Partnership Forum for Open Compute

Building a Secure Foundation Across the Open Compute Ecosystem

 
Save-the-date: April 28, 2026
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The rapid acceleration of AI workloads is fundamentally reshaping data center infrastructure. Higher rack densities, accelerated compute, distributed architectures, and increased power and thermal complexity demand a new approach to control and manageability. 

AMI, in collaboration with the Open Compute Project, invites OCP EMEA Summit attendees to a technical Day 0 event focused on the next evolution of data center control. This event will explore how open standards, firmware innovation, and resilient control-plane design are enabling AI factories to scale efficiently and securely. 

Discover. Connect. Network.

The rapid acceleration of AI workloads is fundamentally reshaping data center infrastructure. Higher rack densities, accelerated compute, distributed architectures, and increased power and thermal complexity demand a new approach to control and manageability. 

AMI, in collaboration with the Open Compute Project, invites OCP EMEA Summit attendees to a technical Day 0 event focused on the next evolution of data center control. This event will explore how open standards, firmware innovation, and resilient control-plane design are enabling AI factories to scale efficiently and securely. 

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The Agenda

Attendees will gain practical insight into how next-generation control frameworks are being engineered to support hyperscale AI infrastructure.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Registration Opens: 9:30 - 10:00

Session Times: 10:00 – 16:00

Networking Reception: 16:00 – 18:00

 

SLS Barcelona

Starlight Room, 2nd Floor

Time Agenda Topic/Presenter
9:30 – 10:00 Registration Opens
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome Keynote / AMI Vision for Open
Session Title:
AMI Re-imagines the Firmware of an Open Future

Session Speaker:
Sanjoy Maity

Session Abstract:
The AI data center era demands a fundamental re-architecture of firmware — one built on open innovation, secure resilient control, and fleet-scale operational confidence. In this opening keynote, AMI CEO Sanjoy Maity outlines how AMI is repositioning as the definitive platform for data center command and control, and why open source collaboration across silicon vendors, CSPs, and the OCP community is the only viable path forward for managing heterogeneous AI infrastructure at scale.
10:30 – 11:00
Open Platform Firmware: Driving Innovation in Open Source
Session Title:
Exploring Open System for Rack-scale AI

Session Speakers:
Zachary Bobroff
Anurag Bhatia

Session Abstract:
The data center industry is at an inflection point, and open platform firmware is at the center of the transformation. As infrastructure demands grow in complexity and scale, open-source firmware is emerging as a powerful catalyst — accelerating development cycles, enhancing security visibility, and fostering deep collaboration across the ecosystem.

This session explores how open firmware initiatives are reshaping the foundation of modern data center platforms, from boot and manageability to security and telemetry. Attendees will hear how AMI is an industry leader and is contributing to and building on open firmware frameworks to unlock greater agility, drive interoperability, and fuel the kind of community-led innovation that is pushing the boundaries of what modern infrastructure can do.
11:00 – 11:30
Open Systems for AI: Rack Level Management and AMD Helios
Session Title:
Explore the Story Behind AMI and Helios

Session Speaker:
AMD: Robert Hormuth

Session Abstract:
As GPU and accelerator diversity continues to fragment data center management, open firmware initiatives like Helios are proving that silicon and firmware providers can align on a common control foundation. AMI presents the joint value proposition behind Helios, demonstrating how open-source collaboration at the platform level drives consistency, reduces integration overhead, and accelerates operational readiness across heterogeneous AI infrastructure fleets.
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:15
OCP: How Open is Driving the Industry Forward
Session Title:
OCP Leader Presentation — Open Compute as a Catalyst for Data Center Innovation

Session Speaker:
Zane Ball

Session Abstract:
The Open Compute Project has become a critical force in shaping how the industry designs, deploys, and manages next-generation data center infrastructure. This session examines how OCP's open hardware and firmware standards are accelerating innovation across the ecosystem — from silicon and systems to management and telemetry — and what the roadmap ahead means for cloud providers, Neo Clouds, and enterprise operators building for AI scale.
12:15 – 12:45
Open Chiplet Economy – How firmware is integral to chiplets / ARM and AMI
Session Title:
The Open Chiplet Economy: Firmware as the Connective Tissue

Session Speaker:
Dong Wei

Session Abstract:
As chiplet-based architectures redefine silicon design, firmware must evolve to manage the complexity of disaggregated, multi-die platforms where each component brings its own telemetry, power, and control requirements. This session explores how a consistent, open firmware foundation is essential to unlocking the full potential of the chiplet economy — enabling standardized management, validated interoperability, and operational predictability across an increasingly heterogeneous hardware landscape.
12:45 – 13:15
Sustainability – Finding platforms a second life with refreshed firmware / RackRenew and AMI
Session Title:
Sustainability — Finding Platforms a Second Life with Refreshed Firmware

