OpenStack User Groups

Welcome to the list of the OpenStack User Groups!

Can't find one nearby? Want to start one? The OpenStack International Community team is your main contact point. Join the mailing list and read the HowTo page if you are hosting or want to start a user group with meetups, hackatons and other social events talking about OpenStack and free/libre open source software for the cloud.

• North America
  • Atlanta
  • Austin
  • Boston
  • Canada
  • Chicago
  • Colorado
  • District of Columbia : Washington, DC Metro
  • Florida
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Los Angeles
  • New York City
  • North Carolina
  • Philadelphia
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Seattle
• Africa
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
• Asia / Pacific
  • Australia
    • Canberra
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
• Latin America
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Ecuador
  • Puerto Rico
  • Venezuela
• Europe
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Netherlands
  • Nordics (Scandinavia)
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • South Eastern Europe
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • UK
• Middle East
  • Algeria
  • Cyprus
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Morocco
  • Turkey
  • UAE
• Language specific

North America

Atlanta

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/
• IRC Channel: [[1]] on Freenode
• Coordinators: Doug Hellmann, Mark McClain

Austin

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/openstack-austin/

Boston

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/

Canada

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Canadian-OpenStack-Users-Group/
• Website: http://canstack.ca
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/canstack
• Blog: http://blog.canstack.ca
• IRC: #canstack on freenode
• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackTO/
• Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/canada-openstack-user-group/
• LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-Canada-4151460
• Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-canada

Chicago

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/
• Coordinator: Steven Loving

Colorado

(primarily Northern Colorado)

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Colorado/

(primarily Denver Metro/South Denver)

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Denver/
• Twitter hashtag: #OSROCK
• Coordinator: Shannon McFarland and Scott Lowe

Connecticut

• Home Page: http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Connecticut/
• Next Meetup: Monday, August 19th, 2013 (Inaugural OpenStack CT meetup) - http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Connecticut/events/129855852/
• Twitter Handle: @OpenStackCT
• Twitter Hashtag: #OpenStackCT
• Organizers: Fran Loehmann, James Ruddy, Kenneth Hui, Michael Brito, Michael Dugan

District of Columbia : Washington, DC Metro Area

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStackDC/
• Meet-up details here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4207039

Florida

• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4762393
• FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/FloridaOpenstack
• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openstack-florida
• Coordinator: Trevor Lowing

Indiana

• Meet-up details: http://tinyurl.com/7k8b7mr
• Forum: https://portal.futuregrid.org/forums/fg-user-services-forum/openstack
• Contact: Gregor von Laszewski

Michigan

• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openstack-mi
• Google Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/104709877702253658956
• LinkedIn user group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4755132
• Coordinator: Eric Detterman

Minnesota

• Meet-up details: http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup//
• Twitter hashtag: #MNOS
• Contact/Coordinator: Kyle Mestery

Los Angeles

• Meetup details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA
• LinkedIn user group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4327316
• Twitter hashtag: #OSLAX
• Coordinator: Mike Perez, Matthew Wodrich

New York City

• Home Page: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/
• Next Meetup: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 (OpenStack Global 3rd Birthday Celebration) - http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/125809072/
• Twitter Handle: @OpenStackNYC
• Twitter Hashtag: #OpenStackNYC
• E-mail: openstacknyc@gmail.com
• Organizers: AppFirst, Jason Edelman, Denis Guyadeen, Kenneth Hui, Judd Maltin

North Carolina

• Meetup March 7, 2013: http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-OpenStack-Meetup/events/100075312/
• Coordinators: Mark Voelker, Arvind Somya, Amy Lewis

Philadelphia

• Home Page: http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/
• Next Meetup: Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 (How are you using OpenStack?) - http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/128222352/
• Twitter Handle: @OpenStackPhilly
• Twitter Hashtag: #OpenStackPhilly
• Organizers: Kenneth Hui, Paul Richards

San Antonio, Texas

• Next meeting: Tuesday 21 May, 2013 @ Rackspace (also a Hangout will be hosted on the G+ community page)
• Meetup details here: http://www.meetup.com/SA-Open-Stackers/
• Community Page at https://plus.google.com/communities/104303691151444174690
• Coordinator(s): Wendel Hope

San Francisco Bay Area

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/openstack/

Seattle

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/
• Calendar: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/calendar/
• Coordinator: Mark Atwood of HP Cloud and Joseph Heck of Nebula

Africa

• OpenStack Africa Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106463180296945913906
• Coordinator: Adam Nelson (adam@kili.io)

Kenya

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Nairobi
• Coordinator: Adam Nelson (adam@kili.io)

Nigeria

• Coordinator: Abayomi Ayoola (a 'dot' ayoola 'at' gmail 'dot' com)

Asia / Pacific

Australia

• Meet-up details here: http://aosug.openstack.org.au
• Coordinator: Tristan Goode
• Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-au

Canberra (ACT)

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Canberra-OpenStack-Users-Group/
• LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4323576
• Coordinator: Kristoffer Sheather

China

• Trystack Google Group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/trystack-china
• Twitter: @OpenStackChina Slideshare
• Weibo: @COSUG(China OpenStack User Group) or @trystack
• http://groups.google.com/group/china-openstack-user-group
• LinkedIn Group: openstack-china
• Twitter: @OpenStackCN
• Weibo: @OpenStack
• Coordinator: Hui Cheng< freedomhui@gmail.com >, ben( duyujie[dot]dyj[at]gmail[dot]com/Weibo:@ben_杜玉杰)

Hong Kong

• Website: http://osug.cyberport.hk
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hkosug/
• Forum: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hong-kong-cloud-technology-sig
• Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112611801924078008731
• Coordinator: Bruce Lok | HK Cyberport ; Raymond Chan | HK Cyberport

India

• Meetup Page: http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group
• Subscribe to community mailing list sending an email to openstackindia@librelist.com
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/328814400511881/
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-India-4005742
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/openstackindia
• Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/openstackindia
• Coordinators: Deepak Garg ( Email: deepakgarg[dot]iitg[at]gmail[dot]com Launchpad Id: deepak.garg ] Kavit Munshi(@kavitaptira) Ritesh Nanda(@riteshnanda09) Syed Armani(@syedarmani) Sajid Akhtar(@mail2fashion ) Atul Jha(@koolhead17 , "Malyadri Beegala" <malyadri[dot]beegala[at]gmail.com> (Hyderabad events), "Srikanth Minnam" <srikanth[dot]minnam[at]gmail.com> (Hyderabad events)

Pune, India

• Meetup Page: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Pune
• Coordinators : Rajdeep Dua ( Email : dua_rajdeep[at]yahoo[dot]com )
• Twitter Handle : #openstackpune

Indonesia

• Home page: http://www.openstack-id.org
• Mailing list/forum: openstack-id@googlegroups.com
• Coordinator: Frans Thamura ( frans@meruvian.org ) and (b-frans)

Japan

• Home Page: http://openstack.jp/
• Mailing List : http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-ja
• Coordinator: Masanori Itoh (thatsdone)

Malaysia

• Home page: http://www.openstack.my
• Mailing list/forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/openstackmy
• Coordinator: Khairul Aizat ( fenris@ubuntu.com ) and Mohammad Hafiz ( mypapit@gmail.com )

Singapore

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sgopenstack
• Homepage: http://openstack-sg.org
• Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-singapore-users-group
• IRC Channel: #openstack-sg on Freenode
• Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-sg
• Coordinator: wickedpuppy

South Korea

• Home Page: http://www.openstack.or.kr
• Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/openstack.kr/
• Coordinator: Jaesuk Ahn

Taiwan

• Home page: http://groups.google.com/group/twosug2011?hl=zh-TW
• Mailing list: twosug2011@googlegroups.com
• Coordinator: Yoyo Chiang

Thailand

• Home page: http://blog.sushicloud.cs.tu.ac.th/?cat=14
• Coordinator: Kasidit Chanchio ( kasiditchanchio@gmail.com , kasidit@cs.tu.ac.th )

Vietnam

• Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VietOpenStack
• Official Mailing list: Subscribe online, Archives
• Coordinator: Giang Duong ( vietopenstack@dtt.vn )

Latin America

Argentina

• Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-argentina/
• Contact: Leandro Reox of MercadoLibre
• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives

Brazil

• Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-br
• Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/openstackbr
• Twitter: @openstackbr
• Coordinator: Alexandre Aguiar

Ecuador

• Google community: https://plus.google.com/communities/102070666375831873027?hl=es
• Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-Ecuador-5012947/about
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenStackEC
• Coordinator: Daniel Núñez
• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives

Puerto Rico

• Coordinator: Angel Berrios of http://www.dreyfous.com
• Contact: aberrios@dreyfous.com
• Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/openstack-puerto-rico
• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives

Venezuela

• Google+: https://plus.google.com/communities/118105990522935078913
• Forum: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/openstack-ve
• Twitter: @openstackve
• Coordinator: Ender Mujica ( emujicad at gmail.com )
• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives

Europe

Austria

• Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/
• Coordinator: Martin Loschwitz (madkiss)

Belgium

• LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4817141
• Coordinators: Karel Striegel, Tom Degroote

