At Jenkins World 2016 on September 14-15, stop by the "Open Source Hub", located in the Partner Expo hall at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. The Open Source Hub will have many Jenkins contributors, committers, JAM leaders, andofficers from the governance board under one roof, so there will be plenty of knowledge and talents on hand to share. We hope you’ll join in on the festivities.
Ask the Experts
The setup that is waiting for you: white boards, monitors and lots of brain power to help answer those Jenkins questions that have been keeping you up at night. Jenkins experts can help with beginner questions to the more advanced ones. All you need to do is bring your laptop and your questions; the experts will help answer them!
Live Demos
Sometimes seeing is believing, there will be plenty of demos in the "Open Source Hub" during the lunch hours on Wednesday September 14th, and Thursday September 15th in the expo hall. Jenkins experts will be show-casing their favorite Jenkins features, plugins and projects. Grab your lunch, take a seat in the open source theater to learn about:
Pipelines for Building and Deploying Android Apps by Android Emulator plugin maintainer Chris Orr
Git Plugin - Large Repos, Submodule Authentication, and more by Git plugin maintainer Mark Waite
Docker and Pipeline by Jenkins infrastructure contributorR Tyler Croy
Extending Pipeline with Libraries by Pipeline plugin maintainerJesse Glick
Blue Ocean in Action by Blue Ocean contributorKeith Zantow
External Workspace Manager plugin for Pipeline byGoogle Summer of Code studentAlexandru Somai
And many more
Jenkins Mural
Jenkins World participants will take part in the realization of a giant collaborative mural painting with theCommitStrip team. Thomas, the writer and Etienne, the cartoonist, teamed up with a few Jenkins contributors to design a 5m x 2m mmural which will be drawn live! Brushes and colors will be available for all attendees who wish to help paint this one of a kind piece of Jenkins art.
Sticker Swap
Jenkins World attendees will have a chance to swap stickers. There will be a table where attendees are welcome to place/take stickers. Bring your cool stickers to share with others and take stickers that interest you.
After Dark Reception Sponsored by CloudBees
After Dark reception will be from 6-8pm on Wed Sept 14 in the Partner Expo. Enjoy cocktails, appetizers, mingle, and dance to a live band. A big THANK YOU goes out to CloudBees for their generous contributions! See you at After Dark!
Contributor Summit - Tuesday, September 13
If Blue Ocean, Pipeline and Storage Pluggability sounds interesting to you, join the interactive discussions surrounding these topics. The Jenkins project is also looking to hear use-cases, war stories, and pain points. The objective of the summit is to work towards improving the Jeknins project.Seats are limited.
Don’t forget to register; I look forward to seeing you at the conference!
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to CloudBees as the premier sponsor and BlazeMeter, Microsoft, Red Hat and all the other sponsors who have made this event possible.