About this Event
Join us for the 12th Annual Open vSwitch & Open Virtual Network Conference!
The Open vSwitch (OVS) project, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, will host its 12th annual conference focused on Open vSwitch, OVN, and related ecosystem projects on November 3–4, 2026.
This is a 100% community-driven event, organized by and for the developers, maintainers, network engineers, and open-source contributors who build, maintain, and deploy the OVS and OVN ecosystems.
Hybrid Event Experience
This year’s conference is a fully hybrid event designed to bring together our global community, whether attending in person or joining remotely from around the world.
- Live Presentations: Talks will be presented live during the conference and given once.
- Interactive Discussion: We are utilizing an online platform featuring real-time text discussion and live Q&A during each presentation.
- Dedicated Q&A & Breakout Time: Following every talk, time is specifically reserved for deeper technical discussion with the speakers, conducted via live audio/video, text chat, and face-to-face with on-site presenters.
In-Person Location
For those attending in person, the conference will be held at:
Bildungscampus
Heilbronn, Germany
Sponsorship Opportunities
As a community-driven event, support from sponsor organizations helps keep conference registration accessible and supports community engagement across the software-defined networking ecosystem.
- Get in Touch: For sponsorship inquiries, custom packages, or questions, contact the organizing team at [email protected].
Who Should Attend?
Developers, maintainers, infrastructure architects, and engineers working on software-defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, eBPF, DPDK, and Kubernetes networking (such as ovn-kubernetes).
Whether you are sharing ongoing work, exploring production challenges, or planning future roadmap goals, engage with the community to shape what’s next for OVS and OVN.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bildungscampus, Bildungscampus, Heilbronn, Germany
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