2024 OCP Global Summit
2024-10-15 - 2024-10-17 | San Jose, CA, San Jose, CA, United States
The OCP Summit is the premier event uniting the most forward-thinking minds in open IT Ecosystem development. The Summit presents a unique platform for our Community from around the globe to share their insights, foster partnerships and showcase cutting-edge advancements in open hardware and software.
DENT is proud to serve as an Open Source Partner and will host a booth throughout the Summit. Additional details to come.
The 2024 OCP Global Summit theme is “From Ideas to Impact”. This encapsulates the transformative journey at the heart of the Open Compute Project. This year’s theme reflects OCP’s commitment to fostering innovation that transcends theoretical discussions and manifests into real-world solutions. As the pace of technological evolution accelerates and development cycles shorten, our industry is forced to rapidly respond to emerging trends and needs. By harnessing the collective expertise of our global community, we turn visionary ideas into groundbreaking technologies that drive openness, efficiency, sustainability, scalability and growth in the data center industry. Our focus honors the relentless pursuit of progress and the profound impact that OCP’s community-driven innovation can achieve. OCP transforms concepts into impactful advancements.

DENT Open Source Hackathon at Algebra University
2024-12-14 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zagreb)
Join us for DENT’s first hackathon, in partnership with Algebra University in Croatia. This unique event will take place at the Algebra Spark Event Space in Zagreb on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 8:00 to 20:00. With a prize fund of 3,000 EUR, the hackathon is designed for students and professionals eager to tackle challenges in network configuration and management. Seize the opportunity to collaborate with top experts, explore solutions for remote management, configuration resilience, and telemetry integration.
Participants, in teams of up to three members, will work on challenges such as cloud system management, remote packet capture, and telemetry improvement. This is a perfect chance to showcase your skills, innovate, and compete for valuable prizes. Space is limited to 30 participants. Apply today.
The hackathon is open to students and IT professionals eager for challenges in networking technologies and collaboration with leading mentors. Participants will work on topics such as remote management, configuration resilience, and telemetry integration, aiming for innovation and the creation of solutions that push the boundaries of network systems.
Whether you’re passionate about cloud-managed systems, remote packet capture, or telemetry enhancement, this is your chance to collaborate, innovate, and showcase your skills. Don’t miss the opportunity to delve into advanced network solutions and compete for significant prizes.

NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show
2025-01-12 - 2025-01-14 | Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY, United States
DENT will exhibit at the National Retail Federation’s 2025 “Retail’s Big Show” event held in New York City, New York from January 12–14, 2025. DENT’s booth will be featured in NRF’s Startup Hub, along with the newest companies in retail and their biggest, most impactful ideas.
NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association. “Retail’s Big Show” has consistently been on the pulse of the changing retail landscape, offering invaluable insights and serving as a central hub for industry professionals.

From interactive sessions to cutting-edge exhibitions, every experience at Retail’s Big Show is designed to be a game changer, providing you with the insights, connections and strategies that will elevate your role.

NRF 2025 will be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

OCP EMEA Summit 2025
2025-01-12 - 2025-01-14, 2025-04-29 - 2025-04-30
DENT is honored to serve as an Open Source Partner of the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit held April 29–30 in Dublin, Ireland. DENT will host a booth alongside other Linux Foundation projects where we will offer technical demonstrations for attendees. Join DENT at OCP EMEA 2025 to learn how DENT offers retail edge networking solutions.
The OCP EMEA Summit serves as a platform where global technical leaders come together to tackle the issues related to data center sustainability, energy efficiency and heat reuse in the region. The focus is on exploring how innovations from hyperscale data center operators can contribute to solving these challenges. The OCP EMEA Summit also highlights deployments of specific OCP-recognized data center equipment in the EMEA region.
The key areas of emphasis for 2025 will be Data Center Sustainability, AI, Security & Data Protection, Power & Cooling and Deployments. Additionally, invited talks will dive into topics such as quantum technology, optics and telecommunications. Participants will move forward the OCP Community’s role in developing and implementing a sustainable and scalable computational infrastructure for the future in Europe.

DORC/CLUC 2025
2025-05-22 - 2025-05-23
At DORS/CLUC 2025, Juraj Vijtiuk of Sartura will present 33-Hour Rescue Mission – StarDENT Insider Tales, a technical deep dive into building and operating StarDENT—a fully open source, Linux-based network management and observability stack.
Drawing from a real-world 33-hour debugging effort, Juraj will walk through the system architecture, including the Linux kernel configuration, integration of sysrepo, Netopeer2, and holo-routing for NETCONF/YANG-based automation, and the use of eBPF and OpenTelemetry for observability. He’ll also cover the development of a lightweight RESTful API layer for exposing functionality.
The session offers practical insight into the design decisions, integration work, and lessons learned in building a production-grade solution aligned with DENT’s open networking goals.
Algebra University, Zagreb
May 22–23, 2025
Full session details: https://www.dorscluc.org/person/juraj-vijtiuk/

Open Source Summit North America 2025
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-25 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
At Open Source Summit North America 2025 (Denver, CO, June 23–25, 2025), Kyle Swenson of Ericsson will present new upstream Linux kernel support for the LTC4266, the last major Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) chipset to be integrated. This work builds on PoE controller support funded by the DENT project, which enabled upstream drivers for the Microchip and TI chipsets. The talk will walk through the fundamentals of PoE, the in-kernel framework, user-space control interface, and the specifics of the new LTC4266 driver, marking an important milestone in building out comprehensive PoE support in Linux networking.
Extending Power Over Ethernet to the LTC4266 – Kyle Swenson, Ericsson Software Technology: June 23, 3:35–4:15 MDT
Full schedule & more on Open Source Summit North America 2025: https://ossna2025.sched.com/
