| # Gerrit User Summit 2018 |
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| ## Gerrit User Summit is *THE event of the year* for the Community. |
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| We bring together Gerrit thought leaders, developers, practitioners, |
| the whole community and ecosystem, in one event, providing attendees |
| with the opportunity to learn, explore, network face-to-face and help |
| shape the future of Gerrit development and solutions. |
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| ## Where |
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| Cloudera hosts the summit at its [company headquarters in Palo Alto CA](https://goo.gl/maps/8d97rRsiKEq), |
| in cooperation with [GerritForge](http://www.gerritforge.com) and the [Gerrit Community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/uVQbBOC9IeU). |
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| ## When |
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| The event is composed of a Hackathon (12-14th Nov), for Gerrit Maintainers and |
| Contributors (by invitation only), and a User Summit (15-16th Nov) opened to |
| everyone, prior registration on [EventBrite](https://gus2018.eventbrite.com). |
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| ## Why a Gerrit User Summit back in the Silicon Valley? |
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| Starting from 2017, we promised to get in touch with a *wider and more diverse community*, |
| not excluding however the existing large user base in USA and more specifically |
| the Silicon Valley. |
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| This event is our way to keep our promises and bring all the new innovations and experiences |
| back to the main adopter of Gerrit Code Review since its inception back in 2008. |
