We’re just 9 days out from AlmaLinux Day: Germany 2026, and the full schedule is here!
On Thursday, March 26, we’ll be taking over the Convento room at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany for a full day of talks, a panel, and the kind of hallway conversations that make these events so worthwhile. AlmaLinux Day: Germany happens during the final day of CloudFest 2026, so you’ll also have access to the legendary CloudFest BierFest to close out the evening.
Your host for the day will be Tristan Théroux, who will be keeping things moving and making sure we stay on track.
The Schedule
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Doors open | Host: Tristan Théroux |
| 10:00 AM | Open Source: This sh*t don't just happen | benny Vasquez, AlmaLinux OS Foundation |
| 10:30 AM | AlmaLinux and the open source way | Andrew Lukoshko, AlmaLinux OS Foundation |
| 11:00 AM | AlmaLinux at CERN | Alex Iribarren, CERN |
| 11:30 AM | ELT: standing on the shoulders of Open Source and AlmaLinux | Federico Pellegrin & Piotr Szubiak, ESO |
| 12:00 PM | How MEGWARE came to AlmaLinux for HPC | Peter Großöhme, MEGWARE |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 PM | Keeping AlmaLinux secure | Dennis Zimmer, Codenotary Inc |
| 2:30 PM | Elegantly Dumb, Powerfully Backed Mirroring: Community over Complexity | Jonathan Wright, AlmaLinux OS Foundation |
| 3:00 PM | Scaling & Optimizing performance on AMD EPYC systems | Alexander Troshin, AMD |
| 3:30 PM | Two Hard Things: Naming Things & Cache Invalidation, Valkey Edition | Roberto Luna Rojas, Valkey |
| 4:00 PM | The Hidden Risks of Running AlmaLinux Without Enterprise Support | Sven Sellen, TuxCare |
| 4:30 PM | Panel: The future of AlmaLinux | benny Vasquez (host), with Tristan, Igor Seletskiy, Alex, Andrew, and Jonathan |
| 5:30 PM | Closing notes, thank yous, and raffle announcements | |
| 7:00 PM | CloudFest BierFest |
What to expect
This year’s lineup reflects the breadth of where AlmaLinux is being used. We’ve got CERN sharing how AlmaLinux powers their infrastructure, ESO talking about how the Extremely Large Telescope project relies on open source and AlmaLinux, and MEGWARE discussing their journey to AlmaLinux for HPC.
Dennis Zimmer from Codenotary will be talking about Keeping AlmaLinux secure — security is something our community cares deeply about, and this one is going to be a must-see. Alexander Troshin from AMD will cover Scaling & Optimizing performance on AMD EPYC systems — if you’re running AlmaLinux on AMD hardware (or thinking about it), this is your session. We’ll also hear from Valkey and TuxCare, alongside deep dives from our own engineering team.
The day wraps up with a panel on the future of AlmaLinux and includes participates who are deeply involved in the project, but who also bring their own expertise from their own unique industries! Bring your questions, because this is your chance to put them directly to the people building the project.
How to attend
AlmaLinux Day: Germany takes place during the final day of CloudFest 2026. To attend, you’ll need a CloudFest badge — grab a free Standard Pass using our AlmaLinux-specific registration link.
If you’re already attending CloudFest, you can also find us in the Dome at booth Z29 throughout the week.
Full event details are on the AlmaLinux Day: Germany page.
See you in Rust!
