OSGi Summit

About the Summit

The OSGi Working Group is pleased to be returning to Ludwigsburg, Germany for the second edition of the OSGi Summit. The Summit will be held in parallel with EclipseCon 2023 from October 16 - 19, 2023. The first day is OSGi Community Day and is a whole day packed full with talks on the newest things happening in the OSGi world, content about community, and many other topics. On days two and three, the OSGi Specification Project and the OSGi Working Group Steering Committee are meeting and there will be a Birds of a Feather session for all OSGi enthusiasts.

How to Attend

You may choose to attend either the OSGi Summit (Monday through Wednesday, October 16 - 18, €350 plus VAT), or the OSGi Community Day (Monday, October 16 only, €40 plus VAT). Attendees register via the EclipseCon registration system, accessible via the EclipseCon Registration page.

Please read through the "Things to Know" and "How to Register" information at the top of the page before clicking on the button to register. IMPORTANT: On the registration form, after you complete your personal information, enter the code 23OSGI in the "Special Access Key" box. Then you will be able to choose between the two OSGi passes.

For questions about registration, please send email to registration@eclipsecon.org.

Location

The OSGi Summit is co-located with EclipseCon 2023. Sessions will take place at the Nestor Hotel and the FMZ. Both are within a two-minute walk from the Forum am Schlosspark, the EclipeCon venue. Lunch and receptions will be at the Forum. See more information about the Nestor Hotel and the FMZ below.

When you arrive on Monday, October 16, please go to the Forum first to pick up your badge, and then go to the Nestor Hotel for the sessions in the Mozart I room.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, you may go directly to the FMZ, Konferenzraum 3, for the sessions.

Agenda

All times are CET.

Monday, October 16	Session Room: Nestor - Mozart I
8:30	Badge Pickup and Welcome Coffee at the Forum
9:00	What's new in OSGI - Updates from the Spec Project	Stefan Bischof
9:40	The magic of Versioning	Jürgen Albert
10:15	Morning Break
10:35	Deployment options for OSGi applications in the cloud/edge	Dirk Fauth
11:15	Managing Code running outside of OSGi on the Same Machine	Michael Reimann
11:55	OSGi - Development on an Island	Guido Grune
12:30	Lunch at the Forum
14:00	Advancing Type Safe Events with Learning from Eclipse sensiNact	Thomas Calmant
14:40	Combining Realtime Java and OSGi	Dr. James J. Hunt
15:15	Afternoon Break
15:35	OSGi wears WebSockets	Thomas Calmant
16:15	Vaadin UI with the OSGi Whiteboard pattern	Mark Hoffman
16:55	General Q&A	Tim Ward
17:30	Meet & Greet at the Forum
Tuesday, October 17	Session Room: FMZ Konferenzraum 3
9:00	Specification Committee Meeting
10:30	Morning Break
10:50	Specification Committee Meeting (cont.)
12:00	Lunch at the Forum
13:00	EclipseCon Welcome and Keynotes at the Forum
14:30	Technical Q&A - Meet the OSGi Helpdesk and ask an Expert
15:50	Afternoon Break
16:15	OSGi Working Group Steering Committee Meeting
17:20	Finish and head to the Reception at the Forum
19:00 - 20:00	OSGi BoF at the Forum (Silchersaal)
Wednesday, October 18	Session Room: FMZ Konferenzraum 3
9:00	EclipseCon Keynotes at the Forum
10:00	Specification Committee Meeting
11:20	Morning Break
11:45	Specification Committee Meeting (cont.)
13:10	Lunch at the Forum
14:30	Technical Q&A - Meet the OSGi Helpdesk and ask an Expert
15:50	Afternoon Break
16:30	Specification Committee Meeting (cont.)
17:35	Finish and head to the Reception at the Forum

Nestor Hotel

The Nestor Hotel is next door to the Forum. See the map below for the location, or ask for directions at the registration desk at the Forum when you pick up your badge.

Nestor Hotel Ludwigsburg
Stuttgarter Straße 35/2
D-71638 Ludwigsburg
Nestor Hotel Ludwigsburg website (in English)

FMZ

The Film-und-Medienzentrum (FMZ) is located across the street just to the east of the Forum. See the map below for the location, or ask for directions at the registration desk at the Forum when you pick up your badge.

Film-und-Medienzentrum
Königsallee 43
71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany
FMZ website (in German)