Most people would not naturally see a connection between civil rights advocacy and patent law. Both are highly specialized, and disparate areas of law full of experts who have spent years, if not decades, toiling in the trenches of academia, public policy and in the courts. I went to law school originally inspired by the desire to engage in pioneering civil rights advocacy, driven by my own experience with regressive practices and jurisprudence in the field. I exited law school as a corporate lawyer, determined to stay as far from courtrooms as I could.
Ironically, despite my background, I have probably become best known for my work in patent litigation, despite being neither a patent lawyer nor a litigator. I did so to help ensure room for continued innovation and entrepreneurism in a world where various interests, via patents or otherwise, are utilizing their considerable resources to attempt to create and exert negative, rent-seeking monopolistic controls over future opportunities.
My talk will focus on how I think anyone can help to bring about positive change as long as they have enough passion, and a willingness to not accept that things must stay the way they are simply because they have always or long been. I intend to share the experiences that led me to a career in the law, and then to try to effect the changes that I considered right and necessary. I want to encourage the members of the audience to each do what they can to practice law effectively by viewing what they do as a mission, and to provide a framework for helping them identify and tilt at their own windmills at work and in society at large.
Are you passionate about a topic and want to share that with others? If so, sign up for an uncoference (also referred to as an open space) session. In these sessions, they are organized, structured and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to become participants, with discussion leaders providing moderation and structure for attendees.
To sign up for an uncoference/open space slot, there will be a bulletin board placed near registration and there are four rooms available. Each room has two slots on Tuesday, March 29th from either 4:20pm - 5:10pm or 5:20pm - 6:10pm.
If there are any questions, please come to the registration desk where a staff member can assist you.
Are you passionate about a topic and want to share that with others? If so, sign up for an uncoference (also referred to as an open space) session. In these sessions, they are organized, structured and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to become participants, with discussion leaders providing moderation and structure for attendees.
To sign up for an uncoference/open space slot, there will be a bulletin board placed near registration and there are four rooms available. Each room has two slots on Tuesday, March 29th from either 4:20pm - 5:10pm or 5:20pm - 6:10pm.
If there are any questions, please come to the registration desk where a staff member can assist you.
When open source software becomes critical to the success of your organization, the need to manage the open source in your portfolio also becomes critical. Professional open source management is a cross-discipline approach that includes a clear strategy, driven from organization objectives, well-defined policies that direct consistent implementation and efficient processes that ensure reliable, repeatable results. Based on experience with hundreds of companies, the Linux Foundation Open Source Consulting team will host a discussion on the practicalities of establishing Professional Open Source Management. Bring your thorniest questions!
Are you passionate about a topic and want to share that with others? If so, sign up for an uncoference (also referred to as an open space) session. In these sessions, they are organized, structured and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to become participants, with discussion leaders providing moderation and structure for attendees.
To sign up for an uncoference/open space slot, there will be a bulletin board placed near registration and there are four rooms available. Each room has two slots on Tuesday, March 29th from either 4:20pm - 5:10pm or 5:20pm - 6:10pm.
If there are any questions, please come to the registration desk where a staff member can assist you.
In this uncoference session, the following topics will be covered:
Are you passionate about a topic and want to share that with others? If so, sign up for an uncoference (also referred to as an open space) session. In these sessions, they are organized, structured and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to become participants, with discussion leaders providing moderation and structure for attendees.
To sign up for an uncoference/open space slot, there will be a bulletin board placed near registration and there are four rooms available. Each room has two slots on Tuesday, March 29th from either 4:20pm - 5:10pm or 5:20pm - 6:10pm.
If there are any questions, please come to the registration desk where a staff member can assist you.
Many companies ship products based on Linux and have developers working actively on Linux but fewer engage with the Linux community. Let's get together to discuss the issues, how can we help bridge the gaps so people working on products get the best from the kernel that's there and help shape future development to better meet their needs.
Leading organizations around the globe are realizing that going cloud native has moved from a buzz-phrase to a business imperative. But many are wondering: How do I get there? What does it mean for IT? What even is this “cloud native” thing? Doesn’t using containers get me there?
Going cloud native means rethinking how we organize and deliver software. It means changing the structure of our organizations. It requires platform level thinking about how IT supports application teams. Most importantly, it requires focusing on time to business value.
In this session, you’ll learn what it means to be truly “Cloud Native”, why your organization needs to make the change, and how Cloud Foundry is the right platform for cloud native applications.
As we near the five-year anniversary of Cloud Foundry as-we-know-it, Colin takes a retrospective view of the last five years, and throws out some ill-conceived opinions about what Cloud Foundry might look like over the next five years.
Current state of affairs in the RDMA world
a. Introduction to the OFA
b. Overview OFA workgroups and activities.
c. Kernel patch submission process and Distribution integration
d. Current issues
