Eiffel Summit 2025.1

This in-person two-day conference was intended for people interested in the Eiffel protocol and its ecosystem, hosting a mix of presentations and discussions. Newcomers as well as experienced practitioners were present.

The practicalities

Where: Tietoevry, Kämpegatan 3, 411 04 Göteborg, Sweden.
When: October 7, 09:00 CEST, 2025, to October 8, 15:00 CEST
Who: To get in touch with the organizers send an email to eiffel-tc@googlegroups.com.
Communication: For questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the Summit, please join us on Slack.

Agenda

Note that both days have Q&A sessions where the audience is encouraged to contribute questions and conundrums. We can also use those sesssions for short presentations or demos.

Day 1 (Tuesday, October 7)

Topic	Level	Start time (approx.)
Welcome and opening remarks Overview of the summit objectives and practical matters.	Beginner	9:00
Presentation of Tietoevry Speakers: Caroline Castenbladh (Tietoevry)	Beginner	9:15
Protocol news (1) Walkthrough of the changes that will be included in the next edition of Eiffel, as well as some proposed changes that haven't been merged yet. Speakers: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications) and Mattias Linnér (Ericsson) Slides (1) Slides (2) Video	Intermediate	09:30
Break		10:00
Protocol news (2) Walkthrough of the changes that will be included in the next edition of Eiffel, as well as some proposed changes that haven't been merged yet. Speakers: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications) and Mattias Linnér (Ericsson) Slides (1) Slides (2) Video	Intermediate	10:15
Log analysis and visualization using AI Is AI really relevant in the context of Eiffel and which utilizations might it have? Speaker:Liubov Guseva (Tietoevry) Video	Beginner	11:00
Lunch		12:00
Community future When we are in one room, let us discuss the future of the Eiffel Community. The discussion will revolve around four areas: The projects in the community, Eiffel Technical Committee, the monthly Community Meetups and the next Eiffel Summit. Speakers: Mattias Linnér (Ericsson) Slides Video	Beginner	13:00
Eiffel Future: Eiffel vs OTel OTel (Open Telemetry) has risen as the de facto standard in observability. Recently it has expanded into CI/CD space. Let us dive into the subject and explore how this might affect Eiffel. Speaker: Mattias Linnér (Ericsson) Slides Video	Beginner	13:30
Applying Eiffel to drive data-driven software releases for trucks Speakers: Bojan Alempijevic (Volvo Trucks) Video	Intermediate	14:00
Break		15:00
Q&A Bring your own questions or ideas to this open session where you get a chance to stump the experts or get feedback. Moderator: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications)	Beginner	15:15
End of day 1		16:30
Eiffel Summit dinner We take the opportunity to socialize and grab something to eat.		18:00

Day 2 (Wednesday, October 8)

Topic	Level	Start time (approx.)
Introductions & day 1 recap We may have some new participants on day 2, so let's do a short introduction to get everyone on board and briefly recap day 1. We'll also look at the agenda and see if there are any last minute changes we should make. Speaker: TBD	Beginner	9:00
Using a certificate authority to manage signing keys We explore using a certificate authority to create people's event signing keys, allowing consumers to verify the authenticity of the public keys that are made available. We'll start off with a brief introduction to event signing. Speaker: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications) Slides Video	Advanced	9:15
Q&A Bring your own questions or ideas to this open session where you get a chance to stump the experts or get feedback. Moderator: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications)	Beginner	9:45
Break		10:00
SBOM Melting SBOM with the Eiffel protocol Speaker: Helena Slívová (Tietoevry) Slides Video	Beginner	10:15
How does Eiffel relate to CDEvents? CDEvents is a very similar protocol to Eiffel. The session will shortly introduce CDEvents giving the participant an overview of the key differences and where it stands today. Speakers: Mattias Linnér (Ericsson) Slides Video	Intermediate	11:15
A standardized event submission API Apart from direct access to the message bus, Eiffel doesn't have a standard API for submitting events. Perhaps it should have? Speakers: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications) Slides Video	Intermediate	11:45
Lunch		12:00
Purging old and outdated events What do you do when you've been producing events for a few years and your event repository starts to become too big? A proposal for how to weed out boring events while keeping those that matter will be presented. Speakers: Magnus Bäck (Axis Communications) Slides Video	Intermediate	13:00
Q&A Final Q&A session for any remaining questions.	Beginner	14:00
Wrap up Time to wrap up what we've been through these two days. What actions should we take? Any unanswered questions? Speakers: Eiffel TC & All	Beginner	14:30
End of summit		15:00

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