Session Speakers:
RackRenew: Patrick Bliemer
AMI: Matty Bakkeren

Session Abstract:
As AI infrastructure costs soar and hardware refresh cycles accelerate, extending the operational life of existing platforms has become both an economic and environmental imperative. This session examines how modern firmware — with open, updatable architectures and fleet-scale update mechanisms including staged rollouts and health validation — can breathe new life into aging hardware, reducing waste and deferring capital expenditure without sacrificing performance or security.
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Panel Discussion: Power and Cooling Challenges at Scale: AMI with Microsoft, AMD, ARM, OCP & RackRenew
Session Title:
Challenges and Solutions to Managing Systems at Scalee

Panel Speakers:
AMI: Zachary Bobroff
AMD: Robert Hormuth
ARM: Dong Wei
Microsoft: Bryan Kelly
OCP: Zane Ball
Oracle: Mohan Kumar
RackRenew: Patrick Bliemer

Panel Abstract:
As AI workloads drive rack densities and power consumption to new heights, the infrastructure supporting them must evolve rapidly. This panel brings together leading voices from across the hardware, software, and open standards ecosystem to explore one of the most pressing challenges in modern data center design: keeping AI-scale systems powered, cooled, and running efficiently.

Panelists will share real-world perspectives on thermal management strategies, practical insights on power delivery, and the role of open standards in driving scalable, interoperable solutions — offering practical ideas into how the industry is engineering its way through the heat and power demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.
15:30 – 16:00
How AMI is Driving Innovation in OCP
Session Title:
Closing Keynote — Leading with Open: AMI, OCP, and a Call to Action

Session Abstract:
The transformation of AI data center firmware cannot be driven by any single company — it requires coordinated upstream contribution, shared standards, and a community committed to open innovation at every layer of the stack. AMI closes the conference with a forward-looking challenge to every attendee: how silicon providers, CSPs, Neo Clouds, and ISVs can actively shape the future of open firmware through OCP collaboration, and why the stakes for getting this right have never been higher.
16:00 – 18:00
Networking Reception

Alvin Rogers Follow me on LinkedIn

Director of Sales
Omnicorp

Lisa Smith Follow me on LinkedIn

Creative Director
Megacorp

James McGiven Follow me on LinkedIn

President
Minicorp

Our Speakers

Sanjoy Image

Sanjoy Maity

 CEO at AMI 

 
 
Matty Bakkeren

Matty Bakkeren

Transformation Program Director at AMI
 
 
Zane Ball Headshot

Zane Ball

Chief Technology Officer at OCP
 
 
 
Anurag_Bhatia

Anurag Bhatia

General Manager, Manageability and Firmware
 
 
Patrick Bliemer

Patrick Bliemer

Global Sales Manager at RackRenew
 
 
 
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Zachary Bobroff

Chief Product Officer at AMI

 
 
 
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Robert Hormuth

Corporate Vice President, Architecture and Strategy, Data Center Solutions Group at AMD
 
Bryan Kelly Headshot

Bryan Kelley

 Security Architecture Manager at Microsoft
 
 
 
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Dong Wei

 Arm Fellow 

 
 

The Agenda

Attendees will gain practical insight into how next-generation control frameworks are being engineered to support hyperscale AI infrastructure.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Registration Opens: 9:30 - 10:00

Session Times: 10:00 – 16:00

Networking Reception: 16:00 – 18:00

 

SLS Barcelona

Starlight Room, 2nd Floor

9:30 – 10:00
Registration Opens
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome Keynote / AMI Vision for Open
Session Title:
AMI Re-imagines the Firmware of an Open Future

Session Speaker:
Sanjoy Maity

Session Abstract:
The AI data center era demands a fundamental re-architecture of firmware — one built on open innovation, secure resilient control, and fleet-scale operational confidence. In this opening keynote, AMI CEO Sanjoy Maity outlines how AMI is repositioning as the definitive platform for data center command and control, and why open source collaboration across silicon vendors, CSPs, and the OCP community is the only viable path forward for managing heterogeneous AI infrastructure at scale.
10:30 – 11:00
Open Platform Firmware: Driving Innovation in Open Source
Session Title:
Exploring Open System for Rack-scale AI

Session Speakers:
Zachary Bobroff
Anurag Bhatia

Session Abstract:
The data center industry is at an inflection point, and open platform firmware is at the center of the transformation. As infrastructure demands grow in complexity and scale, open-source firmware is emerging as a powerful catalyst — accelerating development cycles, enhancing security visibility, and fostering deep collaboration across the ecosystem.

