SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – June 07, 2016) – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit advancing professional open source management for mass collaboration, today announced the lineup of speakers and sessions for Automotive Linux Summit, taking place July 13-14 in Tokyo. These speakers include leaders in both the open source and automotive technology communities, who will share their knowledge with attendees in order to advance developments in this space.
Keynote speakers include:
- Dan Cauchy, General Manager, Automotive, The Linux Foundation
- Julius Marchwicki, Ford Motor Company
- Hisao Munakata, Senior Director, Automotive Information Solution Division, 1st Solution Business Unit, Renesas
- Kenichi Murata, General Manager, BR Connected Strategy & Planning, Toyota Motor Corporation
- Kazuo Tsubouchi, General Manager, Information & Communications Technology Eng. Div. 2, DENSO Corporation
The full schedule of sessions can be viewed at http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/automotive-linux-summit/program/schedule.
Automotive Linux Summit gathers the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence including automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers. The event connects the developer community driving the innovation in this area together with the vendors and users providing and using the code in order to drive the future of embedded devices in the automotive arena.
Automotive Linux Summit is co-located with LinuxCon + ContainerCon Japan, the premier Linux conference in Asia that brings together a unique blend of core developers, administrators, users, community managers and industry experts. Those wishing to add LinuxCon + ContainerCon to their Automotive Linux Summit registration may do so for a discounted fee.
Automotive Linux Summit is made possible by support from Diamond Sponsor Automotive Grade Linux; Gold Sponsors Panasonic and Renesas; and Silver Sponsors Advanced Telematic Systems, Fujitsu Ten, LinkMotion, NTT Data and Pivotal.
For attendees who register before June 22, the early registration fee is US$375. Visit http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/automotive-linux-summit/attend/register to register.
Members of the press who would like to apply for a press pass should contact Dan Brown ([email protected]) or Maemalynn Meanor ([email protected]).
Additional Resources
YouTube: The Linux Foundation Event Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUeelICQ2U)
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.
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Media Contacts:
Dan Brown
The Linux Foundation
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Maemalynn Meanor
The Linux Foundation
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