2025 All Things Open Summary

October 19, 2025

This was our 13th year of hosting the All Things Open conference – it was the “luckiest” one yet.

We’d like to thank everyone that attended, the nearly 100 onsite sponsors and partners, the 100+ volunteers, the 200+ speakers from all over the world, and our amazing community for making the event possible. We could not do it without these wonderful people.

*note, ATO 2026 will take place October 18-20 back in downtown Raleigh. Save the date and plan now to join us.

2025 By the Numbers

Images from the event

Keynote ballrooms were packed both days
Breakout rooms were often standing-room only over both days
More than 100 volunteers made the event possible
Many companies sent entire teams, like the wonderful people at SAS
Jim Jagielski of Salesforce was recognized as the first-ever recipient of the Open Source Icon award
Jason Lengstorf of CodeTV delivered a closing Monday keynote to a full room
The best partners in the world again made the conference possible

Parting thoughts from the ATO team 

  • The overall vibe this year was off-the-charts positive. Attendance was up year-over-year and there were many first-time attendees onsite. 
  • The diversity ATO is known for was on full display over all three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday). We are so incredibly grateful for this as it results in a richer experience for everyone. 
  • Networking socials were jam-packed all three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday). Many were at capacity with overflow outside. 
  • The speaker/sponsor dinner on Monday evening, October 13 was a tremendous success. Nearly 200 attended and enjoyed dinner and networking in an intimate environment. It was our small way of saying “thank you”. 
  • Our community again came through in a big way and showed itself to be the best in the world. Kind, passionate, technically sophisticated and curious. To everyone who visited for the first time – welcome to the most unique community you’ll find anywhere. To existing members and friends – thank you for what you do and who you are. You are truly wonderful.
  • We invite our community to join us at these upcoming events:
    • October 27 & 28, Charlotte, NC
      All Things AI is coming to Charlotte—and the team at All Things Open will be onsite and meeting with attendees. The event features day 1 training and a day 2 traditional conference format featuring top AI experts from all over the world. Use the code AllThingsAIVIP for 50% off.
    • November 5, Raleigh, NC – Bandwidth campus 
      First meetup in November will focus on AI & Linux in 2025 and will feature Jay the Linux Guy from Learn Linux TV. 
    • November 18, Raleigh, NC – Cisco RTP campus 
    • Second November meetup will focus on Open Source Post-Quantum Cryptography and will feature the OpenSSL Foundation team.