Explore the landscape of open system firmware projects in this informative conference talk featuring a panel of industry experts. Gain insights into the efforts of three industry groups working towards creating open source system firmware, with a focus on improving openness, portability, security, and maintainability of boot firmware, device firmware, and system management firmware. Learn from passionate trailblazers as they discuss their initiatives and the supporting organizations. Delve into topics such as Linux Boot, firmware ownership, legal frameworks, OCP security, and the Open System Firmware mission. Discover the importance of security by obscurity, diversity, accountability, and PCR mapping in the context of open firmware development. Benefit from the expertise of panelists including Elaine Palmer from IBM Research, Bryan Kelly from Microsoft's Azure Cloud Server Infrastructure team, Nate Klein from Google's Platforms Infrastructure team, and Ron Minnich, the inventor of LinuxBIOS (now coreboot) and co-leader of the Open Systems Firmware project at the Open Compute Project. Read more