of base platform support for Mobileye hardware. Théo also acts... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:00 CEST

Software ISP FOSS Support for MIPI Cameras - Hans de Goede, Red Hat & Bryan O'Donoghue, Linaro
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D201
Many recent Windows (on ARM and x86) laptops have replaced the standard UVC USB camera module with a raw MIPI camera-sensor using a CSI receiver and ISP in the CPU to process the raw data into an image (and on smartphones this has been the norm for ages).

Supporting these cameras under Linux is an ongoing challenge. At FOSDEM 2024 a solution using a software ISP running on the CPU was presented as a solution to get these cameras to work with a fully opensource stack.

This talk will look at where support for MIPI cameras using the software ISP is at now, 1.5 years later, mainly focusing on the ubiquitous x86 laptops using cameras connected to Intel's IPU6.

Depending on ongoing work this will include a demo of recent developments such as running the software ISP on the GPU and the first FOSS color-corrected images from an IPU6 attached sensor with the color calibration done using all FOSS tools.
Speakers
avatar for Hans de Goede

Hans de Goede

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Hans de Goede is a FOSS developer and enthusiast with 20 years of experience. He is a maintainer for the kernel’s x86 platform drivers subsystem.
avatar for Bryan O'Donoghue

Bryan O'Donoghue

Software Engineer, Linaro
Embedded developer, Dublin/Europe
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:00 CEST

Zephyr Workbench: Open Source Zephyr Extension for VSCode - Roy Jamil, AC6
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D202
Zephyr Workbench is an open source Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extension. The purpose is to provide a "few-clicks" platform to manage Zephyr components. It is designed to simplify and accelerate the workflow for building Zephyr applications by automating the setup process (especially on Windows), importing Zephyr SDK, and managing West workspaces, thereby dramatically reducing the barrier to entry for developers of all levels. Whether you’re launching your first Zephyr project or working on a sophisticated multi-board application, this extension provides intuitive configuration wizards and seamless integration with built'in debugging tools.

Furthermore, Zephyr Workbench ensures reproducible builds and rapid turnaround times while effectively managing the projects. Its integrated one-click flashing and debugging feature that supports most West runners, including OpenOCD, J-Link, PyOCD, STLink, and Linkserver. The tool also offers a visual interface that executes West commands, streamlining the process of managing Zephyr projects from creation to deployment, while also providing easy access to memory reports and configuration tools, SPDX and more.
Speakers
avatar for Roy Jamil

Roy Jamil

Training Engineer, AC6
Roy Jamil, with a PhD in the field of Asymmetric Multiprocessing (AMP) and real-time embedded systems, has over six years of experience as a Training Engineer at Ac6. He trains hundreds of engineers annually. His experience includes programming, Linux, drivers, Yocto, and various... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:00 - 09:40 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

09:50 CEST

A Journey To the Secure World of OPTEE From the Non-secure World of Linux - Manorit Chawdhry & Keerthy Jagadeesh, Texas Instruments
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
Elicium 2
OP-TEE is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) that serves as a companion to a non-secure Linux kernel running on an Arm processor. It operates on the secure side of ARM TrustZone and is one of several open-source operating systems compatible with it.

In this talk, we will explore

- Basics of TrustZone and basic introduction of OP-TEE

- Different types of trusted applications(TA) that OP-TEE provides

- Example usecases of TAs and which one to use for different usecases.

- Interaction of TAs ( and optee in general ) with the Linux

The talk will explain all this using an example application that allows writing and reading to/from the one-time programmable(OTP) efuses on Texas Instruments K3 platforms.
Speakers
avatar for Manorit Chawdhry

Manorit Chawdhry

Software Engineer, Texas Instruments
Manorit Chawdhry is a software engineer working at Texas Instruments in the Linux Core Product Development Team for Jacinto Processors. He primarily focuses on security for K3 devices and bootloaders.
avatar for Keerthy Jagadeesh

Keerthy Jagadeesh

Software Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments
Keerthy Jagadeesh is an ardent Linux developer team of the Texas Instruments and has been an active Linux contributor for the past 10+ years. He has worked on thermal management for TI SoCs, PMIC drivers, low power modes for AM437x SoCs. Maintains TI THERMAL DRIVER & maintains TI... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:50 CEST

From Raw To Refined: The Evolution of Raw Flash Support in Linux - Miquèl Raynal, Bootlin
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
Elicium 1
The Memory Technology Device (MTD) subsystem has come a long way from its early days of rudimentary flash support. As embedded systems have evolved, so too has Linux’s ability to manage and interface with raw flash memory devices — from parallel NAND and NOR to modern SPI-based variants.

While SPI NOR initially led the charge, the past few years have seen SPI NAND support in Linux grow rapidly, gaining robustness, better performance, and broader compatibility. But the story doesn't end there. Improvements across the MTD stack continue to shape how developers design with raw flash.

This talk takes a tour through the evolution of raw flash support in Linux: how we got here, what’s new, and what it means for future designs. Whether you’re maintaining legacy NAND systems or eyeing SPI NAND for your next embedded project, we’ll explore the practical impact of recent changes and what to expect next. Raw flashes might not be dead just yet — they’ve just gotten smarter.
Speakers
avatar for Miquèl Raynal

Miquèl Raynal

Embedded Linux and kernel engineer, Bootlin
Miquèl Raynal joined Bootlin in 2017 as an embedded Linux engineer. He is the
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

09:50 CEST

Zephyr RTOS: Under 1KB of RAM - Parthiban N & Karthikeyan Krishnasamy, Linumiz
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
D203
On a well-supported hardware platform/SoC, the typical RAM required to run simple applications like hello_world or blinky is around 1.5 KB with the default configurations. SoCs with RAM under 8 KB are common in single-purpose application use cases. With the recent announcement of the world’s smallest microcontroller from TI [1], featuring just 1 KB of SRAM, this coincidentally overlapped with our initial efforts to get the MSPM0 family series into the Zephyr RTOS upstream.

As of today, the smallest RAM where Zephyr can run is 2 KB, supporting UART and GPIO, which utilizes over 90% of the RAM. We often encounter the "FLASH/RAM overflowed by N bytes" error when attempting to get Zephyr working under 1 KB of RAM.

In this talk, we will share the challenges faced while running a useful use case application under 1 KB using Zephyr. Achieving this was made possible thanks to the small footprint of the kernel (i.e., 128 bytes). We will discuss what goes beyond GCC’s -Os and -Oz flags and how we managed to get true multitasking with I2C, SPI, and ADCs running, all while keeping current consumption under 2 µA.

