Heading to VMware Explore 2026 in Vegas this year? Take a look at the exciting lineup of meet-ups coming to The Communities Lounge, directly opposite the Hub Theater. Plus, we’re please to announce the return of the Communities desk, where you can engage and learn about our programs and meet your favorite community conference attendees.
Communities Lounge Meetups:
Monday, August 31
vExperts Meet-up: 11 AM – 12 PM. vExperts can come and pick up their duffle bag. Open to vExperts only.
AMA with William Lam and Duncan Epping: Monday 2 PM – 3 PM. Open to all attendees.
Plenary Session Speakers Meet-up: 5:15 PM – 6 PM. Open to Plenary Session Speakers only.
Tuesday, September 1
Home lab Meet-up: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. With Eric Nielsen. Open to all attendees.
Customer Award Winners Meet-up: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM. Open to Award Winners only.
Explore Insiders Meet-up: 4 PM – 4:45 PM. Open to all attendees.
Wednesday, September 2
VMware{code} Sensor Meet-up 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM. Come by to pick up your Raspberry Pi sensor. Open to all attendees.
Champions & VMUG leaders Meet-up: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM. Open to Champions and VMUG Leaders only.
Broadcom Knights Meet-up: 4 PM – 4:45 PM. Open to Broadcom Knights only.
Hub Theater:
Directly across from The Communities Lounge, the Hub Theater will host community sessions and {code} sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Join these to hear your favorite community leaders and experts share their experiences and engage informally with members from across our communities.
You’ll find over 40 QuickTalk (CMTY) and {Code} (CODE) sessions in the The Content Catalog.
VMware{code} Labs
The Raspberry Pi Sensor labs are back! If you want to learn to code, and understand sensor hardware, GPIO and I2C sensors, this lab is for you. The goal of the labs will be to build the sensor code and deploy that code as a Kubernetes workload with VKS. VKS will then deploy the workload back to your Raspberry Pi.
These popular labs will also come with a sensor that you can take home – so if you have a Raspberry Pi, you’ll learn how to use the sensors. It’s a fun home lab project while learning how to deploy VCF and VKS on a home lab system.
Labs run multiple times a day and are in the The Content Catalog.
