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layout: events
title: Apache OpenWhisk Events
lede: Presentations at conferences, meetups, and other events.
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## Upcoming Events

### March 2017

- [**JS Remote Conf**](https://devchat.tv/conferences/js-remote-conf-2017), March 15th-16th, Virtual<br/>James Thomas will give a talk on OpenWhisk and Serverless

- [**IBM InterConnect**](http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/interconnect/), March 19th–23rd, Las Vegas, USA<br/>OpenWhisk team will attend
<details><summary><strong>Ask Me Anything</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7291A" target="_blank">7291A: Bluemix OpenWhisk: Ask Me Anything Expert Station</a><br/>
Tuesday, 1:00 PM-2:45 PM; DevZone Ask Me Anything # 6; Carlos Santana (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7237A" target="_blank">7237A: Drones, Watson and Bluemix</a><br/>
Tuesday, 3:00 PM-5:00 PM; DevZone Ask Me Anything # 1; Andrew Trice (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7077A" target="_blank">7077A: Ask Me Anything on Using OpenWhisk for Your Next Cloud-Native Project</a><br/>
Wednesday, 10:00 AM-11:45 AM; DevZone Ask Me Anything # 6, Daniel Krook (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Breakout Sessions</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><strong>1427A: Serverless: Where We are Now and Where We're Heading</strong><br/>
Sunday, 09:30 AM-10:30 AM; Mandalay Bay South, Level 2 Reef A; Michael Behrendt (IBM), Andreas Nauerz (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7377A" target="_blank">7377A: API Lifecycle Innovations</a><br/>
Sunday, 10:40 AM-11:00 AM; South Pacific F; Jim Laredo (IBM), Erik Wittern (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7402A" target="_blank">7402A: The Serverless Revolution Continues: OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Sunday, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM; South Pacific F; Ioana Baldini (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7380A" target="_blank">7380A: Data, Data Everywhere, and Lots of Drops to Drink (Demos)</a><br/>
Sunday, 1:00 PM-1:30 P; South Pacific G; Paula Ta-Shma (IBM), Dalit Naor (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7367A" target="_blank">7367A: The Serverless Revolution Continues: The Latest from OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Sunday, 02:00 PM-02:30 PM; South Pacific H; Stephen Fink (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7392A" target="_blank">7329A: API Economy Demonstrations</a><br/>
Sunday, 2:00 PM-2:30 P; South Pacific G; Jim Laredo (IBM), Erik Wittern (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/3351A" target="_blank">3351A: MediaSpirit: A Bluemix and OpenWhisk Love Story</a><br/>
Monday, 2:00 PM-2:45 PM; South Pacific G; Andreas Nauerz (IBM), Barry Nijenhuis (SiteSpirit)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/2724A" target="_blank">2724A: Create Event-Driven iOS Apps Using IBM Mobile Foundation, OpenWhisk Runtime and Server-Side Swift</a><br/>
Monday, 3:15 PM-4:00 PM; South Pacific D; Srinivasan Nanduri (IBM), Girish Dhanakshirur (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/4467A" target="_blank">4467A: Containerize, PaaS or Go Serverless?: A Case Study in Application Deployment Models</a><br/>
Tuesday, 11:30 AM-12:15 PM; Islander G; Phil Estes (IBM), Lin Sun (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5496A" target="_blank">5496A: Cloud Native Applications and Microservices Made Easy!</a><br/>
Tuesday, 2:30 PM-3:15 PM; Islander F; Erin Schnabel (IBM), Chris Vignola (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5513A" target="_blank">5513A: Serverless Architectures in Banking: OpenWhisk on IBM Bluemix at Santander</a><br/>
Tuesday, 3:45 PM-4:30 PM; South Pacific J; Daniel Krook (IBM), Luis Enriquez (Banco Santander)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6229A" target="_blank">6229A: What's New in IBM API Connect</a><br/>
Tuesday, 3:45 PM-4:30 PM; Lagoon H; Pramodh Ramesh (IBM), Amit P. Acharya (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5064A" target="_blank">5064A: OpenWhisk, Adobe, and developerWorks Open for High-Powered Applications</a><br/>
Wednesday, 8:00 AM-8:45 AM; South Pacific J; Tony Ffrench (IBM), Felix Meschberger (Adobe)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5811A" target="_blank">5811A: Managing Video Assets in the Cloud with Object Storage and Node.js</a><br/>
Wednesday, 8:00 AM-8:45 AM; South Pacific D; Andrew Trice (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5421A" target="_blank">5421A: How to Build Homogeneously from One Source Repository to Mobile and Microservices Targets</a><br/>
Wednesday, 9:00 AM-9:45 AM; South Pacific J; Roland Barcia (IBM), John Pearson (Wakefern)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6336A" target="_blank">6336A: Use IBM Bluemix to Build Cognitive Mobile Apps that Learn and Act Proactively</a><br/>
Wednesday, 9:00 AM-9:45 AM; South Pacific D; Anton Aleksandrov (IBM), Matthew Perrins (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/1117A" target="_blank">1117A: Introduction to LoopBack</a><br/>
Wednesday, 11:15 AM-12:00 PM; Islander F; Matt Roberts (IBM); Raymond Camden (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/3044A" target="_blank">3044A: Retail Customer Feedback: Case Study with OpenWhisk, Watson and Mobile Services on IBM Bluemix</a><br/>
Wednesday, 1:00 PM-1:45 PM; Lagoon F; Thejaswini Ramachandra (IBM), Srinivasan Nanduri (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/1596A" target="_blank">1596A: Computation in Real-time on the Network</a><br/>
Wednesday, 2:00 PM-2:45 PM; South Pacific B; Dan Zeitman, PubNub (IBM Business Partner)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/3248A" target="_blank">3248A: Integrating New Tools into IBM Bluemix Continuous Delivery Toolchains</a><br/>
