This session is part of Open-Source Thursdays series, learn more and register for the events here: Open-Source Thursdays
What is this session about?
Did you know that Microsoft is fully committed to open source software? It's true! Microsoft has been a strong advocate for open source, contributing to countless projects and even open-sourcing some of our own software. Our commitment to transparency, collaboration, and innovation drives us to harness the power of open source to empower developers and businesses. 🚀
In this session, learn how Microsoft is empowering developers around the globe through open source and working with these developers to transform the tech landscape together! 💻🌐
Who is it aimed at?
Students looking to start their open-source career, Professionals looking to accelerate their career by contributing to open-source projects, anyone curious about open source, anyone looking to contribute to real world projects.
Why should members attend?
Through this series, we want to empower everyone interested in open source with access to the right knowledge they need to begin, grow and succeed in their journey to contribute to solutions to some of the world's biggest problems.
Continue the learning journey: LearnOpenSource
Speakers:
Jeff Wilcox manages the Microsoft's Open Source team and efforts aligned to One Engineering System. his team ensures that Microsoft businesses have the guidance, access to expertise, and tools necessary to work in open communities and bring that amazing value to our customers, while giving back to projects through contributions and our FOSS Fund. We've overhauled and simplified process, added guardrails and bots, and built a company-wide inventory of the open source we use and release to help protect our supply chain.
Japhlet Nwamu is a Cloud Advocate with the Growth and Ecosystem team at Microsoft. He strongly believes that everyone when giving access to the right tools and opportunities can build amazing solutions. As a Cloud Advocate, he works with and supports startups, AI entrepreneurs, AI developers and students across the globe to utilize technology to solve some of the world's biggest problems and make impact in the lives of millions of people.
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