[1]: https://bit.ly/42uSCC6
Speakers
avatar for Karthikeyan Krishnasamy

Karthikeyan Krishnasamy

Embedded Software Engineer, Linumiz
Karthikeyan, who has experience in embedded software development over 3 years, works at Linumiz and is principally responsible for board support and driver development for custom boards using Linux and Zephyr RTOS. He is contributor of Zephyr RTOS.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 09:50 - 10:30 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:00 CEST

Modernizing Resource Management in Embedded Systems Using eBPF - Michał Wilczyński, Samsung Electronics
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
Elicium 2
Embedded systems must carefully balance limited resources. This presentation shows how we used eBPF to improve resource management in TizenOS through two solutions: a new low-memory detection system and a dynamic cache tuner. Our eBPF-based low-memory detector significantly reduced false alarms while identifying problems earlier than traditional approaches. The cache tuner successfully improved I/O performance during disk-heavy workloads while automatically reducing memory pressure. Both solutions use eBPF to collect data with minimal overhead. Ill share implementation details, code examples, and test results to help others apply similar approaches to their embedded systems, contributing reusable patterns that can strengthen resource management across the embedded Linux ecosystem.
Speakers
avatar for Michał Wilczyński

Michał Wilczyński

Linux Kernel Enginner, Samsung Electronics
Michał Wilczyński is a Linux Kernel Engineer at Samsung, working on Tizen OS—where he gets to hack on the heart of smart devices. Before that, he spent time at Intel building networking drivers for the Linux kernel, and earlier in his career, he worked at Nokia and F5 Networks... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:00 CEST

The Secret Lives of OSS Designers: Understanding Designers Contributing To OSS - Eriol Fox, Superbloom
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G001-002
In October 2023 Superbloom.design published findings from 10-16 week diary studies reported by designers actively working on OSS contributions. The diary studies aim was to investigate some of the key questions relating to design in OSS and fill some of the larger systemic “gaps” of information from non-code contributors’ experiences in OSS. There is existing research about designers in open source, but it has focused on analysis of data on issue trackers or interviews with designers.

This session will cover an overview of the study, some of the key learnings and recommendations from Superbloom Designers on how to improve and progress design in OSS.
Speakers
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Eriol Fox

Senior Designer and Researcher, Superbloom
Eriol has been working as a designer for 10+ years working in for-profits and then NGO's and open-source software organisations, working on complex problems like sustainable food systems, peace-building and crisis response technology. Eriol now works at Superbloom design, research... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G001-002
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility

11:00 CEST

Europe-China Open Source: Digital Sovereignty & Sustained Collaboration - Yehui Wang, Huawei & Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar, Bitergia
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G105
In an era of geopolitical shifts, countries seek technological independence, with open source as a key strategy. While US/European developer density is well-known, their interconnections with China’s ecosystem remain under explored. This talk aims at providing an overview based on quantitative data of the evolution of the European and Chinese ecosystems. And give indicators of commonalities across both industries through potentially shared interests.

According to 2024 global open source data released by China's OpenAtom Foundation:

• Europe leads with 3M+ active developers (17.8% YoY growth), while China follows with 2.2M+ (24.05% growth).

• Europe dominates mature domains like OS (3.49M annual contributions) and front-end (9.59M), while China excels in emerging fields such as AI (+29.94% ) and semiconductors (+121.64%).

This is growing a non-exclusive and possibly complementary ecosystem of body of knowledge, tools, and processes where different parties can take advantage of.

This talk will share some thoughts on possible collaboration pathways including: technical synergies (trusted AI and compliance), policy alignments, and community coordination by lowering the barriers.
Speakers
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Yehui Wang

Open Source Data Analyst and Governance Expert, Huawei
Yehui Wang currently serves as an open source governance expert at Huawei Open Source Management Center. He also holds a position as a board member in the CHAOSS community and is a co-founder of the OSS-Compass community.
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Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar

CEO, Bitergia
Daniel Izquierdo is a researcher and co-founder of Bitergia and currently holding the position of CEO, he is focused on the quality of the data, research of new metrics, analysis and studies of interest for Bitergia customers via data mining and processing. Daniel earned a PhD in... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

11:00 CEST

The SBOM Era: Leaving No Open Source Project Behind With Osskb.org - Agustin Benito Bethencourt, Toscalix Consulting & Jeronimo Ortiz, SCANOSS
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G104
Creating complete, machine-readable SBOMs in standardized formats can be a significant burden for many open source projects, especially for resource-constrained, large integration efforts, projects dealing with complex dependencies, etc. Detection of undeclared dependencies and unwanted snippets is one of their main challenges.

This talk introduces osskb.org, a free of charge service by the Software Transparency Foundation (STF) designed to make accurate open source scanning accessible to all. Integrated as a back-end already by popular open source tools like FOSSology, ORT, FOSSLight, scanoos.py, or Theia, OSSKB.org detects open source files and code snippets against one of the largest open source knowledge bases, providing license information and without compromising user privacy.

The session will address key questions about STF's mission, governance and shareholders, it will walk attendees through the open source technologies behind osskb.org, and will demo how OSSKB.org works integrated with popular compliance tools and with pipelines.
Speakers
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Agustin Benito Bethencourt

Independent consultant, Toscalix Consulting
Agustín has guided projects, and organizations throughout the life cycle of OSS based products and services in different markets. He now works as an independent consultant, focused on helping organizations in two ways: applying advanced data analytics to production environments to... Read More →
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Jeronimo Ortiz

DevSecOps, SCANOSS
DevSecOps working at SCANOSS, passionate about helping organizations embrace DevOps culture and streamline processes
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
G104
  Operations Management

11:00 CEST

Insights Into the Safe Open Source Vehicle Core Project for SDV - Philipp Ahmann, Etas GmbH (BOSCH)
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D204
The Safe Open Vehicle Core (S-Core) project represents a collaborative code-first initiative between automotive OEMs and Tier suppliers developing a safety-certifiable middleware stack for high-performance control units in software-defined vehicles.

Since its foundation, the project has focused on documentation, software and testing heavily leveraging automated CI tooling and a docs-as-code approach that utilizes open-source tools including sphinx-needs, Bazel, and PlantUML. This presentation outlines achievements by 30+ contributors from 8+ companies and highlights currently available components.

S-Core aims for compatibility with POSIX-based OSes like Automotive Grade Linux or Zephyr. Complementary to the ELISA project, it focuses on achieving ISO 26262, ASPICE, and ISO 21434 compliance for upper layers beyond the operating system.