Wednesday, 2:00 PM-2:45 PM; Mandalay Bay Ballroom D; Chris Brealey (IBM), Simon Kaegi (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/4073A" target="_blank">4073A: Serverless, Event-Driven Architectures and Bluemix OpenWhisk: Overview and IBM's Technical Strategy</a><br/>
Wednesday, 2:00 PM-2:45 PM; South Pacific H; Michael Behrendt (IBM), Andreas Nauerz (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/4460A" target="_blank">4460A: Combining OpenWhisk (Serverless), OpenAPI (Swagger) and IBM API Connect to Build Powerful APIs</a><br/>
Wednesday, 4:15 PM-5:00 PM; Breakers C; Joe Sepi (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/1081A" target="_blank">1081A: What’s New with the IBM Bluemix Core Platform?</a><br/>
Thursday, 9:30 AM-10:15 AM; South Pacific E; Simon Daniel Moser (IBM), Michael Behrendt (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6324A" target="_blank">6324A: How to Secure and Control API, Microservices and Serverless Workloads</a><br/>
Thursday, 10:30 AM-11:15 AM; Lagoon H; Shiu-Fun Poon (IBM), Matt Roberts (IBM), Krithika Prakash (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Customer Feedback Round Tables</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6637A" target="_blank">6637A: Shaping the Future of IBM DataPower and API Gateways</a><br/>
Monday, 11:15 AM-12:00 PM; Coral A; Tony Ffrench (IBM), Ozair Sheikh (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6671A" target="_blank">6671A: Shaping the Future of Serverless APIs and Microservices in IBM Bluemix</a><br/>
Monday, 1:00 PM-1:45 PM; Coral A; Carlos Santana (IBM), Sajan Sankaran (IBM), Andrew Hoyt (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6671B" target="_blank">6671B: Shaping the Future of Serverless APIs and Microservices in IBM Bluemix</a><br/>
Wednesday, 8:00 AM-8:45 AM; Coral A; Carlos Santana (IBM), Sajan Sankaran (IBM), Andrew Hoyt (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Engagement Theater Sessions</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7111A" target="_blank">7111A: Discovering the Fun World of Serverless with IBM Bluemix and OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Tuesday, 1:30 PM-1:50 PM; Engagement Theater Booth # 319; Chanakya Lokam (Miracle Software Systems, Inc.), Jyotsna Duvvuri (Miracle Software Systems, Inc.)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7432A" target="_blank">7432A: Create Secure Cloud Foundry and OpenWhisk Powered APIs in IBM Bluemix</a><br/>
Wednesday, 11:15 AM-11:35 AM; Engagement Theater Booth # 649; Sajan Sankaran (IBM), Rob Thelen (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/6522A" target="_blank">6522A: Build a Cloud Native App with Apache OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Wednesday, 11:45 AM-12:05 PM; Engagement Theater Booth # 649; Daniel Krook (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/1515A" target="_blank">1515A: Discover Dark Data behind Videos with OpenWhisk and IBM Watson</a><br/>
Wednesday, 1:30 PM-1:50 PM; Engagement Theater Booth # 649; Ramratan Vennam (IBM), Frederic Lavigne (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/1515B" target="_blank">1515B: Discover Dark Data behind Videos with OpenWhisk and IBM Watson</a><br/>
Wednesday, 4:45 PM-5:05 PM; Engagement Theater Booth # 649; Ramratan Vennam (IBM), Frederic Lavigne (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Hands-on Labs</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/3163A" target="_blank">3163A: Serverless Bots: Create Efficient Inexpensive, Event-Driven Bots with Node.js and OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Monday, 3:15 PM-5:00 PM; South Seas B; Erin McKean (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/2450B" target="_blank">2450B: Working with IBM OpenWhisk in Bluemix</a><br/>
Monday, 4:15 PM-5:00 PM; South Seas I1; Budi Darmawan (IBM), Pam Geiger (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/3397A" target="_blank">3397A: Event-Driven and Serverless Computing with IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Tuesday, 1:30 PM-5:30 PM; South Seas I1; Andreas Nauerz (IBM), Carlos Santana (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/5130A" target="_blank">5130A: A Deep-Dive into Serverless Computing and Watson Service Chaining Via OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Wednesday, 2:00 PM-2:45 PM; South Seas G; Vidyasagar Machupalli (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/2256A" target="_blank">2256A: Build Your First Cognitive Chatbot Using OpenWhisk</a><br/>
Wednesday, 3:15 PM-5:00 PM; South Seas B; Carlos Santana (IBM), Andreas Nauerz (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Hello World Labs</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7252A" target="_blank">7252A: Create Quick Twitterbots with OpenWhisk!</a><br/>
Tuesday, 11:00 AM-1:45 PM; DevZone Hello World Lab # 4; Erin McKean (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7070A" target="_blank">7070A: Event-Driven and Serverless Computing with IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk: Learn the Basics Hands-On Now!</a><br/>
Wednesday, 9:00 AM-12:45 PM; DevZone Hello World Lab # 4; Andreas Nauerz (IBM)</li>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7078A" target="_blank">7078A: Get Started with Apache OpenWhisk on IBM Bluemix</a><br/>
Tuesday, 2:15 PM-5:00 PM; DevZone Hello World Lab # 4; Andy Smith (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Meet the Expert Sessions</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://myibm.ibm.com/events/interconnect/all-sessions/session/7122A" target="_blank">7122A: Creating Serverless IoT Applications Using OpenWhisk, Docker and Node-RED</a><br/>
Wednesday, 9:00 AM-9:45 AM; Meet the Experts Forum # 1; Kalonji Bankole (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details>
<details><summary><strong>Open Labs</strong></summary>
<ul>
<li><strong>9002: Event-driven and Serverless Computing with IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk: Learn the basics now!</strong><br/>
Monday-Thursday drop-in; Mandalay Bay North, South Seas E&F; Andreas Nauerz (IBM)</li>
</ul>
</details> 

