Open Source Summit North America 2026 takes place May 18–20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with co-located events including the CNCF Observability Summit. The conference brings together maintainers, contributors, and enterprise open source leaders across the full ecosystem. For engineering and technology leaders tracking open source strategy, the co-location with CNCF Observability makes this a dual-track opportunity: organizational open source governance alongside hands-on cloud-native observability discussions. The timing follows the release of OSI's 2026 State of Open Source Report, making it a likely venue for continued debate on AI-driven dependency risks and security maintenance burdens.