On June 1, in Madrid, the fourth edition of the famous event took place, that is, Open Expo 2017. For yet another year, the event exceeded any expectations, with 3122 visitors (42% of them professionals such as CEOs, IT consultants, CIOs, etc.) meeting at this important event on the open technologies sector. An entire exhibition dedicated to free software and open source dealing with such important technological issues as security, Blockchain, smart cities, Big Data, etc.
One of the main attractions was Chema Alonso, and a veteran of the event who made an interesting intervention on security, hacking in public a phone through its bluetooth connection as a proof of concept (PoC). But it was not the only one, since there were 10 conference rooms with experts such as Pau Garcia-Milà, the founder of EyeOS, the most successful Made In Spain operating system, or the communications director of Uber Spain, and other business professionals. such as Repsol, Liberty Seguros, etc.
Here we leave you a photo gallery with some of the most outstanding photographs of the event. Where the more than 5900 m2 of La N @ ve in Madrid was filled with attendees from all places and with enthusiasm with the latest innovations and technological trends, from software projects, robots, Tesla electric car models, and simulators to become a day in a Formula E driver. All thanks to companies like Red Hat, Docker, Google, Microsoft, Arsys, OVH, Irontec, Exevi, OTRS, Carto, Magnolia, Hopla! Software, Bacula System, Ackstorm, HAYS, BBVA, etc., as well as startups that also had their holes.
In addition, they also delivered the Open Awards 2017, with winners such as ZYLK as the best service provider, Civiciti as the best success story, Travel Air by Viajes Eroski developed by Irontec as the best digital transformation, Edupills de Educación INTEF as the most innovative project, WhiteBearSolutions as the best cloud solution, Scratch School as the best startup , and Open Source Weekends was proclaimed winner of the category best technology community and Scalera as best medium / blog. And other special mentions were also awarded, all related to open-source.