Czech Republic

• LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-Czech-User-Group-Meetup-5118912?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
• Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Czech-User-Group-Meetup/
• Coordinator: Stanislav Polášek
• Mailing list: TBD

Finland

• LinkedIn Group - http://tinyurl.com/openstackfinland
• Twitter - @OpenstackFIN
• Coordinator: Ilkka Turunen - [firstname].[lastname]@jamk.fi
• Mailing list: TBD

France

Paris area:

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-France
• French User Group : http://openstack.fr
• http://cloud-oss-fr.blogspot.com/
• Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/openstack-france?hl=fr
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-France-3993018?home=&gid=3993018&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Eanp_3993018_1310075735312_1

Rhône-Alpes (Lyon/Grenoble/Geneva) region:

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Rhone-Alpes/

Germany

• OpenStack Germany

• Meet-up details here: https://www.xing.com/net/pri3642a8x/openstack-germany/
• Coordinator: Christian Berendt (berendt on launchpad, berendt 'at' b1-systems 'dot' de)

• OpenStack DACH

• Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/
• Coordinator: Martin Loschwitz (madkiss)

Greece

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Athens-OpenStack-User-Group
• Google community: https://plus.google.com/communities/113761625022392052075
• Coordinator: Thanassis Parathyras

Hungary

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Hungary-Meetup-Group/
• Coordinator: Marton Kiss (marton 'dot' kiss 'at' xemeti 'dot' com)

Netherlands

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Amsterdam
• Coordinator: Alessandro Vozza (alessandro <at> ams0.org , twitter: @bongo)
• Google community: https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/115207580745787867740

Nordics (Scandinavia)

• Twitter: http://twitter.com/OSNordics
• Meet-up: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-Nordics-4764289
• Coordinator - See each Country for it's coordinator.

Ireland

• Meetup details here: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Ireland
• Twitter - @OpenstackIRL
• Coordinator: Tim Horgan - [firstname].[lastname]@cit.ie

Italy

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/
• Official mailing list: Subscribe online, Archives
• Coordinators: Davide Guerri ( davide.guerri@gmail.com ), Martina, Flavio Percoco Premoli, Mariano Cunietti, Mariano Iumiento

Poland

• Home page: www.openstack.org.pl
• LinkedIn: OpenStack-Poland
• Meetup: OpenStack-User-Group-Poland Meetup
• Google Hangout: www.youtube.com/user/OpenStackPoland
• Coordinators: Marcin Wiciński (m.wicinski@openstack-poland.org), Rafael Knuth (rafael.knuth@openstack-poland.org)

Russia

• Home page: http://www.oscloud.ru/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/openstack.russia/
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4109150
• Coordinator: Ilya Alekseyev

Serbia

• Home page: http://www.openstack.rs
• Coordinator: gerzic

Slovenia

• Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/openstack-slovenija
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-Slovenija-4793209?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenstackSlovenija

South Eastern Europe

• Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openstack-south-eastern-europe
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-South-Eastern-Europe-4884630?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Spain

• https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102652393437279778000
• http://groups.google.com/group/spain-openstack-user-group
• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives
• http://twitter.com/openstackspain

Sweden

• Meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/OpenStackSE
• Coordinator: Nicolae Paladi

Switzerland

• Home page: http://openstack.ch/
• Coordinator: Thomas Michael Bohnert, Andy Edmonds, Muharem Hrnjadovic

UK

• http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-London

Middle East

Algeria

• http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Algeria

Cyprus

• Meetup Group
• http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Cyprus-Community/
• Coordinator: Sergios Charalambous

Egypt

• http://groups.google.com/group/egypt-openstack-user-group
• Mailing list: egypt-openstack-user-group@googlegroups.com
• Coordinator: Mohamed El-Refaey ( mohamed@egyptcloudforum.com )

Israel

• Home page: http://www.openstack-israel.org/
• Meetup details here: http://www.meetup.com/igtcloud/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenStackIL
• Coordinator: Nati Shalom @natishalom

Morocco

• Meet-up details here: http://www.meetup.com/Morocco-OpenStack-Users-Group
• Coordinators: Youssef LARGOU

New Zealand

• Meet-up page: http://www.meetup.com/New-Zealand-OpenStack-User-Group/

Turkey

• Coordinator: Ali Bugdayci ( Borsoftware )
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenStackTurkey

UAE

• Meetup Page: http://www.meetup.com/U-A-E-OpenStack-User-Group/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/280298292070983/
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/OpenStack-UAE-4653922?gid=4653922
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenStackUAE

Language specific

• Official mailing list in Spanish: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-es Archives