{"id":5263,"date":"2018-06-05T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2018-06-05T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:43:24","slug":"its-openwest-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/05\/its-openwest-season","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s OpenWest season!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ow-logo_407_64.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ow-logo_407_64.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5287\" \/><\/a>Dust off your open source thinking caps, because <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenWest<\/a> kicks off in just two days!<\/p>\n<p>XMission has <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/sponsors\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proudly sponsored<\/a> OpenWest, a regional conference to support and promote open source software, since its inception back in 2006. OpenWest continues to grow and increase attendance each year by offering compelling <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/keynotes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">keynotes<\/a>, interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/events\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">events<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/schedule\/#tab-2018-06-07\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">education<\/a> on hot technology topics. <\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s conference will run from June 7 through June 9 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/''\/southtowne+expo\/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x875287d846876ad1:0x708f5ab663f1cf66?sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjO9f7m8rzbAhWBIDQIHZIkDp0Q9RcIwwEwCw\" target=\"_blank\">Southtowne Exposition Center (Mountain America Expo Center)<\/a> in Sandy, Utah. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/schedule\/#tab-2018-06-07\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full schedule here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.openwest.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchase tickets here<\/a>. OpenWest has historically sold out, so please don&#8217;t wait!<\/p>\n<p>Keynotes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Allen, CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ancestry.com<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Cydni Tetro, CEO, <a href=\"http:\/\/forgedx.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ForgeDX<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VM Brasseur, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forge-Your-Future-Open-Source\/dp\/1680503014\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forge Your Future with Open Source<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Kyle Rankin, CSO, <a href=\"https:\/\/puri.sm\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purism<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and Mike Place, Director of Open Source Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/saltstack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SaltStack<\/a> (and our own former colleague).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5280\" style=\"width: 2026px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/defusal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5280\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/defusal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5280\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sneak peek at the 2018 OpenWest defusal station!  Organizers are very excited to have attendees try to figure out how to defuse the box.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Events include a <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/events\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGP Key signing party<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/events\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intercollegiate Capture the Flag<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5281\" style=\"width: 2026px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5281\" src=\"https:\/\/xmission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tyler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5281\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Project lead and Director of Intercollegiate Initiatives, Tyler Johnson and his team have been running all-nighters to have everything ready for OpenWest 2018.  Yes, that&#8217;s a Mountain Dew&mdash;yes, that&#8217;s a Twizzler straw!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Major thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/openwest.org\/volunteers\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">all-volunteer force<\/a> that puts together OpenWest each year. These fearless men and women take the best care of guests, speakers, and sponsors, making sure that all attendees have a great time and leave with their brains crammed full of information. <\/p>\n<p>Stop by the XMission booth for some spectacular sales pitching, free buttons, free candy, or just come around if you want to tell us about your pets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dust off your open source thinking caps, because OpenWest kicks off in just two days! XMission has proudly sponsored OpenWest, a regional conference to support and promote open source software, since its inception back in 2006. 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