InnerSource Commons is delighted to announce that Kelsey Hightower, former Distinguished Engineer at Google, will deliver a keynote at InnerSource Summit 2026, taking place on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

His session, “Stop Paying Twice: ZTA as an InnerSource Practice,” begins at 15:00 UTC on Summit day.

InnerSource Summit 2026 is a 22-hour global virtual event that follows the sun across every timezone, bringing together practitioners, engineering leaders, researchers, and open collaboration advocates from around the world to share experiences, innovations, and best practices in InnerSource.

Kelsey Hightower is one of the most recognized voices in cloud native computing and open source. He is the co-author of Kubernetes: Up and Running, the creator of the popular tutorial Kubernetes The Hard Way, and a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, including KubeCon and PlatformCon.

“We’re thrilled to have Kelsey Hightower join us as a keynote speaker,” said Addie Cobb, Chair of InnerSource Commons. “Kelsey has a gift for making hard technology approachable and for bringing communities together around shared work. That is just what InnerSource is about, and I’m very excited for our attendees to hear from him.”

Kelsey joins fellow keynote speakers Scott Hanselman, Sarah Novotny, and David Spinks. View the full schedule and register.

About InnerSource Commons

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Contact Information

If you would like to learn more about InnerSource Summit 2026, please visit the event page or contact us at: info@innersourcecommons.org.