Holiday Meetup Thursday, December 9 at 6:00 pm – Columbia, SC

Containers, Networking, Prizes and Books, and Holiday Cheer

We'll end the year for Open Source South Carolina (OSSC) with an in-person meetup in downtown Columbia, SC.

The meetup, taking place Thursday, December 9 at the USC Alumni Center, will be the first in-person OSSC event since the onset of COVID.

The event will be FREE, as always, and will feature a Containers 101 presentation by the incomparable Brent Laster, networking on the patio, food and beverages, and free prizes, books and t-shirts.

Register today and join the ATO team, along with local and regional tech leaders, for a night of nerd, networking and holiday cheer.

Brent Laster will deliver "An Introduction to Containers"

Many prizes will be given away, including a mechanical keyboard

THE DETAILS

What: Open Source South Carolina December meetup
When: Thursday, December 9
Time: Doors open at 5:30 pm, live programming starts at 6:30
Where: USC Alumni Center, downtown Columbia, SC - 900 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Cost: 100% FREE
Registration For In-Person: Click to Register for In-Person
Registration for Zoom Live Streaming: Click to Register for Virtual
Food and Beverages: Will be served
Giveaways: ATO t-shirts and stickers, a variety of hardware (mechanical keyboard and more) and sponsor swag
COVID Policy: An indoor mask mandate will be enforced, so bring a mask. We don't want anyone getting sick, or spreading something around the holidays. The mask policy will not be enforced while consuming food and beverages, obviously.
Seating / Social Distancing: Rooms and all seating will be arranged to maximize social distancing
Outdoor Space: We have reserved the entire outdoor patio for networking. No mask policy in effect on the patio

The Technical Presentation: An Introduction to Containers
*Technical enough to engage technologists at every level, yet not so technical early career attendees are lost. Every technologist, regardless of level, needs to understand container foundational principles.

Speaker: Brent Laster, Director of DevOps at SAS, Tech Skills Transformations | Author of Professional Git & Jenkins 2 Up & Running

The following world-class companies are making this event possible: