VIRTUAL

Red Hat North America Training Partner & Instructor Conference

September 8, 2020 - September 10, 2020

Overview

Fostering Open Collaboration, Enabling Learning Anywhere

We’re excited to host the 2020 Red Hat® North America Training Partner and Instructor Conference on September 8 - 10 as a fully immersive virtual event. 

Even though this year’s conference will look a little different, we are very excited to host a record number of attendees from our Training Partners, Red Hat Instructors and our Red Hat Academy Instructors. For the first time in history, we are happy to provide you with the same targeted content that you have come to expect, in a new virtual format. In addition to keynote sessions featuring our Training leadership team, we will also be hosting a myriad of collaboration and breakout tracks for attendees to participate in sessions that best apply to them.

On this site, you'll find the most up-to-date information on registration, sessions, speakers, and awards.

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TIME

September 8 - 10 

12:00 p.m. EDT - 5:00 p.m. EDT

Agenda

Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m.Welcome and NA Perspective
Presenters: Karl Reynolds
12:15 p.m.Red Hat Training and Certification: Global Perspective
Presenter: Ken Goetz
1:00 p.m.Red Hat Curriculum: Roadmap
Presenter: Pete Hnath
1:45 p.m.Break
2:00 p.m.State of the Training / Certification Industry
Presenters: Panel Group
2:45 p.m.Red Hat Certification: Roadmap
Presenter: Randy Russell
3:30 p.m.Break
3:45 p.m.Awards/Happy Hour


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Changes since last year and how far have we come?
Presenter: Geoff Gardner
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Course Updates - New, Retiring & To Be Updated Courses
Presenters: Chris Tusa, Joel Birchler & Doug Weatherbee
1:00 p.m - 1:45 p.m.Openshift Operators 101
Presenter: Ricardo Taniguchi
1:45 p.m - 2:30 p.m.CL260 / CEPH Storage 4 New Features
Presenter: Jesse Scott
2:30 p.m - 2:45 p.m.Break
2:45 p.m - 4:15 p.m.Platform Team Feedback Session & Student Survey Update
Presenters: Kiersten Grey & Jackie Sell


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.By the Numbers
Presenter: Karl Reynolds
12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.Red Hat's Response to COVID
Presenter: Karl Reynolds
12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Selling OpenShift Training: Bootcamps and Culture Classes
Presenter: John Walter
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Group Break
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Platform Updates: VT and RHLS
Presenters: Kiersten Grey & Chris Shunke
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Meet Justin & Alex: NA Training Partner Managers
Presenters: Justin McSheehy & Alex Unger
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Group Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Global Training Partner Update
Presenter: Holly Neal
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.A chat with RHCP of the year Jason Hiatt
Presenter: Jason Hiatt


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Introducing the New RHA Learning Platform
Presenters: RHA Global Team
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.RHLC + Integration with New Platform
Presenter: Deanna Levine
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.The Changing Tech Landscape: The Importance of Cloud Competencies in the Sys Admin Role
Presenter: Pete Hnath
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.RHA Best Practices in Practice Panel
Presenters: Jeff Dubé & RHA Instructors: Mark Smith and Dallas Snider
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.OCP, Containers, Kubernetes Workshop
Presenters: Zach Gutterman, Fernando Lozano, & Steve Bonneville


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.Serverless using Openshift’s Knative
Presenter: Deep Patel
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Certification Team Feedback, Round Table & Online Exams Update
Presenters: Randy Russell & Lene Jensen
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.(Un)documented Features of RHCI Foundation
Presenters: Rob Locke & Travis Michette
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.VT Delivery Standards - Round Table
Presenters: Travis Michette & Ricardo Taniguchi
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.Curriculum Team Feedback Session
Presenters: Pete Hnath & Chris Tusa


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Best Practices in Working w/Red Hat Consulting
Presenter: Jason Smith
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.Marketing best practices
Presenters: Christie Marsh & Emma Van Sant
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.OPEN/Partner portal demo
Presenter: Allyn Collins
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Group Break
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Red Hat Marketing: Hosting Virtual Events
Presenters: Mike Beaton
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Properly Scoping Classes: Prereq, skills assess, DO800
Presenters: Alex Unger & John Walter
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Group Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Social Selling
Presenter: Amy Walker


Time

Session(s)

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.RHA Across the Globe
Presenters: Dr. Smita Kasa - MIT Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India & APAC RHA BDM - Shirish Pandey
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.UCF/RHCIfoundation features
Presenter: Rob Locke
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Program Feedback + Future Curriculum Roadmap
Presenters: Tariq Fazel, Pete Hnath, RHA Global Team
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Remote Exams and Preliminary Exams
Presenter: Randy Russell
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Student Ambassador Program Overview
Presenters: Jeff Dubé & RHA Student Ambassador Guests
3:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.AAA + Ansible Concepts
Presenters: Jeff Dubé, Jonny Rickard & Mike Holmes

Travel / Location


Location: 
Bluejeans
Bluejeans
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Date: September 8, 2020
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)


(Registration opens 30 minutes earlier)

If you have any question, send us an email.

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