The talk details S-Core's roadmap and current achievements, identifies reusable tools for other projects, explains contribution processes for missing stack components, and provides information on its safety certification approach. It concludes with an outlook towards development plans for remaining 2025 and upcoming 2026.
Speakers
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Philipp Ahmann

Automotive OSS Process Lead, Etas GmbH (BOSCH)
Philipp Ahmann is a Senior OSS Community Manager at ETAS (a Bosch subsidiary), specializing in safety-critical automotive open source software. With 15+ years' experience in Linux automotive platforms, he has held roles from software engineer to project & line manager.He currently... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D204
  Safety-critical Software

11:00 CEST

From Code To Current: Reducing Energy Consumption in Zephyr - Fabian Pflug, On behalf of myself
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D203
When designing battery-powered sensor devices, optimizing the power consumption of all components is crucial. While many sensors offer low-power modes, the generic sensor interface in Zephyr may not always utilize these modes efficiently.

In this talk, I will provide an in-depth look at how Zephyr’s Power Management Subsystem works, how to integrate it into your device drivers, and how it can be used to further reduce power consumption.

Using examples such as a battery level sensor and I2C sensors, I will demonstrate various strategies to manage and minimize a sensor's energy usage. There are multiple approaches to integrating power management within the Zephyr operating system, and I will discuss how sensor characteristics influence which method results in longer battery life. Achieving optimal energy efficiency requires careful consideration of several parameters.

Additionally I will compare different MCU's and their influence on Power consumption and how Zepyhr enables a quick and easy way to switch and compare results on different platforms.
Speakers
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Fabian Pflug

Embedded Software Developer, On behalf of myself
Starting with optimizing power consumption in high performance systems, and training AI models for medical data Fabian Pflug has long since shifted to working with embedded systems. As a Zephyr contributor and embedded software developer for years he knows some of the caveats that... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:00 CEST

Zephyr as a Data Source: Tools and Practices - Dmitrii Golovanov, Intel Corporation
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D202
Zephyr Twister tool allows to apply data-driven approach in firmware development - with extended test data collection as input for trends visualization, performance impact and root cause analysis, anomaly detection, ML/LLM applications, etc.

This session provides an overview of the recently added Twister features for extended data collection as well as several use cases including Zephyr benchmarks, memory footprint, and test coverage analysis.

It should be interesting and insightful for a wide range of Zephyr practitioners: for vendors dealing with huge amount of test data from their CI pipelines as well as for individual contributors.
Speakers
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Dmitrii Golovanov

OS Development Engineer, Intel Corporation
Software Engineer with 30+ years of experience at telecom, networks, and fintech: middleware, data pipelines, ML applications, RTOS, telemetry, QoS.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:00 - 11:40 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

11:55 CEST

U-Boot in the Fast Lane: Developing a Safety Test Framework for Automotive Applications - Neha Francis, Texas Instruments
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
D201
This session presents a proposal for a Safety Test framework in U-Boot. We use the ongoing integration effort of a Built-In Self Test (BIST) driver as an example and dive into the challenges we face during upstreaming it. In systems with heterogeneous SoCs such as the Texas Instruments (TI) K3 family, U-Boot may be required to bootstrap not just Linux running cores but also other MCUs running safe operating systems. Running safety tests on these cores would mean drivers execute safety diagnostics both triggering HW tests e.g. BIST, POST, JTAG etc. as well as SW e.g. STLs and SDLs prior to booting the MCU. At present, lack of a clear, dedicated subsystem leads to categorizing safety-related drivers under misc/. While this is a convenient approach, it may not be scalable as safety use-cases and applications increase.

The need of such a framework would be inevitable following the increase in safety-driven automotive systems. It could become a useful precursor to enabling ELISA systems and starting safe RTOSes. It would also benefit systems using Linux ecosystems such as RedHat's In-Vehicle Operating System (RHIVOS). A Safety Test uclass framework would be proposed in this session.
Speakers
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Neha Francis

Embedded Software Engineer, Texas Instruments
Neha Malcom Francis is a Software Engineer working in Texas Instruments in the Linux Core Product Development Team for Jacinto Processors. Neha mainly works on U-Boot development along with assisting customer requirements.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

11:55 CEST

The Hidden Heroes: How Non-Technical Contributors Find Their Place in Open Source Communities - Miaolai Zhou & Lahari Chowtoori, AWS
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G001-002
In the open source world, while code contributions often take the spotlight, the ecosystem thrives on the crucial work of non-technical contributors. Through interviews with over 10 seasoned open source professionals in documentation, program management, and community building, we explore the vital role of non-technical contributors in open source ecosystems. Our talk delves into their emotional and professional journeys, from navigating code-centric communities to becoming essential project pillars.

We'll share authentic stories about overcoming imposter syndrome, achieving breakthroughs, and maintaining engagement despite challenges. The discussion examines how community dynamics and project structures influence non-technical contributors' experiences and success.

Drawing from these insights, we'll present practical strategies for project maintainers and community leaders to create welcoming spaces, develop inclusive contribution pathways, and foster long-term engagement with non-technical contributors. Whether you're leading an open source project or considering non-technical contributions, you'll gain actionable knowledge for building more inclusive and sustainable communities.
Speakers
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Miaolai Zhou

Program Manager, AWS
Mila is a passionate program manager at AWS, spearheading funding programs that provide vital resources to open source projects. Her unwavering commitment to empowering and supporting these communities fosters sustainability, drives innovation, and enables collaboration. She actively... Read More →
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Lahari Chowtoori

Technical Program Manager, AWS
Lahari Chowtoori is an AI enthusiast and Technical Program Manager at AWS, focusing on open source, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. With a background in Data Science and Machine Learning, she is passionate about democratizing AI knowledge and fostering community collaboration.She... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G001-002
  Equity + Inclusion + Accessibility

11:55 CEST

Panel DIscussion: NeoNephos: Building an Open Source Foundation for Europe's Digital Future - Ihor Dvoretskyi, Cloud Native Computing Foundation with Additional Panelists to be Announced
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Auditorium
In this panel discussion, founding members and leaders of the NeoNephos Foundation will share how their organizations drive open innovation through collaborative, vendor-neutral open source development. As a newly formed initiative announced at KubeCon London 2025, NeoNephos (neonephos.org) aims to support the creation of a resilient, interoperable cloud-edge continuum for Europe and beyond.

Panelists will share the story behind the launch of NeoNephos, what inspired its creation, and how it brings together industry, public sector, and open source communities to solve shared challenges. They will reflect on what it means to build a foundation from the ground up, the values driving the initiative, and how NeoNephos plans to support collaboration at the intersection of cloud, edge, and European digital sovereignty. The discussion will also highlight key projects hosted by the foundation—such as Project Gardener—and explore how panelists’ organizations contribute to and leverage these solutions to drive innovation within their ecosystems.
Speakers
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Ihor Dvoretskyi

Senior Developer Advocate, Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Ihor Dvoretskyi is a Senior Developer Advocate at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, known for his contributions to Kubernetes.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

11:55 CEST

Fixing the Watchdog: How Open Documentation Empowers Community-Driven Hardware Support - Andrew Halaney, Netflix & Eric Chanudet, Red Hat, Inc
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G106
Hardware documentation varies widely in quality and accessibility — ranging from treasured to frustratingly opaque. In this talk, we’ll introduce a framework for classifying types of hardware documentation and discuss their impact on enabling community-driven innovation.