- [**Devoxx US**](https://devoxx.us/), March 21st–23rd, Las Vegas, USA<br/>OpenWhisk team will attend
- [**CloudNativeCon and KubeCon Europe**](http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudnativecon-and-kubecon-europe), March 29th–30th, Berlin, Germany<br/>Daniel Krook will give an OpenWhisk demo at the IBM booth, and will be on hand to answer any questions

### April 2017

- [**ServerlessConf Austin**](https://medium.com/openwhisk/openwhisk-workshop-at-the-serverless-conference-in-austin-sign-up-now-c2b88f5bac9d#.73xz9bl16), April 26th, Austin, USA<br/>Andreas Nauerz et al will run a hands-on workshop on OpenWhisk

- [**ServerlessConf Austin**](http://austin.serverlessconf.io/), April 26th-28th 2017, Austin, USA<br/>OpenWhisk team will attend

### May 2017

- [**Codemotion Amsterdam**](http://amsterdam2017.codemotionworld.com/), May 16th-17th 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br/>James Thomas will give a talk on building serverless applications using OpenWhisk

### June 2017

- [**FunctionConf Amsterdam**](https://functionconf.io/), June 15th-16th 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br/>OpenWhisk team will attend

## Past Events

### February 2017

- [**TopConf Linz**](http://topconf.com/linz-2017/), February 28th-March 2nd 2017, Linz, Austria<br/>James Thomas gave a talk on building serverless applications using OpenWhisk
- [**London Serverless**](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/119142073), February 1st 2017, London, UK<br/>James Thomas gave a talk on building OpenWhisk apps with The Serverless Framework

### December 2016

- [**Build a cloud native app with OpenWhisk**](https://developer.ibm.com/tv/build-a-cloud-native-app-with-openwhisk-event-registration/), December 14th, Virtual<br/>Daniel Krook presented an overview of serverless architectures and dive into the OpenWhisk programming model

### November 2016

- [**GOTO Berlin**](https://gotocon.com/berlin-2016/), November 14th-15th 2016, Berlin, Germany<br/>Andreas Nauerz & Simon Moser gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**CloudNativeCon 2016**](https://cnkc16.sched.org/event/8K4c), November 8th 2016, Seattle, USA<br/>Daniel Krook highlighted OpenWhisk in his keynote
- [**ContainerDays NYC 2016**](http://dynamicinfradays.org/events/2016-nyc/), November 3rd-4th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Rodric Rabbah and Philippe Suter gave a talk on OpenWhisk
  
