The Linux Foundation Announces Session Lineup for MesosCon Asia

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - September 29, 2016) - The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the schedule for MesosCon Asia, taking place November 18-19 in Hangzhou, China.

2016 is the first time MesosCon comes to Asia, after previously taking place annually in North America and Europe. The annual conference is organized by the Apache Mesos community, bringing together users and developers to share and learn about the project and its growing ecosystem.The conference will feature two days of sessions to learn more about the Apache Mesos core, an ecosystem developed around the project, and related technologies. The program will include workshops to get started with Apache Mesos, keynote addresses from industry leaders, and sessions led by adopters and contributors.

Keynote speakers include:

• XiangDong Geng, VP of Information and e-Commerce, China Unicom
• Aysylu Greenberg, Software Engineer, Google
• Benjamin Hindman, Founder and Chief Architect, Mesosphere

Session highlights include:

• Extending Mesos for large scale clusters with multiple frameworks - Zhitao Li, Uber
• External Volume Support in Mesos Using Docker Volume Isolator - Guangya Liu, IBM
• What Happens When Containers Fail - Alois Mayr, Dynatrace
• Multi-Cloud Mesos at Adobe - Frans van Rooyen, Adobe

Event highlights include:

• 40+ sessions covering security, external storage, advanced performance features and more
• Talks from companies deploying Mesos -- including Adobe, Apple, Commonwealth Bank, Huawei, Uber and more
• Plenty of added learning and collaboration opportunities through an onsite evening reception, sponsor technical showcase and other networking activities

The current schedule of sessions can be viewed at http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon-asia/program/schedule.

MesosCon is made possible by support from Diamonds Sponsors IBM and Mesosphere; Gold Sponsor Huawei; and Silver Sponsor Rancher.

Registration is only $199 through October 15. Visit http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon-asia/attend/register to register.

Additional Resources
YouTube: The Linux Foundation Event Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUeelICQ2U)

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