Open Source @ Siemens 2026¶
Registration¶
The Open Source @ Siemens 2026 Event is currently in the early planning stages.
Stay tuned for updates and our planned talks!
Note that the date is fixed and the agenda is still subject to change.
Everyone is welcome to join online without any registration here on this site.
Agenda¶
May 19th¶
| Time (CEST) | Title | Speaker | Full Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Welcome and latest news on Open Source @ Siemens | Roger Meier (Siemens) | |
| 09:25 - 09:45 | 10 Years of the CIP Project | Pasquale Nieddu (Siemens), Jan Kiszka (Siemens) | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Sustainable Secrets Management with OpenBao | Michael Hofer (Adfinis) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Lucity - The PaaS you can leave | Christian Blättler (zeitlos) | |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Vibe Code Survival Guide for Open-Source Projects | Vadim Bauer (Container Registry) | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Distributed Inference with llm-d and Kubernetes | Antonio Cardace (Red Hat) | |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Open-Source Product Development with FreeCAD | Aleksander Sadowski (ALSADO) | |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Lessons learned from maintaining parts of Ansible | Felix Fontein (Plexim) | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Kaniko: Rootless Container Builds in 2026 | Martin Zihlmann (SCANDIT) | |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Chat at the bar for on-site guests: The role of Open Source in the age of AI | ||
| 19:00 - 22:00 | BBQ for on-site guests |
May 20th¶
| Time (CEST) | Title | Speaker | Full Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Open Source Culture at Scale | Max Wittig (Siemens), Ercan Uçan (Siemens) | |
| 09:25 - 09:45 | Building Sustainable Open Source Communities | Francisco Carneiro (Eclipse Foundation) | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Docling: The Open-Source Document AI Engine | Panos Vagenas (IBM Research) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Apache PLC4X - the IT/OT babelfisch | Christofer Dutz (Apache Software Foundation) | |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Software Supercharges Stellarator Design | Jonathan Schilling (Proxima Fusion) | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Open Source Regulatory Compliance | Dirk Riehle (FAU Erlangen) | |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Open Arms: Welcoming AI-Assisted Contributors | Raimund Hook (GitLab) | |
| 16:00 - 16:25 | Open Source Funding: How to get Started? | Tobias Gabriel (SAP) | |
| 16:30 - 16:55 | Open Source This — Make No Mistakes | Daniel Bovensiepen (Siemens) | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Chat at the bar for on-site guests |