OPEN SOURCE
Panel: Getting Started in Open Source Development
📅 Thursday, September 24, 2026
🕐 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Buenos Aires, GMT-3)
📍 Auditorio
🌐 In English
A panel for first-time contributors. Let's discuss the mental model required before any code is written, talk about the licensing and contributor / agreement rules that govern participation, and discuss how a one-time contributor grows into a trusted member of a project.
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CEO at MariaDB Foundation
Anna Widenius is CEO of MariaDB Foundation, the independent non-profit supporting the development, adoption and open ecosystem around MariaDB Server. She leads the Foundation’s work with developers, users, technology companies and the wider open source community to help MariaDB grow and remain open.
Head of Open Source Strategy and Marketing, AWS
Stormy Peters es Head of Open Source Strategy & Marketing en AWS. Le apasiona el software de código abierto y ha dedicado buena parte de su carrera a ayudar a empresas y comunidades a entender cómo el open source cambia la forma en que se construye el software.
Anteriormente fue VP of Communities en GitHub, donde lideró los equipos que apoyaban a las comunidades de código abierto, y Directora de la OSPO de Microsoft, donde ayudó a más de 30.000 desarrolladores a usar y contribuir a open source. También ocupó puestos de liderazgo en Mozilla, Red Hat y Hewlett-Packard, fue miembro del consejo de la Linux Foundation, Directora Ejecutiva de la Fundación GNOME y cofundadora de Kids on Computers.
Se graduó de Rice University con una licenciatura en Ciencias de la Computación. Vive en el norte de Colorado con su familia. En su tiempo libre le gusta correr con su perro, entrenar HIIT, dar tours históricos a pie por el French Quarter de Nueva Orleans y leer mucha ciencia ficción.
Research Leader at the Linux Foundation
Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports and speaks publicly on the subjects of innovation, leadership, women in technology, and digital transformation. Hilary is a management graduate of the London School of Economics.
Open Source Leader | Community Builder | Board Member
Megan Knight is the Director of Software Communities at Arm where she leads upstream engagements with open source communities. She's a board member for Yocto Project, Zephyr Project, OpenSSF, CoreCollective and UXL Foundation. Prior to Arm, Megan was building the IoT and Automotive open source portfolio at Amazon Web Services.
Python Argentina / Mercado Libre
I’m a python user since 2013. I’m a Python Argentina NGO founder and acting president. I’ve been PyConAR co-organizer since 2016. I’m currently working at Mercado Libre as a Sr. Manager, leading the IT People, IT Legal and IT Internal Audit Teams helping internal teams make the job done. I’m an IT professional and teacher with more than 20 years of experience.
Robin Bender Ginn
Valeska Kraus
Bruce Momjian
Fernando Victor Filippetti