Kris Freedain

Time for another adventure - June 2026 travel

Well friends, I'm off on another bit of travel to represent OpenSearch around the world, giving talks, running a booth, and building community.

First stop, my favorite city on the planet - Berlin!

June 5th, I will be giving a talk along with my friend Nils Bandener at our OpenSearch Berlin User Group

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Then, I will be managing the OpenSearch booth at Berlin Buzzwords! We sponsor this important search event every year and I'm always excited to see community members and friends.

I also have a talk with my friend Carlos Rolo titled 'OpenSearch Software Foundation: 1 Year of Open Governance'.

Then, I am fortunate enough to be assisting with a fantastic event for Women In Search called 'Retrieve. Remember. Reason'

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From there, I am off to meet our community in India at OpenSearchCon India 2026 - Mumbai!

This will be my first time in India and I really look forward to visiting.

Finally, I'm off to Brno, Czechia for DevConf.cz.

I will be presenting along with my friend Sakshi Nasha on 'Beyond Pull Requests: How Non-Code Contributions Scale Open Source Projects'. It's also my first time to Brno and I am excited to see this city.

I hope to see you at these events - be sure to find me to say hello.

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