--- title: Speakers confirmed for the Ubuntu Cloud Summit description: The first Ubuntu Cloud Summit, hosted by Canonical and Redmonk, takes place in Oakland, California on May 8th and the speakers are now confirmed. It promises to be a riveting day for anyone interested in cloud strategy. If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, there’s still time – but hurry. They are disappearing fast. Presenting […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/speakers-confirmed-for-the-ubuntu-cloud-summit?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Cezzaine Zaher](https://canonical.com/blog/author/cezzaine-haigh "More about Cezzaine Zaher") 20 April 2012 # Speakers confirmed for the Ubuntu Cloud Summit [Event](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/event) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) --- Share the article The first Ubuntu Cloud Summit, hosted by Canonical and Redmonk, takes place in Oakland, California on May 8th and the speakers are now confirmed. It promises to be a riveting day for anyone interested in cloud strategy. If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, there’s still time – but hurry. They are disappearing fast. Presenting on the day will be: – Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu – Kyle MacDonald, Director of Cloud, Canonical – Stephen O’Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder, RedMonk – John Purrier, Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure, HP – Randy Bias, CTO, CloudScaling – Patrick Chanezon, Senior Director of Developer Relations, VMware – Robbie Williamson, Director of Ubuntu Server Engineering, Canonical The day will cover the role of open-source software in cloud computing, some lessons from real world cloud deployments and an examination of how the cloud technologies in Ubuntu – including OpenStack, MAAS and Juju – come together to form an open cloud. We’d love the chance to meet you there. To find out more and to book your place, go to  [http://uds.ubuntu.com/cloud-summit/](about:blank) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://canonical.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### Cloud-native Android™ infotainment: your CI pipeline shouldn’t depend on hardware](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-native-android-infotainment-your-ci-pipeline-shouldnt-depend-on-hardware) More and more often, infotainment systems are being developed and delivered like software, yet often they are still tested and validated using hardware-centric processes. This... [Bertrand Boisseau](https://canonical.com/blog/author/bboisseau) 2 March 2026 [### From cloud to dashboard: experience the future of infotainment development at CES 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/future-of-infotainment-canonical-at-ces-2026) This year, we’re excited to show a demo that combines the strengths of both Anbox Cloud and Rightware’s Kanzi, the industry-leading software for creating rich, visually... [Bertrand Boisseau](https://canonical.com/blog/author/bboisseau) 5 December 2025 [### OpenStack cloud – happy 15th anniversary!](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-cloud-happy-15th-anniversary) Happy birthday, OpenStack! It’s astonishing how fast time flies – fifteen years already. Yet, here we are: OpenStack cloud still stands as a de facto standard for open source... [Tytus Kurek](https://canonical.com/blog/author/tkurek) 7 October 2025