### October 2016

- [**ServerlessConf London**](http://london.serverlessconf.io/), October 26th-28th 2016, London, UK<br/>Andreas Nauerz et al gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**OpenStack Summit**](https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/), October 25th-28th 2016, Barcelona, Spain<br/>Shaun Murakami gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**JavaDay**](http://javaday.org.ua/kyiv/), October 14th-16th 2016, Kyiv, Ukraine<br/>James Thomas gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**New York City Bluemix Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/nyc-bluemix/events/233970408/), October 13th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Daniel Krook et al ran a workshop on OpenWhisk and other Bluemix topics
- [**Serverless New York City Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/Serverless-NYC/events/234479192/), October 13th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Nick Mitchell gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Serverless Seattle Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/Serverless-Seattle/events/233807991/), October 12th 2016, Seattle, USA<br/>Megan Kostick gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**New York City Bluemix Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/nyc-bluemix/events/233968352/), October 12th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Daniel Krook gave a talk on OpenWhisk

### September 2016

- [**ServerlessConf Tokyo**](http://tokyo.serverlessconf.io/), September 30th–October 1st 2016, Tokyo, Japan<br/>Andreas Nauerz & Markus Thömmes gave a talk on OpenWhisk  
- [**Voxxed Days**](https://belgrade.voxxeddays.com/), September 28th-30th 2016, Belgrade, Serbia<br/>James Thomas gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**CloudFoundry Summit**](https://www.cloudfoundry.org/community/summits/program/about/?summitId=11993/), September 26th-28th 2016, Frankfurt, Germany<br/>Andreas Nauerz & Andrei Yurkovich gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Codemotion Warsaw**](http://warsaw2016.codemotionworld.com/), September 15th-16th 2016, Warsaw, Poland<br/>Andreas Nauerz gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Node Interactive EU**](http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/node-interactive-europe/), September 15th-16th 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br/>OpenWhisk team gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Serverless New York City Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/Serverless-NYC/events/233736279/), September 15th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Philippe Suter gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**JDay**](http://www.jday.com.ua/), September 3rd 2016, Lviv, Ukraine<br/>James Thomas gave a talk on OpenWhisk

### July 2016

- [**Bluemix and IBM Cloud Meetup**](http://www.irishdev.com/Home/Events/1191-Bluemix-and-IBM-Cloud-Meetup.html), July 27th 2016, Dublin, Ireland<br/>Emmanuel Vregille gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**New York City Bluemix Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/nyc-bluemix/events/231944252/), July 21th 2016, New York, USA<br/>Ioana Baldini and Philippe Suter gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Serverless Meetups London**](http://www.meetup.com/Serverless-London/), July 5th 2016, London, UK<br/>Nick O’Leary and James Thomas gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Serverless Meetup Sydney**](http://www.meetup.com/Sydney-Serverless-Meetup-Group/events/232020422/), July 5th 2016, Sydney, Australia<br/>Iwan Winoto gave a talk on OpenWhisk

### June 2016

- [**Bluemix Developers in Cambridge Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/Bluemix-Developers-in-Cambridge/events/231783149/), June 23rd 2016, Cambridge, USA<br/>Vatche Ishakia gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Silicon Valley Cloud Foundry User Group Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/CloudFoundry/events/231791789/), June 14th 2016, Sunnyvale, USA<br&>Animesh Singh & Altoros gave a talk on OpenWhisk  

### May 2016

- [**ServerlessConf New York**](http://nyc.serverlessconf.io/), May 26th-27th 2016, New York City, USA<br/>Michael Behrendt, Stephen Fink, and Andreas Nauerz gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Drones, IoT, Cognitive Computing, Bluemix, and OpenWhisk!**](http://www.meetup.com/nyc-bluemix/events/231021166/), May 25th 2016, New York City, USA<br/>Andrew Trice gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Cloud Foundry Unconference**](http://www.meetup.com/CloudFoundry/events/227086817/), May 22nd 2016, Santa Clara, USA<br/>Animesh Singh gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**OSCON Austin**](http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/open-source-us), May 18th-19th 2016, Austin, USA<br/>Daniel Krook gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Hursley Summit**](https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp004.nsf/v17_events?openform&lp=2016_hursley_landing_page&locale=en_US), May 16th-18th 2016, Hursley, UK<br/>Andreas Nauerz gave a talk on OpenWhisk
- [**Codemotion Amsterdam**](http://amsterdam2016.codemotionworld.com/), May 9th-12th 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br/>Andreas Nauerz gave a talk on OpenWhisk  

### April 2016

- [**Triangle Bluemix Meetup**](http://www.meetup.com/rtpbluemix/events/229767420/), April 20th 2016, Durham, USA