If you will be at VMware Explore 2026 in Vegas this year we have the Communities Lounge directly opposite the Hub Theater, and see the return of the Communities desk where you can engage and learn about multiple programs and meet your favorite community conference attendees.
Communities Lounge Meetups:
Monday, August 31
vExperts Meetup: 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 2PM – 3PM. Open to all attendees.
Plenary Session Speakers Meetup: 5:15 PM – 6 PM. Open to Plenary Session Speakers only.
Tuesday, September 1
Homelab Meetup: 10 AM – 11 AM with Eric Nielsen. Open to all attendees.
Customer Award Winners Meetup: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM. Open to Awards Winners only.
Explore Insiders Meetup: 4 PM – 4:45 PM. Open to all attendees.
Wednesday, September 2
VMware{code} Meetup 9:00AM – 10:00AM: Come by to pick up your Raspberry Pi sensor. Open to all attendees.
Champions & VMUG Leaders Meetup: 2 PM – 2:45 PM. Open to Champions and VMUG Leaders only.
Broadcom Knights Meetup: 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 Community (CMTY) and Code (CODE) sessions in the Content Calendar.
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 here is to build the sensor code, and deploy that code as a Kubernetes workload with VKS. VKS will then deploy the workload back 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 Content Calendar.
