Eiffel Summit 2025.1

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

The practicalities

Agenda

This agenda is preliminary and subject to change. Please reach out if you have something you want to share at the summit or if you have suggestions for improvements.

Note that both days have Q&A sessions where the audience is encouraged to contribute questions and conundrums.

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
Beginner 9:30
Break10:00
Log analysis and visualization using AI

Speaker:Liubov Guseva

Beginner 10:15
Upcoming protocol changes

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

Intermediate 11:15
Lunch12:00
SBOM

Speaker: Helena Slívová (Tietoevry)

Beginner 13:00
Presentation from Volvo Trucks

Speakers: TBD

Intermediate 14:00
Break15:00
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)

Beginner 15:15
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 15:45
Wrap up

We wrap up and summarize the day.

Moderator: TBD

Beginner 16:15
End of day 116:30
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)

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
Break10:15
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)

Intermediate 10:30
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)

Intermediate 11:00
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)

Beginner 11:30
Lunch12:00
Upcoming protocol changes

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. This is a continuation of the session with the same name from day 1. The exact distribution of topics will be decided later.

Speakers: Magnus Bäck

Intermediate 13:00
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 summit14:45

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