We’ll showcase a real-world example of valuable documentation by exploring how Texas Instruments’ open documentation for the J784S4EVM empowered us to debug and fix its watchdog system. This process involved navigating multiple subsystems within the SoC, leveraging publicly available resources every step of the way.

Attendees will gain insight into how open documentation accelerates debugging, fosters collaboration, and enables independent hardware support. Beyond this case study, we hope to inspire vendors to embrace open documentation practices and encourage community members to prioritize documentation quality when selecting hardware.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/hqifchzwvzyexlcq6vfhlnrp3sixkgk23vau6o46k6einn5vee@gj5a53ee2gsi/T/#m7ecce818686b775105367e19e9548970c26c4427

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240911-j784s4-esm-enable-v2-0-957f56b588d9@redhat.com/
Speakers
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Andrew Halaney

Software Engineer, Netflix
Andrew is a software at Netflix, supporting Netflix's base OS as well as its kubernetes dataplane. He has experience in Linux systems, ranging from bring up for automotive infotainment systems to cloud servers running container workloads. He's upstreamed support for various hardware... Read More →
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Eric Chanudet

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat, Inc
I joined the Red Hat Automotive Kernel team in 2021 and worked on improving boot time to match the requirement of the Red Hat In Vehicle OS kernel as well as helped enable and support arm64 platforms for it.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 11:55 - 12:35 CEST
G106
  Technical Documentation

13:00 CEST

Zbus 2030: Community-Driven Directions for Zbus - Rodrigo Peixoto, Edge-UFAL/Citrinio
Wednesday August 27, 2025 13:00 - 13:45 CEST
D202
We invite you to join us in shaping the future of ZBus! Your ideas and perspectives are invaluable, and we genuinely want to hear them. Join us for a community-driven discussion about our strategic directions, and let’s work together to create something great.
Speakers
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Rodrigo Peixoto

Embedded Software Engineer, Edge-UFAL/Citrinio
Embedded Systems enthusiast and passionate surfer. Rodrigo has been the R&D Lead Embedded Systems Engineer at Edge Innovation Center since 2015. Professor at the Federal University of Alagoas since 2011. Co-founder at Citrinio. Zephyr bus maintainer (ZBus subsystem).
Wednesday August 27, 2025 13:00 - 13:45 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

14:10 CEST

Easily Generating Debian-Based Embedded Systems - Clara Kowalsky & Felix Mößbauer, Siemens AG
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Elicium 2
Debian ensures long-term stability and offers a wide range of packages that simplify software development. However, it lacks tools to efficiently create reproducible and customizable images as provided by Yocto. In this talk, we give an update on the open source build system Isar, which has been around since 2017 and combines the strengths of Debian and Yocto to create images for various x86, ARM64 and RISC-V boards.

Using the RPi4b as an example, we walk you through setting up the build environment, adding your application and flashing the image to the hardware. We illustrate new Isar features, such as the integration of the sstate cache. Furthermore, we give an outlook on enhancing your system with Secure Boot and Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware updates with swupdate, using the Isar layer from the LF Civil Infrastructure Platform project.
Speakers
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Clara Kowalsky

Linux Software Engineer, Siemens AG
Clara Kowalsky is working as a consultant software engineer in the Linux Expert Center at Siemens AG. She contributes to multiple inner-source and open-source projects, especially in the area of real-time (e.g., Xenomai) and embedded Linux tooling. She gives internal trainings on... Read More →
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Felix Mößbauer

Realtime Linux Expert, Siemens AG
Having a strong background in High Performance Computing, Felix is currently focusing on embedded Linux platforms for realtime applications. Hereby, he works across country and company boundaries to unify patterns that are recurring and mandatory for embedded products (like secure... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
Elicium 2
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:10 CEST

The Bootloader: An Underestimated Risk To Embedded Linux Security - Richard Weinberger, sigma star gmbh
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D201
As regulations like the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) drive the adoption of stronger security measures, features such as verified and secure boot are becoming increasingly common. Within this context, the bootloader plays a crucial role in establishing the chain of trust for embedded Linux systems. This talk will explore security vulnerabilities in popular bootloaders that can undermine the effectiveness of verified boot. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of these risks and learn practical techniques to mitigate them, ultimately improving the security posture of embedded devices.
Speakers
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Richard Weinberger

CTO, sigma star gmbh
Richard Weinberger is co-founder of sigma star gmbh where he offers consulting services around Linux and IT security.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

14:10 CEST

Why Further Development on Publiccode.yml Is Neccessary - Tom Ootes, developer.overheid.nl
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G105
My story/message/ problem statement would be:

- A cultural change needs to take place. Instead of building software themselves, organizations should first explore the landscape (open standards/existing projects).

- However, not all OSS projects are yet findable in the public sector/with suppliers.

- Also, much metadata available in repositories is not platform-agnostic (thus embedded in Gitlab/Github)

- The agnostic standard that solves this: publiccode.yml. We need to apply this standard but also invest in it/contribute to it. Only then will it become more usable.

- "Infrastructure-as-code" projects within the government are increasingly available as open source. Organizations like Kadaster and Wigo4IT are about to open source this. To make the Dutch Digital Infrastructure more sovereign, it is crucial that these open source infrastructure components are also made findable.

- The publiccode.yml standard is already being used by FR/DE and Brussels, so it's logical to invest in this standard. We will have to make all our initiatives easily findable/searchable! The quality regarding metadata needs to improve.

Besides this i would like to emphasize that working OSS is just more fun.
Speakers
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Tom Ootes

Developer Advocate, developer.overheid.nl
Has been working for the Dutch Government for in several roles. As a front-end dev for the Dutch Ministry of Health during covid building the Source Tracing Platform. Got interested in how developers co-operate within this government.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

14:10 CEST

Proactive Protection: Using AI To Safeguard Your Code and Supply Chain From Vulnerabilities - Meha Bhalodiya & Ruchi Pakhle, Red Hat
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G104
Step into a world where your code and supply chain is not just defended but dynamically shielded against digital adversaries. "Proactive Protection: Unleashing AI for Digital Fortification" immerses you in a riveting exploration of cutting-edge security tactics. Through captivating narratives and interactive simulations, delve into AI's transformative role in anticipating and neutralizing vulnerabilities before they strike. Discover how predictive algorithms, automated response mechanisms, and real-time threat intelligence converge to create a proactive defense ecosystem that adapts and evolves with your digital assets.

