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May 18-20, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
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Monday May 18, 2026 11:20am - 12:00pm CDT
For more than 15 years, Qualcomm’s been actively involved in a range of Open Source ecosystems. Until recently, some parts of our development were handled behind closed doors, with contributions coming later and upstream enablement sometimes being limited. We tried various projects and partnerships to push things upstream sooner, but it wasn’t until lately that we truly made a complete shift.

Over the past 18 months, we’ve totally revisited our approach—moving an entire Linux product development ecosystem, with hundreds of contributors, from a private downstream setup to a full-blown Open Development model. This wasn’t just a surface change: it meant overhauling how our engineers work, syncing up our internal systems with open practices, and fundamentally changing the way our developers connect and collaborate.

In this session, we’ll share what made this transition work for us—including how we managed to weave our internal systems into Open Source workflows, encouraged developers to embrace new ways of thinking, and built scalable processes that can handle all sorts of Linux ecosystems and distributions.
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avatar for Rashmi Chitrakar

Rashmi Chitrakar

Sr Director, Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc
Rashmi Chitrakar is Sr Director of Engineering for Qualcomm's Open Source Program Office. She leads an Engineering team that develops tools for Qualcomm's Open Source Compliance and Contributions efforts. On a day-to-day basis, Rashmi juggles fostering an Engineering community that... Read More →
Monday May 18, 2026 11:20am - 12:00pm CDT
208C+D (Level Two)
  Embedded Linux Conference

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