Hi everyone! Apologies for not responding earlier. Allison, Horace and I spent last week in Korea with the local organizers attending a site visit for the OpenInfra Summit Asia. We were able to make a lot of progress in terms of planning onsite logistics, developing the timeline for the CfP/registration, and planning for the co-location between the OCP Summit and OpenInfra Summit Asia. We are really excited to share these updates with you very soon! In terms of the North America event, I am happy to run the idea of Montreal by the North American organizers to see what they think. One of the major factors contributing to the selection of a venue for a North America event is the cost associate with hosting the event. So far, all the venues we are evaluating for the event are all spaces that are being donated by partner organizations (the venues are not entirely free for us to use, but do have comparatively lower costs than to renting a venue). This allows us to keep the cost for attendees and sponsors likewise quite low. Mohammed/Dana, do you perhaps know if a collaboration like this would be possible in Montreal? I do have some more event updates in regard to OpenInfra Days Europe actually ready to share, I am planning to send out a formal update to the mailing list tomorrow. However, I can go ahead and share with you that the registration and CfP for OpenInfra Day Sweden and OpenInfra Day Turkiye are now open. The registration and CfPs for France and Germany should be opening very soon and I will provide an update on those ASAP. Turkiye - Registration: https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/event-registration/ - CfP: https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/call-for-presentations Sweden: - Registration: https://oideurope2024.openinfra.dev/?_ga=2.129136140.169964397.1708372315-92... - CfP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCvmgoq_9cqIDxz2K3ZI5dPZvsUSaaksGJ... Mohammed and Dana, and Egine and team, I will email both of your teams on a separate thread to answer your questions regarding opportunities to get the VEXXHOST and Sardina Systems teams involved. In the meantime, I am happy to answer any other questions. Otherwise, you can expect another update to the Foundation mailing list tomorrow. Cheers, Helena helena@openinfra.dev Community Programs Coordinator The OpenInfra Foundation

On Feb 19, 2024, at 3:29 AM, Egine Nalbandian <enalbandian@sardinasystems.com> wrote:

Dear Helena,

Thank you for sharing the detailed plans of the foundation, they are impressive!

From our end, we're eager to discuss strategies for creating a cost-effective infrastructure (this includes leveraging integrated solutions by hardware and software as a one-pack), promoting 1EUR migration to OpenStack, and discussing the advantages of our unique components designed to optimize data management and reduce energy costs.

Additionally, we're more than willing to extend our marketing support for event organizations, similar to the initiatives we've undertaken in the German market, in whichever location, eg: Germany, France, UK, Switzerland, Sweden.

Warm regards, Egine

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From: Helena Spease <helena@openinfra.dev <mailto:helena@openinfra.dev>> Sent: February 9, 2024 1:27 PM To: foundation@lists.openinfra.dev <mailto:foundation@lists.openinfra.dev> <foundation@lists.openinfra.dev <mailto:foundation@lists.openinfra.dev>> Subject: [OpenInfra Foundation] [OpenInfra Event Update] OpenInfra Summit Asia reg price, OpenInfra Meetup Switzerland reg is open and expected attendee numbers

You don't often get email from helena@openinfra.dev <mailto:helena@openinfra.dev>. Learn why this is important <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hi everyone! We have some new updates regarding both the OpenInfra Summit Asia and OpenInfra Days Europe! If you have any questions feel free to email me or reach out to events@openinfra.dev <mailto:events@openinfra.dev> The current 2024 events updates/status is as follows:

——— NEW EVENT UPDATES——— OpenInfra Summit Asia: The CfP and registration for the OpenInfra Summit Asia is currently being built and will be available very soon. Registration will be 70,000 KRW ($60 USD) + fees.

OpenInfra Days Europe and North America: The registration for the OpenInfra Meetup Switzerland (6 June), hosted by CERN, is now open[1]! The day before the meetup (5 June) CERN will host a Bare Metal SIG/Ironic Meetup. Registration for this meetup is also now open[2].

Expected Attendee Numbers I received some questions on how big each of these events would be, so I have included expected attendee numbers below. The predicted attendee numbers are based on the maximum capacity for these venues.

——— EVENT STATUS——— PTG - Date: 8-12 April 2024 - Location: Virtual - Signup your team (closes February 18): https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/april2024_ptg_survey <https://openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/april2024_ptg_survey>

OpenInfra Days Sweden - Date: 7 May 2024 - Location: Volvohallen, Gothenburg, Sweden - Expected Attendees: 280

Sovereign Cloud Stack Summit x OpenInfra Days Germany - Date: 14 & 15 May 2024 - Location: Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany - Expected Attendees: 250

OpenInfra Days Turkiye - Date: 20 May 2024 - Location: Albert Long Hall Cultural Center, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkiye - Expected Attendees: 400 - Sponsor: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VI9BbhP2sOWD6QZDAsloElJRuTNif7LL/view <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VI9BbhP2sOWD6QZDAsloElJRuTNif7LL/view> - Register: https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/event-registration/ <https://openinfraturkiye.org.tr/event-registration/>

OpenInfra Days France - Date: May 2024 - Expected Attendees: 300 - Location: coming soon

UK Meetup - Date: May 2024 - Location: Coming soon - Expected Attendees: TBD

Switzerland Meetup - Date: 6 June 2024 - Location: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland - Expected Attendees: 72 - Register: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1376907/ <https://indico.cern.ch/event/1376907/>

Regional OpenInfra Summit Asia - Date: 3-4 September 2024 - Location: Suwon Convention Center, Suwon, Korea - Expected Attendees: 1,500 - Sponsor: https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship <https://openinfra.dev/events/sponsorship>

OpenInfra Days North America - Date: Q4 2024 - Location: Coming soon - Expected Attendees: TBD

If you have any questions, email us at events@openinfra.dev <mailto:events@openinfra.dev>!

Cheers, Helena

helena@openinfra.dev <mailto:helena@openinfra.dev> Community Programs Coordinator The OpenInfra Foundation

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