By the session's end, arm yourself with actionable strategies to infuse AI-driven resilience into your codebase and supply chain, ensuring a fortified digital frontier against ever-evolving cyber threats.
Speakers
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Ruchi Shrikant Pakhle

Software Engineer, Red Hat
Software Engineer @Red Hat | LFX Spring'22 @open-horizon | Open Source Developer @asyncapi | Python geek and AI developer in free time :D
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Meha Bhalodiya

Software Quality Engineer, Red Hat
A Software Quality Engineer at Red Hat, where I work with the OpenShift Container Platform team.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G104
  Operations Management

14:10 CEST

Open Source Unlocked: Smart Strategies for Maximising Efficiency & Impact - Avijit Biswas & Supriya Chitale, IKEA
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G107
In today’s fast-moving digital world, the pressure to innovate quickly and cost-effectively has never been greater. Open source holds incredible promise—not just as a technical solution, but as a strategic enabler of scalable, sustainable growth. Yet many organizations are still figuring out how to turn that promise into measurable impact.

At IKEA, we’ve reimagined how open source fits into our technology strategy. This talk will walk you through how we’ve reduced vendor lock-in, lowered costs, and improved flexibility by making smart, intentional choices about when and how to use open-source alternatives. It’s not just about cutting costs—it’s about creating value, building resilience, and staying in control of our digital future.

We’ll share real examples from our IT and AI journey, showing how open source can support both innovation and long-term sustainability—without compromising on quality or governance.

Key takeaways:

• How to align open-source adoption with strategic IT and AI goals

• Ways to drive cost-conscious product development at scale

• Lessons from reducing dependency on proprietary vendors

• Building resilient systems through proactive risk management
Speakers
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Avijit Biswas

Open Source SME, IKEA IT AB
I’m Avijit Biswas—known to most as Avi. I’m a passionate open-source professional and technology strategist with over 15 years of experience in digital transformation and secure software development. At IKEA, I co-lead initiatives like open-source strategy, secure software practices... Read More →
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Supriya Chitale

Open Source Program Office Manager, IKEA
Supriya Chitale is currently working at IKEA as Open Source Program Office Manager. She has 20 years experience in software industry with specialization in topics related to Open Source and InnerSource. She is a parent to a teenager and in her free time, she loves to travel and learn... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
G107
  OSPOCon

14:10 CEST

Building a Solarpunk Web: Open Source for a Sustainable Digital Future - Mike Gifford, CivicActions
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
TBA
We’re in a climate crisis—and the web isn’t off the hook. From energy-hungry AI to bloated, resource-intensive websites, our industry’s digital footprint is growing fast.

This talk explores how we can flip the script using open source tools to measure and reduce the carbon impact of our work. We’ll dive into practical ways to assess emissions, spotlight FOSS projects leading the way, and share actionable steps every open source project can take to help cut down energy use.

Together, we can build toward a solarpunk future—one where technology empowers a healthier planet and better lives for everyone.
Speakers
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Mike Gifford

Open Standards and Practices Lead, CivicActions
Mike Gifford is an open standards and practices lead at CivicActions and a thought leader on digital accessibility in the public sector. He is also a W3C Invited Expert and recognized authoring tool accessibility expert.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
TBA
  Wildcard

14:10 CEST

MIDI2 in the Real World With Zephyr - Titouan Christophe, Mind
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D202
Since the 1980s, the MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) protocol has been the leading standard for connecting digital instruments and controllers in live performances and digital audio workstations. In the last 5 years, a brand new revision of this protocol has been released, supporting multiple transports that adapt it to the modern world of high-speed bidirectional communications.

In this talk, we will first look at an overview of the MIDI2 protocol, what it improves on the former MIDI (1) version, how to define its topology, and what kind of data it conveys. We will then dive into practical considerations for developing a custom MIDI2 device, using Zephyr as an example development platform considering:

- USB-MIDI2.0

- Network MIDI2 (UDP based)

- Universal MIDI Packet (UMP) Endpoints discovery and dynamic configuration

- (Possibly) MIDI Capability Inquiry (MIDI-CI)
Speakers
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Titouan Christophe

Embedded Software Developer, Mind
Titouan is an embedded and backend developer who worked in remote railway vehicle monitoring and automated visual quality control for the manufacturing industry. He's been using FLOSS and contributing occasionally.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 14:10 - 14:50 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

15:05 CEST

Feasibility and Architecture of a Dual-Board Embedded System: Yocto & Zephyr Integration - Andrea Ricchi & Dario Binacchi, Amarula Solutions
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Elicium 1
In this presentation, we provide an in-depth look at our experience conducting an industrial feasibility study focused on a dual-board embedded system designed for communication over CAN bus. The system architecture consists of two boards, each with distinct operating environments. The primary board runs a Linux-based system that leverages Flutter for a responsive graphical user interface, while the secondary board operates on Zephyr RTOS, utilizing LVGL to deliver lightweight graphical functionality.

We walk through the complete development lifecycle of this system, beginning with hardware selection and bring-up, progressing through board support package (BSP) development, device tree configuration, and peripheral driver integration. We also discuss the differences in system architecture between Linux and Zephyr. We then analyze Flutter and LVGL, evaluating their suitability for embedded UI development, performance trade-offs, and integration strategies.

Attendees will gain practical insights into designing and evaluating industrial embedded systems while overcoming the challenges of multi-platform development and integration.
Speakers
avatar for Dario Binacchi

Dario Binacchi

Embedded Linux and kernel engineer, Amarula Solutions
With a thesis on DSP I graduated in Software Engineering in 2000, but above all I started my career in the embedded world, first on bare-metal systems and then on architectures with Linux operating systems.
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Andrea Ricchi

Embedded Software Engineer, Amarula Solutions
I am a software developer passionate about all the branches of technology; constantly approaching new technologies and new programming languages to improve my point of view about the great world of computer science.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

15:05 CEST

How and Why Do the Bad Guys Attack Embedded Products? - Marta Rybczynska, Ygreky
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D201
Unlike traditional IT systems, embedded devices are often physically accessible to attackers. This key difference shapes both the threats and the methods used to exploit them.

In this talk, Marta will explore the attacker's mindset and approach: what they see, how they think, and where they strike - using real-world examples from recent years. She will walk through physical interfaces, software stacks, and the often-overlooked organizational and social "features" that open the door to compromise.

Participants will learn how to map the attack surface of their own products and build a so-called "threat model" of their.

To wrap up, Marta will share practical recommendations to avoid the most common pitfalls - and reflect on what has (and hasn’t) changed since Jake Edge’s observations at ELC 2009.
Speakers
avatar for Marta Rybczynska

Marta Rybczynska

Technical Program Manager, Security Team, Eclipse Foundation/Ygreky
Marta Rybczynska has a network security background, with 20 years of experience in Open Source. She has worked with embedded operating systems like Linux and various real-time OSes, and with system libraries and frameworks up to user interfaces. She has been involved in various Open... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

15:05 CEST

Strategies for Rate Limiting Network Packet Ingress - Schuyler Patton & Daolin Qiu, Texas Instruments
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G102-103
A major concern of a network connected application on an embedded platform is reducing any impact from high network traffic that is unrelated to the running application. Typically, this is called network broadcast storms and network attacks. Rate limiting packet ingress is a key strategy in preventing high processor bandwidth consumption caused by a network storm. In general, rate limiting packet ingress implies intentionally dropping packets. In order to setup ingress rate limiting, several different options are possible. These options include evaluating the tc Linux utility (e.g. tc qdisc), eBPF, or simply adjusting the Ethernet PHY link speed. A demonstration of these three options in action and how they can be used to prevent high-rate ingress traffic from causing negative processor impact will be showcased. A comparison of the impact from using tc and eBPF will also be discussed. The overall goal is to use these options to drop ingress packets in order to minimize ARM microprocessor bandwidth.
Speakers
avatar for Schuyler Patton

Schuyler Patton

Systems and Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments
Schuyler Patton, a Member Group Technical Staff at Texas Instruments (TI), has extensive experience working on embedded Linux systems using ARM based Micro-processor devices (MPU). He has developed expertise in various end equipment system designs that require networking and various... Read More →
avatar for Daolin Qiu

Daolin Qiu

Systems and Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments
Daolin Qiu is an embedded systems application engineer at Texas Instruments (TI). Her focus areas are real-time networking and control applications using embedded Linux. She also provides technical support on low level Ethernet issues for TI customers using embedded Linux. She received... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

15:05 CEST

Digital Commons: Technological Building Blocks for European Digital Sovereignty - Nick Gates, OpenForum Europe & Mirko Boehm, The Linux Foundation
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Auditorium
European digital sovereignty has become one of the dominant narratives for the development of European public digital infrastructure. This panel will make the case that a Digital Commons approach provides scalable, open source alternatives that enhance choice and technical control, while providing viable options for policymakers implementing digital sovereignty initiatives.

In the session, technical experts will share examples of how initiatives like the proposed Open Internet Stack and EuroStack are creating amplification opportunities for developers. The session will explore proposed Technological Building Blocks – such as network infrastructure and identity frameworks – and show how Digital Commons mapped to these Building Blocks can be integrated into workflows.

In doing so, the session will show that Digital Commons projects enable true interoperability through open design, access, community governance, and APIs – essential elements for resilient and maintainable infrastructure. Participants will gain insights into leveraging these tools, understand patterns, and learn about European Commission funding mechanisms supporting open, sovereign infrastructure development.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Gates

Nick Gates

Senior Policy Advisor, OpenForum Europe
Nick Gates is a Policy Advisor at OpenForum Europe, where he leads OFE’s work on the NGI Commons initiative and manages projects related to open source research and policy. Nick has significant experience in digital government, particularly around open source, public financial management... Read More →
avatar for Mirko Boehm

Mirko Boehm

Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe, The Linux Foundation
Mirko Boehm is a free and open source software contributor, community manager, licensing expert and researcher, with contributions to major open source projects like the KDE Desktop, the Open Invention Network, the Open Source Initiative and others. He is a visiting lecturer and researcher... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
Auditorium
  Open Source Leadership

15:05 CEST

Freedom, Diversity, and Sovereignty: The Power of Open Source in Europe’s Digital Future - John Samuel, Seventh State
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G105
As the world grows increasingly fragmented, Europe stands at a digital crossroads. The loss of digital independence threatens its cultural, intellectual, and economic values. Post-Brexit, freedom of movement has been constrained—now, Europe risks a similar fate in the digital realm. Dependence on proprietary, foreign technologies undermines Europe’s digital sovereignty and its ability to shape its future.

This talk explores why Europe must invest in open-source software to preserve its freedoms, diversity, and identity in an evolving digital ecosystem. Open-source is more than technology—it’s a path to autonomy, reduced corporate dependency, and dynamic local markets that drive innovation. As software reshapes our lives, open-source ensures Europe’s digital landscape remains as diverse as the continent itself.

We’ll examine how open-source can counter AI’s global, generic biases by fostering systems that reflect Europe’s rich cultural tapestry. By embracing open-source, Europe can protect its digital future and core freedoms of movement, trade, and expression that define its identity. What does Europe stand to lose if it fails to invest in open-source technologies?
Speakers
avatar for John Samuel

John Samuel

Founder and Business Leader, Seventh State
John Samuel is a technologist and founder of Seventh State, a UK-based boutique consultancy specializing in Open Source. With clients like Bloomberg, Orange, Paychex, and Siemens, he has a long-standing passion for technology, dating back to the 80s. He enjoys dismantling and reassembling... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G105
  OpenGovCon

15:05 CEST

Navigating Uncertainty: Operational Risk Management in the Open-Source Sector - Eleni Katsoula, Collabora
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G104
As a consultancy working at the heart of the open-source ecosystem, Collabora operates in a landscape defined by constant change—technologically, economically, and organizationally. In this talk, we’ll explore how you can build operational resilience through intentional risk management, agile resource planning, and a deep understanding of the unique dynamics of working in this field.

We’ll look at how to balance the unpredictability of client pipelines, evolving upstream projects, and distributed collaboration with the need for sustainable business practices and delivery reliability. Drawing on principles of adaptive planning and lightweight risk frameworks, this session will offer practical approaches to identifying vulnerabilities, allocating resources effectively, and maintaining agility without losing focus.

Whether confronting fluctuating demand, evolving stakeholder landscapes, or macroeconomic uncertainty, open-source consultancies must rely on principles rather than predictions. This talk frames operational resilience as an emergent property of adaptive systems—rooted in flexibility, decentralization, and continuous feedback.
Speakers
avatar for Eleni Katsoula

Eleni Katsoula

Engineering Operations Manager, Collabora
I am a multilingual, internationally experienced executive & consultant, specializing in Business Operations, IT Management & Strategic Planning. With a strong background in engineering operations, business analytics, and financial planning, I help companies streamline processes... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G104
  Operations Management

15:05 CEST

Engineering Trust: Formulating Continuous Compliance for Open Source - Paul Albertella & Kaspar Matas, Codethink
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D204
Requirements are broken. High-level requirements are a wish list; stakeholders just make a list of features. Low-level requirements are a narrative; developers just describe what is implemented.

