Which conferences are folks attending these days?

[Santiago Torres-Arias]

Hi,

Nowadays I tend to attend LF-managed confs. I don't think there's 100%
overlap with e.g., FOSDEM attendees but they tend to fill a niche. In
theory there's "SupplyChainSecurityCon" there, which I think does pull
in a bunch of people. I've heard positive stuff about OSS Summit this
year around.

I myself am aiming to attend plumbers later this year -- I'm hoping I see
some of you there!

For good or bad, I think there's a mix of the different types of OSS
folks in r-b. In a sense this leaves meeting r-b folks as an "accident"
rather than the primary reason for conference travel.

I wonder if co-location with another conf would help people prioritize
the "right conf." It may just be a matter of signaling r-b presence in a
conference as first class. For me, it'd help me choose which of the 20
conferences that happen each year is the one I should aim for.

Cheers!
-Santiago

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 02:45:42PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Hey -general,
> 
> I was talking to a bunch of RB folks yesterday, and  we  came  to  the
> loosely shared view that, after peak  Covid  and  other  industry-wide
> changes, conferences are no  longer  the  "must  attend"  events  they
> previously were… especially  in  the  area  of  software  supply-chain
> security.  In rough, practical  terms,  it  seems  harder  to  justify
> conference travel today than it did in mid-2019.
> 
> To that end, what conferences are folks on this list still  going  to,
> and, hopefully, still getting something from?  I mean, there  must  be
> some exceptions other than FOSDEM… :)
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> -- 
>       o
>     ⬋   ⬊      Chris Lamb
>    o     o     reproducible-builds.org 💠
>     ⬊   ⬋
>       o
> 
> 
> 
> 
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