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When and how the 2020 summit took place
The final event ran online from September 28 through September 30, 2020. The archived schedule lists times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−04:00). The official LF Events archive and schedule identifies the theme as “Distributed But Always Connected.”
An April 9 announcement had described an in-person gathering at JW Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles. That was an earlier plan, not the event’s final format: the event archive and LF Edge event listing establish that the summit was held virtually.
What the summit covered
The program brought together technical and executive audiences from enterprises, telecoms and cloud providers. Its subject areas included open networking, edge and edge cloud, IoT, cloud-native networking, enterprise IT, carrier and cloud operations, and AI/ML-enabled applications for 5G, IoT, edge and enterprise deployments. Use cases spanned manufacturing, retail, oil and gas, transportation and telco edge cloud.
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Program tracks included Carriers – Core, Edge & Access; Enterprise Networking & Edge; Cloud Networking & Edge; Business Critical & Innovation; and Sponsored Tutorials. The schedule mixed keynotes and breakouts with technical deep dives, panels, tutorials, case studies, Ask the Expert sessions and technical showcases. LF Networking described the pre-event program as having 80+ sessions across five tracks; that is the organizer’s advance count, not an independently verified tally. Its September 23, 2020 preview also set the program in the context of cloud-native networking, 5G and SDN/NFV work at the time.
Projects and examples in the program
LF Edge highlighted practical open-source topics rather than a particular hardware product. Examples included real-time sensor fusion for loss detection using EdgeX Foundry; industrial IoT data management using Project EVE and Fledge; and low-touch device onboarding and application delivery using Secure Device Onboarding and Open Horizon. Sessions also covered distributed cloud for telco networks and edge, Akraino use cases and project updates.
These sessions were demonstrations and discussions of projects and use cases, not endorsements of specific devices. The LF Edge event listing provides examples of the featured topics.
What the organizer reported about attendance
The Linux Foundation’s post-event report counted 1,778 registrations: 1,322 for the live event and 456 additional registrations for post-event platform access at the time of reporting. The figures below are organizer-reported; they should not be read as independent measurements.
| Measure | Organizer-reported result |
|---|---|
| Organizations represented | Attendees from 523 organizations |
| Countries represented | Attendees from 71 countries |
| Registrants who attended live | 74% |
| Attendees from the United States, Canada and Mexico | 54% |
| Attendee work sectors | 44% information technology; 40% telecommunications |
| Attendee role | 32% individual contributors |
| Gender identification | 14% identified as women or non-binary individuals |
| Event Slack activity | 6,345 messages; among attendees who used Slack, 86% said it helped them network and collaborate effectively |
| Sponsored tutorials | Four, hosted by CNCF, Futurewei, HPE and IBM |
| LF Edge End User Community co-located event | 73 attendees |
LF Edge’s October 2020 recap additionally reported that 51% of attendees spent at least 10 hours on the platform, 69% were first-time summit attendees, and overall satisfaction was over 95%. These are also event-organizer figures, not independently audited outcomes.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Where to find recordings
The LF Events archive links to session recordings on YouTube. LF Edge’s recap describes the playlist as including keynotes, lightning talks, in-depth tutorials, panel discussions and project and use-case sessions. The original event platform was stated to remain accessible for one year; that period has long passed. Check the archive and its linked recording destinations for what is currently available rather than assuming all platform features or videos remain accessible.
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