Open source software is pervasive across all industry verticals, and today, more companies use and develop software than ever before. The pandemic has also accelerated digitalization, and more businesses are providing their products and services using Open Source Software (OSS). Open Source has become the ground zero for technology development, and is the preferred way of growing hot new technology, particularly for startups.

According to Gartner's 2021 Hype Cycle for Open-Source Software (OSS): "Through 2025, more than 70% of enterprises will increase their IT spending on OSS, compared with their current IT spending. Plus, by 2025, software as a service (SaaS) will become the preferred consumption model for OSS due to its ability to deliver better operational simplicity, security, and scalability".

In this FREE meetup, we are going to listen to experts who will share experiences on contribution to Open Source.

**Agenda:**
Session 1 [5:30 PM - 6:15 PM]: Decode Open Source contribution with Devtron

**About session:** In this session, we will show Devtron's contribution to open source and how Devtron has adopted open source in its architecture.

**About speaker:** Nishant Kumar, Co Founder & CTO at Devtron Labs
LinkedIn:[ https://www.linkedin.com/in/4nishantkumar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/4nishantkumar)
Twitter:[ https://twitter.com/meNishantK](https://twitter.com/meNishantK)
Website - [https://devtron.ai](https://devtron.ai/)
GitHub - [https://github.com/devtron-labs/devtron](https://github.com/devtron-labs/devtron)

Session 2 [6:15 PM - 7:00 PM]: Contributing to Open Source 101

**About session:** In this talk, Navendu walks through how people can contribute to open source. He talks about finding open source projects, engaging with the community, different areas to contribute, and how to go further with open source contributions by sharing his experience in working full-time on open source projects.

**About speaker:** Navendu Pottekkat, Developer Advocate at API7.ai
[LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navendup/]()
[https://twitter.com/sudo_navendu](https://twitter.com/sudo_navendu)
[https://navendu.me/](https://navendu.me/)

Registrations are completely FREE.

**What’s more? Participate in a Quiz after the session to win voucher worth 200 INR**

Register here: [https://quiz.konfhub.com/q/developerdiaries-opensource-quiz](https://quiz.konfhub.com/q/developerdiaries-opensource-quiz)