Formal process models see the dynamic nature of FOSS projects as a problem, but this can be a key part of their value. However, because requirements are broken, the intent and expectations that inform the software are often lost in the noise.

The Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (TSF) is a lightweight continuous compliance framework, designed as and for FOSS. It lets you organise and evidence your own objectives, not just those demanded by standards. As an open project, with only git as a prerequisite, it is also workflow-agnostic.

Its unique outcome is an automated, transparent and traceable body of evidence, quantified by a confidence score. This informs project decisions, such as where to focus future efforts, and enables consumers to evaluate their trust in the software.

We provide an overview of the TSF and examples of how it is applied. We then show how the model and methodology can be mapped to functional safety standards, to support certification and ongoing assessment.
Speakers
avatar for Paul Albertella

Paul Albertella

Consultant, Codethink
I'm passionate about software engineering processes and the role that open source software and communities are playing in their evolution. My current focus is on the Trustable Software Framework in relation to safety and the use of Linux and open source tools in the Automotive industry... Read More →
avatar for Kaspar Matas

Kaspar Matas

Software Engineer, Codethink
PhD in Computer Science from the University of Manchester researching FPGAs.
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D204
  Safety-critical Software

15:05 CEST

Documentation That Runs: Bridging Code, Prose, and Interactivity - Kailan Blanks, Fastly
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G106
Some developers like to study documentation, while others dive straight into their editor to start hacking on code — but what if documentation was the code? With today’s technologies it is more feasible than ever to blur the line between learning and building, by embedding live, editable examples directly into docs. Join me as I explore examples of interactive documentation from across the open source ecosystem and unpack five years' worth of lessons from building interactive docs for a developer platform.
Speakers
avatar for Kailan Blanks

Kailan Blanks

Senior Software Engineer, Fastly
As part of the Developer Experience team at Fastly, Kailan is responsible for customer-facing tooling and content. As part of his work, he maintains the Fastly Developer Hub and various open-source projects for Fastly’s serverless compute environment. Outside of work hours, he builds... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
G106
  Technical Documentation

15:05 CEST

Why Quantum Safe Encryption Is the Next Y2K, and How To Be Prepared - Joe Winchester, IBM
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
TBA
Client server computing relies on encryption algorithms to ensure that data sent across networks cannot be read, or faked, by untrusted parties. This is the rock on which financial computing works in a business to customer environment, as well as how data at rest is protected from malicious prying eyes reading our personal data.

This talk will cover the basics of how Diffe-Hellman encryption works, how symmetric and asymetric keys operate, as well as how all of this will soon become unsafe because of quantum computing. As well as showing the audience the basics (no maths degree required) this talk will show how quantum safe encryption is able to address this, and how folks can get wise and get started.
Speakers
avatar for Joe Winchester

Joe Winchester

Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
I work on open source projects around software tooling platforms. My current project is Zowe, which is part of the Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project where I am part of the leadership committee and an ambassador. Prior to Zowe I worked on Eclipse tooling and before that Java... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
TBA
  Wildcard

15:05 CEST

A Slice of Zephyr Pi! - Chris Boross, Raspberry Pi
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D203
Since the first Raspberry Pi boards were released in 2012, they have been used by hobbyists, educators and professionals all over the world, and pushed to their limits in space, on deserts and in the deep sea. With the introduction of the RP2040 and RP2350 microcontrollers over the past few years, Raspberry Pi entered the world of deeply embedded systems with some fresh ideas. The Zephyr community quickly set to work supporting this new hardware – and it hasn’t stopped since!

This talk will cover the current state of Zephyr support for Raspberry Pi microcontrollers, how we got here and how developers can contribute to further improvements. This includes working on building blocks of the open source embedded ecosystem such as OpenOCD. We will look at support for Rust and RISC-V, as well as the Programmable I/O (PIO) which is unique to Raspberry Pi. Finally, we will show a survey of open source applications and hardware built with the combination of Zephyr and Raspberry Pi, with some tips for using them in your own projects.
Speakers
avatar for Chris Boross

Chris Boross

Raspberry Pi Silicon and Compute Hardware, Raspberry Pi
Chris Boross supports customers around the world in their use of Raspberry Pi Silicon and Compute Hardware. 
Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D203
  Zephyr Developer Summit

16:20 CEST

Integrating EPSS and CVSS in Open Policy Agent To Quarantine Real-world Vulnerabilities - Nigel Douglas, Cloudsmith
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Emerald Room
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) and EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) are both valuable tools for vulnerability management, but they serve different purposes. CVSS assesses the inherent severity of a vulnerability, whereas EPSS estimates the likelihood of that vulnerability being exploited in the wild. At Cloudsmith, we integrate open source projects like EPSS and the Trivy scanner for CVSS analysis into Open Policy Agent (OPA) to strengthen supply chain enforcement.

In this session, we’ll examine four recent CVEs that highlight the contrast between these two approaches—cases where vulnerabilities score highly under CVSS but have a low EPSS probability, and others with high EPSS scores (indicating strong exploit potential) that had not yet been published in the NIST CVE database at the time of artifact scanning. These examples underscore the importance of leveraging both CVSS and EPSS in a comprehensive vulnerability management strategy.

We’ll also explore how open-source tools like OPA can be used to enforce these security controls effectively within the software supply chain.
Speakers
avatar for Nigel Douglas

Nigel Douglas

Head of Developer Relations, Cloudsmith
Nigel Douglas is the Head of Developer Relations at Cloudsmith. He champions Cloudsmith’s developer ecosystem by creating compelling educational content, engaging with developer communities, and promoting Cloudsmith as the go-to solution for artifact management and supply chain... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Emerald Room
  Cloud & Containers

16:20 CEST

Enhancing Interrupt Controller Reliability: Implementing Error Detection Correction in Linux - Priyadarsini G, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Bangalore
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Elicium 1
Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) is critical for ensuring data integrity and system reliability, particularly in modern high-performance computing architectures. ARM’s Generic Interrupt Controller is widely used in multi-core processors design, where fault tolerance is essential for maintaining system stability. With the rising risk of transient and permanent faults due to hardware aging, radiation effects, and environmental interference, integrating EDAC mechanisms into interrupt controller is essential for preventing data corruption and unexpected system failures.

This work presents the first implementation of EDAC for ARM GIC-600 interrupt controller in Linux kernel, extending EDAC subsystem with new patches and drivers to integrate ARM’s error-reporting capabilities. The talk explores the necessity of EDAC in mitigating errors in interrupt controller and includes sample code snippets demonstrating how to extend the Linux EDAC framework to support error logging and correction.