This session explores how open firmware initiatives are reshaping the foundation of modern data center platforms, from boot and manageability to security and telemetry. Attendees will hear how AMI is an industry leader and is contributing to and building on open firmware frameworks to unlock greater agility, drive interoperability, and fuel the kind of community-led innovation that is pushing the boundaries of what modern infrastructure can do.
11:00 – 11:30
Open Systems for AI: Rack Level Management and AMD
Session Title:
Explore the Story Behind AMI and AMD

Session Speaker:
AMD: Robert Hormuth

Session Abstract:
 As GPU and accelerator diversity continues to fragment data center management, open firmware initiatives with AMD are proving that silicon and firmware providers can align on a common control foundation. In this presentation AMD will be demonstrating how open-source collaboration at the platform level drives consistency, reduces integration overhead, and accelerates operational readiness across heterogeneous AI infrastructure fleets.
11:30 – 11:45
Break
11:45 – 12:15
OCP: How Open is Driving the Industry Forward
Session Title:
OCP Leader Presentation — Open Compute as a Catalyst for Data Center Innovation

Session Speaker:
Zane Ball

Session Abstract:
The Open Compute Project has become a critical force in shaping how the industry designs, deploys, and manages next-generation data center infrastructure. This session examines how OCP's open hardware and firmware standards are accelerating innovation across the ecosystem — from silicon and systems to management and telemetry — and what the roadmap ahead means for cloud providers, Neo Clouds, and enterprise operators building for AI scale.
12:15 – 12:45
Open Chiplet Economy — How Firmware is Integral to Chiplets / ARM and AMI
Session Title:
The Open Chiplet Economy: Firmware as the Connective Tissue

Session Speaker:
Dong Wei

Session Abstract:
As chiplet-based architectures redefine silicon design, firmware must evolve to manage the complexity of disaggregated, multi-die platforms where each component brings its own telemetry, power, and control requirements. This session explores how a consistent, open firmware foundation is essential to unlocking the full potential of the chiplet economy — enabling standardized management, validated interoperability, and operational predictability across an increasingly heterogeneous hardware landscape.
12:45 – 13:15
Sustainability — Finding Platforms a Second Life with Refreshed Firmware / RackRenew and AMI
Session Title:
Sustainability — Finding Platforms a Second Life with Refreshed Firmware

Session Speakers:
AMI: Matty Bakkeren
RackRenew: Patrick Bliemer

Session Abstract:
As AI infrastructure costs soar and hardware refresh cycles accelerate, extending the operational life of existing platforms has become both an economic and environmental imperative. This session examines how modern firmware — with open, updatable architectures and fleet-scale update mechanisms including staged rollouts and health validation — can breathe new life into aging hardware, reducing waste and deferring capital expenditure without sacrificing performance or security.
13:15 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Panel Discussion: Power and Cooling Challenges at Scale: AMI with Microsoft AMD, ARM, OCP, Oracle, and RackRenew
Session Title:
Challenges and Solutions to Managing Systems at Scale

Panel Speakers:
AMI: Zachary Bobroff
AMD: Robert Hormuth
Arm: Dong Wei
Microsoft: Bryan Kelly
OCP: Zane Ball
Oracle: Mohan Kumar
RackRenew: Patrick Bliemer

Panel Abstract:
As AI workloads drive rack densities and power consumption to new heights, the infrastructure supporting them must evolve rapidly. This panel brings together leading voices from across the hardware, software, and open standards ecosystem to explore one of the most pressing challenges in modern data center design: keeping AI-scale systems powered, cooled, and running efficiently.

Panelists will share real-world perspectives on thermal management strategies, power delivery practical insights, and the role of open standards in driving scalable, interoperable solutions — offering practical ideas into how the industry is engineering its way through the heat and power demands of next-generation AI infrastructure.
15:30 – 16:00
How AMI is Driving Innovation in OCP
Session Title:
Closing Keynote — Leading with Open: AMI, OCP, and a Call to Action

Session Abstract:
The transformation of AI data center firmware cannot be driven by any single company — it requires coordinated upstream contribution, shared standards, and a community committed to open innovation at every layer of the stack. AMI closes the conference with a forward-looking challenge to every attendee: how silicon providers, CSPs, Neo Clouds, and ISVs can actively shape the future of open firmware through OCP collaboration, and why the stakes for getting this right have never been higher.
16:00 – 18:00
Networking Reception

Alvin Rogers Follow me on LinkedIn

Director of Sales
Omnicorp

Lisa Smith Follow me on LinkedIn

Creative Director
Megacorp

James McGiven Follow me on LinkedIn

President
Minicorp

Our Speakers

Sanjoy Image

Sanjoy Maity

 CEO at AMI 

 
 
Matty Bakkeren

Matty Bakkeren

Transformation Program Director at AMI
 
 
Zane Ball Headshot

Zane Ball

Chief Technology Officer at OCP
 
 
Anurag_Bhatia

Anurag Bhatia

General Manager, Manageability and Firmware
 
 
Patrick Bliemer

Patrick Bliemer

Global Sales Manager at RackRenew
 
 
Zachary_Bobroff (1)

Zachary Bobroff

Chief Product Officer at AMI

 
 
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Robert Hormuth

Corporate Vice President, Architecture and Strategy, Data Center Solutions Group at AMD
 
Bryan Kelly Headshot

Bryan Kelley

 Security Architecture Manager at Microsoft
 
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Mohan Kumar

 
 
 
 
Ken Sun

Ken Sun

Chief Commercial Officer at AMI

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Dong Wei

 Arm Fellow 

 
 
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