Furthermore, we present performance benchmarks and case studies evaluating the effectiveness of EDAC in interrupt controller, highlighting trade-offs between error resilience and system overhead.
Speakers
avatar for Priyadarsini G

Priyadarsini G

Associate Staff Engineer, Samsung Semiconductor India Research, Bangalore
Priyadarsini is an accomplished Embedded Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in embedded systems domain. With a passion for technology and a flair for innovation, she has consistently delivered exceptional solutions in the domain of embedded systems. She is well-versed... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
Elicium 1
  Embedded Linux Conference

16:20 CEST

Yocto or Debian for Your Embedded System? Yes. - Alan Martinovic, Northern.tech
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D201
Many embedded products start with a stock Debian image. It’s quick to get started and familiar from laptop installations, but what works for prototyping becomes a liability as the product matures. A stock installation created directly on the device—by clicking through menus and tweaking settings at runtime—gets frozen into a fragile “golden image” that breaks as soon as you need reproducibility or more than a few people work on the device.

On the other hand, Yocto gives you full control—down to the exact version of systemd or how 'ls' gets built... even when you don't want to. It’s powerful, but comes with a steep learning curve, long build times, and complexity that feels overwhelming in the early stages of development.

This talk is about a third approach. By reusing prebuilt Debian packages, you can assemble a custom OS without relying on the golden image or Yocto. We’ll look at how this model works and show hands-on examples of building minimal images with several tools and how it compares to the other two approaches.
Speakers
avatar for Alan Martinovic

Alan Martinovic

Senior Customer Engineer, Northern.tech
I've been working with embedded Linux for over 10 years, covering everything from low-level systems to full product experiences and customer-facing work. These days, I help teams handle device lifecycle challenges and roll out OTA updates. Along the way, I've worked with a bunch of... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D201
  Embedded Linux Conference

16:20 CEST

Civil Infrastructure Platform: State of Industrial Grade Linux - Yoshitake Kobayashi & Dinesh Kumar, Toshiba Corporation
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G102-103
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project continues to advance Industrial Grade Linux for mission-critical systems requiring long-term reliability, security, and regulatory alignment. This talk will provide the latest updates across CIP’s core activities. We’ll begin with progress on the next Super Long-Term Support (SLTS) CIP kernel based on Linux 6.12, designed to offer a robust foundation for products with extended life cycles.

Then, we’ll cover CIP Security Working Group activities, including alignment with IEC 62443-4. Following successful 4-1 process conformance in 2024, efforts now focus on meeting the technical requirements of 4-2. These activities not only support industry best practices but also lay groundwork for compliance with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). We will also share updates from the Software Update Working Group, which is integrating The Update Framework (TUF) to ensure secure and reliable updates for embedded systems. Finally, we will highlight contribution trends and point to resources for developers and companies looking to engage with CIP and help shape secure, sustainable Linux-based critical infrastructure.
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avatar for Dinesh Kumar

Dinesh Kumar

Engineering Manager, Toshiba Corporation
avatar for Yoshitake Kobayashi

Yoshitake Kobayashi

Senior Manager, Toshiba Corporation
Yoshitake Kobayashi leads open source initiatives at Toshiba Corporation, where his team develops and maintains a Linux distribution used across a range of Toshiba products. His research interests include operating systems, distributed systems, and dynamically reconfigurable systems... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
G102-103
  Linux

16:20 CEST

MISRA C and C++ in OSS: Yes, We Can! - Roberto Bagnara, BUGSENG / University of Parma
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D204
Building software systems that embody industry best practices for safety and security cannot be done in unrestricted C or C++. While C and C++ have many strong points, their rooting the the C of the 1970's are the origin of their weakness: they have many aspects that are not fully defined, obscure corners that can easily mislead programmers, and C comes without any sort of run-time error detection. As open-source software is being adopted in safety- and security-critical systems, compliance with the relevant industry standards is becoming a priority. The MISRA C and MISRA C++ coding standard define subsets of C and C++ that have been adopted across all industry sectors that develop software in critical contexts. In this tutorial, we introduce MISRA C/C++, their key role in the development of critical systems' software and their relevance to industry safety and security standards. The presentation is specifically designed for open-source practitioners and will leverage our experience in bringing the MISRA coding standards in open-source projects (most prominently, Xen and Zephyr).
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avatar for Roberto Bagnara

Roberto Bagnara

Functional Safety Expert / Professor, BUGSENG / University of Parma
Roberto Bagnara is professor of Computer Science at the University of Parma and Software Verification Expert and Evangelist at BUGSENG. He coauthored more than 40 papers, in international journals and conference proceedings, on programming languages, static analysis and other techniques... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:20 - 17:00 CEST
D204
  Safety-critical Software

16:30 CEST

Lightning Talk: Zephyr in Education - Vixay Phimmasane, Institute of Embedded Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences & Flavio Felder, ZHAW InES
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:30 - 16:40 CEST
D202
The Institute of Embedded Systems at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences uses Zephyr for several lab exercises for BSc, MSc and students in further education.

These labs include topics like embedded security, bootloaders, and general operating system concepts.

In this lightning talk, we will showcase these labs and discuss the challenge of providing a uniform Zephyr development environment that can be set up quickly and reliably.
Speakers
avatar for Flavio Felder

Flavio Felder

Research Assistant, ZHAW InES
Born and raised in Switzerland, I started my journey with a four-year apprenticeship as an electronic technician, followed by earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Now, I work full-time as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Embedded Systems at the Zurich University... Read More →
avatar for Vixay Phimmasane

Vixay Phimmasane

Research Associate, Institute of Embedded Systems
Vixay Phimmasane obtained his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 2021
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:30 - 16:40 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit

16:40 CEST

Lightning Talk: Protecting Zephyr Against Memory Safety Vulnerabilities With the New CHERI Hardware Architecture - Jennifer Jackson, University of Birmingham
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:40 - 16:50 CEST
D202
There is currently an urgent need for companies to reduce and eventually eliminate software-based memory safety vulnerabilities from their product lines. This requirement begins with the underlying operating systems and extends to the applications that depend on them.

This talk will advocate that now is the right time for the Zephyr operating system to embrace an emerging new hardware architecture extension called CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) to protect its software and applications against memory vulnerabilities from being exploited.

The CHERI technology has a development history spanning nearly 15 years and is backed by the recent formation of the CHERI Alliance - a consortium of businesses (including ARM, Google and Microsoft), academic institutions, and government organisations.

The talk will provide a summary of the CHERI technology, the latest developments, and the work being done to provide CHERI-RISC-V architecture support for Zephyr.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Jennifer Jackson is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and has been working on projects involving CHERI-based hardware since 2021. She has a PhD from the University of Warwick and has worked both within academia and industry. Her background is in electronic engineering... Read More →
Wednesday August 27, 2025 16:40 - 16:50 CEST
D202
  Zephyr Developer Summit
 
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